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April 2013
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The Hot Summer Days Chapter 10
Literally the only thing that happened in this chapter was Kathy’s mom getting upset about Polly Logan who is the artist. Kathy also talks to Olivia about an orgy but it doesn’t seem to be an actual orgy. BORING!
The end.
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“‘I told you Mother was bringing things. I thought we were going to have a...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
Does this word have another meaning? also I probably would give up an orgy for lobster, too.
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“Maisy finally managed a titter, but Daisy glared: having spoiled their private...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
Is it just me or did the wiki wee sentence make more sense?
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pkmnx:
the fact that i still havent seen a huge billboard with the eyes of TJ Eckleburg on it is such a loss for the great gatsby marketing team
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“They watched her wet her twitching lips, bend to the book again. ‘Twikky...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
No shit, this is a sentence from this book.
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“A parasol printed with violets (obtained at discount from the store’s...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
WHY IS THAT DETAIL NECESSARY??
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IT'S SEXY MONDAY!
ITS MONDAY NIGHT AND I’M DRUNK SO WHY NOT EDITION!
How have I never done this drunk? Drunk is ideal for this semi-weekly segment IN WHICH I read this really terrible 1960s novel called The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman which is so boring you don’t even know. But, you know I do what I can. I will quote the best quotes and summarize it at the end and you guys will be stoked about it...
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You know you have cleanliness issues when you pull off your dress and it gets caught on your bottle of sriracha
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DEBRACLE
I have invented a new word.
Debracle- noun. a disaster or problem involving a brassiere.
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asongforjuliet replied to your post: asongforjuliet replied to…
I accost my mother when I read a good book. Idek who I’m going to accost when I move ;__;
Well, I definitely texted 5 different people about it only one of which replied. So it didn’t come to accosting strangers but I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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The Hot Summer Days, Chapter 9
Okay we start with Anne and Polly talking. I don’t remember who Polly is. They are talking about how great their husbands are. It’s fascinating. Then Polly, who is apparently an artist, goes back to work on her art and then gets interrupted by Jay and Ray who are absolutely fabulous who are fans of her work. They own one of her paintings and are straight up stoked to meet her. They...
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“Frederick looked up with feverish eyes. Giving a groan like a man in pain he...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
Okay so now there’s rape? Fuck this book.
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“Maisy and Daisy were still upstairs, drawn shades, a whirring fan creating an...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
FANS DO NOT CREATE THE ILLUSION OF COOLNESS! IF A FAN IS WHIRRING THAT MEANS ITS WORKING! NO ILLUSIONS UNLESS IT IS NOT A FAN. IS IT NOT A FAN?
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asongforjuliet replied to your post: asongforjuliet replied to your post: IT’S SEXY…
I’m happier than I probably should be but sorry not sorry
Well good, because I accept no apologies for enthusiasm. ONWARD!
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“‘It sounds too good to be true…far too civilized for this...”
– -The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
Okay, there is a gay couple in this story and they are so stereotypical and they are also named JAY AND RAY COME ON BOOK YOU ALREADY HAD DAISY AND MAISY
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asongforjuliet replied to your post: IT’S SEXY TUESDAY!
Yesssssssssssssssssssss
Man guys, I find your enthusiasm for a deeply boring book so heartwarming! <3 I love you all.
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“Happier than she had been in days, she carried the wooden box from her bedroom...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
I am quoting this because this is the sexiest thing that has happened in a book whose blurb promises ORGIES.
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IT'S SEXY TUESDAY!
I’M SO OUT OF TOUCH THAT I HAD TO CHECK THE CALENDAR TO KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS EDITION!
I’m still keeping this up because I am determined to make it through this book and I have faith it will get better. Or I guess awesomely worse it what we are hoping for. One day we’re going to have a discussion about how the only bad prose is boring prose. Anyway. To anyone hopelessly...
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The Hot Summer Days Chapter 8
This chapter was mostly about how unhappy Anne is with her husband, Tom. Tom returns and it turns out he really isn’t into his wife very much. We are so shocked. Anne thinks about how he can’t get it up with her and how that’s kind of a problem. However, Daisy and Maisy exist so its happened at some point. She thinks about this lover she had once who was some dude from Iowa....
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“Here it progressed down a tiled hallway to a small one room apartment where the...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
And this ladies and gents, is this book’s first sex scene. Good use of the word Tarzanery. ANYTHING EVERYTHING bahaha
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“‘It’s not all that serious, and if you have to get technical, it...”
– UNLESS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT GEORGE
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“‘Such a lovely surprise, Tom darling. Whatever made you change your...”
– YEAH WHERE IS GEORGE?
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IT'S SEXY SUNDAY!
SPRINGTIME EDITION!
Ladies and gents, welcome to the consistently more and more semi-weekly segment in which I read a truly terrible book called The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman that is seriously so boring it has almost killed this segment. It has nothing to do with my laziness or life issues at all. It’s the book’s fault. In any case, you people are still around and this book...
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missnesbit replied to your post: The Hot Summer Days Chapter 7
TOO SOON TOO SOON! Ahhh good times!
Can I say that I reference the ‘too soon too soon’ thing on a regular basis knowing full well that like two people I know in real life know I have a blog and no one will know what I am talking about. It’s just too good of a joke to let go. I don’t know, man.
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The Hot Summer Days Chapter 7
Kathy, who is the nanny who thinks everything is ‘too soon too soon’, has her mother come visit. Her mother is a horrible person who judges everything so Kathy tricks her into thinking that Kathy isn’t getting enough to eat so Kathy’s mother will embarrass herself. Meanwhile, her friend Olivia is busy getting to know the local boys and takes Kathy along. A boy tries to...
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“Neither said a word but she nonetheless plunked herself down several feet away, joined by Eel who said “Some doll, some doll!” to no one in particular and lit a cigarette.” —The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
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scifilibrarian replied to your post: IT’S SEXY THURSDAY!
I care! Glad to have you back! :-)
gnomeseason replied to your post: IT’S SEXY THURSDAY!
YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS TO COME BACK!
Thanks, dudes. <3
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“It was Olivia. She was wearing, Kathy saw, the hideous leopard-printed bathing...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
Things are getting more interesting
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“Thursday dawned crisply high-skied with a keen breeze blowing in off the sea...”
– The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman
GUYS THE SEA JUST DIED
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IT'S SEXY THURSDAY!
Nobody Remembers and Nobody Cares Edition!
So, I used to do this thing called Sexy Sunday where I read really bad 1960s novels and quoted them and summarized them for your reading pleasure. I was in the middle of a book called The Hot Summer Days by Sue Kaufman. We were patiently awaiting orgies. That’s all you need to know, really. Will orgies happen? Only time can tell.
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stay the night with the sinners: Cover Letter →
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Dear Person I arbitrarily picked from the website or some general generic statement like team that oh god I hope is not unprofessional,
I am applying for your open position. Really any open position it doesn’t matter. I am a skilled person with lots of skills who is…
Dear Unskilled Twenty-something,
I’m sorry if I mixed up your name with somebody else’s, there’s just so...
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oh-how-cute reblogged your post: Cover Letter
I am a natural multitasker who in the past has frequently driven upwards of 70 mph while singing to Justin Bieber,…
HIRED
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scifilibrarian replied to your post: Cover Letter
I’m trying to write a cover letter tonight and I just want to cry.
We are sisters linked by trauma! <3
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Holy shit I think I hit a nerve
If only my real cover letters were as popular as my fake one.
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Cover Letter
Dear Person I arbitrarily picked from the website or some general generic statement like team that oh god I hope is not unprofessional,
I am applying for your open position. Really any open position it doesn’t matter. I am a skilled person with lots of skills who is passionate about paying their rent on time and not starving. I am not independently wealthy. Your company appears to not be...
March 2013
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“Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer...”
– Paul Auster (via planb-becomeapirate)
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“All of this is typical girl-fear. Once you realize that The Exorcist is,...”
– Rookie, The Season of the Witch
For readings on the correlation in horror between puberty and the monstrous, see:
Barbara Creed’s The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism and Psychoanalysis (specifically, the chapter called “Woman As Possessed Monster”)
Aviva Briefel’s “Monster Pains: Masochism,...
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