fell asleep early, dreamed about giant oranges all over the city with tiny "seeds" inside that were really evil alien babies, nobody knew that the oranges were dangerous except for me
woke up at 2 in the morning, listened to some music
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Import/Export
The Future
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One thing that seemed really striking after watching The Future was that it used magical realism way differently than a lot of other works — instead of trying to dramatize the strangeness, beauty or wonder of life, July seemed to be using magical realism to dramatize the futility of it instead. Like when Jason has an extended dialogue with the Moon, who says, "I don't know anything. I'm just a rock in the sky."
We asked July about this, and she says, "I guess you're right. It is mostly in pain that it feels necessary to go further than reality." She uses the devices of magical realism for "things that are so excruciating that words fail, reality fails."
- "Miranda July Explains Why You're Living In a Time Bubble Right Now" from I09 magazine
http://io9.com/5827219/miranda-july-explains-why-youre-living-in-a-time-bubble-right-now
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“What shall we do, all of us? All of us passionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth, our mushrooming brains, our watermelon hearts?” — Francesca Lia Block
"You had caught my leaping heart in your hand like a fish.” - Francesca Lia Block
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