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top o'th'world

Sunset Junction :: top of the ferris wheel

Say Anything

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. As a career, I don't want to do that.

I am reading this right now and loving it. The writing is so intricate, but completely understandable. It's sort of like Brave New World combined with Virgin Suicides...at least it feels that way 100 pages in. It's the story of this medical student, whose entire family has killed themselves in their own way. She is immensely scarred by this loss and feels like her destiny is to be alone in the world. Then the hospital where she works becomes preserved, afloat, after the earth is flooded beneath seven miles of water. She is coming to realize her part to play, which involves her unique past, as she is locked within this floating noah's ark. The premise is impossibly fantastical, but the writing is so grounded and so viceral, that you just sortof accept what you are reading and go along with it.

Pretty much the only perk of my job is getting free books.