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p.s. Hey. First, sorry for saying goodbye by making this page take ages to load if it ever does. Going out with a bang, or with the opposite of a bang? Anyway, tonight I fly to Argentina, whereupon my dear friend Zac and I will spent about two weeks there and in Chile, mostly in the realm marked off as Patagonia, and then, for the following about two weeks, we'll be either on Antarctica or on a ship traveling to and fro. Between tomorrow and the 25th, the blog will give you rerun posts plus three newbies and short daily p.s.es containing my preprogrammed greetings and post intros. If I get the chance along the way to pop in long enough to catch up with the accumulated comments via a fresh p.s., I will. You know what that's like. Then, from the 26th until my return to Paris and to daily posts with full-fledged p.s.es on March 12th, the blog will go still, i.e. no posts. I decided that since, as far as I can tell, I'll have no working phone and the tiniest if any internet access during the Antarctica phase of the trip, the blog should mirror my real life condition. Poetic justice or something? I don't know. But that's the long and short of how the blog will be working and/or not working for the next month. I hope everything goes okay and even much better than okay with you guys while I'm gone. I hope you'll keep looking at the blog while it's still active. I hope you'll leave comments during that time so I can look in from afar to see what you're up to and how you're doing and etc. Yeah, I guess that's the story. ** les mots dans le nom, Hi. Oh, no interruption. I'm just doing my last errand running and packing and stuff today. I'll definitely have a good time, and I will do my utmost to stay safe, thank you. Glad you liked the machines post. Coincidentally or whatever, I finally got some copies of 'The Weaklings (XL)' in the mail yesterday. It looks nice. I don't mind the font, I guess. But it's always hard to gauge that kind of stuff when you're on the inside looking out. Take good care! ** David Ehrenstein, Hi. I did Tinguely here a while back, so I thought I would go for the lesser knowns. He's great, though, duh. Really, really nice text on Robbe-Grillet. Kudos! And take very great care of yourself for the next four weeks, please. ** Sypha, Hi, James. Ah, yes, the Digesting Duck. I wish I'd remembered and included that. Cool. Sparks are one of the all-time greatest bands, if you ask me. Lots and lots and lots to discover and to be blown away by there, if it strikes your fancy. You're reading the Harry Potter books? Hm, heck, why not. I hope this coming month is productive and gives you the best possible health. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. From what you wrote, I can totally see why they won, yes. Their enthusiasm is infectious even though your text. Cool. Thank you so, so much for doing the Father Ted post. I really appreciate it, man. Take the best of care until we next lock our fingertips/words. ** Steevee, Hi, Steve. I hope it's just a cold. In fact, I hope it's not even a cold. Take good care of that, and keep yourself happy for the next while, okay? ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff. Trip preparations are almost set. A few more things. The stress is getting overcome by excitement, which has to be a good sign. Yeah, there should be a lot to tell about when I get back. Yikes. After I parted ways with Gaspar Noe, I symbolically kicked myself for forgetting to ask him about 'The Golden Windows'. He didn't mention it, which might mean something. He talked vaguely about a film he wants to make that will have a lot of sex in it, but that's pretty much all he said. And he has co-written a script with his girlfriend, the filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović, who made the very interesting movie 'Innocence', and who was hanging out with us too, that she's going to direct. I haven't read his interview with Matthew Barney yet. Curious to see that new Barney opus. There was an exhibition here recently of Barney's notes and drawings and moquettes and so on re: that Mailer film, and it looked promising based on the stuff. Thanks, Jeff. I hope everything goes splendidly for you during this coming month, and I'll be excited to catch up. ** Tender prey, Hi, Marc! Thanks for coming by to say adios. I didn't know about that Delvoye piece before I put together the post either, and, yes, jeez is the word. Awesome about the German solo show! Thanks for the link. The image they used is gorgeous! Everyone, should you by chance be in or near Heppenheim, Germany between March 7th and April 4th, do, oh, truly, do get yourself to Kunstverein Heppenheim where you'll be able to see a solo exhibition of the paintings of the amazing artist Marc Hulson aka d.l. tender prey. Here's some info about it plus a beautiful representative painting. Oh, no problem, it's totally okay about the post taking longer. Whenever you guys have it ready, I'll be thrilled to bits. Thanks about the trip. Yeah, it should be insane and amazing, and I'll clue you in as best I can when I return. Really great luck with the work and prep for your show, and take really good care while I'm far, far away. ** Kyler, Hi, Kyler. Thanks for the bon voyage, man. I'll miss you guys too. I hope Mercury Retrograde passes without a hitch, for us both, and I look forward to us being fellow whirlwinds by the next I get to see you. ** Misanthrope, Hi, G. Okay, London is vouched for. You're its voucher, and that's good enough for me, obviously. Ha ha, you know, if I wasn't terrified to death of heights, and particularly of interstellar heights, and if Zac and I had just a wee bit more money in our bank accounts, the moon might well be a trip plan. But we're talking maybe an Iceland/Greenland combo after we finish our film, which is going to keep us mostly if not entirely in Paris for a while. Keep yourself fit, happy, writing, and every other great possible thing this month, okay? ** Paul Curran, Hi, Paul. Oh, good, I'm so glad you like it and that it's okay. I can indeed imagine their super-efficiency at putting the snow behind them. That's something I wish I could see as much as I wish I could have seen the snow itself. Thanks for the bon voyage. Have the best possible time on your trip, and let's compare our bottom of the earth notes when we're both back in our respective easy chairs. ** Keaton, Hey. No, thank you. You're too kind, if anyone. Cool, cool, cool about you being ready to go, writing-wise. Yes! Thanks, I'll try to have a great time. Seems awfully likely. You too in your hood. Paris/you in May? Sweet. Stay amazing for at least the next four weeks, please? ** Postitbreakup, Hi, Josh! Yeah, for the Antarctica thing, we'll have a guide or guides. It's pretty organized. You have to sign up for different excursions in advance. We asked if it's going to be possible for us to go off on our own, and they were, like, 'No, absolutely not'. Basically, you're not allowed to leave the guides' eyesight at any time. Should be pretty safe. I don't think eating is going to be the highlight of that part of the trip, that's for sure. Lots of bread and cheese and potatoes, I reckon. Considering all the heavy clothing I had to buy before they will even allow me to get on the ship, I think the whales' blubber will be safe. Yep, this is bon voyage for a bit. I mean, I might check in with a p.s. while we're in Patagonia, I don't know yet. But, no matter what, ... well, 'no matter what' excluding death or brain damage or something ... we'll say hello in the month. Stay fantastic until then, promise? ** Rewritedept, That's funny, I was really busy yesterday too. But I was giving other people decent sales rather than getting any. Sounds fun: the drinks, the meet-up, the overly made up employee. I only vaguely remember 'Almost Famous', but the vagueness feels warm. It's hard for me to read fiction on a plane. I almost never do. No concentration. So, I'll watch blockbuster after blockbuster probably, and read magazines when I'm not doing that. That's my prediction. It's a 12 fucking hour over-fucking-night flight. It and the jet lag are going to be hell. That's my prediction. Blog days to post upon my returns would so, so nice of you. Thank you! And, yeah, have a blast while I'm away, and stay healthy and safe and sane and all that positive kind of stuff. Love, me. ** That's it. All right, enjoy the segmented water thing up there if you can manage to get the page loaded and all the gifs to do their motion-based things. If I can do a p.s. or two in the next couple of weeks, I will. In any case, yeah, be good, stay good, do good, and let's agree to meet up back here on March 12th if not before. Deal?