it's just a book

[crispy47]

I finished Oe's Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age!, which is a largely autobiographical account of Oe's relationship with his brain-damaged son. And as much as I've been thinking about imagination recently in an abstract way, reading the afterword by the translator, John Nathan, suggests that Oe's and Blake's idea of imagination is much more

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[crispy47]

My fucking internet that sucks ass just totally failed to post my response to this, and then denied me the option of going back. My internet has been such a monumental failure these last couple weeks.

Anyway, doesn't that make you want to never have been born, or at least never have kids? Like, it doesn't matter if you're a lawyer or a stay-at-home mom or Kensaburo Oe-if your kid comes out brain damaged, that's going to be the defining feature of your life, and there's nothing you can do about it unless you're a terrible person. Isn't it funny that we spend all this money to study for years and years and work all hard to try to have a career, and actually the random combination of genes that your kids get turns out to be a zillion times more important?

What episode of TAL was that, btw? Maybe I'll listen to it when I'm feeling overly happy.

[liukeshi]

kenzaburo is awesome

[crispy47]

Speaking of awesome, you know what was awesome? That time I totally had no idea what continent you were in. What's up these days?