{"id":1353,"date":"2020-04-12T17:55:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2020\/04\/12\/the-blind-assassin-meander-week-two\/"},"modified":"2020-04-12T17:55:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:55:24","slug":"the-blind-assassin-meander-week-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2020\/04\/12\/the-blind-assassin-meander-week-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blind Assassin Meander: Week Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome Button Factory Visitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have I already confessed that this is my first Atwood? And that somehow I hadn’t even heard<\/em> of this book before a few weeks ago? <\/p>\n

Well, you can imagine my delight this week, as I finally found out what the hell we had gotten ourselves into. <\/p>\n

As so-called Alex said in the comments, even when I was confused, the language (Iris’ repeated self-slams — “I shambled into the kitchen” — family buttons concealing “the category of objects the world needs but scorns”) kept me happily zipping along. Add to that a sort of sinister-Kilgore-Trout-ish sci fi vision (“This carpet blinded ten children”<\/em>) threaded throughout our tale, and a gentle reader in search of distraction couldn’t ask for much more. Except perhaps for a marble head-of-medusa over the fireplace.<\/p>\n

By the end of this week, the pieces felt like they were starting to come together. My ad hoc family-tree-scibbles were beginning to make sense. And I was left ready to dive into Week Two.<\/p>\n

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Figure 2: The magnet won’t look like either of these already-weathered copies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Really enjoying the comments, as always — and it’s a particular treat to see such a great mix of long-time and returning Meanderers and first time Meander-peeps, blending into one mighty communal intelligence.<\/p>\n

Speaking of communal intelligence:<\/strong> Last time around, we built an ad hoc White Noise Meander playlist<\/a>. On the thread this past week, Computilo [whoops: corrected in the comments — Peaseblossom, not Computilo!] <\/em>and So-Called Amanda offered a couple of excellent TBAM playlist suggestions. I’ve added a Jim Croce tune to the mix and started up a TBAM Spotify playlist you can find here<\/strong><\/a>. Feel free to call out songs to add in the comments as we wander along, or add ’em directly to the playlist, which is set up for public co-creation. Because: music!<\/p>\n

This week: <\/strong> Let’s charge on through to page 121 in the blue edition, aka the end of “The Blind Assassin: The Messenger” wherein, gold watch intact, she’s “got to go.”<\/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 Blind Assassin Meander” magnet. Oh, and in case you were wondering: This is the post for comments on Chapters 3.5 – 4.5.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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