Good Looking People in Small Clever Rooms That Utilize Every Centimeter of Available Space

Pages 638–663: Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief

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This time, we welcome special guest, Jonathan Gingerich, to join us as we talk about...

Topics of discussion:

  • what brought us to Infinite Jest in the first place (primarily Jonathan);
  • M*A*S*H (TV show)(Robert Altman's movie);
  • the purpose of The Entertainment; 
  • Geoffrey Day, Erdedy, and Kate Gompert talk depression and floating shapes;
  • Helen Steeply talks to DeLint (who's a jerk); 
  • ETA montage (ghost's eye view?); 
  • is the Swiss hand model Luria P--?;
  • carved out of what, though?;
  • every time is cookie time, and all cats can see ghosts 


    • See also:

    • Korean War;
    • spoilers for the 11-year old show, LOST;
    • Fox + broadcast networks;
    • stenography shorthand;
    • Beauty and the Beast's Cogsworth (Disney movie);
    • David Ogden Stiers;
    • Jorge Luis Borges "The Zahir" (short story);
    • James Poniewozik's NY Times article, "Donald Trump Lost His Battle. The Culture War Goes On";
    • Sufjan Stevens "Should Have Known Better"


      • We'll read pages 663–673 next time.

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