3 things as the sun finally appears...

Hi all,

1.) Daniel, you know of course that there is no "ultimate deconstruction of
logocentrism." In fact, the phrase begins with an oxymoron. And any desire
for such a ridiculous thing would have nothing to do with anything written by
that other J.D. But I am enjoying a happy and carefree life at the moment and
have no desire whatsoever to spend time discussing such stuff. I am
scheduled, however, to give a small talk at my own university introducing the film
made last year about Derrida. When I prep that, I'd be happy to send you a post
or two with thoughts that come to mind. My most recent on-campus guest
lecture, just last week, was on Jack the Ripper and Victorian culture for a
Criminology seminar on serial killers, so I've been in something of a different mode
lately.

2.) I kept being nagged by the words of an old "pig in literature" reference
that I recalled but which I could not pinpoint. Then, just this week, I
remembered. From the "social prayer for vengeance" that Ferdinand Bardamu recites
to Arthur at the beginning of *Journey...*:

"A God who counts the minutes and the pence, a desperate God, sensual and
grunting like a pig. A pig with wings of gold which tumbles through the world,
with exposed belly waiting for caresses, lo, 'tis he, behold out master!
Embrace, embrace!"

3.) I'm sure this has been discussed on the list previously, but are we all
agreed that *Chasing Holden* is a terrible movie? I noticed it was on cable
this afternoon and watched a few minutes of it again and was reminded how
cheesy it was.

That's it from the trenches of the Gulf Coast, where the monsoon that was
this past week and a half finally looks like it is breaking and I am no longer
stuck on the back porch like Isabel watching it rain in Macondo.

All the best,

--John

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Received on Mon Jun 23 17:31:07 2003