Blog 6

Sullivan Feet in Smoke

I thought this was a very interesting article. The part which I found most interesting were the random bits of phrases and information the author recorded while his brother was recovering, and the way he portratyed them in the article. I like how he descibed it as, "It was like he was on acid,' but that wouldn't be quite true. Instead, he seemed to be living one of those imaginary acid trips we used to pretend to be on in junior high, you know, 'Hey, man, your nose is like a star or something, man.'" When I read this part, I instantly thought of all the times i've heard people who are pretending to be more drunk than they are try to say these type of steryotypical/hollywood esque drunk phrases to be funny. It's much funnier when you can tell it's natural, like the episodes the author recalled regarding his brother.

What I probably had the most trouble with from this article was the section regarding death. It's definitely a little strange that someone whose mind is so fried they can't even tell where they are would be able to comprehend that something like that had happened to them, so like the author I found this part a little unsettling. The references that his brother used as well, referring to Charon and the River Styx, was a little creepy too. This, and the unfortunate fact that i'm now all but certain i'll be a little uneasy the next time I told a microphone up to my mouth.