I reach page 850 while eating a veggie-turkey sandwich with a soft tomato slice.
The goal is to finish by Saturday morning returning the book to the Prince of Paddle Tennis Park. So far the book remains unstained and uncreased. Borrowing comes with much responsibility.
J Roach hits page 800 in Infinite Jest. He is elated. Even the endnotes have subsided.
There is a power outage in Culver City.
Ephebi
Definition: a Greek youth reaching manhood
Fado
Definition: a sad Portuguese folksong
Sentence: The audience thought it was the fado that brought tears to the guitarists eyes; the song was sad but it wasn’t that sad.
While having coffee with the artist Todd Xmas (not featured), J Roach remembers a Taoist tale.
