rose marshack : whyamistillawake.com

I drove David Foster Wallace’s ex-girlfriend to Normal, Il, to take a train to Albuquerque. I only found out that she was David Foster Wallace’s ex-girlfriend as I was driving her. I only knew her as my ex-Tae-Kwon-Do student. But today in the car, she said, “Oh, remember I told you my ex-boyfriend (whom she talked about a couple of times before) used to work at ISU. His name was David; he taught in the English department.” But this time she said, “Maybe you had heard of him?” Like through my faculty links now, I might have heard of him.

I sort of choked and said, “UH…. well…. … Infinite Jest was a very nice book.” Trying to stay on the road.

Can you imagine what it would be like to be David Foster Wallace’s girlfriend - or ex-girlfriend? She talked about how he and Rick Powers used to get compared to each other.

Why would anyone compare those two? Jesus Christ! It would be like comparing Night and Day.
My life gets very intense sometimes. Maybe that is why I cannot sleep.