Good marrams and good merrymills!

[nenena]

Tonight, I finally finished reading through page 316 of Finnegans Wake.

This calls for 80's hair rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUSDS9pkA2Y (Booooo Universal Records and your stupid no-embedding rule!)

BTW, epic litfuck fic is halfway finished now, too.

And after an evening spent slooooowly uploading some doujinshi scans, there are now officially 42 files in the /soul directory in my Badongo account. (*snickers*)

Now if you'll excuse me, I have more Finnegan to plow through. Unfortunately I'm already done with my absolute favorite part (Book II.2 for over forty pages straight of Isabel being epic awesome and also hawt Shem/Shaun twincest action), and now I have to plow through the rest of Book II.3 and the torturous pub scene. Gaaaaaaaaaah.

Also, Joyce managed to pun "Cincinnati" on page 285. So I guess that nowhere is safe from Jimmy Joyce anymore.

Comments

[atelierjoh.livejournal.com]

Because 42 is the answer to the universe, of course. (I always love reading your allusions.)

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was a Soul Eater reference. Which also handily doubles as a Douglass Adams joke. Hmmm, a double-reference pop culture joke. Jimmy Joyce would approve.

Appropriate song is appropriate.

[meiousei.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, Bon Jovi. I rocked out a little at my desk just now. What well-maintained locks he had.

As someone who will probably never read Finnegan's Wake, I'm cheering for you! Because, you know, I read vicariously through you.

[pgadey.livejournal.com]

Well done on FW. It's a hard read, but you're well into it. What motivated your to read it?

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Honestly? Because I thought, "Hey, that looks like fun." And so far, it is.

Granted, I am probably approaching the book from the least intellectual angle possible. I'm just sort of enjoying Joyce's silliness for what it is, and not worrying too much about a) understanding every single joke or pun, or b) trying to figure out what's actually going on, at least not on my own brainpower. I have Joseph Campbell, William York Tindall, and John Bishop to peel away the layers of meaning for me.

So yeah, I'm basically just doing a surface-level reading, if I can call it that. I know that I'm missing out on a lot by not diving too deeply into the book. But at the same time, well - let me tell you, even just doing a surface-level reading, this book is still a total blast. It's just ridiculously fun to read.