11/20/2009

norway has purchased 'shoplifting from american apparel'

cappelen damm, a company some are calling 'norway's premier publisher,' the result of a merger between companies formed in the 1800's, is publishing shoplifting from american apparel in 2010 or 2011; other countries interested in purchasing 'sfaa' or my other books for the enjoyment, literary-critical scrutiny, and cultural/existential/sociological enrichment of their countrymen are encouraged to contact my publisher

20 Comments:

Anonymous Nate East said...

damn

2:25 PM  
Blogger jessev said...

nice. congrats tao

2:27 PM  
Blogger Brendan said...

good job! how much money does this mean that you will see as a result? hopefully enough to make 'zany blog projects' more of something to do for mad cash on the side than sustaining yourself

2:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this should make you feel good. good things are happening. you're working hard,

2:48 PM  
Anonymous sarahspy said...

that's some rad news, tao. congrats!

2:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Right on. Great book, Tao.

3:23 PM  
Blogger adam moorad said...

seems strange. there are no american apparels in norway.

http://americanapparel.net/storelocations/Index.aspx

3:56 PM  
Blogger Chris Moran said...

great news

4:52 PM  
Anonymous bearfish said...

great news for norway

5:16 PM  
Blogger marie_ant said...

nice

7:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Norwaaaaaay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay-ay-ay.

Norway seems as cut off from wanting to actually publish this as that Beach House song is from conceivably being about Norway.

Still, great news for Norway.

2:38 PM  
Blogger Jonny Ross said...

economic crisis temporarily averted. sweet.

8:28 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

@nate damn
@jessev sweet
@brendan sweet/they told me not to reveal #'s
@anonymous sweet/are you my mom maybe
@sarahspy sweet
@anonymous sweet
@adam sweet/'sfaa' is existential, in my view, in that 'american apparel' can be replaced with [any store], in my view, and not change the book's 'desired effect,' in my view
@chris sweet
@bearfish hehe/sweet
@marie_ant sweet
@anonymous damn
@jonny sweet

1:04 AM  
Blogger Masande Ntshanga said...

nice, Tao.

8:08 AM  
Blogger Kristin said...

congratulations to you, Tao. This is probably the best thing that has happened to Norway since the 2008 release of the film REPRISE.

I wonder whether you would help me resolve a situation which has been the source of considerable personal turmoil since its occurrence.

on thanksgiving eve i was in a Chicago Starbucks reading your newly Norway-lauded book when a man approached me and claimed to have been a good friend of yours, a drinking buddy, in Williamsburg. Please tell me if the following descriptions apply to someone you might know:

He attempted for two hours to ply my affections with jargon related to quantum mechanics. Does this sound like someone you might know?

He also attempted to ply my affections by revealing information about his paychecks and vast network of personal wealth. Does this sound like someone you might know

He also attempted to ply my affections with effusive comments related to the music of the Wu-Tang Clan. This was less impressive than when he transcribed, rapidly and without error, the jazz combo 'ditty' that had been playing in Starbucks and which he had apparently been idly listening to while he had simultaneously attempted to ply my affections with jargon related to quantum mechanics. Does this sound like someone you might know

His carriage, lack of social expediency, and oblique linguistic character seemed to suggest the presence of Aspergers or some other mild form of autism. Does this sound like someone you might know

He was smallish. He seemed to like Burberry. He claimed he was the smartest physicist alive. Does this sound like someone you might know

Thank you in advance.

7:36 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

i'm pretty sure i have no 'drinking buddies'

can you describe the person more?

i'm pretty sure i don't know the person

7:44 PM  
Blogger Kristin said...

Aspergers
Burberry
Stanford/MIT/Julliard
Physicist
Smallish
Beady Eyes
"Brunette"
Otherwise vague physiognomy, unremarkable appearance.
Rapid speech patterns, highly technical lexicon
Claimed To Have Posted Bail When You Stole Headphones From NYU.
Claimed You and He Would 'Carouse' 2-3 Times Per Week

7:54 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

i don't know that person

no one 'posted bail'

don't think i have 'caroused' with a male regularly for 2-3 days a week in ~5 years

7:56 PM  
Blogger Kristin said...

damn.

i feel disturbed.

i feel that there is something terribly wrong with people.

congratulations on norway.

10:53 PM  
Blogger James said...

wow, almost thought that guy was one of me and ben blum's friends

2:34 AM  

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