reading catcher in the rye for the first time because i told myself i would if i ever saw a copy lying around and then i saw a copy lying around. its really challenging seeing the word “crumby” every other page “crummy” is way better i dont like thinking about crumbs everywhere.
@sumptuoussump interestingly “transamorous” is attested in a volume from the grey dukes personal collection. no one is quite sure what its supposed to have meant
my stepdad is telling me about how he lost touch with his childhood friend (the son of a marxist academic) because he joined a violent gang (composed of the children of artists and academics etc) with a leader named “piggy”
insomnia sucks really bad but its still makes me laugh a lot to think about going to bed with an attitude like "if i can pull this off it will be huge"
the system only dreams in total darkness maybe the best the national song also the only song i can think of that has the word “also” in the lyrics. i have a lot of respect for that also. but i wish the riff was a little less flatulent