Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The Pursuit of Knowledge
At last, my question concerning the erotic stimulation of whales has been answered.
This story takes us back to the infancy of this blog, September 2004. I attended an on-campus event where Chuck Palaniuk dropped by, read a passage from his (then) new book Haunted, answered some questions and signed lots of things. Long-time readers probably remember I wrote a summary of the evening right here.
Anyway, if you've read that story (go ahead, if you haven't already), that night he told a somewhat unsettling story about the fate of the real whale from Free Willy. Apparently the whale developed a fondness for masturbation, so much so that his keepers tried to satiate him by showing him pornography during the off-hours so that he might settle down when visitors were present. This sparked a burning question within me: What kind of porn would a whale watch? I asked Chuck later that night when it was my turn to receive a signature but he offered an exhausted shrug. At that point, due to the large turnout, he had been there for hours past the scheduled end time so I completely understood.
Flash forward to this year when I learned The Onion A.V. Club would be printing a Q&A session with Chuck where readers could ask him about anything except his work. I knew this my golden opportunity to ask Chuck again, presumably well-rested and eager to reveal this knowledge to the world. I submitted my question, waited, and today the results are out. Lucky me, my question was chosen! And Chuck's response was...well, it was a gag. But still, my question was selected out of hundreds and he offered an answer, albeit a humorous one. What more can a fan ask for?
By the way, I recently read his new novel, Rant, and I greatly enjoyed it. The ending is beyond description and certainly nothing I expected. I have since returned it and, as a follow-up, I took out one of his earliest books, Survivor. It came highly recommended and I look forward to exploring it.
PS: As of this writing, the video I uploaded yesterday is not yet online. This is an unusually long wait and I may have to re-upload it. Rest assured, I will get this clip up and running as soon as possible.
This story takes us back to the infancy of this blog, September 2004. I attended an on-campus event where Chuck Palaniuk dropped by, read a passage from his (then) new book Haunted, answered some questions and signed lots of things. Long-time readers probably remember I wrote a summary of the evening right here.
Anyway, if you've read that story (go ahead, if you haven't already), that night he told a somewhat unsettling story about the fate of the real whale from Free Willy. Apparently the whale developed a fondness for masturbation, so much so that his keepers tried to satiate him by showing him pornography during the off-hours so that he might settle down when visitors were present. This sparked a burning question within me: What kind of porn would a whale watch? I asked Chuck later that night when it was my turn to receive a signature but he offered an exhausted shrug. At that point, due to the large turnout, he had been there for hours past the scheduled end time so I completely understood.
Flash forward to this year when I learned The Onion A.V. Club would be printing a Q&A session with Chuck where readers could ask him about anything except his work. I knew this my golden opportunity to ask Chuck again, presumably well-rested and eager to reveal this knowledge to the world. I submitted my question, waited, and today the results are out. Lucky me, my question was chosen! And Chuck's response was...well, it was a gag. But still, my question was selected out of hundreds and he offered an answer, albeit a humorous one. What more can a fan ask for?
By the way, I recently read his new novel, Rant, and I greatly enjoyed it. The ending is beyond description and certainly nothing I expected. I have since returned it and, as a follow-up, I took out one of his earliest books, Survivor. It came highly recommended and I look forward to exploring it.
PS: As of this writing, the video I uploaded yesterday is not yet online. This is an unusually long wait and I may have to re-upload it. Rest assured, I will get this clip up and running as soon as possible.
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