i am rereading cortazar’s a manual for manuel, to get reacquainted with my ludmilla character.  these are some reasons why i love her:  for her deep green eyes, for the way she says bloop whenever she wants to ‘mentally cross over to the opposite sidewalk-and try to catch her’ p. 7, for her crazy way of seeing anything at all, and her seeming right to violate all chronology..p. 10