Living in central shoreline Connecticut, I have a feeling there are no James Joyce themed pubcrawls or public readings of Ulysses, but today is Bloomsday nonetheless. So if you have the ability, celebrate it. Hit up Ri-Ra if you're in Portland tonight and maybe i'll go to this creepy diner called McNulty's this afternoon. Somehow, i kind of doubt it. But today marks the oft-celebrated anniversary of the book (even though it was published on a different date), no matter how much of a pain in the ass it is to read, i gotta say the Ulysses is honestly just a gorgeous piece of work that manages not to lose the soul of good writing despite the extensive stylistic experimentation. If you've never read it before, why the hell not pick up a bit of it today? Nobody expects you to handle it all, just give the beginning of an episode a whirl. Might i suggest episodes 1, 6, or 2 for starters?
Celebrate with a pint of beer or a good old venus-in-furs freakout in a red light district or even a a graphic dump followed by a newspaper ass-wiping. i'll be sitting down a bit with a chapter or two this evening. deshil holles eamus. deshil holles eamus. deshil holles eamus.
