Reading since 1985.

This is not seduction. This is comedy. It is the comedy of creating a connection that is not the connection —- that cannot begin to compete with the connection —- created unartificially by lust. This is the instant conventionalizing, the giving us something in common on the spot, the trying to transform lust into something socially appropriate. Yet, it’s the radical inappropriateness that makes lust lust.

—Philip Roth (The Dying Animal)

harkaway:

First pass at an essay on Steampunk. My main site is undergoing renovations, so this will go up here for now. I’ll post a PDF when nickharkaway.com is back in full use next week.

(Photo by Alexander Schlesier under CC Attribution-Share Alike)

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The Steampunk Movement is Good and…

I want someone who will be monogamous, and nice to his mother. And I want someone who likes musicals, but knows to just shut his mouth when I’m watching Lost. And I want someone who thinks being really into cars is lame, and strip clubs are gross. I want someone who will actually empty the dishwasher instead of just taking out forks as needed, like I do. I want someone with clean hands and feet,and beefy forearms, like a damn Disney prince. And I want him to genuinely like me, even when I’m old. And that’s what I want.

—Liz Lemon, 30 Rock (via dinosaurjane)