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BOTH_WAYS_LOSE

                                                     April 29, 2007

Ah, when first we practice to pose
as that which does not pose...


   "We are happy with our shorts and
   T-shirts, one side tucked in, just
   an inch of it on the right side,                     I like this detail,
   showing some belt, the rest hanging                  because I do this
   out-- this is our look-- it having                   sometimes, but only  
   been arrived at in high school                       when wearing a
   through careful consideration,                       T-shirt over tights.
   through the eschewing of so many
   possible mistakes.  We wear no                       Otherwise, it's
   tatoos, because we feel tattoos                      like, "Did you
   indicate too much attention paid to                  forget the belt
   one's look ...  Same with dyed hair,                 that goes with
   piercings, brandings, creative                       that mini-skirt?"
   headwear, neckwear, T-shirtwear, all
   other indications and accoutrements.
   We have opted out, taken the
   ultimate apathetic approach to looks
   and attire ...  have chosen a kind
   of elegance through refusal ....
   the look of _absolutely no look at
   all_. Which is not to say we
   wouldn't mind looking _good_."           STAGGERING

             Dave Eggers,
             "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
             p. 244



   "We can play it both ways, all ways.
   We can look into the eyes of this Judd
   person, whose eyes look like ours, and we
   can pour forth to him kindness and
   understanding, and crack jokes with him
   and make plans with him, all the while
   calculating what we might be able to get
   out of this association, how much of his
   sort of access we can get without having
   to too seriously compromise the purity of
   our own endeavor by fouling it with his
   presence ..."

             Dave Eggers,
             "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
             p.245


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