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7/11/03
Kumquats: A Deconstruction
7/11/03 01:18Note: I am sleep deprived, stressed, insane. In other words, thesising and having an actually fun time of it. Revised proposal came out well. This is my revenge, in which I de-stress.
Kumquats: A Deconstruction
"...and upon drawing nigh to the fruitseller, I said: Have you any kumquats today? He replied, in a low voice: We cannot sell kumquats to the stranger in our town. I asked: How does one become a not-stranger? He replied: By eating a kumquat." (Thingamajig, p. 30)
Thingamajig's The Juice of Languages contextualizes the role of fruit in the writings of disinfranchised lesbian seventh-day-adventist birdlimers in sub-saharan Africa admirably. Its radical deconstruction of fruits, especially the jackfruit and kumquat, as symbols of Ben Jonson's papist tendencies before his falling-out with Inigo Jones; and the comparisons between apples and Rush Limbaugh's shock-tactic radio shows, especially, are excellent. However, I feel that there is something lacking in this analysis.
Why is Thingamajig using the symbol of the kumquat, as opposed to, for example, skiing?
How should I know? Frankly, I don't care. I'm going to go to bed.
THE END
Kumquats: A Deconstruction
"...and upon drawing nigh to the fruitseller, I said: Have you any kumquats today? He replied, in a low voice: We cannot sell kumquats to the stranger in our town. I asked: How does one become a not-stranger? He replied: By eating a kumquat." (Thingamajig, p. 30)
Thingamajig's The Juice of Languages contextualizes the role of fruit in the writings of disinfranchised lesbian seventh-day-adventist birdlimers in sub-saharan Africa admirably. Its radical deconstruction of fruits, especially the jackfruit and kumquat, as symbols of Ben Jonson's papist tendencies before his falling-out with Inigo Jones; and the comparisons between apples and Rush Limbaugh's shock-tactic radio shows, especially, are excellent. However, I feel that there is something lacking in this analysis.
Why is Thingamajig using the symbol of the kumquat, as opposed to, for example, skiing?
How should I know? Frankly, I don't care. I'm going to go to bed.
THE END
Malaysia to Restrict 'Scary' Books - I understand, really, the political, sociological, religious actions behind this.
But man, people are screwed up. What are they going to do with the stock of world folktales, including their own? (If I was a little kid being told a story of being trapped for supper would make me terrified, and vampire caves definitely fall under the heading of 'scary'.)
But man, people are screwed up. What are they going to do with the stock of world folktales, including their own? (If I was a little kid being told a story of being trapped for supper would make me terrified, and vampire caves definitely fall under the heading of 'scary'.)
