Preface
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
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Afterword
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p.s. Hey. ** Tosh Berman, Hi, Tosh. That's a good question about the DVDs. Very strange if they aren't. Halloween isn't on Halloween itself there? How odd. They have a pretty wild looking Halloween parade in Tokyo. Did that already happen? ** Wolf, Wolf! Holy shit! Consider me nothing but a pair of sore eyes with a bodily attachment! 'Soused' must be acquired, yes. I did know about it for quite a while, but I was under a very strict gag order. I'm good, I'm really good, thank you! Yeah, to NYC and environs tomorrow for a short bit and then 13 days in Iceland! It's really, really wet there nowadays? Okay, makes sense and good to know. We'll be hoteling it, but I'll, you know, bring a very big umbrella? Any Iceland tips? We're driving slowly around the perimeter and then hanging out in Reykjavik for a couple of days. So, wait, how are you? Give me some Wolfy news before I take off, won't you? Giant love, me! ** David Ehrenstein, The mercis are all mine! No, my short Stateside time will be spent in the Northeast, unfortunately, but there are LA plans for just after the first of the year if all goes well. ** Bill, Hi. The butt plug was only up for an afternoon before it got killed, and I thought I would have plenty o' time. You didn't mention that you just read 'Vice Consul', I don't think, no. Nice. I hope those fires have stopped erupting. What are you up to the next couple and a half of weeks? ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. Paris was art world central for a few days, so goss is to be expected. Probably even and maybe far more exciting than the butt plug is McCarthy's chocolate factory, which I visited on opening day on Saturday, and which is one of the best things by him I've seen in ages. Ah, dang, about the Art101 hiatus. Mid-November isn't so far away though, at least. ** Michael K, Hello, Michael K, welcome, and thank you a lot! Everyone, newbie Michael K points out to all and sundry of us that three of Duras' films are available on DVD, and you can order them here. Thanks very much again! ** Misanthrope, Jump, as Van Halen so wisely said. I don't have that vaccine, but I'll tiptoe around whatever causes shingles if I can figure out what that is. Man, that Tony is a heroic character. Respect! Hey, LPS could be a scholar, you never know. A whole lot weirder things have happened than that. Well, you saw 'Ktl' last time from far away in Glasgow, right? Close up always good. Well, maybe with 'Ktl' it isn't optimal, but you've seen it, so now you can find out what it's like to study the zippers on the costumes and all that good stuff. ** Sickly, You so wholly succeeded in your life's quest! It's always so nice when that happens. Wow, I don't think I'm going to be able to get out to Flushing, shit, 'cos Spicy and Tasty sounds positively Sirenic. There's a really great vegetarian Chinese place on, like, I don't know, 38th street or something whose name I forget but that we're going to hit as soon as the first night. Assuming the non-vegetarian cold sesame noodle had chicken in it, 'cos that usually how they despoil the dish, meat-wise, that's a corruption, and they must be eaten in a pure state to really know their sublimity, I say. I keep thinking I did a recipe SPD, but I'm pretty certain I didn't, so I must have merely entertained the idea. I'm kind of not so into the SPD idea these days, but I'm constantly wanting to gamble and try one again. That recipe theme might do the trick. What wine bottle did you open, not that I know much about wine, but still, what? ** Steevee, Nice books score. You stuck around with Palahniuk's books for quite a while. You were a good fan. How did you like the Araki? I've heard good things about 'Dear White People'. Seems like it will get over here, I reckon. ** Sypha, Well, yes, do try. Trying is not asking too much. But I trust your judgement. ** James, Hi, James. That was nice Duras story, thank you very much! I will have fun, I'm pretty fucking certain, thank you. No, that's the weird thing: Iceland is green, and Greenland is ice. Re: Tao, it wasn't a boy, and whether it was 'rape' or not is/was a subject of much discussion, and he hasn't fallen from grace. That Gawker article, like so many Gawker articles, was sensationalized, slippery crap. You have fun doing whatever you're going to do while I'm away doing whatever I'm going to do, okay? Promise. ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T. So glad you dug the post. 'Malady of Death' is my very favorite Duras novel. I'll pass along your kudos to Gisele when I see her tomorrow night. Impeccable playlist there. Yeah, that Objekt album is really good. I've been listened to it a lot too. ** Kier, Ha ha, Denormama, that's good. I'm not even going to try to compete. Wow, I always love your days. They're so beautiful. Have you carved the pumpkin yet? That's really exciting! I started listening to the Earth album, but I really can't stand Mark Lanegan's voice, so I quit listening pretty fast. My weekend: I haven't heard anything about the seance. Someone will probably write about it. Jonathan Mayhew and I went to the Paul McCarthy Chocolate Factory on Saturday morning. (See the link up above if you're curious.) It was insane and fantastic, and it smelled like god. I bought the two chocolate things you could buy -- a chocolate butt plug and a chocolate Santa holding a dildo. It was big fun. Then we did a walking tour of patisseries on the Left Bank and bought sweet things. Very nice. I think after that I just came home and worked on stuff and did pre-trip planning and prep. On Sunday, I dropped off Zac's welcome home treats, which were the McCarthys and other purchased sweets, on his doorstep before he got back from Dublin. Then Scott Treleaven took me to this tiny, really nice cafe in the Marais called Boots run by, I think, this American guy who's really into Gram Parsons, and we had coffees, scones, listened to country-ish music, and had a tete-a-tete before walking back here. Then I did my laundry. Zac got back and we caught up by phone, which was of course really great. Then I worked some more and blah blah. It was a good weekend. Was your Monday as nice as your weekend? ** Chilly Jay Chill, Welcome back! Great that the gig went well and that you got to hang with the great Gregory. Among the Duras, hm, I really like 'Destroy, She Said' and I quite like the two 'Aurélia Steiner' films. Everything by her that I've seen was very worth seeing. Fingers very crossed about the meeting of your mss. and your agent, obviously. That moment when you show a mss. to your agent is always so incredibly nerve-wracking, or at least for me. I've seen a bunch of our film footage, not everything. Everything has been so delayed due to the syncing issues and traveling that we've barely started the editing, but we're on it, and I'll be seeing so much footage soonish that I might go blind or something. Everything I've seen looked really, really good, and I'm quite excited and very hopeful. ** Jonathan, Hey! Saturday was awesomeness! Those Aoki cakes are kind of paranormal or something. I wonder why they don't just sell whole loafs of them? How was the 'official' fair? I kind of spaced out and missed it. I heard mixed things. You did the Bateaux Mouche and survived! You're brave, ha ha. Oh, and thank you for the footage of that turning McCarthy machine. That was beautiful. If I don't talk to you before we split, have an awesome couple of weeks plus, and it'll be great to see you when we get back! ** Rewritedept, Hi. Sorry I missed your comment. Weird/bad when that happens. Cool about the presumed awesomeness and the 'A' re: Nick's bongo talk. Fingers crossed. A good omelette is a good thing. What are 'potatoes o'brien'? Yep, off to the States. A bit in NYC, a bit in New York state, a bit up in the air, and then Iceland. Don't know what's what on Halloween yet. 'Ktl' does play that night but I don't know if I'll be there. There are a couple of spooky houses we want to check out. We'll see. I might get to check in here while I'm in New York, but I also might not, and both I and the blog will be completely gone while we're in Iceland. I will have so much fun! You try to have that much fun in Las Vegas! There's a challenge for you! ** Okay. I made another gif novella for Zac and for you. This is my favorite one so far. I hope you like it. So, one last new post tomorrow before the blog goes into reruns and possibly the last p.s. for a while too. I'll see you there and then.