recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
TFv03 CH 22 Savage (annotated)

Annotations for Savage from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 554

**Langston Hughes**

 American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist;

Justice:

That
Justice is a blind goddess

Is a thing
to which we black are wise:

Her bandage
hides two festering sores

That once
perhaps were eyes.

## Page 555

**USC**

University of Southern
California

**cloves**

a cigarette, commonly made in
indonesia, that emits a pleasant and sweet smelling odor. commonly smoked for
it's taste and it's use as an ice breaker at parties/social gatherings

## Page 562

**mass spectrometry**

an analytical
technique that ionizes chemical species and sorts the ions based on their mass
to charge ratio. In simpler terms, a mass spectrum measures the masses within a
sample. Mass spectrometry is used in many different fields and is applied to
pure samples as well as complex mixtures

**Mitochondrial DNA**

(mtDNA or mDNA is the DNA located in
mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical
energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Mitochondrial DNA is only a small portion of the DNA in a eukaryotic cell; most
of the DNA can be found in the cell nucleus and, in plants and algae, also in
the plastids, like chloroplasts.

## Page 563

Suxamethonium chloride, also known as suxamethonium or
succinylcholine, is a medication used to induce muscle relaxation and
short-term paralysis, usually to help with tracheal intubation. It is sometimes
used in combination with pain medications and sedatives for euthanasia and
immobilization of horses. It is colloquially referred to as "sux" in
hospital setting.

**Metabolite**

a substance formed in or necessary
for metabolism.

**Midazolam**

sedative

## Page 566

**Mark Bradford**

(born 1961 Los Angeles, California) is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles. Black dude.

**Blue Whale**

Los Angeles music Bar

**Varnish**

bar in LA
TFv05 CH 10 Oh (annotated)

Annotations for Oh of Redwood.

## Page 198

**quote**

from the song Right By *You* (for Luna) by John Legend.

The song is dedicated to his daughter, Luna, born on April
14, 2016. The ballad imagines what the world might be once his daughter will
have grown. He asks numerous questions of her throughout the song, but in the
chorus he reminds her that no matter what, he will be there for her.

## Page 207

This GO Gameboard is exactly the same as TF3.9 (Advertisements). This is
 the ladder sequence which means the white group will be captured when
they hit the edge of the board.

## Page 211

**Parameter 3**

Narcons cannot interact with non-Narcons.

**Parameter 2**
Narcons cannot interact with other Narcons.

## Page 214

**Dov’s note**

You’re tougher than mud. Don’t
forget it.
Clinic

Ends
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"Clinic" is the eleventh chapter of Into the Forest. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Shnorhk Zildjian.

### Chapter Quote

"We have animals up on the mountain, and if you don't milk them then the animals will suffer." - İkram Sevim

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 15, 2014 at 17:07:08 in Los Angeles, California. Shnorhk and Patil are at their apartment in Glendale. As the two are talking and Patil is setting the dinner table, Shnorhk gets up and goes into the bathroom to cough. He coughs blood into both palms. He washes his hands and returns to the table. Patil tells Shnorhk again that he should go see a doctor. Shnorhk lies and tells her that he will go to the clinic. Patil asks when the place closes, and Shnorhk lies again by telling her it closes at 8pm. In actuality, the clinic closes at 6pm and Shnorhk might not even be able to make it there in time if he left for it right now. Shnorhk decides not to leave yet as he wants dinner first.

While eating dinner Patil comments that Independence Taxi, the company Shnorhk works for, has terrible phones. Her friend Zanazan told her that Uber, a competing taxi service, has great phones. Zanazan said that a great phone is important and that everything in the future should fit on a phone. Patil thinks Independence Taxi will go out of business eventually and Uber would be better to work at. Shnorhk says that he would need to get a new car to transition to another company. Patil tells him to buy another car. Shnorhk becomes angry but does not express it to Patil. Instead, he just gets up before finishing dinner and he starts driving to the clinic.

During his drive, Shnorhk feels bad about all the promises that he keeps breaking. He never helped Mnatsagan scan those documents despite him calling and reminding Shnorhk about it. Suddenly, Shnorhk gets a call about a customer who is in the nearby area and is trying to be driven. He decides to ignore the call, saying that he wants to at least keep his promise to Patil. When Shnorhk gets caught in heavy traffic, he changes routes and takes the longer way to the clinic.

Shnorhk makes it to the clinic with only ten minutes to spare. When he looks inside, though, he sees that the place has closed early and everybody is already gone. He counts this as one more broken promise. He says he wants to sue the place. He starts coughing again. He is unable to stop coughing and he starts feeling like he's going to throw up. He spits up blood all over his pants.

The chapter ends on May 15, 2014 at 17:52:17.
TFv01 CH 26 "Mom, it's a-" (annotated)

Annotations for "Mom, it's a – ", the twenty-sixth chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 656

**quote**

The whole quote: One more word about teaching what the world ought to be: Philosophy
always arrives too late to do any such teaching. As the thought of the
world, philosophy appears only in the period after actuality has been
achieved and has completed its formative process. The lesson of the
concept, which necessarily is also taught by history, is that only in
the ripeness of actuality does the ideal appear over against the real,
and that only then does this ideal comprehend this same real world in
its substance and build it up for itself into the configuration of an
intellectual realm. When philosophy paints its gray in gray, then a
configuration of life has grown old, and cannot be rejuvenated by this
gray in gray, but only understood; the Owl of Minerva takes flight only
as the dusk begins to fall. (autodidactproject)

Meaning: philosophical ideas only describe the world as it is (or as
it is becoming), they do not form it. 'The owl of Mionerva' is being
used as a metaphor for intellectual understanding, and 'the shades of
night are gathering' (the dusk begins to fall ) refers to the fact that
events are already occurring;

Meaning in the context of the chapter: The chapter follows Astair's
stream of consciousness as she witnesses the events occuring before her.
 She is not yet able to comprehend, to understand what is happening

## Page 660

**anodyne**

inoffensive, often deliberately so + painkiler

## Page 667

**scars on face = smile**

--> 0 = ∞

## Page 677

**smiles**

9 smiles's
TFv04 CH 02 Same cage (annotated)

Annotations for Same cage of Hades.

## Page 73

**08/26**

Last time we saw Shnorhk was 07/29, almost a month ago

## Page 75

**Շատ լավ**

very good

**Ուրախ եմ քո է ամար**

(somwthing like:) I’m glad you are your old self

## Page 76

**He is a saint**

Shnorhk
calls Mnatsagan saint in TFv1 pp. 409. A little nod perhaps for those of us who
actually looked at those pages Narcon-27 pointed out

**armenian**

?

## Page 78

**Անվերջ խոստանում ենք իրար, Հարցը առաջ չէինք բերի։ ՆերողությունI**

something like: We promised to each other to never bring that up. I apologize.
"Left it in cab."

Ends
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"Left it in cab." is the twenty-eighth chapter of Into the Forest. It is the second and final chapter to be narrated by Shnorhk Zildjian.

## Chapter Quote

"You stuttered every mile." - Peter Balakian

## Summary

The chapter opens up on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 14:44:00 in Los Angeles, California. Shnorhk begins to think that Patil was right about him needing to work for a different taxi company. Shnorhk thinks back to when he first met Patil. They met at an illegal drag race northwest of Yerevan, Armenia. Shnorhk enjoyed participating in the races and Patil came with her brothers to watch. When he won the race, the two began talking. Patil's brothers agree that the engine is what matters most in a race but Patil disagrees, saying the most important factor is the person driving. Patil started attending the races regularly just to watch Shnorhk.

Patil tells Shnorhk he should make business cards to hand to customers. It's the least he could do if he won't switch taxi services. She asks Shnorhk what the doctors said when he visited the clinic. Shnorhk admits the clinic was closed when he got there. Patil wonders why Shnorhk never bothered to try again, considering his visit was almost a full month ago. She insists he visit again next week. Shnorhk avoids the subject and tells her that he is thinking of seeing Mnatsagan and a few other friends tonight. Patil suggests Shnorhk bring his duduk to play since Mnatsagan and the others will surely be playing instruments.

Later in the afternoon, Shnorhk drives around many fares but hardly any of them tip him. The traffic is particularly bad today and his customers complain about his service. As the day goes on, Shnorhk thinks that he will not be able to see Mnatsagan tonight after all. When night comes, he changes his mind again and goes to Mnatsagan's house. Mnatsagan has laid out food for them and their friends to enjoy. Shnorhk is greeted by his friends Alonzo, Haruki, Tzadik, Dimitri, and Kindo. Mnatsagan enters the room with a tray of tea. Alonzo and Haruki lay out the food while Shnorhk helps Mnatsagan with the glasses and plates.

Mnatsagan tells Shnorhk that he sent the first box to the University of Minnesota last week. Shnorhk apologizes for not showing up to help him, but Mnatsagan forgives him and says there is still plenty left to do. Tzadik asks Shnorhk where his box is, and Shnorhk tells him he left it in his cab. Alonzo and Dimitri walk with Shnorhk outside to his cab. Haruki stands on the porch to smoke an e-cigarette. When Shnorhk opens the trunk of his cab, he sees that the box is not there. He lies again by telling the others he left it at home. They go back inside and eat the food that was laid out. Mnatsagan and the others start playing music on the instruments they have with them. Shnorhk did not bring his duduk. He wants to admit all of his lies, return home, grab his duduk, come back, and join the others by making music with them. Instead, he sits down on the couch and clutches a couch pillow to his chest.

The chapter ends on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 01:11:10.
TFv05 CH 17 Midnight Creatures (annotated)

Annotations for Midnight Creatures of Redwood.

 "**Who are you?" Foyle whispered.**

 From Chapter 13 of The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester.

 Lines leading up to this line:
 "The Burning Man opened his tiger mouth. A grating sound emerged. It was like flaming laughter. 'She hurts,' he said."

 From what I can gather this book looks awesome, it's a sci-fi story set
 in the 24th or 25th century (differs among versions?) where humans have
 colonized the solar system. Gully Foley is a teleporter driven by a
burning desire for revenge.

 Alternative titles are "Tiger!
Tiger!" and "Hell's My Destination" (possibly referenced on pg. 466?
"Hello, road. Hello, Hell."). The first verse of Blake's The Tyger is
printed on the first page.

 So apparently a cargo cult tattoo a
hideous mask of a tiger on Foley's face. He eventually has it removed
but SQ scars are visible when he's very emotional. Eventually he finds
out the ship he was on is carrying PyrE, which is a new material that
could make the difference between victory and defeat in war. He trains
himself through yoga to not be emotional and thus not reveal the tiger
scars, and he becomes a Killing Machine (pg. 462 mentions Recluse's
Killing Machine, and we also had the euthanasia chamber [limiting shifts
 on pg. 468 - we also do this with euthanasia shifts] from a while ago).

 From the original quote - it turns out the Burning Man is an
image of himself on fire. Foley is the only person capable of "space
jaunting" which sort of sounds like time travel. The key is faith - not
certainty of an answer but conviction that somewhere an answer exists.
By the end Foley is seen as a holy man and he tells humanity it must
choose between destroying itself or following him into space.

 Could we compare Cas to Foyle and the Orb to PyrE? What of the tiger scars?

 (post by Lauren Grimes from the reading group)
TFv03 CH 28 Pomona (annotated)

Annotations for Pomona from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 717

**Ozomatli**

six-piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music

## Page 718

**En la madrugada**

at dawn

**Mellow Man Ace**

is a Cuban-American rapper best known for his 1990 hit single
"Mentirosa”

**Lentes negros**

black lenses

**Fairplex**

Fairplex,
formerly known as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, has been since 1922 the
home of the L.A. County Fair. It is located in the city of Pomona,
California

## Page 720

**La dirty garra**

dirty claw

**Pura mierda**

bullshit

**Ojete**

asshole, stingy

**Todo hijo de vecino**

all neighbors

## Page 721

**la propuesta**

the proposal

**Pomona Swap Meet**

West Coast's Largest
Swap Meet & Classic Car Show

## Page 723

**gritos**

shouting

**Palmdale**

Palmdale
is a city in the center of northern Los Angeles
County in the U.S. state of California

## Page 724

**chotas**

police

**JBL 1000-watt**

subwoofer

**Pre-amps**

A
preamplifier (preamp) is an electronic amplifier that prepares a small electrical
signal for further amplification or processing.

**Clicas**

gangs, groups

## Page 725

**carne asada**

grilled beef

**Clears**

methamphetamines

**Fileros**

knifes

**Cuetes**

guns

No hay bronca

no anger

**Amapolas**

poppies

## Page 726

**Armos**

Armenians

**uniceja**

unibrow

## Page 727

**verga**

cock

## Page 728

**plug-in candy cane**

vibrator?

## Page 729

**zopilote**

buzzard

**Quiubo vato?**

what’s up, dude?

## Page 730

**LSOB**

A Lighter Shade of Brown (LSOB) was a Mexican
American hip hop duo from Riverside, California

**La siguiente**

the following

**Mr. Blue**

?

**Tirar hueva**

something like chill out

**Gabachos**

gringos

## Page 732

**401 nailhead buick**

engine

**Glendora**

is a city in Los Angeles County, California

## Page 733

**this Merc will go forever**

meaning the car

## Page 734

**mayate**

mostly derrogatory term used by Mexicans or
Mexican-Americans referring to a dark skinned person

## Page 735

**acá estas**

here I am

## Page 737

**Hula**

Hoops, 216, where Luther fucked the three
Hawaiian girls

**Burning glare**

like the eyes Anwar sees in museum

## Page 738

**don’t feel warm**

opposite of X, who feels warm but is cold

**Mil**

1000

Same card Anwar found

## Page 740

**novias**

girlfriends

## Page 742

**vamos a ver**

we'll see
MI

Ends
 Previous chapter

"MI" is the fifteenth chapter of Honeysuckle & Pain. It is the third chapter to be narrated by Xanther Ibrahim.

## Summary

The chapter begins on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at 00:31:05 in Los Angeles, CA.

\*\*\*SUMMARY PENDING / UNDER CONSTRUCTION\*\*\*

The chapter ends on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 16:02:11.
A Sleeping Warrior

Ends
 Previous chapter

"A Sleeping Warrior" is the eleventh chapter of Honeysuckle & Pain. It is the first chapter to be narrated by Isandòrno.

## Summary

The chapter begins on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 10:13:22 in Mexico City, Mexico.

\*\*\*SUMMARY PENDING / UNDER CONSTRUCTION\*\*\*

The chapter ends on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 16:28:19.
TFv05 CH 12 when strangers arrive (annotated)

Annotations for when strangers arrive of Redwood.

## Page 260

**quote**

full: “Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the
world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.”

From A Defence of Poetry" an essay by the English poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1821 and first published posthumously in 1840 in Essays, Letters
from Abroad, Translations and Fragments by Edward Moxon in London. It contains
Shelley's famous claim that "poets are the unacknowledged legislators of
the world".

## Page 285

**chinese**

see next chapter
Bones Nest

Ends
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"Bones Nest" is the eleventh chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the second chapter to be narrated by Astair Ibrahim.

### Chapter Quote

"You can't have a pet and a monster." - Pierre Alferi

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 10, 2014 at 12:07:29 in Los Angeles, California. Astair is at a pet store with her daughters Shasti and Freya, as well as her friend Taymor. She is searching for a nice dog bed for the dog Anwar and Xanther will be picking up in a few hours. Astair feels a bit jealous over the relationship Taymor has with her daughter Roxanne, as she feels that she and Xanther do not have too much in common.

Taymor is puzzled as to how Astair could spend twenty-thousand dollars for the dog, but Astair does not mind. She insists the dog is for Xanther. The breed of dog is an Akita. She hopes the dog will help boost Xanther's confidence as well as help reduce the risk of her having any more seizures. She recalls the terrible seizure Xanther had back on December 23, 2013, just a few months earlier. It lasted for five minutes and thirty-two seconds and was to the point where Xanther had to be brought to the hospital. She then begins to think about a girl she and Xanther used to know. A girl not much older than Xanther, but died of a seizure that lasted less than three minutes.

As they look around for dog beds, Taymor starts asking Astair about her sex life with Anwar. They discuss it shortly but Astair quickly drops the subject. Taymor repeatedly attempts to bring the subject back up. Astair finds a dog bed she likes and attempts to buy it. Her MasterCard is rejected so she uses her Visa instead, though it too is almost maxed out. When Astair checks her phone, she sees she has received 13,923 text messages since the last time she checked. She explains the recent Mefisto prank to Taymor. According to her, around the last time Anwar had seen him a year ago before he moved, Mefisto was hired to be the head programmer by some sort of web company with the task of "devising a new distribution scheme to gain maximum exposure."

Astair gets a phone call and decides to answer. The call is from someone named Adam Baylor, a nineteen-year-old man who was trying to call about enlisting in the Army. Astair explains that her number was not the correct one, as this was another part of Mefisto's prank. She advises Adam to not enlist in the Army. She tells him about how she attended Dov's funeral back in December because he had died while in service in Afghanistan. Adam asks more about Dov. Astair tells him his full name, Dov Z. Mudd, and that he was a Captain. She hangs up the phone and immediately begins getting more messages on it.

Astair encourages Taymor to get a dog of her own but she is unsure if she wants to. On their way out of the pet store, Astair expresses how excited she is to have the dog. Taymor asks if Xanther feels the same way.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 12:33:33.
TFv02 CH 15 The Killing Machine (annotated)

Annotations for The Killing Machine from Into the Forest.

## Page 336

**her name**

tian li

## Page 339

**garnet**

Mentioned by Cas in Ch12, maybe that's how Xanther knows the name, because she's hearing voices

**DSW**

Designer Shoe Warehouse. Real Life place that exists at 13450 Maxella Avenue, Marina Del Rey.

## Page 314

**Colt 45**

Alcohol

## Page 343

**4-1-1**

Information

## Page 357

**pink corner**

When signing books, MZD used to draw similar corner

## Page 359

**3:14 PM**

3.14 is *Pi*, the number quintessentially correlated to circles. But why? *The Familiar* in general has a much stronger connection to triangles, and in this particular chapter, rectangles seem to be more important (with all the cages and such). This seems to be very deliberate symbolism though, because who would write "3:14" instead of "3:15" as time for an appointment?

## Page 360

**image referencing other books by Mark**

Double circles - Only Revolutions, shaping triangles - The Familiar, creating rectangle - House of Leaves

## Page 368

**second Nowhere Here**

First see V2 243

## Page 369

Why pink fractals? Is this Xanther's dream from the beginning?
Cinnamon

Ends
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"Cinnamon" is the twentieth chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the third chapter to be narrated by Astair Ibrahim.

### Chapter Quote

"From these shallows expands the mercy of the sea." - Louise Glick

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 10, 2014 at 14:55:33 in Los Angeles, California. Astair is at her house, still debating whether or not she should open the letter containing her grade on the thesis she wrote for college. She wants to wait for the nighttime to do it, but her excitement over Anwar and Xanther bringing home the Akita makes her want to celebrate early. She is also thrilled over the deal Anwar had made at his job, as the Ibrahims are in need of the money he will be making.

The dog bed Astair bought earlier is wet due to Shasti and Freya carrying it through the rain out of the pet store and into their car, so she has them help her dry it off. Afterwards, Astair thinks about the talk she and Taymor had while they were still at the pet store. She begins to realize that her sex life with Anwar hasn't been as good as she would like, and she wants to address this with him. She begins to feel hot flashes but she tries to ignore it by playing music.

Although Astair doesn't want to openly admit it, she knows she wants the dog more than anybody else does. She recalls bringing up the topic with Xanther on multiple occasions before but she wasn't interested. Astair has also talked to Anwar about it, and after telling him that it would be a gift for Xanther, he agreed. She does want the dog to help Xanther become more confident, go outside more often, and even help reduce the risk of her having another seizure. Astair envisions herself being able to walk the dog around, though. She also believes that owning a dog would make it easier to attract suitors. Even if Xanther is still not fully on board with owning the dog, Astair believes she will change her mind once she actually sees it.

Rain is still leaking through certain spots in the ceiling. Astair sends Shasti and Freya to empty all of the containers from earlier and place them back under the dripping spots again. Her thoughts return to the unopened manila folder. She decides to open it now rather than wait until later. When Astair enters her room and looks at her bed, she sees that the folder is gone. Her first assumption is that her daughters moved it. She becomes furious and shouts for them, but then she remembers that she had moved it into the bathroom closet. When she searches through the closet, she finds the envelope. She is relieved to find it dry, despite the surrounding area being wet due to a leaking spot. Astair feels another hot flash after finding the envelope.

When Astair is unable to hear her daughters from downstairs, she takes the envelope down there with her to investigate. She leaves it on the coffee table. She finds her daughters playing in the rain in the backyard.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 15:05:39.
TFv04 CH 24 bluewhale (annotated)

Annotations for bluewhale of Hades.

## Page 662

**Out of the Past**

is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas

## Page 663

**last Thursday**

Sep 4

## Page 667

**Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī**

was a 13th-century
Persian Sunni Muslim poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi
mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions:
Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the
Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the
past seven centuries

**The Bad Plus**

a jazz trio
from Minneapolis, Minnesota

**Retired Advisors**

nonexistent?

**The Necks**

an experimental, jazz trio

## Page 668

**Evan Narcisse**

writes about race and videogames for Kotaku

## Page 669

**Steinway**

piano

**Black Chalk on Blackboards**

nonexistent

## Page 673

**tonics**

relating to or denoting the first degree of a scale.

## Page 679

**seni cok ozledim**

I miss you so much!

**John Szinger**

Origami author

## Page 680

**Mangees Rumsson**

nonexistent

## Page 685

**Hebrew**

"forget-me-nots thrive

what is pain to a flower?

what is blue to blue?"

(thnx to Vincent Scellini)

## Readers Guide Questions

***More connections between the nine primary characters are established in this volume, such as Luther crossing paths with Özgür at the shooting range (pp. 138, 674) and with Jingjing in Venice (p. 570). Why is it significant that we see the characters through the eyes of other characters? What information is provided that we do not get from the Narcon or other narrators?***

***Consider the role of music in this volume: how do you understand the journey that Shnorhk takes with different musicians in his cab? What is his reluctance to play? Why is one of Özgür’s pivotal scenes set in a jazz bar? Why is one of the central family rooms in the Ibrahim household the piano room? How is the tone set from the Paleolithic opening, with a Young Man playing a “strange song on flute” (p. 37)?***
TFv01 CH 08 Dr. Potts (annotated)

Annotations for Dr. Potts, the eighth chapter of One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 178

***When we ourselves then step into one of these bubbles...***

The quote continues: …the familiar meadow is transformed. Many of its
colorful features disappear, others no longer belong together but appear
 in new relationships. A new world comes into being. Through the bubble
we see the world of the burrowing worm, of the butterfly, or of the
field mouse; the world as it appears to the animals themselves, not as
it appears to us. This we may call the phenomenal world or the
self-world of the animal.” (massey.ac.nz)

**Jakob von Uexküll**

Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields
of muscular physiology, animal behaviour studies, and the cybernetics of
 life. However, his most notable contribution is the notion of umwelt,
used by semiotician Thomas Sebeok and philosopher Martin Heidegger. His
works established biosemiotics as a field of research.

The biosemiotic turn in Jakob von Uexküll's analysis occurs in his
discussion of the animal's relationship with its environment. The umwelt
 is for him an environment-world which is, according to Agamben,
"constituted by a more or less broad series of elements [called]
'carriers of significance' or 'marks' which are the only things that
interest the animal". Agamben goes on to paraphrase one example from
Uexküll's discussion of a tick. For the tick, the umwelt is reduced to
only three (biosemiotic) carriers of significance: (1) The odor of
butyric acid, which emanates from the sebaceous follicles of all
mammals, (2) The temperature of 37 degrees celsius (corresponding to the
 blood of all mammals), (3) The hairy topography of mammals. (Wikipedia)

## Page 187

**Dia de Muertos**

 Day of
the Dead, Mexican holiday

**eastside loca**

maybe East side Locos, gang

## Page 188

**Echo Park**

a densely populated neighborhood of over 43,000 residents in Central Los Angeles. It contains one high school and eight other schools, and has been home to many notable people. The neighborhood is centered on the lake of the same name

**Galen Tyrol**

a character on Battlestar Galactica, played by Aaron Douglas

**Viper MKII**

Viper Mark 2, a single seat fighter aerospace craft from Battlestar Galactica.

## Page 196

**Runyon**

Runyon Canyon Park in
Los Angeles, California, at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains

**Molly**

the drug MDMA (extasy), especially in
powdered or crystalline form

**thizzing**

taking ecstasy

## Page 197

**byby**

Bayard

**dgaf**

don't give a fuck

**imho**

in my humble opinion

**αIIH8**

 Mark Z. Danielewski pronounced it as "mute all hate"

## Page 198

**UglyBooth, ZombieBooth**

 real apps
St. Hopi

Ends
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"St. Hopi" is the thirty-second chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the fifth and final chapter to be narrated by Luther Perez.

### Chapter Quote

"I have fallen in wells and risen." - Juan Felipe Herrera

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 10, 2014 at 23:11:00 in Los Angeles, California. Luther is drinking somewhere and recalling the events from earlier. He is trying to forget about what happened. Earlier, when Luther walked on the water and stood there, the rest of the group grew highly confused. Juarez had even ran away at the sight of this. Luther's plan was to grab Hopi and drag him down into the water, but the pool was shallower than he expected. After giving it another thought, he proceeded with his plan. He grabbed Hopi by the hair and dragged him to a different water-filled hole in the ground. It looked to be shallower than the one they were currently at. Hopi wasn't put up much of a fight by this point. Before Luther could finally drown Hopi, Hopi walked into the water himself. Convinced that he had drowned, Luther and the rest of the gang returned to the van.

Luther stops thinking about it and goes outside. He inspects his cars and thinks that they should be cleaned. He decides he will call Zavaleta (another woman who works for him) tomorrow and have her clean them. He goes to the backyard and looks up at the sky, relieved to see that the rain has stopped. A wandering animal catches his attention but it quickly disappears. He grabs more bottles of beer and continues drinking. He drinks until he runs out of bottles. When that happens, he shatters all of them against his back fence.

Luther continues thinking about what happened earlier. As he and his crew were walking towards the van to leave, Tweetie turned around and saw something that surprised him. He saw Hopi climbing out of the hole in the ground. Upon seeing this, Luther grabbed a nearby shovel and walked back over to Hopi. Hopi's hands were still together in a praying fashion. Luther did not care. He swung the blade of the shovel down on Hopi, finally seeming to kill him.

The chapter ends on May 10, 2014 at 23:27:01.
TFv02 CH 26 "Left it in cab." (annotated)

Annotations for "Left it in cab." from Into the Forest.

## Page 668

**Peter Balakian**

Armenian American poet and writer

## Page 670

**Jim Clark**

was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland. He was killed in a Formula Two motor racing accident in Hockenheim, Germany in 1968

## Page 671

**kashk bademjan**

Bademjan is eggplant in Farsi, and kashk is a yogurt product that traditionally is made through a long process from very firm strained yogurt.  The final product is either formed into balls, or pressed through a large holed sieve into strips, and dried

**ghormeh sabzi**

Iranian herb stew

**Fenugreek**

an annual plant in the family Fabaceae, with leaves consisting of three small obovate to oblong leaflets. It is cultivated worldwide as a semiarid crop, and its seeds are a common ingredient in dishes from the Indian subcontinent

**tahdig**

crisp rice taken from the bottom of the pot in which the rice (chelow) is cooked

## Page 672

**duduk**

ancient double-reed woodwind flute made of apricot wood

## Page 674

**MyWaze**

Waze is the world's largest community-based traffic and navigation app

## Page 678

**Zankou Chicken**

a small, family-owned chain of Armenian and Mediterranean fast casual restaurants within the Los Angeles area

**Shawarma**

a Levantine meat preparation, where lamb, chicken, turkey, beef, veal, buffalo meat, or mixed meats are placed on a spit (commonly a vertical spit in restaurants), and may be grilled for as long as a day. Shavings are cut off the block of meat for serving, and the remainder of the block of meat is kept heated on the rotating spit

**mutabbal**

Palestinian appetizer prepared with roasted eggplants

**Եկա՛ ր: Վե՛րջապես եկել ես:**

I came today. I finally came.

## Reader's Guide Questions:

***9. Despite Shnorhk’s apparent determination in TFv1 to help Mnatsagan digitally document the Armenian Genocide, he does not follow through on his promise. He also refuses to go to the clinic as promised, and remains resistant to playing the duduk with his friends (pp. 680‒681). Why might that be?***
TFv05 CH 01 'White cat!' (annotated)

Annotations for 'White cat!' of Redwood.

**Quote**

from New
Yorker article Rewriting the Code of Life

full quote:

And yet any group that unleashes a tool that could reconfigure an entire
species is bound to encounter serious opposition. “You know, with G.M.O.s we
were told, ‘It’s O.K., it’s being done in a lab,’ ” Jim Thomas, a program
director at the ETC Group, told me. The group, which monitors the impact of
emerging biotechnologies, has long held that we should exercise more caution
before releasing genetically engineered products. “Then it was: ‘It’s O.K.,
it’s being done only in a limited way.’ Then: ‘It’s O.K., because it won’t
survive in the wild.’ And here you have a technology that is not only going to
survive in the wild—it is intended to take over in the wild.”

## Page 51

**Chinese**

"You goddamn/f\*ing kid/so-and-so"

Sarah-Beth Gardner Libby: I asked my friend if he censored it when he translated,
or if jingjing had censored himself. Response:

It says "you are <a> pah gai kid". Pah gai translates to
"go die in the street" but also generally understood to stand in for
more rude terms (go f yourself) without using those words, so, half and half.
Also, the last character, kid, in this context is kind of like a mid-Western
"son" or Southern-drawl "boi", with mild condescension
thrown in.

Another friend added: As a side note that dialect is cantonese

## Page 53

**dewclaw**

a rudimentary inner toe present in some dogs

## Page 57

**Procrustean**

 (especially of a framework or system)
enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or
individuality.
Dead-end cats

Ends
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"dead-end cats" is the twelfth chapter of Honeysuckle & Pain. It is the second chapter to be narrated by Anwar Ibrahim.

## Chapter Quote

"Ne cadant in obscurum." - Mozart's Requiem

## Summary

The chapter begins on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 14:28:20 in Los Angeles, California.

\*\*\*SUMMARY PENDING / UNDER CONSTRUCTION\*\*\*

The chapter ends on Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 15:14:15.
TFv04 CH 01 Near Little Switzerland (annotated)

Annotations for Near Little Switzerland of Hades.

## Page 50

**Picture**

the orb is not blank, there is something in there... The
fire evokes the strike of a drone and the fires of hell

**Little Switzerland**

an unincorporated community in McDowell and Mitchell
counties of North Carolina, United States

**Gregoire Chamayou**

author of A Theory of Drone

**surgical strike**

a military attack which results in, was intended to result
in, or is claimed to have resulted in only damage to the intended legitimate military target, and no or
minimal collateral damage to surrounding structures,
vehicles, buildings, or the general public infrastructure and utilities

## Pages 52-53

arrows, darts, snakes (money snake hissing)

**322, 453, 837**

Retrace in progress. Remap commencing. Initiating overwrite.

## Page 56

**Eisa**

Eisa Travis – Cas and Bobby’s friend in Asheville

## Page 57

**anonymisty**

mentioned in V3, page 705

**inferno**

Hades

## Page 62

**Sam and Hailey**

main characters from Only Revolutions, eternal 16 year old lovers

## Page 68

**Pentecostal**

Pentecostalism or Classical Pentecostalism (initially known
as the Revivalist Movement) is a renewal movement within Protestant
Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of
God through the baptism with the Holy Spirit

## Reader Guide Questions

***Police officers address Bobby and Cas as Sam and Hailey (p. 62)—the “allways sixteen” road (and time-)tripping lovers from Mark Z. Danielewski’s novel Only Revolutions. In what ways are Bobby and Cas like Sam and Hailey?***

***What happens on p. 53? What has TF-Narcon 27 presumably done? What is the significance of the three references to TFv3?***
Auntie!

Ends
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"auntie!" is the thirtieth chapter of One Rainy Day in May. It is the fourth and final chapter to be narrated by Jingjing.

### Chapter Quote

"What took place was very possible." - Arthur Yap

### Summary

The chapter opens up on May 11, 2014 at 08:17:18 in Singapore. Tian Li removes her necklace and hands it to Jingjing without explaining her reasons for doing so. Jingjing is unsure of what to do with it and he has never seen Tian Li remove it before. He decides to hang it up on his wall.

For some reason, all of the windows and doors in the flat are wide open. There is no sign of a burglary. Jingjing closes all of the doors and windows but he notices that Tian Li is suddenly acting differently. She asks for ice cream. She has never done that before so Jingjing has to pick some up at a nearby store. When he returns, Tian Li seems to be having a difficult time remembering who Jingjing is. Afterwards, she goes to her room and falls asleep. Again, Jingjing has never seen Tian Li sleep before.

Jingjing decides to return to the void deck. Along the way, he stops and feels as if something is more deeply wrong. Something obvious that he is not seeing. He ignores this feeling and proceeds. Once he enters the void deck, everybody ignores his arrival. He sees Spencer and the two end up arguing again. Jingjing pulls out a gold coin from his pocket. Everybody in the void deck, including Spencer, all gather around Jingjing. His mind is still focused on the mysteriously opened doors and windows, though. Spencer takes the coin and examines it. When Jingjing asks for it back, Spencer tells him he'll give it back in exchange for beer. Jingjing doesn't agree so Spencer seems to drop the coin, but then performs a magic trick where he pulls it out from behind Jingjing's ear. This impresses Lau Jerry and Delson, two other people in the void deck who were gathered around. Spencer crushes the coin in his hand and it begins dripping out chocolate. Jingjing is left confused over this.

Suddenly Jingjing gets a bad feeling and he runs up the stairs back to his flat. He shakes Tian Li awake and asks her where her cat has gone. Tian Li is confused and Jingjing tells her the cat is lost. Tian Li replies by saying, "Not lost. Just gone. Gone at last. Gone for good."

The chapter ends on May 11, 2014 at 08:49:04.
Maneki neko

Ends
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"Maneki neko" is the twenty-first chapter of Honeysuckle & Pain. It is the third chapter to be narrated by Shnorhk Zildjian.

## Chapter Quote

"'It can't, that's all,' Tracy said." - William Saroyan

## Summary

The chapter begins on Monday, July 28, 2014 at 23:23:45 in Los Angeles, CA.

Shnorhk is still upset, but driving is a pleasure that Shnorhk can still count on. The customers aren't so bad, and there's even big tips. Shnorhk surprises himself by handing out business cards, but he can't let go of the night with the old professor. Shnorhk is still coughing.

A passenger asks if the maneki neko is supposed to bring good luck. Now he does not feel good about driving, just dull. Shnorhk reflects on Mnatsagan, and tries to forget his promises to him. For the rest of the night all attention is directed to the cat. Shnorhk even loses his way at on point focused on the cat, and is annoyed at the Japanese businessman who left it. He does not believe the cat is lucky. He wishes he had the "edge" to get rid of it.

He notices a child alon, maybe twelve or thirteen wearing pink high-tops, black shorts, a pink t-shirt and black braids, but by the time Shnorhk gets out of his car to try to help her, she cannot be found.

Returning to his cab, Shnorhk is even more annoyed with the cat. He returns home and Patil is no help with the cat situation. The house also has a bad acidic smell, which Patil does not deny. A cat has urinated in Shnorhk's closet. Patil is only amused by it, because she likes the cat's company. Shnorhk feels mocked.

He continues looking for the lost box, and winds up leaving the cat on the side of the road in east L.A. But he finds leaving the cat isn't so easy. HE's stuck in traffic and keeps seeing it in his rearview mirror. He feels as if the cat is beckoning him and crying for him. Shnorhk winds up crying as well. The name Arshalous appears but is crossed out.

He drives around the block to try to reclaim the cat, but finds it is gone. He stumbles around, wiping tears from his face, and finds the cat on a shopping cart full of plastic bags. He reclaims it screeching "Mine!" The homeless man whose cart it was looks in turns bewildered and amused. Shnorhk offers $100 dollars for the cat, but the homeless man will only accept $27.27. Shnorhk has to go to three stores before a shop clerk will dig out the pennies for him, but he has to buy some super glue to get the pennies. He winds up using the super glue to adhere the "stupid cat" to his dashboard .

The chapter ends on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 10:51:28.
Smoke

Ends
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"smoke" is the twentieth chapter of Into the Forest. It is the third and final chapter to be narrated by Jingjing.

## Chapter Quote

"From the outset it was impossible."

"Then what shall we do?"

"Make a place for the impossible."

"Is that possible?"

"It's what we do."

- Five Chambers

## Summary

The chapter opens up on May 20, 2014 at 02:11:12 in Singapore. Jingjing has still not smoked from the pale blue balloon he bought three days ago and he is still trying to decide whether or not he should. He gets up from his hammock and goes to the roof of the apartment complex. He has hidden the balloon here so Tian Li would not find it. He thinks about a question Tian Li once asked him: "How do we remember this emptiness so in fullness we won't forget?" which Jingjing doesn't understand. He has no idea why a person would want to remember such emptiness and pain.

Jingjing places the balloon in his front pocket and takes his monster card deck out from his back pocket. When he draws a card, he sees he has drawn Vasuki. He begins contemplating returning to his drug dealer and selling the balloon back to him.

Later on, Jingjing goes to a hotel called Marina Bay Sands, hoping to do some gambling. He is stopped by security guards at the casino entrance and is asked to show his identification. He is also asked to pay an entry fee. Jingjing becomes paranoid when he remembers the balloon is still in his pocket. Two more guards show up so Jingjing decides to walk away. He runs into Pink Pearl, Copper Azure, and Cocoa Cherry. He becomes excited when he sees them and they invite him to a private party. They get into an elevator and ride it to the top floor of the hotel. The trio are able to get Jingjing into the party. He wants to tell them about the balloon he has, and he is willing to share with them, but he says nothing. He knows Cocoa Cherry would not approve but the other two would enjoy it.

Hours later, Jingjing is back in the void deck of his apartment complex. There is nobody inside of the void deck except for himself and Lau Jerry. Lau Jerry says that he and all of the others have been noticing Tian Li's different behavior lately. Jingjing begins to think that he does not need the void deck strangers, or Tian Li, to be happy. He returns to his apartment and finds the kitchen is a mess and Tian Li is eating more food. Jingjing becomes increasingly depressed when he looks at his world wall in his bedroom. He sees that Tian Li is running out of money and may even be evicted soon if this keeps up. He wants to leave her behind and move on with his life.

Jingjing pulls out the balloon one more time. He decides to smoke from it. He suddenly feels like he is whole again. He thinks about Tian Li's question from before again. In his mind, his answer to her question is: "this how we lose emptiness so in fullness we forget."

The chapter ends on May 20, 2014 at 11:03:08.
TFv03 CH 10 Joint Session (annotated)

Annotations for Joint Session from Honeysuckle & Pain.

## Page 261

**Sir Malcolm Murray**

character from Penny Dreadful,
played by Timothy Dalton

quote is from first season: You're
moving through the tall grass, getting a glimpse of the prey, the shoulders
mostly, the mane. You prepare your rifle. You're very quiet. And then there's a
moment. The wind changes, the grass stops swaying. The lion turns, looks at
you. The moment you realize you are no longer the hunter, you are the prey.

## Page 262

**cloying**

disgust or sicken
(someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment

## Page 263

**Ecto**

a prefix from Greek έκτός (ektós) meaning
"outside" + ectomorph,
skinny body type, colloquial abbreviation for an ectomorph body type in
Somatotype and constitutional psychology

## Page 265

**angel dust**

drug

## Page 266

**Bollis**

?

**People’s**
Park

in Berkeley, California, US, is a park located off Telegraph
Avenue, bounded by Haste and Bowditch streets and Dwight Way, near the University
of California, Berkeley. The park was created during the radical political
activism of the late 1960s

**Toxoplasmosis**

a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Infections
with toxoplasmosis usually cause no symptoms in adult humans. Occasionally
there may be a few weeks or months of mild flu-like illness such as muscle aches
and tender lymph nodes. In a small number of people, eye problems may develop.
In those with a weak immune system, severe symptoms such as seizures and poor
coordination may occur. If infected during pregnancy, a condition known as
congenital toxoplasmosis may affect the child

## Page 267

**Demeulemeester**

fashion brand

## Page 268

**catbird seat**

enviable position, often in terms of
having the upper hand or greater advantage in all types of dealings among
parties

## Page 271

**Apocalyptic Futures**

Marked Bodies and the Violence of
the Text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee (Modern Language Initiative)

**Tactical Media**

(Electronic Mediations)  by Rita Raley (Author)

**Rr**

Rita Raley – see thank yous at the end

**1CC**

1 cubic centimeter syringe

## Page 273

**3 La dama**

("the lady") Puliendo el paso, por
toda la calle real. Polishing as she steps, all along the royal street –
a card from the Loteria

## Page 275

**cheese n rice**

The phrase "Jesus Christ", changed because Astair and Anwar are atheists.

**enchilada**

Perhaps inshallah (if God wills), changed because Astair and Anwar are atheists. Also corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a chili pepper sauce.

## Page 279

**allways**

extra l is Narcon9

## Page 280

**Humidor**

an airtight container for keeping cigars or
tobacco moist