tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post8897761672305240528..comments2023-09-18T06:11:40.551-04:00Comments on blog my life: Reponse to “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City” by Nick FlynnJanice Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518892582829421885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-78889069662483851532009-02-18T17:58:00.000-05:002009-02-18T17:58:00.000-05:00Wow Janice, this is a great response to the book. ...Wow Janice, this is a great response to the book. You pretty much covered everything. It was a complete and total spiral as Nick floats in and out of school, on and off of drugs, and in and out of the homeless shelter...but he wraps in up nicely in the end. <BR/><BR/>Oh, I agree that some chapters were very distracting to the rest of the story...Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258257632669290598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-76342917252824534002009-02-18T16:55:00.000-05:002009-02-18T16:55:00.000-05:00i misunderstood your comment, i agree jonathon is ...i misunderstood your comment, i agree jonathon is like a house of cards... just don't think he (jonathon) is the one who has carefully constructed it.Janice Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518892582829421885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-78872575502259994762009-02-18T16:23:00.000-05:002009-02-18T16:23:00.000-05:00My working theory is that Jonathan has borderline ...My working theory is that Jonathan has borderline personality disorder... He has such a lack of empathy and sees the world in such blacks and whites.emilyrodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094070663103290128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-2911806164623827872009-02-18T16:22:00.000-05:002009-02-18T16:22:00.000-05:00Nick actually does describe his father as a carefu...Nick actually does describe his father as a carefully constructed house of cards. That if one card were to be removed, he would crumble.emilyrodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094070663103290128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-24445392600713782012009-02-18T15:09:00.000-05:002009-02-18T15:09:00.000-05:00i guess i wouldn't have characterized Jonathon as ...i guess i wouldn't have characterized Jonathon as a "carefully constructed house of cards", as interesting as that phrase may be, or "an actor". To me, it appears Jonathon has mental illness in addition to his drinking problem...(whether Nick Flynn wants to label it as such or not). So, i don't think there's a whole lot of room for "careful construction" there. maybe it's more like desperate confabulation.Janice Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518892582829421885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-25234684012787303512009-02-18T14:09:00.000-05:002009-02-18T14:09:00.000-05:00I like that Flynn waits until the end--the video c...I like that Flynn waits until the end--the video camera portion of the book--to show us who his father really is, an actor. A carefully constructed house of cards. We don't really see this until Flynn does. <BR/><BR/>I also enjoyed (appreciated?) that Flynn's book serves as both a personal narrative about fathers and sons and a reflection on homelessness in America.<BR/><BR/>Though I think that his decision to work at Pine Street was more intentional than he makes it sound. He makes it sound like he simply wandered into the job and was too shiftless/lazy to leave. One doesn't wander into this work. One wanders into working at Starbucks. I wish he would have acknowledged this.emilyrodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094070663103290128noreply@blogger.com