brieflynoted: Is “connection” a word that is used way too freely? Maybe so. I’m feeling a bit disheartened by its rarity. Sometimes it seems so easy to connect with people and other times, impossible. Regardless of the ambiguity, I’m intrigued by the late David Foster Wallace’s philosophies on the subject, so I decided to look beyond the daunting task of reading 1000 plus pages of fiction and well, just do it. I’ve heard all about this literary journey some call an “infinite summer,” and I’m hopping on board. I’m so curious to where it will take me. Synchronicity just happened!  I just told a friend: As far as Infinite Jest goes, the most intimidating thing is just the amount of time it takes.  There are occasional really hard words, but once you decide to read it and can deal with flipping back to the endnotes, I actually think it’s not too difficult.The most it takes is dedication. Which I heartily believe.  I also made my own how-to.  Sometimes when something from IJ gets caught in my head, I toy with the idea of reading it again.  I think that says something in and of itself.

brieflynoted:

Is “connection” a word that is used way too freely? Maybe so. I’m feeling a bit disheartened by its rarity. Sometimes it seems so easy to connect with people and other times, impossible. Regardless of the ambiguity, I’m intrigued by the late David Foster Wallace’s philosophies on the subject, so I decided to look beyond the daunting task of reading 1000 plus pages of fiction and well, just do it. I’ve heard all about this literary journey some call an “infinite summer,” and I’m hopping on board. I’m so curious to where it will take me.

Synchronicity just happened!  I just told a friend:

As far as Infinite Jest goes, the most intimidating thing is just the amount of time it takes.  There are occasional really hard words, but once you decide to read it and can deal with flipping back to the endnotes, I actually think it’s not too difficult.
The most it takes is dedication.
Which I heartily believe.  I also made my own how-to.  Sometimes when something from IJ gets caught in my head, I toy with the idea of reading it again.  I think that says something in and of itself.

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