{"id":3447,"date":"2020-04-13T06:39:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T22:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2020-04-13T06:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T22:39:44","slug":"hey-hal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2020\/04\/hey-hal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Hal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"381\" src=\"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/infnite-jest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/infnite-jest.jpg 572w, http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/infnite-jest-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pages Read: 39<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pages To Go: 939<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out Mario isn&#8217;t so bad. A little annoying when you want to fall asleep, but his heart&#8217;s in the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also seems quite perceptive, to notice that the Moms was happier after Himself died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each episode that doesn&#8217;t involve a completely new character helps to make the over picture a little clearer, so I think I need to relax on the criticism. It might be helpful for me to read a bit more between posts, not only because at this rate it&#8217;s going to be 2021 before I finish this experiment, but also to alleviate some of the pressure of needing something to write about when I have so many questions and so few answers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is obviously be design on the part of DFW, and doling out the relevant information is a tried and true technique for creating suspense. The author forces you to ask &#8220;What the hell is going on?&#8221; while promising to provide answers on the next page, but only if you&#8217;ve been a good boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a good boy, DFW. Now please explain what is wrong with Hal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vocab Word: <strong>Insomniac <\/strong>Don&#8217;t be an idiot Mario. If you don&#8217;t get the joke, don&#8217;t laugh. You&#8217;ll just look like a fool because they always know when you&#8217;re faking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You are reading my live blog of Infinite Jest. Start at the <a href=\"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2020\/04\/this-might-be-an-infinite-jest-all-right\/\">beginning<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pages Read: 39 Pages To Go: 939 Turns out Mario isn&#8217;t so bad. A little annoying when you want to fall asleep, but his heart&#8217;s in the right place. He also seems quite perceptive, to notice that the Moms was happier after Himself died. Each episode that doesn&#8217;t involve a completely new character helps to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[3002,3001,3049,2536,3018],"class_list":["post-3447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novel","tag-david-foster-wallace","tag-infinite-jest","tag-insomniac","tag-suspense","tag-the-moms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3448,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions\/3448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}