A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
It’s cloudless and dry, but forehead-tighteningly hot. Noon will be a kiln.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
21.4 knots is a 7NC Megaship’s maximum possible cruising speed. There’s no way I’m going to raise my hand in this kind of crowd and ask what a knot is.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
The Nadir seemed to have a whole battalion of wiry little Third World guys who went around the ship in navy-blue jumpsuits scanning for decay to overcome.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
convoluted to the point of pain.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
looks not only locked but somehow armed,
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
everything smells juicy and highly edible
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
My own makeup leans more toward disassociation when under stress.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
is good-looking in a kind of unhappy way.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
My suspicion that there’s a guy hunched behind the blinking panel feeding its slot recycled fortune-cookie slips is overwhelming but unverifiable.