{"id":789,"date":"2010-11-29T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=789"},"modified":"2011-08-09T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T21:36:54","slug":"must-marry-myrna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"Must Marry Myrna"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"29.<\/a>Another cheap shot of a photo a day topic. Someone I find attractive? I think you’re all attractive, you beautiful people, but I don’t have a photo that all of you are in. . So. Here is Myrna Loy<\/a>, who I, like millions of men before me, fell in love with upon viewing The Thin Man. <\/em>While writing Illinoir I was consuming as much noir literature and film as I could, and I don’t think anything topped Thin Man. As a husband and wife detective team, Nick and Nora are unsurpassed. And in portraying a strong, independent woman who was also a dedicated wife, a great detective and an amazing drinker, Myrna Loy. Well. Yeah. Dudes formed “Men Must Marry Myrna” clubs. That’s flippin incredible.<\/p>\n

The word count is 47,532 which means that finishing is nearly inevitable. My revelation of the other day hasn’t really carried through as much as I wanted it to, and right now I’m doing more story mining, going back and padding out other sections of this thing because I don’t have much action that can carry forward. With that in mind, I present this second to last excerpt of Nanowrimo 2010:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Say, you went to college, right?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yeah, I went to the College of North Jersey.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And what did you get your degree in?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I got an Associate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Degree in Photojournalism.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Photojournalism? Really? That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cool.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yeah, it was a lot of fun.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And what are you doing with that degree?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m taking pictures of housewares.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Right. I have a Bachelor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Degree in Microbiology. And a Master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Applied Macroeconomoneuroplastology. And what am I doing with those?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Taking pictures of housewares.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Exactly. Nobody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s living up to their potential. And who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to say if that even is potential? Is there even anything that I could be doing with a Master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Macroeconomoneuroplastology? I just got it so I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u02dct have to join the real world for another couple years.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What is Macroeconomoneuroplastology anyway?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Therese asked.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the study of the impact of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctake a penny leave a penny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 trays in gas stations and convenience stores.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re kidding.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said. I totally was. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a very specialized field. But, really, what good could that possibly do for anyone? Nothing. For nobody. I tells you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a pretty negative view too, Arthur,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Therese said.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Again, I tell you, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a bad thing. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great to accept that we are going to go nowhere and do nothing with our lives, because that frees us up to do what is possible. What is realistic. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no way I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to get a position on the Weekly Macroeconomoneuroplastology Review, the most respected Macroeconomoneuroplastology-related publication in the Western Hemisphere. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to teach Macroeconomoneuroplastology and 7-11 doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly hire unknown Macroeconomoneuroplastologists off the street.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why did you get your Master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in it?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Macroeconomoneuroplastology has always been my passion. Even though I knew there was no future in it, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always felt like those penny trays were calling to me, like they were leading me to the promised land, leading me to a better tomorrow.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s amazing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Therese said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how I feel about photojournalism.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not, Therese,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not calling me, or leading me anywhere. And there is no promised land, there is no better tomorrow. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only now and slightly later from now. And slightly later from then.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And what comes after that?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153More of the same. Or something different. Who can say? And who really cares? All that we know is that it all ends. Eventually.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What did this have to do with what we were talking about?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mardi Gras?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No, Fat Tuesday.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh. Right,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said, and I experienced that first incredible eye-rolling urge. Paul would later tell me about the time he first felt it — five minutes after meeting Therese, she had commented on Paul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dreadlocks and asked him if he knew Bob Marley. Not if he knew Bob Marley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music, mind you, but if he actually knew \u00c2\u00a0Bob Marley. Because of his dreadlocks. Paul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eyes had nearly rolled out of his head. I think I should get some credit for having lasted more than a week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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