Comments on: RIP, Kurt Vonnegut http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8284 Michelle Goodman Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:48:11 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8284 xina, how cool that he gave your commencement speech. and wow, lisa. GREAT story! xina, how cool that he gave your commencement speech. and wow, lisa. GREAT story!

]]> By: Lisa http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8282 Lisa Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:36:38 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8282 I was just one and so did not attend the 1966 <a href="http://www.vonnegutweb.com/vonnegutia/occupations_iowa.html" rel="nofollow">beer party</a> KV threw for Saul Bellow in his Iowa City home. But as a UI student in the 80s, I used to walk by the "Vonnegut House" on Van Buren and imagine him writing <i>Slaughterhouse Five</i> in there. Later, as an aspiring writer paying bills with retail/banking/clerical/coffee-schlepping jobs, I experienced sustained (2 or 3 seconds, at least) eye contact with him at the little out-of-the-way pub my friends and I frequented. He noticed me taking a third look at his face and trying to place him. I thought he must have had <i>some</i> connection to the English department (!). But for the life of me, I couldn't figure it out. He politely held my gaze for a moment, nodded, and then returned to his conversation. He smiled at me later when he got up to leave the bar. I had looked up to be polite since I'd been caught staring. As the door shut behind him and a bit of buzz picked up in the pub, it hit me: "THAT was Kurt Vonnegut, and I am an idiot!" RIP, sir. I was just one and so did not attend the 1966 beer party KV threw for Saul Bellow in his Iowa City home. But as a UI student in the 80s, I used to walk by the “Vonnegut House” on Van Buren and imagine him writing Slaughterhouse Five in there.

Later, as an aspiring writer paying bills with retail/banking/clerical/coffee-schlepping jobs, I experienced sustained (2 or 3 seconds, at least) eye contact with him at the little out-of-the-way pub my friends and I frequented. He noticed me taking a third look at his face and trying to place him. I thought he must have had some connection to the English department (!). But for the life of me, I couldn’t figure it out. He politely held my gaze for a moment, nodded, and then returned to his conversation.

He smiled at me later when he got up to leave the bar. I had looked up to be polite since I’d been caught staring. As the door shut behind him and a bit of buzz picked up in the pub, it hit me:

“THAT was Kurt Vonnegut, and I am an idiot!”

RIP, sir.

]]> By: xina http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8087 xina Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:11:21 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8087 i am so sad he's gone! i love(d) his wit, his sensitivity, his imagine, and his strong opinions! an articulate and passionate man to the very end (did you see his interview with jon stewart?!) he gave the commencement speech at my college graduation in 1994. he redubbed us generation A - a clean slate from the stigma fo generation X. i love his stories in welcome to the monkey house - especially "unready to wear." i am so sad he’s gone! i love(d) his wit, his sensitivity, his imagine, and his strong opinions! an articulate and passionate man to the very end (did you see his interview with jon stewart?!)
he gave the commencement speech at my college graduation in 1994. he redubbed us generation A - a clean slate from the stigma fo generation X. i love his stories in welcome to the monkey house - especially “unready to wear.”

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8017 Michelle Goodman Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:36:21 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8017 thanks for the vid, storey, and the kudos, lorrie. how nice to hear! i'm really sorry i missed meeting you too. BUT... i'll be in portland in early june, for another project: <a title="Single State of the Union" href="http://www.singlestatebook.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.singlestatebook.com</a>. see the portland events on that site. i'll be at those. i was planning to announce this tomorrow. and to see if anyone wanted to host an anti 9-to-5 salon with me during the day while i'm down there. we could talk self-employment, i could give tips and sign books, we could have us a grand old time... thanks for the vid, storey, and the kudos, lorrie. how nice to hear! i’m really sorry i missed meeting you too. BUT… i’ll be in portland in early june, for another project: http://www.singlestatebook.com. see the portland events on that site. i’ll be at those. i was planning to announce this tomorrow. and to see if anyone wanted to host an anti 9-to-5 salon with me during the day while i’m down there. we could talk self-employment, i could give tips and sign books, we could have us a grand old time…

]]> By: Lorrie http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8014 Lorrie Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:28:03 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-8014 I was very sad to hear of his death. Vonnegut was one of my favorite authors. BTW, I just missed your reading in San Francisco. I was there a couple days after from vacationing in Europe. My BF and I then flew back to our home in Portland, OR. I did buy your book....I've been self-employed since 1999 and absolutely love it! Your book is terrific! I was very sad to hear of his death. Vonnegut was one of my favorite authors.

BTW, I just missed your reading in San Francisco. I was there a couple days after from vacationing in Europe. My BF and I then flew back to our home in Portland, OR.

I did buy your book….I’ve been self-employed since 1999 and absolutely love it! Your book is terrific!

]]> By: Storey http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-7987 Storey Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:19:50 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-7987 Please enjoy this stirring video tribute to the life of the late Mr. Vonnegut: http://digg.com/videos/people/Kurt_Vonnegut_Tribute Please enjoy this stirring video tribute to the life of the late Mr. Vonnegut:

http://digg.com/videos/people/Kurt_Vonnegut_Tribute

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