Don’t Know Why, But This Part Always Kills Me
08/14/1315h. Illinois State Fair Infirmary; then motel; then Springfield Memorial Medical Center Emergency Room for distention and possible rupture of transverse colon (false alarm); then motel; incapacitated till well after sunset; whole day a washout; incredibly embarrassing, unprofessional; indescribable. Delete entire day.
-David Foster Wallace, state fair essay, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, p.111
I think I couldn’t stop laughing at the last part, which seemed intentionally funny, when I first read it years ago. But after hearing about the side effects from his medication, I wonder if its related? No words. Just sad. Still miss.
