...while I, sedated, slept like a graven image.

Today, i ventured into Infinite Jest, and i don't mean i began a cylcle of silliness that will g oon for all eternity. No, i embarked on an adventure into David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest, of titularly appropriate length (1079 pages of packed print and somewhat disjointed plot). i know that during the time i am reading it, i will be tempted to post on it every night, but, for the sake of you, my reader, i will refrain...but not today. Oh no, i must give you the highlights.
Vocab: Nepotistic-Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business.
Lapidary-One who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems; A dealer in precious or semiprecious stones.
Wen-A harmless cyst, especially on the scalp or face, containing the fatty secretion of a sebaceous
gland.

Understand that i probably could have made a post of just vocab words i didn't know in the first 15 pages, but i'll spread it out. I intend to have a DFW word of the day from now on. now here is my laugh out loud quote from the book. To set the scene, this kid is in the middle of an interview at the University of Arizona.

"It strikes me that EXIT signs would look to a native speaker of Latin like red-lit signs that say HE LEAVES."

Realize that if i wasn't lazy i would type out paragraphs of hilarity for you, but i'm lazy, so too bad.

Here's some pictures of the man himself:



If KU plays crappy again tonight, i quit life. But i'll most likely still support them fully, except for Giddens.