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AAAAAAAAARGH!!! It's an On The Road overload! <br />
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And I like it ;)<br />
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After the <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/holy-maryloustew-on-road-trailer.html" target="_blank">trailer was FINALLY released</a> (unf, just how awesome is it?!) now there are new pics and posters and I so can't wait to finally see this flick - but we get into that a little further down the "scroll" (*ten Kerouac points to me*).<br />
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In other news, our apologies for the delay in this post - boring things like work and time zones sometimes keep us from getting our OTR on... collectively at least, we're always rocking like KStew solo ;)<br />
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And here we go...<br />
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- Lorabell x<br />
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Chapter summary: <br />
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<i>So with Sal finally arriving in Denver, he's anxious for a long awaited reunion with Dean and Carlo... who, not surprisingly, have been occupied with elsewhere: with women; and themselves. </i><br />
<i>Dean's juggling MaryLou, Camille and at least a third woman... not to mention Carlo's man crush. When Dean's not hopping beds, the two cats fan their own egos!</i><br />
<i>What will Sal do now?</i><br />
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Breaking it down - an excerpt:<br />
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LettieLou: Well, let me start by saying...<br />
LettieLou: DEAN<br />
DEAN<br />
DEAN<br />
Lorabell: (and his enormous schlong?)<br />
LettieLou: and his "schedule" <br />
Lorabell: schedule - so close<br />
LettieLou: HAHAHAHA<br />
that's to come<br />
pun intended<br />
Lorabell: bam!<br />
LettieLou: (note to the reader: we're not normally so filthy)<br />
Lorabell: (psh, not in the final edit)<br />
LettieLou: I think this chapter gives us the first REAL glimpse of Dean<br />
and what's important to him<br />
SEX<br />
SEX<br />
SEX<br />
Lorabell: he is SUCH a MAN WHORE<br />
LettieLou: worse... a sneaky and calculated man whore<br />
Lorabell: now, I know it was the beginning of that era, etc<br />
but EXACTLY, so calculated<br />
eugh<br />
LettieLou: he knows how to get what he wants<br />
Lorabell: DINGDINGDING!<br />
master manipulator<br />
LettieLou: because marylou is NOT STUPID<br />
Lorabell: but i don't think he's that "smart" - he's just charming<br />
LettieLou: though she's going to appear it for awhile<br />
Lorabell: word, she totes has the upper hand that way<br />
LettieLou: oh and she does...<br />
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Chatting it up - the complete breakdown:<br />
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Lorabell: Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey girl </div>
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LettieLou: HEYEYEYEYEYEY</div>
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Lorabell: know what is awesome?</div>
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LettieLou: WHAT</div>
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Lorabell: the OTR trailer</div>
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LettieLou: OTR TRAILER</div>
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Lorabell: man, i was dying I couldn't watch it</div>
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stupid effing broken computer and evil work hours</div>
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LettieLou: me too! i was freaking on the plane and the door closing right as they were posting!</div>
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argh, no way</div>
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torture</div>
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LettieLou: i know!</div>
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but</div>
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when i did watch, i...</div>
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cried</div>
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i didn't take a single breath the first time through</div>
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Lorabell: preach, sista</div>
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it's so good</div>
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book accurate</div>
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from the story to the feel</div>
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STOKED for the movie</div>
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LettieLou: OH MY GOSH</div>
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Sam Freaking Riley</div>
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we know I love Kris... but sam is going to MAKE this movie for me</div>
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Lorabell: it's a toss up with Garrett too</div>
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*phew* that man is too much</div>
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LettieLou: oh i know!</div>
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when he says "i do all these things"</div>
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DED</div>
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Lorabell: YUPPPP</div>
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LettieLou: it's going to be so amazing</div>
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Lorabell: and the dancing?</div>
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BEYOND!</div>
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LettieLou: GHAHAHAHGHGHA:LKDFJa;lporkasvklasjdjkfa;sfkjweupovj;lasf</div>
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Lorabell: what she said</div>
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LettieLou: hahahaha</div>
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Feel free to include that in the final edit</div>
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Lorabell: ha, noted</div>
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but on top of the actors and scenes, the editing and colourization are just perfect!</div>
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LettieLou: oh agree!</div>
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i had the thought that "LB and i totally talked about this!!!"</div>
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Lorabell: this shiz could be nomination worthy</div>
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yuppp</div>
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same</div>
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LettieLou: we discussed the colouring!</div>
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remember</div>
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Lorabell: uh huh</div>
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LettieLou: and yes, i'm fuly expecting nominations</div>
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or at least there should be</div>
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Lorabell: big time</div>
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critical acclaim at the least</div>
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LettieLou: i cannot stress the vibe i got from sam immediately</div>
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i got chills</div>
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and so... </div>
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Chapter 7</div>
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Lorabell: OW OW!</div>
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LettieLou: Let's earn our Press Creds...</div>
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LOL</div>
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Lorabell: HA</div>
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k, you first ;)</div>
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LettieLou: Well, let me start by saying...</div>
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LettieLou: DEAN</div>
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DEAN</div>
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DEAN</div>
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Lorabell: (and his enormous schlong?)</div>
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LettieLou: and his "schedule" </div>
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Lorabell: schedule - so close</div>
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LettieLou: HAHAHAHA</div>
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that's to come</div>
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pun intended</div>
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Lorabell: bam!</div>
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LettieLou: (note to the reader: we're not normally so filthy)</div>
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Lorabell: (psh, not in the final edit)</div>
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LettieLou: I think this chapter gives us the first REAL glimpse of Dean</div>
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and what's important to him</div>
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SEX</div>
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SEX</div>
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SEX</div>
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Lorabell: he is SUCH a MAN WHORE</div>
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LettieLou: worse... a sneaky and calculated man whore</div>
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Lorabell: now, I know it was the beginning of that era, etc</div>
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but EXACTLY, so calculated</div>
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eugh</div>
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LettieLou: he knows how to get what he wants</div>
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Lorabell: DINGDINGDING!</div>
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master manipulator</div>
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LettieLou: because marylou is NOT STUPID</div>
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Lorabell: but i don't think he's that "smart" - he's just charming</div>
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LettieLou: though she's going to appear it for awhile</div>
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Lorabell: word, she totes has the upper hand that way</div>
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LettieLou: oh and she does...</div>
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we don't see HER yet</div>
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but we will</div>
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no spoilers</div>
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LMFAO</div>
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Lorabell: girl's got some tricks</div>
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LettieLou: oh she does</div>
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Lorabell: bounce i can't wait</div>
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pool Sal though - silly misguided boy</div>
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LettieLou: oh yeah</div>
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sal is another story</div>
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Lorabell: Dean's so wrapped up in his self he's almost completely forgotten</div>
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i mean</div>
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what is WITH those face to face talks?</div>
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LettieLou: and poor carlo! what self absorbed and self important idiot</div>
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Lorabell: i knew Dean was in love with himself but come ON</div>
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two of a kind</div>
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big time</div>
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LettieLou: yep</div>
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exacto</div>
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dean wants to have sex</div>
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and carlo wants to talk about the theory of why dean wants to have sex</div>
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LOL</div>
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Lorabell: LOLOL</div>
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LettieLou: TOMstu is gonna kill, too</div>
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Lorabell: Argh, I don't wanna like him because he's a tool but that shot of him in those glasses was unf</div>
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LettieLou: LMFAO!</div>
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he's gonna be good for the part, i think</div>
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Lorabell: yup, i can really see it</div>
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although i wish they'd gone with anyone other than Kirsten Dunst</div>
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she bugs</div>
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LettieLou: AGREE!</div>
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who else? thoughts?</div>
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Lorabell: lol, Camille Belle?</div>
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LettieLou: i think blake lively could have done it</div>
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Lorabell: snort</div>
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not keen on her either</div>
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isn't Dunst "Camille"?</div>
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LettieLou: yes</div>
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Lorabell: she's brunette, no?</div>
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yup</div>
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page 43</div>
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"i saw a brunette on the bed...</div>
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"one beautiful creamy thigh covered with black lace"</div>
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Camille Belle would have been good</div>
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LettieLou: yay for LB quoting!</div>
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Lorabell: right?</div>
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LettieLou: she gets on my nerves</div>
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Lorabell: I'm so proud for me, for you ;) </div>
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LettieLou: LOL</div>
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Lorabell: me too a lil (and she sucked SO hard in "Push") but she's so beautiful</div>
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ummmmmm</div>
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thinking</div>
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LettieLou: agreed. hated her in push</div>
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i'd cast Emma Stone in anything. LOL. i'm super biased</div>
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I love her</div>
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Lorabell: NICE</div>
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LOOOOOOVE HER</div>
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LettieLou: she's on the celeb bestie list</div>
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Lorabell: agreed</div>
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along with Anna Kendrick</div>
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LettieLou: OH! good one!</div>
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Lorabell: did you see 50/50?</div>
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LettieLou: she is way underrated</div>
<div>
YES</div>
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brill</div>
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Lorabell: so so good</div>
<div>
disappointed that didn't get any nomination love</div>
<div>
Natalie Portman?</div>
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LettieLou: a tiny glimpse into the dean/carlo relationship (going back to that)</div>
<div>
I just came across this</div>
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page 44</div>
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"What?" said Carlo. "I thought we were going to talk."</div>
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"Yes. yes. After."</div>
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Lorabell: Dean rules the roost</div>
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i don't know WHY they let him</div>
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LettieLou: "Oh, these Denver doldrums!" yelled Carlo to the sky."</div>
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LettieLou either</div>
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i do think, though, that garrett is going to bring some humility to him.</div>
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he's still a prick</div>
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Lorabell: nod there already seems that glint of uncertainty about him</div>
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LettieLou: but that one scene in the trailer gives me hope</div>
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YES</div>
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Lorabell: yuppp</div>
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LettieLou: bingo</div>
<div>
great minds</div>
<div>
i love page 45 at the end of the chapter how he muses about whether or not dean and carlo have their talk</div>
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LOL</div>
<div>
that makes me laugh</div>
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Lorabell: aw, he's such a third wheel</div>
<div>
he wants to be in on the talk too</div>
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LettieLou: i love that he just went home. LOL!</div>
<div>
there's some comedy there</div>
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Lorabell: lol, agreed - lil lost puppy</div>
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LettieLou: "my last dollar was gone"</div>
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what a dummy</div>
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Lorabell: so sorry for himself</div>
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i'm surprised it's not fucking raining</div>
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with a tiny violin playing on the street corner</div>
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LettieLou: oh, wouldn't that be perfect</div>
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Lorabell: no money, no friends, no girl</div>
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LettieLou: but we'll get our rain earlier in the movie</div>
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Lorabell: wah wah</div>
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LettieLou: sappy gas station scene</div>
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Lorabell: blue tint </div>
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LettieLou: THOSE DAMN SHOES</div>
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yep</div>
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Lorabell: man, i hope he's wearing crappy shoes in the movie</div>
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LettieLou: me too. it's important to the story</div>
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Lorabell: dude, we seriously HAVE to see this released together</div>
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LettieLou: i'm already counting on it</div>
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Lorabell: i wanna dress up</div>
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50's style</div>
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LettieLou: BEAT style</div>
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i'm down</div>
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Lorabell: yuppp</div>
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inc crappy shoes </div>
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LettieLou: DONE</div>
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what's ur early impression of camille?</div>
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Lorabell: hmmm</div>
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for some reason i don't think she's as wise to Dean as Marylou</div>
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she's obviously beautiful</div>
<div>
and seductive - black lace, helloo</div>
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but the opposite of MaryLou</div>
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LettieLou: BINGO</div>
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Lorabell: searches original description</div>
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LettieLou: </div>
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Lorabell: page 2 "beautiful little sharp chick"</div>
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Lorabell: "marylou was a pretty little blonde with immense ringlets of hair like sea of golden tresses... her smokey blue country eyes fixed in a wide stare"</div>
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oooh,but then "but outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things"</div>
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LettieLou: maybe sal's impression...</div>
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but not true</div>
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"capable of doing horrible things"</div>
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that's key</div>
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Lorabell: nod seems like he's reading her wrong</div>
<div>
she's never seemed "dumb"</div>
<div>
and if you're "capable of doing horrible things" don't you need some awareness and intention</div>
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i.e. smarts</div>
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LettieLou: bingo</div>
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Lorabell: *sigh* boys</div>
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LettieLou: and their impressions...</div>
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wrong</div>
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Lorabell: and camille's stark by contrast</div>
<div>
LettieLou: intentionally so, i think</div>
<div>
Lorabell: indeed</div>
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LettieLou: did you see the pictures of the real camille and marylou?</div>
<div>
VERY stark contrast</div>
<div>
Lorabell: so much whineyer than Marylou ever was</div>
<div>
yup, in that book... what was the name?</div>
<div>
i meant to order it</div>
<div>
LettieLou: i saw them on kerouac's site</div>
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Lorabell: ah</div>
<div>
people always want what they don't have</div>
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Sal should know </div>
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LettieLou: he's the king</div>
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LOL</div>
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Lorabell: but i like his descriptions of Denver</div>
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after all that "grass is greener" it seems to have a warm orange tinge to me</div>
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cobbled streets, Mexican vibe, mysterious alleys</div>
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dark and warm</div>
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LettieLou: and i think he's actually taking in his experiences now...</div>
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Lorabell: like Camille maybe?</div>
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LettieLou: i get yellows and oranges... </div>
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Lorabell: yuppp</div>
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LettieLou: the gas station was def blues and greens</div>
<div>
colors of the sea</div>
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Lorabell: and the drive brighter blues and yellows and greens</div>
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LettieLou: i think the landscape very much has an effect on the "colouring" of the story</div>
<div>
Lorabell: checking the cinematographer</div>
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LettieLou: </div>
<div>
Lorabell: Eric Gautier?</div>
<div>
OH MAN</div>
<div>
Into the Wild</div>
<div>
Motorcycle Diaries</div>
<div>
A Guide To Regonizing Your Saints</div>
<div>
fuck, this is going to be STELLAR</div>
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LettieLou: SHUT UP</div>
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i had no idea</div>
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Lorabell: ME EITHER</div>
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LettieLou: I LOVE the look of Into the Wild</div>
<div>
Lorabell: Unf, don't I know it</div>
<div>
SOOO perfect for this too</div>
<div>
Motorcylce Diaries was BEAUTIFUL</div>
<div>
and A Guide is perfectly gritty</div>
<div>
he's IDEAL for this job</div>
<div>
LettieLou: I loved Motorcycle Diaries!!!!!</div>
<div>
Lorabell: yuppp</div>
<div>
LettieLou: brb...</div>
<div>
Lorabell: k </div>
<div>
LettieLou: back. </div>
<div>
have to say i love the scene in the trailer w/ garrett parking the cars!</div>
<div>
have we read about that yet? I forget</div>
<div>
Lorabell: yup, at the beginning</div>
<div>
i loved that too</div>
<div>
the hustle and buzz as well as the styling</div>
<div>
so good</div>
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LettieLou: i couldn't remember. i love the smile on his face in that scene!</div>
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Lorabell: i love that second that she just glimpses over her shoulder in the car</div>
<div>
no way no how that girl's dumb</div>
<div>
LettieLou: i know</div>
<div>
Lorabell: OK so how about this</div>
<div>
Lorabell: what DON'T you like in this chapter?</div>
<div>
LettieLou: So...</div>
<div>
what DON'T i like?</div>
<div>
Lorabell: yup, contraversial!</div>
<div>
LettieLou: hmm.... excellent point</div>
<div>
i don't like how self important carlo and sal are</div>
<div>
Lorabell: given</div>
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LettieLou: it bothers me LOL</div>
<div>
i don't care for dean's treatment of marylou and camille</div>
<div>
Lorabell: like "eyeroll* get over yourself already</div>
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LettieLou: i can't imagine what gives him the right</div>
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Lorabell: oh why they put up with it</div>
<div>
it he really that fascinating?</div>
<div>
it's like, have you seen High Fidelity?</div>
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Lorabell: and John Cusack's character was sooo in awe of Catherine Zeta-Jones</div>
<div>
and then many years later he realizes how IRRITATING she is</div>
<div>
so self important and egotistical</div>
<div>
LettieLou: head down</div>
<div>
i haven't seen that</div>
<div>
Lorabell: for shaaaaaaaaaame</div>
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LettieLou: go ahead</div>
<div>
say it</div>
<div>
"woman!"</div>
<div>
Lorabell: ahem</div>
<div>
WOMANNN!</div>
<div>
LettieLou: it's on the list</div>
<div>
Lorabell: note the reverberated "n"</div>
<div>
I love John Cusack in many ways</div>
<div>
LettieLou: noted</div>
<div>
in regards to him being that fascinating...</div>
<div>
i def have had people in my past that i was enamoured with and can't for the life of me, figure out why</div>
<div>
so i get it</div>
<div>
it just irritates me</div>
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Lorabell: but it's an epicdemic here</div>
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LettieLou: yes!!!!</div>
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EVERYONE</div>
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loves him</div>
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Lorabell: whhhhhhhhhhhhy</div>
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i mean, movie wise i can see the physical attraction</div>
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but character wise</div>
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maybe it's just because that kind of enthusiasm can be infectious</div>
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but... it doesn't last very long</div>
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LettieLou: yes and i think they could sense that he was on to something</div>
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and they wanted to be part of it</div>
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this was right at the beginning of that movement and i don't even think they knew</div>
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Lorabell: nod</div>
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LettieLou: but they knew things were changing.. and they wanted to hang on to anyone they thought could take them THERE</div>
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wherever there was</div>
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Lorabell: it's all about desire, man </div>
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LettieLou: wow, now i sound self important...</div>
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Lorabell: that "madness"</div>
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LettieLou: ya dig?</div>
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Lorabell: ha, never</div>
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i dig, daddyo</div>
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LettieLou: Chapter 7! In the books! </div>
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Check out the LONG awaited trailer for Walter Salles' EVEN LONGER film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" below:<br />
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I AM SO EXCITED!!! <br />
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Be sure to follow the movie official <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/OTR_Official" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/official.ontheroad" target="_blank">FaceBook</a> :D<br />
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All for now! Stay tuned for our discussion of Chapter 7 of "On the Road." <br />
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Loving MaryLouStew,<br />
LettieLou ;)</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121725873514737451.post-25473804304536845632012-02-09T20:38:00.000-08:002012-02-08T19:01:41.472-08:00On The Road Playlist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Laters,<br />
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LettieLou</div>
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He's finally arrived!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, hello fellow K'Liters! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where have we been, you ask? Well, all I can say is that it's difficult for two friends who live in two different time zones on two different continents who have two very different work schedules to coordinate this shizz but we make it happen because we love it. ;) And because you guys are awesome! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stick with us, won't you? We won't let you down. We promise. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Lorabell and I chatting this up today was quite an interesting conversation. Sometimes we do our best work under pressure and with the shortest chapters. This one is no exception. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">There was some good "extra" stuff that was edited out of the official discussion but let's just say Stew's photo shoots were involved. Gah, I love a good debate! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just wait till we get some of you guys involved in the weekly chat. You'll see what kind of Stew Induced Crazy you miss out on... ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Time to see if our guy Sal has found Dean... Without further adieu...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Exes and Ohs,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Chapter Summary</strong>:</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sal has finally arrived in his precious Denver and seeks out his old pal, Chad King. Chad (along with some other old pals) have separated themselves from the other side of the group (namely Dean and Carlo). Sal feels this is some type of social war caused by Dean's unsavory upbringing but seems quite content to be in the middle. And he's still desperately seeking Dean.</span></em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">Breaking it down - an excerpt:</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: it's a small lyric, but so many of his are like that - simplistic isn't the same as simple - little things, said in the most direct way, can mean so much more </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: i think that's why i adore kerouac... he does that exact thing... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: and I think that Kerouac's writing, although descriptive, doesn't become unnecessarily wordy - it says just enough and just exactly what he means and it takes you there - really YOU, not just any reader but you overlay your own memories to his </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: Page 38... "He still had his old office over a garage down the street- the rolltop desk was still there, together with the dusty papers of past excitement and moneymaking." that last sentence, to me, is the perfect example of that. my mind can go a thousand places with that one sentence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: I can see it, totally but at the same time as thinking of my Dad's desk from childhood </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: my papaw's too! LOL! he doesn't have to go on for an entire paragraph about the way the desk looked... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: no, exactly - it's precise without being lacking </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Want to read along with us? Great! Go <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-part-one-chapter-one-breaking.html" target="_blank">Here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: aaaaanyway Chapter 6 Bam </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: that's it... let's do it hahaha </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: what the hell happened to his mancrush on Dean? out of no where he's all about this other dude opening sentence is about how he's wanted to get in touch with him not Dean psh, whatevs </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: well as the end clearly demonstrates... dean gets back into his thoughts quickly. LOL! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: true but it almost seems like he's back peddling </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: he's very fickle </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: like, somethings happened with dean that he's trying to gloss over or he feels stoopid about being so fixated on him thus far i just get the impression he's trying to play it all aloof... way too late </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: that's exactly it... he back pedals... he says at the beginning "In those days I didn't know Dean as well as I do now." He's trying to cover I think make it seem like he doesn't care that much </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: for what's to come? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: er um... yes... LOL </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: I get the impression Dean's going to fob him off <br />SPOILER <br />dude! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: NOPE </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: psh </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: not giving away anything specific hehehehehe </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: gah woman </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: Page 39... But where was DEAN?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: doing something better - like marylou </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: LMFAO I adore the description of the air conditioner which is odd, i know but i love it reminds me of the janky ones at hotels we stayed at when i was younger </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: lol, what makes you single that description out? he's so descriptive generally is it just that that one is personally resonant? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: reminds me of my dad i suppose who loves a room so cold that you could hang meat in it... LOL!. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: ha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> LettieLou: it resonates with me... i can relate haha </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: are you picturing your Dad as Sal back in the day? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: not so much that as the general description of the effects of the air conditioner on the room. how unreliable and freezing cold it makes you and the room. i used to feel that when i would take naps in my parents' room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: loving that his descriptions don't "just" put you in his shoes, but bring back personal memories </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: i would wake up so frigid that i would finally just have to get up all together. YES exactly </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: this is a lame comparison, so don't rake me for it, but... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: GO </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: it reminds me of John Mayer (before he said stoopid stuff in Rolling Stone and slept around like he was on Jersey Shore) - old skool style, I have a long standing love affair with his early music and I always think back to one particular lyric when he's describing an awkward date "I played a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper shaker" because i'd always thought that but never put it to words - a lot of his lyrics seem like that - thoughts I always wanted to articulate </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: OHHHHH that is fantastic! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: it's a small lyric, but so many of his are like that - simplistic isn't the same as simple - little things, said in the most direct way, can mean so much more </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: i think that's why i adore kerouac... he does that exact thing... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: and I think that Kerouac's writing, although descriptive, doesn't become unnecessarily wordy - it says just enough and just exactly what he means and it takes you there - really YOU, not just any reader but you overlay your own memories to his </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: Page 38... "He still had his old office over a garage down the street- the rolltop desk was still there, together with the dusty papers of past excitement and moneymaking." that last sentence, to me, is the perfect example of that. my mind can go a thousand places with that one sentence. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: I can see it, totally but at the same time as thinking of my Dad's desk from childhood </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: my papaw's too! LOL! he doesn't have to go on for an entire paragraph about the way the desk looked... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: no, exactly - it's precise without being lacking </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: that simple sentence and i can see the whole office overlooking a dusty street </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: totally sepia lighting </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: much like the colors of the faded pages in my book... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: yup but yeah, i wonder what's going to happen re Dean </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: i love the description and TONE of the two gangs within the group *lips sealed* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: it's like West Side Story and Sal's Maria, lol I wonder if he's trying to make himself feel wanted </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: he's compensating...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: tooootes </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: he's the NEXT MESSIAH </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: HA right? and now he feels sheepish oh so young </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: oh just you wait </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: lol, eeek</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: me thinks the boy doth protest too much </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: just a tad suddenly he's going to be in Denver with Dean and want to jet asap grass is always greener esp when you're wearing rose tinted glasses ...i'm surprised he can focus at all </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: and a major part of it is that he is jealous of Carlo. like maybe dean isn't that great BUT he can't stand the thoughts of someone else having his fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: and why would they when he's so obviously wanted by both sides of the group? he's just so cool and funny damn, where is my sarcasm font </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: bingo... he's like a little lost dog BEAR </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: lol, oh let's not start that</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: Dean=Rob Carlo=Kristen LMFAO hahaha </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: ...although i can kinda see it it's like when you're trying to decide who gets to keep the pet </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: *ducks*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: and both call it that's what he wants does he have abandonment issues? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: exactly i never got that before but that's a great point </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: i mean, everyone wants to be loved but what is his deal </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: his aunt is the only person we hear about </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: it's so cloying almost </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: he has super "pleaser" syndrome </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: and she's kinda cool with him just peacing out </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: yep. as long as he writes. LOL! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lorabell: word, classic divorce product hmmm </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">LettieLou: hmmm indeed i feel that was quite good for such a short chapter! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello again, KLiters!</span><br />
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LettieLou and I are so stoked that Kristen and Kerouac fans alike are joining in with our read/groove/bake along :)<br />
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Please do let us know your comments on the book as well as any songs that you think would be just perfect for the soundtrack or any of our recipes that you've tried...<br />
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Down the road a bit (ha) we're hoping to invite guest commenters to take part in our breakdown, where you'll get to join in on the behind-the-scenes chat (and see what random tangent hilarity gets edited out of posts for our own good - trust). Eventually, we'd love to turn this into regular group chat-room discussions - like our own online Beatnik Bootcamp!<br />
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Ya dig, Daddy-o?<br />
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- Lorabell<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Chapter Summary:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>After finally seeming to settle into his journey, Sal reverts to being immaturely impatient with his experience, once again yearning for Denver and his friends Dean and Carlo. Failed attempts at hitting on nameless, faceless girls and empty extravagances with booze leave him sick and tired and dreaming of greener grass...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Breaking it down - an excerpt:</b></span><br />
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Lorabell: dude's got a pair of ill-advised balls<br />
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LettieLou: he doesn't give a shit<br />
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Lorabell: why should he? he's off to denver<br />
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LettieLou: DAMN STRAIGHT<br />
to denver!!!<br />
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Lorabell: and driving in a truck full of dudes for however long would likely make you need a woman<br />
hence why he moves straight onto that blonde bit<br />
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LettieLou: great segway<br />
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Lorabell: and everything in him is "pointing" at her - ha!<br />
*bows* thanks<br />
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LettieLou: BUT<br />
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LettieLou: even that seems disappointing to him<br />
not enough, ya know?<br />
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Lorabell: true<br />
she's kinda meh<br />
and her friend isn't attractive<br />
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LettieLou: if dean isn't involved, it's not good enough<br />
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Lorabell: he's already checked out<br />
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LettieLou: *snaps*<br />
bingo<br />
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Lorabell: what is WITH his mancrush on Dean?<br />
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LettieLou: So! Finally, Chapter 5! Short but super sweet. He’s ready to move on, right?</div>
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Lorabell: Again he does that thing where if he doesn't like how something's going he just cuts short</div>
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like, MOVING ON!</div>
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He's so over not being in Denver already after this point</div>
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LettieLou: well, maybe because he spent all his money!</div>
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and because dean and carlo are in freaking denver</div>
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Lorabell: just like chapter 2!</div>
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save your money dude</div>
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stop blowing it on booze and chicks</div>
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LettieLou: he finally starts to relish his trip... slow down a bit...</div>
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when it doesn't go his way, he quits</div>
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Lorabell: yup</div>
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still kinda immature</div>
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wants things his way now</div>
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LettieLou: absolutely...</div>
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Lorabell: thinks he's appreciating it but when it's not what he wants, on to Denver</div>
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LettieLou: exactly</div>
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Lorabell: and he even says a couple of times (don't ask me to quote) i bet the girls will be beautiful in denver</div>
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LettieLou: yes he does...</div>
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Lorabell: and they'll look at him like a messiah or some shiz</div>
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LettieLou: like "everything's better in denver" LOL!</div>
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Lorabell: always</div>
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LettieLou: so funny!</div>
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Lorabell: man, i hope it lives up to his expectation!</div>
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he's put enough resting on it.</div>
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LettieLou: I was just getting ready to say that is my favorite part of the chapter</div>
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Lorabell: what is?</div>
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LettieLou: where he envisions they'll think he's so cool...</div>
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ah hem...</div>
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Lorabell: lol, hilar</div>
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he's just imagining this movie style entrance</div>
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crowds parting</div>
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sunlight beaming through</div>
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(angels singing?)</div>
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LettieLou: "I pictured myself in a Denver bar that night, with all the gang, and in their eyes I would be strange </div>
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and ragged and like the Prophet who has walked across the land to bring the dark Word, and the only word I had was "WOW!"</div>
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LOL!</div>
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(what you said before that) PERFECT</div>
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i can see sam riley playing that to perfection!</div>
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Lorabell: it's too comical</div>
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like, does he seriously think that?</div>
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lol</div>
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LettieLou: i think kerouac was a pretty serious writer BUT he also had a comical side... </div>
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like THE SHOES!</div>
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he had to know that would be funny to the reader</div>
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Lorabell: true</div>
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i just hope that he's trying to be amusing here</div>
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because otherwise - EYE ROLL</div>
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LettieLou: as many times as I've read this... I'm honestly not sure...</div>
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Lorabell: lol, me either</div>
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i think part of him seriously wants that admiration</div>
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naturally, though - he's a dude</div>
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LettieLou: really love when he hits on the waitress</div>
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pretty bold</div>
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a poem on a receipt</div>
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LOL!</div>
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Lorabell: unf, me too</div>
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i want to hear how she said that line to him</div>
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LettieLou: sly and swag</div>
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Lorabell: i love that he says that so you kinda hear it in your head</div>
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and he doesn't give up but asks if she can shake her bf</div>
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LettieLou: YES!!!!</div>
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BOLD</div>
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Lorabell: dude's got a pair of ill-advised balls</div>
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LettieLou: he doesn't give a shit</div>
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Lorabell: why should he? he's off to denver</div>
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LettieLou: DAMN STRAIGHT</div>
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to denver!!!</div>
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Lorabell: and driving in a truck full of dudes for however long would likely make you need a woman</div>
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hence why he moves straight onto that blonde bit</div>
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LettieLou: great segway</div>
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Lorabell: and everything in him is "pointing" at her - ha!</div>
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*bows* thanks</div>
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LettieLou: BUT</div>
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Lorabell: ?</div>
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LettieLou: even that seems disappointing to him</div>
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not enough, ya know?</div>
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Lorabell: true</div>
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she's kinda meh</div>
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and her friend isn't attractive</div>
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LettieLou: if dean isn't involved, it's not good enough</div>
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Lorabell: he's already checked out</div>
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LettieLou: *snaps*</div>
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bingo</div>
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Lorabell: what is WITH his mancrush on Dean?</div>
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and what does he do?</div>
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LettieLou: he idolizes him</div>
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Lorabell: he draws a line under it and goes to sleep!</div>
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LettieLou: he wants to be just like him</div>
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Lorabell: in a fricking crowded bus shelter</div>
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when he's in the middle of where with a million quiet fields</div>
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it's "just like being back in Jersey"</div>
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then go sleep in the outdoors!</div>
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LettieLou: note though, that, he goes to sleep facing the mountains</div>
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Lorabell: towards Denver???</div>
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(speculative)</div>
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(but likely)</div>
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LettieLou: "one eye cocked toward the snowy Rockies"</div>
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so in his mind, yes</div>
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Lorabell: yup</div>
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and then he feels SO awful the next morning but as they get closer he's perky as you like</div>
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LettieLou: i love at the end of the chapter how he talks about his wicked grin</div>
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Lorabell: lol, yup</div>
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it's so vivid</div>
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LettieLou: i can't help but picture sam with that sly grin on his face</div>
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Lorabell: and what he's going to get up to with the boys</div>
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LettieLou: sooooo impatient...</div>
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he's there now...</div>
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so now what?</div>
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heehee</div>
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Lorabell: we'll find out!</div>
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LettieLou: you'll find out... heehee wicked grin</div>
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Lorabell: lol, oh noes what goes down?!</div>
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don't tell me!</div>
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LettieLou: NO WAY</div>
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I was gonna say this is a perfect selection for recipes</div>
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so many good possibilities</div>
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Lorabell: in Denver?</div>
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oooooh</div>
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LettieLou: he really focuses on food</div>
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the whole book</div>
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Lorabell: he's very into sensory descriptions</div>
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i dig (LL note: LB’s perfect BEAT SPEAK here!)</div>
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LettieLou: me too!</div>
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smells, specific foods, scenery</div>
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Lorabell: yup</div>
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LettieLou: it all allows us to be there</div>
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this was one of the first books i read and was REALLY into that did that for me.</div>
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Lorabell: love it </div>
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LettieLou: kerouac is great at it...</div>
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Lorabell: it doesn't just paint a two dimensional picture</div>
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but a multi dimentional scape</div>
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LettieLou: exactly</div>
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he hits all of our senses at once… BAM!</div>
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Lorabell: i wanna go to beatnik boot camp!</div>
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LettieLou: MEE TOOOOOO</div>
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Lorabell: lol</div>
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LettieLou: i wanted to go with stew</div>
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and garrett... yummo</div>
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*picturing garrett in his swarthy beat gear*</div>
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Lorabell: gah, don't</div>
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and all those cool vintage cars</div>
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unf, it's an aspiring art dept gal's dream</div>
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LettieLou: that's so cool... i cannot WAIT to see the book come to life... costumes, sets... gah!</div>
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</div>Lorabellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04740270608183229692noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121725873514737451.post-84017156580887656322012-01-17T08:54:00.000-08:002012-01-17T13:10:24.696-08:00On The Road: Recipe - Sal's Road-Side Sliders (or Kristen's "Double Double" Burgers)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kristen's always been a meat-eater after my own heart - pun not intended - I remember her saying to <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2010/02/22/kristen-stewart-eddie-redmayne-yellow-handkerchief/">PopEater</a> "I think I could have eaten 16 double double burgers in a day" during filming of <i>The Yellow Handkerchief</i>.<br /><br />So how could I resist cooking up some sliders to coincide with <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-road-part-one-chapter-four-lets-take.html" target="_blank">Part 1, Chapter 4 of our On The Road read-along</a>? Especially as they're oh so easy to make as well as Sal getting deep into the American mid-west, home of red-meat eaters:<br /><br />"We all shambled after them to a restaurant run by a bunch of women, and sat around over hamburgers and coffee while they wrapped away enormous meals just as if they were back in their mother's kitchen."<br /><br />Sounds tasty :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 packet of lean mince-beef</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 slices of bread, crumbed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 a small (red) onion</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Add pickle (place into toasted buns if so desired) and,</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">if you're like me, add a hefty squeeze of ketchup</span></li>
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</div>Lorabellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04740270608183229692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121725873514737451.post-26425101148689278552012-01-03T12:36:00.000-08:002012-01-19T15:26:08.622-08:00On the Road: Part One, Chapter Four - wanna ride?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello friends and fellow Kerouac fans! Happy New Year to you and yours. Hopefully your holidays were as fun and busy as ours!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's been busy times around KL. Our very own Lorabell has been busy as a Stew loving bee baking up some delicious <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-recipie-kristens-mean-apple-pie.html">Mean Apple Pie.</a> Check it out. O</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">h, and if you make any our recipes or have any suggestions, let us know! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've also added a new tune or two to the </span><a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-playlist.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On The Road playlist</a>.<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Listen along and get inspired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also want to take this opportunity to thank you guys for reading along with us and for your awesome participation! It makes us super happy! Stew would love it (we think...)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let's go on with it; shall we? Let's see who Sal gets to encounter <em>on the road</em>... It's going to be an interesting, ah, ride...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Exes and Ohs...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read along with us </span><a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-part-one-chapter-one-breaking.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HERE</a>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chapter Summary: </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our guy Sal is getting ready to take the "ride of his life" hitching a ride on the back of a flatbed truck driven by two cornfed farmboys. They don't discriminate against who they pick up and so Sal encounters some of the coolest cats west of the Mississippi. He becomes attached to some members of this rag tag group and has a few laughs along the way. Ever hopeful, he has his precious Denver in his sights.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: of course!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but his interactions with characters are more than fleeting glances here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">we get to sit and chill with them for a bit </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he loves them</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he attaches to them</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: even if still briefly</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: like he might actually miss them</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: yup, he’s sad to see them go</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: exactly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">his descriptions of the characters come to life more here. it's actually nice to not only hear about one or two people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: the story its-self is coming to live here - it's funny</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">trying to take a leak off the back of a truck...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: oh god i know!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and i love how he said he did it "just fine" before</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and the two drivers with their big smiles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">zigzagging all over the road</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: can't you just see them??</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i can feel the wind whizzing around my hair</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">LettieLou: alloooo?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: myelloooooooooo</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i made the pastry from scratch and it didn't split!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i don't know HOW you did it w/o a food processor!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: of course.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />you lead us off…</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ooooooh</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">much preesh</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: hahaha</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: OK, so Chappy 4</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i like how he's settling into himself in this chapter</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">previously he's been so raring to go</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but given the chance to ride along all the way to LA, he makes the decision to stop off on the way</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">starting to take his time and enjoy the experience</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he keeps talking about everyone's slow pace of talking, etc and everyone’s good mood</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i think it shows how he's enjoying going with the flow more</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: like he's actually trying to enjoy himself... but lets not forget he can't let go of the damn dream of denver LOL!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: of course!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but his interactions with characters are more than fleeting glances here</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">we get to sit and chill with them for a bit</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he loves them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he attaches to them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: even if still briefly</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: like he might actually miss them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: yup, he’s sad to see them go</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: exactly</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">his descriptions of the characters come to life more here. it's actually nice to not only hear about one or two people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: the story its-self is coming to live here - it's funny</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">trying to take a leak off the back of a truck...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and i love how he said he did it "just fine" before</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and the two drivers with their big smiles</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">zigzagging all over the road</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: can't you just see them??</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i can feel the wind whizzing around my hair</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">looking up at the sky</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: under the stars you couldn’t see in the city</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">freezing my ass off!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">all but whiskey for warmth</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but he's happy as you like</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: it's pretty exhilarating... i've done it a few times</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">not hitching</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but w/ friends in high school</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: i've always wanted to drive across the US</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i drove myself from houston to new orleans last spring but i'm not sure it counts</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: that still sounds cool...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: it was... until i got pulled over</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i thought i was going down, lol</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">turns out they were just checking on me because it was the fricking bayou gone midnight</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: OH MAH haha. I would have love to have seen your face!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: :p</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i love in this chapter how he mashes characters up. like he'll say someone is a "this or that" version of someone else.and earlier (referring back to talking about the characters)... page 27</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"That sounded like Big Slim; he was always practicing that one punch in the air; he looked like Jack Dempsey, but a young Jack Dempsey who drank"</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love that</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: his descriptions are so vivid</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">also, how he notes the change in the road texture</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like it matches his own pace</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yes! it shocked him</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: shocked?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: looking</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: waiting for quote time </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: you know me so well...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"What in the hell is that?" I cried out to Slim”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like he seems shocked by the change in the scape</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Done now. LOL!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol, love your quotes</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and the names are so funny</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: YES</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">love them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but it helps me identify them...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rather than just Joe or Tom</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: nod</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">again with his descriptions</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Montana Slim, Mississippi Gene</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: Big Slim from Ruston or Lousiana or wherever, lol</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I know. It helps keep track of them all, though right?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: nod</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rather than "another interesting someone"</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">your mind creates faces and postures and mannerisms</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he wants us (the reader) to know them like he knows them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to give them their proper due, i think</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to pay tribute...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">OH and don't forget...'</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the shoes make another appearance!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: LOL</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">yup, i was laughing at that too</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lettie Lou: those damn shoes!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: falling apart after how long?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">silly boy</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but at least he can laugh at himself now</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">wiggling his toes through them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rather than cursing himself back under the gas shelter</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: his mood is shifting</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he's more hopeful</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: nod</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: oh, i love love love gene and the blonde boy</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so sad.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: so sweet</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: We don't even know that much about them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but he makes me love them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: just how gentle they seem</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: nods</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and attached</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in turn, he made me feel attached to them, too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: very</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i wonder why…</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i think he was genuinely sad to leave them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wonder why he was so attached, as well…</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: other than they're so nice</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">grateful</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"I hope you get where you're going and be happy when you do."</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sniff</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that's way emotional for Kerouac</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thoughtful</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">maybe all those stars are making him feel very small</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and he’s realizing how grateful he is to be on this trip</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like everyone should be able to experience this</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: absence makes the heart grow fonder, as they say and he's away from everything he knows right now, seeing so much new</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: OH! LOVE THAT!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he forms attachments... like to big slim</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: yup – and especially when you know there’s almost no chance of meeting these fascinating people again</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i think he’s learning to appreciate</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Another things Kerouac does so great is the way he plays with sound...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like writing things how people might pronounce them</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: "jes"</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: or writing out expressions</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol, so effective</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Whoopee!" yelled the high school boys. "Columbus so long! What would Sparkie and the boys say if they was here. Yow!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and he joins in a bit too…</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">not quite in the same way</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just says something like how he yells out with joy when he realizes he's finally in Colorado</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i like that he's matching the characters’ enthusiasm</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: nods</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">agreed</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but he's still letting you see things from his perspective with the lack of a definite voice</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: it gives the reader an insight into how he was feeling on the trip</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i get elation and joy when he uses that language</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: whilst allowing them (us) to feel they could be in his (terrible) shoes</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">keeps it relatable</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: uh huh</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">even though it's freezing and bouncy and loud</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: you still wanna be having that much fun in the back of the truck</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: there's a small sense of danger too... like you might fall off at any time</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">especially when he describes the roads with trenches at either side</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and they're speeding along - eeek</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: right!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i read clenching the sides of my book...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: like oh crap!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and as well as not wanting to speed straight to LA…</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i did note how he doesn't seem to mention Dean or Carlo at all</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I agree w/ you...</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the only sort of mention of them is wanting to get to denver</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: but he really seems to be relishing these characters he's with right now</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s refreshing</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: agreed</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">bout time too!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: nods</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: side note – I’m amused how ironic it is that Sal’s finally settling into his experience and our convo is all over the place because of how much richer the story’s now becoming because of it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Back in her interview with <a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/facts-about-robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-1209#slide-10" target="_blank">Harpers Bazaar</a> for their December 2009 issue, Kristen said how she makes "really good pie. Apple pie — it's the best."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />How could I resist the urge to bake one for our On The Road read-a-long? <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-part-one-chapter-three-who-is.html" target="_blank">Especially as Sal just got to the heart of the midwest</a> where he "ate apple pie and ice cream - it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the ice cream richer".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm working from a friend's tried and tested recipe, with which she won a competition back in the day and has been baking ever since. To give it that "mean" feel I'm adding an extra squeeze of lemon (must be all that fan fic) and feel free to throw in an extra apple or two if you're feeling particularly Iowanian ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pastry:<br />2 1/2 cups (350 grams) all-purpose flour<br />1 teaspoon salt<br />2 tablespoon (30 grams) granulated white sugar<br />1 cup (226 grams) unsalted butter - chilled and thickly diced<br />1/4 - 1/2 cup (60 - 120 ml) ice water<br />1 egg (to stick and glaze)<br /><br />Filling:<br />2 1/2 pounds (1.1 kg) apples (about 6 large) cored and sliced at will (I like to leave the skin on *snort...ahem* but peel if you prefer)<br />1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar<br />1/4 cup (50 grams) light brown sugar<br />1/2 small lemon juice<br />1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<br />1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)<br />2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter<br /><br />Garnish:<br />Classic vanilla ice-cream<br /><br /><br />To make the pastry:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C / gas mark 7)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the food processor (that I don't have so am working with cooled hands) place the flour, salt, sugar and combine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Add the butter and mix until the dough resembles coarse clumpy sand and gather into a ball</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Divide the dough into two flattened halves, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled - for about an hour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Remove one portion of the dough from the fridge, place it on a lightly floured surface and roll into a 12 inch (30 cm) circle. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To prevent the pastry from sticking to the counter and to ensure uniform thickness, keep lifting and turning the pastry a quarter turn as you roll gently. *Try to roll with the handles of your pin to keep warmth off the dough.*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gently transfer to a 9 inch (23 cm) pie pan - brush off any excess flour and remove the edges of the pastry to fit the pie pan (I just roll my pin over), cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Place the apples in a strainer placed over a large bowl to capture the juices for about 30 minutes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Add the 2 tablespoons (28 grams) of unsalted butter to the juices and simmer to reduce to about 1/3 cup (80 ml) of caramelized syrup</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Place the oven rack at the lowest level (with a baking sheet beneath to catch any bubbling juice)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bake for about 45 to55 minutes or until the juices start to bubble through the slits and the apples feel tender (not mushy) when a toothpick or sharp knife is inserted through one of the slits. *</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Make sure to check that the edges of the pie aren't over browning half way through cooking time and cover with foil if needed.*</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In a sun-filled, leather-bench booth with a big scoop of vanilla ice-cream :)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Makes one deep-filled 9 inch (23 cm) pie, which you can choose to either share in generously heaped slices, or eat out of the dish with a spork - your call ;)<br /><br />On to the next chapter! What other foods will we find along on the road, I wonder...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />- Lorabell</span></div>Lorabellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04740270608183229692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121725873514737451.post-78601066861824015032011-12-23T08:54:00.000-08:002011-12-23T16:36:12.085-08:00On The Road: Part One, Chapter Three - who is this guy?<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apologies for the delay in Chapter Three this week, KLiters (*snort* just realized how wrong that sounds - new name suggestions in the comments please) holidays 'n' all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou and I have been reading away as usual, as well as updating the <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-playlist.html" target="_blank">On The Road playlist</a> and baking <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-recipe-nyc-cream-cakes.html" target="_blank">NYC Cream Cakes</a> - I'm beyond proud they actually look and tasted (note, past tense) really pretty yummy :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, let's jump right back on in, shall we? Our boy, Sal's really starting to make some progress at this point - let's join him in the passenger seat with the window wound down and the warm breeze blowing in our hair - rolling along, on the road...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read along with us <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-part-one-chapter-one-breaking.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chapter summary:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>After his earlier set-backs, Sal finally makes it to Chicago</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, which to him is the first of many obstacles on his route to San Fransico; he blows through almost as soon as he's arrived. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Meeting up with Eddie, we find ourselves with them amongst the ten-gallon hat wearers, apple-pie eaters and everyday hard workers of America's heart lands.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Sal either sleeps through or watches it all speed by from the window of a vehicle, letting one opportunity for experience pass him by after another.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Hopefully he'll open his eyes to the dream he's living soon...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Breaking it down - an excerpt:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I love this chapter
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: who, besides the land,
are the stars of this book<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: i love the guys with the
big 10 gallon cowboy hats<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: LOL! me too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: oooooooh, love that - the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: thanks. <b>:)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but even though it is vast
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like the Missisippi...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he even says that...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when he describes the people<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he talks about how these men could
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">anywhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: (page 13 for those
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"I walked, after a few cold beers, to the edge of town, and it was a long walk. All the men were driving home from work, wearing railroad hats, baseball has, all kinds of hats, just like after work in any town anywhere"
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: mhmm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he wants it all "now"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: like he doesn't want to
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou AND SO...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chapter 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: Chapter 3 <b>:)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which is a bit weird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I love how he describes the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: the Mississippi river...
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">so visceral<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: it makes it more real<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which is no bad thing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he does it so well<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: rather than "a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: For example (and for
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"I saw my beloved Mississippi
River, dry in the summer haze, low water, with its big rank smell that smells
like the raw body of America"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: me too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And I know the smell he's talking
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but it really takes you
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you'd be transported into his minds’
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and it can change the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: he's constantly describing
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">bumping along in the night air with
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: his ability of
description is what made me fall in love w/ him. For example, the description of
the hotel room, I love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i love what you said back there
about “bumping along with him” by the way!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i think that's what he intended<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he wants the reader along w/ him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: it totally happens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">usually with books and stories...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you're reading along but it's like
you're hovering over or part of the furniture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with this, you're on the journey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yes... we're with him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"... spent a long day sleeping
on a big clean hard white bed with dirty remarks carved in the wall beside my
pillow"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he doesn't use flowery or uppity
language<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just raw descriptive powers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: <b>nod</b> he doesn't
sugar coat it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but you can almost feel the rough
cotton sheets beneath you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i feel like there's not a
high thread count here... LOL! he did say it was clean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol, yup<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">seen a few too many washes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but in terms of content of the
chapter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it's nice he's getting some distance
behind him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: YES!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i feel some satisfaction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: although i'm sad he
whizzes through Chicago so quickly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he's soooooo ready to get
to denver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">where everyone is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">up until he starts hitching, he
misses being ON THE ROAD<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he's just ON A BUS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but it's like he doesn't
appreciate some big opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: bingo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: for all his dreams of big
adventure, he's sure skimming a lot of it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he does at first...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but i feel when he starts
actually hitching, it dawns on him more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I love this chapter
because he FINALLY starts to meet some characters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: <b>nod</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: who, besides the land,
are the stars of this book<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: i love the guys with the
big 10 gallon cowboy hats<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: LOL! me too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: oooooooh, love that - the
land is SO a character<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: thanks. <b>:)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: especially because, being
British, it's such a novelty for me too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and he's only from the east coast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but even though it is vast
in geography and diversity, there is a uniting thread that runs throughout<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like the Missisippi...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: YES<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he even says that...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when he describes the people<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he talks about how these men could
be from any town<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">anywhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: mhmm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: (page 13 for those
reading along)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: in that sense, do we think
he's dismissive of them at all? Like, he's not appreciating the experience as
he's living it as much as he could because he thinks these characters are a
dime a dozen... unlike Dean :p<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: That is a great point...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: (sorry to interrupt you)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I think he's in such a
hurry to not miss something you know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you didn't<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>:)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: YES<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he wants it all "now"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">dude, look around<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: like he doesn't want to
be left out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: sorry, what were you going
to say before?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: oh nothing... i was just
referencing the page i was looking at<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: quote away <b>:)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: "I walked, after a
few cold beers, to the edge of town, and it was a long walk. All the men were
driving home from work, wearing railroad hats, baseball has, all kinds of hats,
just like after work in any town anywhere"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>:)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">page 13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: P.s. I'm also loving the beginnings
of his apple-pie in-take here... just saying <b>;)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I KNOW!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: did the "American as
apple pie" thing come from this book?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I’m not sure where that
phrase comes from but I do love how he says it just gets better<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: because it works perfectly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">me too<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: where's the quote...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: on it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: race ya<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: page 19!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: damn you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: nevermind...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: no?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: that's the cherry pie!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">crap!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: GOT IT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">YES!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: where is it? LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: "I ate apple pie and
ice cream - it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger,
the ice cream richer"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: YES!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i love that line<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: you can almost hear it
being scooped out of the dish with thick vanilla melting on top<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: It's funny because it
seems that everything is better in Iowa. He talks about how pretty the girls
are, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: noted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: "The prettiest girls
in the world live in Des Moines"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: maybe everything seems so
wonderful now just because he's realizing he's living it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">N<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">G<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he's FINALLY experiencing
it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: everything always seems
incredible when you wake up to living your dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">however short/long<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he's taking in all the sights and
smells he's been longing for<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: even experiencing it...
he still just wants to get to Denver and San Fran to be w/ Dean and Carlo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ugh, those guys<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I'm like "dude,
they're not that great"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eddie is way more interesting!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: i'm kinda annoyed he's
rushing through all of this to get to them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">they're so full of it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">agreed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: (for now...) NO SPOILERS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: silly boy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: heehee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: just<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">'wait<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: eeek<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i'm picturing Garrett in
some of the scenes to come...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">good<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lord<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: nom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">gah, don't even<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that boy <b>fans self</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i know....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i would totally ship that if stew
dumped roberto... (dear readers, don’t hate me for saying that! LOL!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: HA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HAHAHAHA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is he with anyone?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: not that i know of… I’ll
give him my number…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: anyhoo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sidebar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but, recapping - where do
we end up in this chapter?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Gothenburg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: post Shelton?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i can't even thing what state it's
in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Nebraska<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">yep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: <b>brain freeze</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i'm wondering if Shelton's meant to
represent anything...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i mapped out the entire
trip once... i need to look for it again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: a "dead end"
side of the heart lands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ooooh, get on that (mapping it out)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i know... i did it in my
stoner college days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">theres no telling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>cough</b> because that was so long ago <b>cough</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yeah yeah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>looks around</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nooooo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ps i was thinking about including a
recipe for hash brownies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">at some point <b>:)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: i'm sure i can find that
somewhere...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>cough</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: oh i have one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i may have to down the dosage so our
readers don't lose 12 hours like i did<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but that was BC weed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: so, Eddie <b>:)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yes...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">say we close it up w/ discussing
Eddie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he's so awesome<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: also SUCKS they didn't do
the carnival thing because he didn't want to miss out on what Dean and Carl
were up to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Water for Elephants much<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he's a shirt thief!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">haha, kidding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I KNOW! but such a great
character!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and i kinda love how he
just fucks off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like "laters!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and gets in the car<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">/truck?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: and love that sal just
rolls w/ the punches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but he liked Eddie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ah, trailer!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he was good for him at
the time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: he does in an easy going
way...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but is also too focused on getting
to San Fran at the same time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">missing out on the Carnival, for
example<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: but it's funny to me that
at first sal was concerned that he couldn't be picked up because Eddie looks so
shotty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: shotty?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: dirty...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">not put together<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: sorry... i make up words
sometimes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">heehee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol, i wouldn't have known<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i thought it was a legits word from
your neck of the woods<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: feel free to integrate it
into ur brit vocab<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ooooh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i'll try and make it happen, UK side<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">#Fetch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Gretchen!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: YOU CAN'T SIT WITH US<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Have you ever heard of
the term "personal hell"?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: sure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: He says on page 21...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ...are you quoting or
asking?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: "I waited in our
personal godawful Shelton"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think that's what he's trying to
say... that it' his personal hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it's another town he's experiencing
along the road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i don't get what's so bad about it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: right but it was just
another obstacle for him...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: true<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: at least i think that's
how he saw it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: a dead end on that part of
his trip<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yeppo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">eddie sure deuced out of Shelton
quickly...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: having to restart down another
road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">maybe because there are those places
that are just too far from everywhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">disconnected<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: and Dean, Carlo, and
Marylou aren't there...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: rather than a stop on a
road<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: he only wants to be where
they are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: yup, i think he feels the
furthest from his destination since he began there<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it's so different from where they're
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: but you can bet that if
they were in Shelton and he were in Denver...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">guess where he would want to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: mhmm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: SHELTON<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: LOL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">suddenly it's the life of the party<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">all ironically hipster cool<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: <b>snaps fingers</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yeah man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: gah, this is making me
long for summer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and i'm SUCH an
autumn/winter/Holidays gal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I wanna be in a car, with the
windows down at night, warm breeze blowing my hair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">heading somewhere that serves
crawfish <b>;)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I can only ever think of
stew when i hear about crawfish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">her story was hilarity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: HAHAHAH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and that gif<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which i KNEW would happen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>snort</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i tried them for the first time when
I was in NO this past spring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">we dont' have them here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">fiddly fuckers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: they are deelish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: indeedy they are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Well, great third effort!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: agreed <b>:)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">See you next time?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Save some room for Kristen's "Mean Apple Pie" up next ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beatnik Breakfast in New York, late 1950s. L-R: Larry Rivers, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso (back of head), David Amram, Allen Ginsburg - via <a href="http://anneyhall.tumblr.com/post/376321992">source</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm not one for usually documenting my culinary "creations" - I more usually bake on a whim - that is to say, when I've been given a foodie idea that I just can't get out of my head until I eat it... in Kristen's Lit case, this is looking to become a regular occurrence :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-part-one-chapter-one-breaking.html" target="_blank">Part One, Chapter One of On The Road</a>, Jack (Kerouac) writes about eating "glazed cakes and cream puffs" with Dean and Marylou when they first arrive in New York.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />As homage to this, I decided that NYC Cream Cakes were top of our "Stew's Cooking" list!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What makes them "NYC" style, similar to NY Cheesecake, is that I've added cream cheese to otherwise standard plain cream filling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The cakes themselves are adjusted from a tested recipe I researched at the <a href="http://www.joyofbaking.com/CreamPuffs.html" target="_blank">JoyOfBaking</a>... I'm glazing them just so they fit in better with our story ;)
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Choux Pastry:<br />1/2 cup (70 grams) all purpose flour<br />1/2 teaspoon granulated white sugar<br />1/4 teaspoon salt<br />1/4 cup (4 tablespoons / 57 grams) unsalted butter<br />1/2 cup (120 ml) water<br />2 large eggs, lightly beaten<br /><br />Egg Wash Glaze:<br />(Remaining) egg<br />1/8 teaspoon salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 cup (120 ml) cream cheese<br />1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<br />1 tablespoon (14 grams) granulated white sugar<br /><br />Garnish:<br />Icing (powdered) sugar</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C / gas mark 6) and place rack in center of oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In a bowl sift together the flour, sugar and salt - set aside.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Place the butter and water in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With a wooden spoon or spatula, quickly add the flour mixture. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stir constantly until the dough comes away from the sides of the pan and forms a thick smooth ball.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Transfer the dough to your electric mixer (psh, I wish) or with a hand mixer, and beat on low speed a minute or two to release the steam from the dough. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once the dough is lukewarm start adding the lightly beaten eggs (saving some for the glaze) and continue to mix until you have a smooth thick paste. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spoon or pipe 8-12 mounds of dough onto the baking sheet, spacing them a couple of inches apart.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bake for 15 minutes and then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C / gas mark 4). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bake for a further 30-40 minutes or until the shells are a nice amber color and when split, are dry inside.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Makes 8-12 - depending how generous we're being here - I'm thinking Dean's lot were packing 'em in ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Chapter three brings with it Kristen's "Mean Apple Pie" - who's hungry?</span></div>
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</div>Lorabellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04740270608183229692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121725873514737451.post-72403850703157452932011-12-15T10:56:00.001-08:002011-12-29T17:51:19.599-08:00On the Road: Part One, Chapter Two - He wore what?<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello fellow Scholars (and Stewsessors),</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So... Chapter Two. Are you still with us? Good! Want to come along for the ride? Excellent! Hop in the car and read with us <a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-part-one-chapter-one-breaking.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chapter summary: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>Our narrator is invited on an adventure of a lifetime by a college friend. He is excited and has dreams of the greatest grandeur. Ill prepared (in every way) and hopeful, he sets out on, what he thinks, is the perfect route. </em></span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Through inclement weather and the advice of strangers with whom he hitches a ride, he realizes that he may need to change his plans. A bit. Still hopeful that if he reaches Chicago everything will be ok, he curses his own stupidity and hops on a bus bound for the Windy City.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Breaking it down - an excerpt:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: agreed, he has such "stars" in his eyes almost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">grass is greener, etc</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I love how he takes his tone from so hopeful with this grand plan and his piddly $50... to "just get me to Chicago. I don't care"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but that just demonstrates his continued lack of reality</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just blow off most of his only savings after one day of set-backs because you were unprepared?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">dude, it's a wonder you survive at that rate</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Seriously... just you wait...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: no spoilers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I get frustrated with him... (NONE I SWEAR!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: frustrated?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Yes, like... "Don't blow your money now!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: oh totally</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: "What are you thinking with those shoes?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm too practical</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: hahaha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but if you're setting off into the great unknown you need to be fucking practical</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">just because Dean and Carlo are apparently having a great time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*cough*bullshit*cough*</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Neal Cassady (left) and Jack Kerouac (right)</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://kristenslit.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-road-part-1-chapter-2-he-wore-what.html" target="_blank">Click to read in FULL after the cut...</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chatting it up - the complete conversation:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: And so...<br />On the Road<br />Part One, Chapter 2</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: Chapter 2<br />One word: short<br />lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Yes...<br />He was preoccupied, I guess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: True - with all those ups and downs of not getting very far, I wouldn't be overly verbose either<br />all his big ideas seem very different in the cold light of reality</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I think the shortness is intentional...<br />Two words.<br />Reality Check</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ha<br />Totally<br />he suddenly feels very small on that big ol' highway<br />and it's interesting that his sentences reflect that i think<br />shorter<br />more to the point<br />down in tone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Agree.<br />The chapter cuts off even...<br />LOL. Sort of comical</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: interesting, I hadn't noted that</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: He's given up on the grandeur at this point. He just wants to get to Chicago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but yeah, it's almost like he's drawing a line under the day<br />cut it short, moving on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Yep<br />Let's forget this shit. LOL!<br />(I think he's thinking that)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: indeed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">San Fransisco's golden sun seems very far away under that rainy gas station shelter<br />and so unprepared<br />the shoes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: he really did have his head in the clouds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Page 10: "I began crying and swearing and socking myself on the head for being such a damn fool."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He goes down hill from this point.<br />He seems most upset at what he THINKS he's missing...<br />i.e. what Dean and Carlo are up to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and such a strong reaction to such an early set back<br />exactly - everythings better away from where he is</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: BINGO! That totally picks up from the theme of the first conversation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: of our first conversation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: agreed, he has such "stars" in his eyes almost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">grass is greener, etc</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I love how he takes his tone from so hopeful with this grand plan and his piddly $50... to "just get me to Chicago. I don't care"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but that just demonstrates his continued lack of reality<br />just blow off most of his only savings after one day of set-backs because you were unprepared?<br />dude, it's a wonder you survive at that rate</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Seriously... just you wait...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: no spoilers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: I get frustrated with him... (NONE I SWEAR!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: frustrated?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Yes, like... "Don't blow your money now!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: oh totally</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: "What are you thinking with those shoes?"<br />I'm too practical</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: hahaha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but if you're setting off into the great unknown you need to be fucking practical<br />just because Dean and Carlo are apparently having a great time<br />*cough*bullshit*cough*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Oh but LB! He'd been "pouring over maps of the US for months"<br />He can't stand to think that he's missing something!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: then he should have realized that taking one road the whole way was never going to happen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of course he's going to tangent</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Grandeur...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: things never plan out how you think</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: he's been sitting and looking at maps and dreaming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">not planning</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: exactly. but he's a young and (practically speaking) stupid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: well he just got a short, sharp wake up call</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: yes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and it was entertaining</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to read about<br />haha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol, i feel bad for him</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Can't you just picture him?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but also feel all mother hen like "what are you THINKING?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">totally<br />all cold and wet and frustrated<br />silly boy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: pouring rain under the eaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">huddled and freezing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: it'd make for an interesting movie scene though</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Oh yes...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: like if you imagine the first chapter as the intro</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">then credits<br />then him all sad in the rain<br /><br />LettieLou: cut to Sam standing in the rain?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: lol, it's kinda funny</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: exactly</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: like how i used a technical term there? LOL!<br />yes.<br />he's got a dopey face. perfect for Sal</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ha<br />hair dripping<br />blue tint<br />compared to a warm yellow back in buzzy NY with Dean</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: PERFECTO!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: and his imaginings of San Fran</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Speaking of... I have a great song</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: oooh, go for great song</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: "California" by Joni Mitchell</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: ooooooooooh</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(sadly I'm trying to not let the OC drown her out in my head - damn my 90's youth)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: SO FUNNY<br />LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but I looove Joni<br />"just a dream some of us had"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: YES!!!!<br />I knew we were friends for a reason</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: Ha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">on another note... i noticed how he continued with his use of "madness"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: The madness theme, though. I noticed that too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but he kept up with his "mad" terminology when briefly mentioning Remi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but also his "maniac" self when the car pulls up to the gas station</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: He says he loves madness...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He's getting plenty of it<br />LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: at his own fault</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: but, even though he's so over this chapter, he must secretly like it</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Because we're analyzing it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: it IS mad and he IS experiencing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ha<br />but even as a person<br />to put yourself in those shoes<br />(poorly prepped shoes)<br />at the time, it suuucks so hard<br />but in retrospect, you have a sense of humour about it<br />it's a great story</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Agreed! Here! Here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: "so I set off on my big adventure and end up in Yonkers with wet feet"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: It is comical to think that he ended the chapter exactly where he started it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: LOL</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">after so short a time too<br />I wonder what will happen next</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: NO SPOILERS! Heehee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: Me???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Never!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: Nooooooo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettieLou: Well...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorabell: nod</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*HIGH FIVE* </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not only are we stoked to see the film finally release in 2012, but LettieLou actually wrote her dissertation on Kerouac's scroll and I... well I just have a thing about reading the books before watching the movies!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Lorabell: Speaking of, we're introduced to MaryLou in chapter 1. Now, I've read Kristen saying something like how she realized that MaryLou wasn't this two-dimensional character she could have been played as and when I say "realize" I don't mean "came to think" but "made happen" as it were.<br /> <br />LettlieLou: Yeppo. His intro of characters is genius. He sets the tone for them ALL in this first chapter.<br /> The majors anyway. He gives you a sense of them right off the bat. With a line. A word.<br /> Not just what they look like. <br /><br />LettlieLou: I got the impression from her that she really GOT Marylou <br /><br />Lorabell: And of course all these characters, no matter how briefly we meet them, were people with lives and backgrounds and hopes and flaws. <br /><br />LettlieLou: True. And I think it's fascinating to see them through Kerouac's eyes. <br /><br />Lorabell: But because we DO meet them so briefly, I could see how it would be too easy for the performances of some to come off flat. <br /><br />Lorabell: And especially with MaryLou who's almost a supportive role, a translation to screen could be shallow. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />LettlieLou: So...... OTR....<br /> Part 1 Chapter 1<br /><br /> Lorabell: Word, let's DO THIS <br />squee <br /><br />LettlieLou: I'm sorry. I just love it. <br /><br />Lorabell: You go first, lol! <br />So, ok when did you first read this? <br /><br />LettlieLou: In college. 2000... <br />Died <br /><br />Lorabell: Because? <br /><br />LettlieLou: I had to read it for an American Lit class. Kerouac had me at my favorite line... <br /><br />Lorabell: Oooh? <br /><br />LettlieLou: The only ones for me are the mad ones... <br /><br />Lorabell: I noted that. I liked it. <br /><br />LettlieLou: The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, <br />Desirous of everything at the same time. <br /><br />Lorabell: Now, as a somewhat first-time reader (I started when I heard Kristen was cast but got side-tracked - fanfic n all) ... the first chapter reads with that love of "madness". The sentences are long and rambling but passionate and focused. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Oh yes! It's intentional on JK's part I think. <br /><br />Lorabell: I find myself reading them over more than once to make sure I've got the full impact. <br />Agreed. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Me too!!! I read them aloud. <br /><br />Lorabell: And his descriptions of lights and bustle and the way he writes conversation. It demonstrates his love of this "madness". And the people who love it and are inspired by it and seek it out. <br /><br />LettlieLou: The madness is very intentional in everything in this first chapter. <br /><br />Lorabell: nod <br /><br />LettlieLou: Note the description of Dean's parking job. <br /><br />Lorabell: Exactly! <br /><br />LettlieLou: MADNESS <br /><br />Lorabell: Crazy and quick and frantic and fun! Hilarious even. If you saw a guy doing that… <br /><br />LettlieLou: I would shit! <br /><br />LettlieLou: The never ending list of characters. <br /><br />Lorabell: yes <br /><br />Lorabell: And he talks like you should know them already; these strange names and personalities. <br /><br />LettlieLou: YES <br /><br />Lorabell: All passing, dealt out frivolously almost. <br /><br />LettlieLou: This line... <br />Page 5 <br />The whole mad swirl of everything that was to come began then. It would mix up all my friends and all I had left. <br /><br />Lorabell: It's exciting - tempting almost <br /><br />LettlieLou: God! He kills me!!! Brilliance!!! Tempting? Elaborate. <img src="file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.png" /> <br /><br />Lorabell: Like, he's teasing you with what's to come. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Perfecto <br /><br />Lorabell: Like he's looking over the story ahead. <br /><br />LettlieLou: He's not only setting the tone but the PACE <br /><br />Lorabell: Almost like a man starting along an endless road towards the horizon. <br />nod <br /><br />LettlieLou: Ohhhh! That's great! <br /><br />Lorabell: Quick and rhythmic with all these fast beats. <br /><br />LettlieLou: And keep in mind that Kerouac was a kid! <br /><br />Lorabell: How old was he here? <br /><br />LettlieLou: Early 20's I believe. <br /><br />Lorabell: ya, I imagined 21 or so. Lusty not just for women but experience. But certainly women too. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettlieLou: LOL! God the casting!!! <br /><br />Lorabell: Ha, don't start me. <br /><br />LettlieLou: I know we are talking about the book but COME ON! <br /><br />LettlieLou: Sam is Sal!!! Garrett is Dean!!! <br /><br />Lorabell: See, I don't know Sam well but Garrett – GAH! <br /><br />LettlieLou: Sam Riley will kill this! Kill!!! <br /><br />Lorabell: I'm not the biggest Dunst fan though <br /><br />LettlieLou: Yeah me neither. <br /><br />Lorabell: I don't think her part's that weighty but still - she bugs. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Totes <br /><br />Lorabell: Kristen on the other hand…HOW stoked am I to see her in this role! <br /><br />LettlieLou: I cry<br /><br />Lorabell: Speaking of, we're introduced to MaryLou in chapter 1. Now, I've read Kristen saying something like how she realized that MaryLou wasn't this two-dimensional character she could have been played as and when I say "realize" I don't mean "came to think" but "made happen" as it were. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Yeppo. His intro of characters is genius. He sets the tone for them ALL in this first chapter. <br />The majors anyway. He gives you a sense of them right off the bat. With a line. A word. <br />Not just what they look like. <br /><br />LettlieLou: I got the impression from her that she really GOT Marylou<br /><br />Lorabell: And of course all these characters, no matter how briefly we meet them, were people <br />with lives and backgrounds and hopes and flaws. <br /><br />LettlieLou: True. And I think it's fascinating to see them through Kerouac's eyes. <br /><br />Lorabell: But because we DO meet them so briefly, I could see how it would be too easy for the performances of some to come off flat. <br /><br />Lorabell: And especially with MaryLou who's almost a supportive role, a translation to screen could be shallow. <br /><br />LettlieLou: I think even though we get a brief glimpse here, he is so brilliant in how he weaves them into the tapestry of the entire story. Like he wants to give them the credit in the story for the profound effect they had on his life. No matter how brief. <br /><br />Lorabell: Love that - and so true; all these people, not just the major players, coloured his story<br />But from Kristen's interview in “One and Only”, she seems to have connected to what humanity really drove this seemingly flippant girl. Maybe "flippant" isn't the right word - but I'm only really on the first chapter <br /><br />LettlieLou: Oh! Love what u said back there! About Kristen, that she connected to Marylou. <br />Marylou is much more than some slutty girl that Kerouac first demonstrates her to be. But he hints at that here with the work she does and her devotion to Dean. <br /><br />Lorabell: Well I kind of picture her thus far as a less gritty Mallory from Welcome to the Rileys. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Less damaged and less bitter. <br /><br />Lorabell: Not as a full on whore, obviously. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Right <br /><br />Lorabell: But insecure and cast aside too easily perhaps. And initially people could read the front of that as "bitch". But obviously it's a symptom of much more. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Absolutely... She's not though. She knows who Dean is! She gets kicked around but at the same time she's not entirely a wounded puppy. He’s a Con Artist. LOL! Phony! <br /><br />LettlieLou: Kristen will nail this role... <br /><br />Lorabell: spoiler alert! <br />Also, even though the title of the book is an obvious give away... he's constantly talking about other places. Like he's describing all these towns and scapes he's heard of out west; so eager to experience them already <br /><br />LettlieLou: PS. This rules <br /><br />Lorabell: P.p.s. Right on :D </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LettlieLou: He'a dreaming, ya know? <br /><br />Lorabell: Even these little random ass towns in buttfuck nowhere. <br />NICE <br />totally! <br />such a dreamer <br /><br />LettlieLou: He wants bigger and better (he thinks). So eager. <br /><br />Lorabell: Into the great wide open <br /><br />LettlieLou: Oh!!! <br /><br />Lorabell: Anywhere / everywhere's better. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Exactly. This concept makes him relatable. <br /><br />Lorabell: how so? <br /><br />LettlieLou: We all want to be somewhere other than where we are. Especially in early 20's. <br /><br />Lorabell: agreed <br /><br />Lorabell: I was wondering if you meant, it gives us an image of him - a dreamer - drifter <br /><br />LettlieLou: Oh it def does that I think. He's so damn intentional. <br /><br />Lorabell: Suddenly with that, you can form a picture of this guy. What he might look like, how he might dress. <br /><br />LettlieLou: I LOVE LOVE LOVE The progression of Dean. <br /><br />Lorabell: expand? <br />(spoiler free) <br /><br />LettlieLou: And that relationship even in this first chapter. You see it. Right off the bat. You get such a sense of his character in such a brief period of time. <br /><br />Lorabell: Well because it's written as a diary of sorts. Though he’s still writing for a reader, but as if you already know him. <br /><br />LettlieLou: A love letter to the road. <br /><br />Lorabell: Love that. It makes it so personal but it just jumps right on into him. No pretense or introductions. <br /><br />LettlieLou: It brings me to tears every time. <br /><br />Lorabell: Just bam! <br /><br />LettlieLou: Nope. He sucks you in. <br /><br />Lorabell: Exactly! Like you're sat in the room as he's scribbling away or typing as it were. <br /><br />LettlieLou: I can close my eyes and I'm peering over his shoulder in some shitty room. <br /><br />Lorabell: Exactly. EXACTLY. With buzzy light fixtures and cigs everywhere; half a cup of cold coffee and unmade sheets on a bed. <br /><br />LettlieLou: It's fucking beautiful! Let me ask this… <br /><br />Lorabelll: yup? <br /><br />LettlieLou: What is ur impression of Dean and Carlo?? <br /><br />Lorabell: Bromance. LOL! They seem quite into themselves like they "get along" so well because they feed each other's egos. <br /><br />LettlieLou: BINGO!!! <br /><br />Lorabell: Like when you were SUPER BFFs with someone when you were 12; immature and co-dependent. <br /><br />LettlieLou: OhMahGod! Perfect! LOL! <br /><br />Lorabell: And likely short lived… They know each other so little. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Assholes. Both of em. Neither knows shit and they both know that. <br /><br />Lorabell: And this friendship is so "immediate". <br /><br />LettlieLou: Bingo. <br /><br />Lorabell: But will probably turn to shit when they realize who the other actually is. <br /><br />LettlieLou: I love Sal's description. <br /><br />Lorabell: ? <br /><br />LettlieLou: Page 5 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two piercing eyes glanced into two piercing eyes; the holy con man w/ the shining mind and the sorrowful poetic con man with the dark mind. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /><br />Lorabell: It's all bullshit and it's not like camaraderie of that but competitiveness. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Exactly! And Kerouac sees right thru it from this first glimpse. <br /><br />Lorabell: It is fantastic how he puts that inkling into my mind without saying it. The words read pleasantly almost of the friendship but still i doubt it and think they're both dicks. <br /><br />LettlieLou: Kerouac doesn't give anything away though does he? <img src="file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.png" /> <br /><br />Lorabell: Not at all. But it's like you need to know if what you think is true even though it's not said, you're given this suspicion. <br /><br />LettlieLou: It's his gift. He sucks you in, but doesn't give an inch. <br /><br />Lorabell: YES, exactly! In a non-forgiving way… <br /><br />LettlieLou: Well, I think we've hashed it, eh??? <br /><br />Lorabell: Agreed – solid first break down :) <br /> </span><br />
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