{"id":1244,"date":"2020-03-08T13:33:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T20:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2020\/03\/08\/the-white-noise-meander-week-6\/"},"modified":"2020-03-08T13:33:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T20:33:05","slug":"the-white-noise-meander-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2020\/03\/08\/the-white-noise-meander-week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Noise Meander, Week 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our potassium levels are suspect<\/strong> but nonetheless we\u2019ve made it to the start of Week 6, in which we\u2019ll make a wee leap to the back of the book.<\/p>\n

Thanks again for taking the trek. I have missed these group reads, and the book is much richer for having all of your thoughts in the swirl. <\/p>\n

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Figure 6.1: If this image saw the WNM magnet reflected in a puddle, it would not comb its hair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week<\/strong> the thread included ruminations on mortality, faith, and pleasure, and a defense of nostalgia, to which: amen! There were also questions about how exactly one walks like a European, and a hat tip to the permanent-patient status that blinks above our heads.<\/p>\n

A few of us \u2014 me included \u2014 were struck by the Gotham-esque moment of the insane asylum burning down, and our characters watching like it was another show on TV. And we survived the Hitler convention, with their terrifying (at least to me) name tags, and their love of sweets.<\/p>\n

All of which added to a general feeling of life and decay (\u201cthe time of dangling insects\u201d), creation and ruin, garbage-sorting mayhem, and a sort of death-worshipping vibe that jangles the air in Blacksmith and environs.<\/p>\n

As my nemesis Murray noted, you can be homesick even when you\u2019re home. Which is a little like spending your life in mourning for your inevitable death. Be here now, Jack. Before the bracketed numbers with little stars have their say.<\/p>\n

This week: <\/strong> It’s the last time you\u2019ll need to comment to qualify for magnetized glory! Shout out as you finish, and let\u2019s meet up at the bottom of page 310 aka the end of our tale….<\/p>\n

Be sure to check back for next week’s post when we’ll get a preview of the magnet from the artist herself (“so-called eb”).<\/p>\n

Say pally, how’s this work again? <\/strong>Finish on time, comment each week, and stay in the hunt for a free “I Survived the White Noise Meander” magnet. Oh, and in case you were wondering: This is the post for comments on Chapters 37-40 as well as any last contributions you’d like to make to The White Noise Meander Playlist (with a big thanks to Alyssa for volunteering to make that a real thing once our journey is complete).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our potassium levels are suspect but nonetheless we\u2019ve made it to the start of Week 6, in which we\u2019ll make a wee leap to the back of the book. Thanks again for taking the trek. I have missed these group reads, and the book is much richer for having all of your thoughts in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}