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Thursday, February 10, 2011

A lil' Thursday literary/musical morbidity

me: i'm about to start my first virginia woolf
Eric: haha lemme know how that goes
me: ever read her?
Eric: nope!
can't say i have
which one are u going to start with
me: her first novel actually
someone left it at work
"the voyage out"
Eric: what's that about?
me: i find it interesting (and a little morbid) to read someone's work, knowing she offed herself not that long after
Eric: haha
kinda like listening to nirvana?
me: yeahhh!
Eric: or elliot smith?
me: good comparison
all those
Eric: or hendrix?
haha
Eric: i'm sure there have been others
but ya, can't think of any off the top of my head
me: did hemingway off himself?
1Eric: if u call drinking urself to death offing yourself

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well, drinking, yes - but he also shot himself, which also counts.