So I've recently been whiling the hours at home away reading Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. At the same time, I've been listening to Jack Kerouac's On the Road on audiobook (when else but during my long commute?). It's a bit of a shock switching from one to the other. I come home one minute thinking, "Hey, now, zap! Hot dog!" and arouse a sarcastic "Indeed?" from myself the next minute.
Posted by waltondammerung at February 19, 2004 7:25 PMYou should definitely read Junky by William S. Burroughs when you're done with on the road to really get some good Beat culture in.
Posted by: Will at February 20, 2004 11:37 AMI personally recommend Don Quixote de La Mancha as an audiobook (my current commuting companion), if you really want to effect a vocabulary change.
Posted by: Mom at February 20, 2004 5:16 PM