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The Agony of Being
Connected to Everything
in the Universe [what?]

by Andrew Boyd [who?]
jan '02 • w.w.norton

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INDEX

abyss 91
   diving into 78
   gazing into xix
acid
   bad tabs of 100
affliction xiii, xix, 91, 95
   sufficiently severe xv
   the right one xv
agony xix, 37, 89, 100
anguish 13, 42
annihilation xxiv, 82, 89
anxiety
   essential condition of 14
apathy 91
apocalypse xxvii, 57
bad trip 65
bitch
   drunken, moody son-of-a 9
bitterness 37, 93
blunders 73
burdens 89
calamity 19
catastrophe 93
   total 41
chaos xiv, 70
cheerfulness
premature 81
confusion xviii
crisis
   deeper into 13
   existential 99
   no way back from 13
damage 28
danger 93, 99
dark side
   suppressed power of xv
darkness xv, xvii, 84, 85, 97
   ensnared in 22
   heart of 10
   path of 50
death xix, xx, xxiii, xxv, 33, 47, 85, 91, 99
   denial of xxiii
   facing it now 82
   moment of 84
   nearness to 100
   presence of xxii, 81, 92
   ultimate triumph of 81
decomposing 84
defeat
   of all hope 49
   the bitter taste of 52
delusion 29
denial 91
depression xiv, 22, 48
   deeper into 50
desire
   neurotic 19
despair xiv, xviii
destruction 9
devastation 37
difficulty xv, 9, 10, 19, 35, 50
disappointment 31, 96
   ultimate and final 87
   years of 16
disapproval 92
disaster vii
irrevocable 41
disgust 57, 74
dishonesty 29
disintegration 84
dismay 50
disorder 50, 94
disquiet
eerie 68
distrust 66
doubt xvii, xxvii, 76, 92
dread xxviii, 81, 82
dysfunction
   nurturing power of 28
   relentlessly drilled in 91
dystopia
   visions of 57
emptiness xxviii, 85
   37,000 foot chasm of 68
failure xviii, 5, 49
   life ending in 47
   preemptive approach to 52
   seductive appeal of 49
faith
   lapse of 62
   loss of 66
fear xxiii, xxix, 92
   chamber of 83
friends
   self-absorbed 61
frustration 93
fury 37
genocide 61
good
   fuck 38
goods
   damaged 27
grief 85
gut-wrenching xxvii
hatred 37, 58, 92
   fine-grained 57
   of self 58
heart
   yours, bludgeoned 41
heartache 52
hell xv, xxvi, 89
   going through 13
hemorrhaging 84
   big, wet chunks 18
hopelessness xxv, 37, 62
   of everything 41
horror xxv, xxviii, 57
hurt xv, 40, 50, 89
   you, deeply 40
hypocrisy
   reasonable measure of 60
identity
   permanent damage to 13
imperfection 96
incomprehensible 7
incurable 62
indecision
   paralyzed with 53
inner bigot xv, 58, 92
inner corpse xix, xxiii, 81, 84, 92
   embrace of 81
   struggle to exhume 81
inner critic xv, 14, 92
inner fanatic 92
inner psychopath xv, 93
   opening up to 20
inner suburbia 23
insanity 21
insecurity 68
life
   bad dream of 5
   confusing mess of 70
   end of 82
   yours, worthless 6
living
   a great lie 81
   on the edge 50
   with death 85
loss 13, 22, 40, 49, 85
   of enthusiasm 52
   of faith 99
   of health benefits 50
love
   fucked by xviii, 40
   other side of 37, 93
madness xviii, 20, 78
meaninglessness
   of existence 73, 91
mediocrity 23
misery 60, 74
misunderstanding 58
moment
   final, yours 84
monotony 5
mourning 53
nausea 17
nemesis 57
nightmare
   coming true 57
nihilism xiv, 66, 91, 98
nothingness xxiv, 68
   portal to 81
oblivion
   one step from 68
   pushing yourself into 82
   temporarily deferred 82
obsession 19
pain xv, 37, 40, 42, 49, 70, 91
   deep well of 22
panic
   freakish 68
paradox xiii, xv, xxiii, 91
paralysis 14, 53
pity
   showing none 9
problems 39, 42
   global 60
   intractable 96
questions
   unresolvable xv
rage 37
relationship
   dead-end 13
repression 19
repulsion 57
resistance
   bludgeoning into submission 13
rot
   smell of 84
rupture
   desire for 20
sabotage
   industrial 48
   self 14
self-annihilation
   various forms of 91
self-delusion
   cunning strategies of 14
selfishness 16
sex
   to relieve tension 38
   with liquor 31
shipwreck 97
shit
   full of 14
sickness 33
spirit-crushing 9
starvation 65
suffering xv, xviii, xxvi, 19, 47
suicide vii
terror xiii, xxix, 91
   boundless 78
   daily routine of 82
the edge
   living on it 50
thinking
   negative 93
torment xvii
toxic sludge 61
tragedy xviii, 33, 50, 53, 85
trouble xiii, 75, 96
truth
   being killed for vii
   difficulty of 9
   doubts about 73
   inability to face 82
unhappiness 6, 16
unknown
   fears of 23
violence 92
visions
   monstrous 57
voice
   insidious 14
void xxiv, xxvi, xxvii, 91, 99
vortex 91
world
   worst possible 57
   yours, cut asunder 78
worthlessness 6
wreckage 5
wrong
   different flavors of 39

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