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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Is it Christmas already?

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Not exactly what I asked for, but thank you Santa.  Thank you for: 1)  the Conservative Party of Canada being guilty of plagiarism, 2) Mary Walsh launching an attack on Stephen Harper, “iceberg of a Prime Minister,” and his sweater vests. This has been an excellent afternoon.  My only complaint right now is that it [...]

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So, how’s school?

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

1.  Well, the class that I’m TAing for is bigger than my entire high school was, and currently the student body seems to be having a lot of trouble with the following concepts: a) Days of the week, b) the alphabet. Oh, good. 2.  I am reading Hegel for class.  Or rather, I was reading [...]

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This is the kind of sparkling, intellectual repartie you get amongst graduate students at 7:00 in the morning.

Monday, September 29, 2008

“Cheese.  I can’t think of anything in the world that is better than cheese.” “I can.  Revenge.”

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Dear Santa,

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Is it too early for this?  No way.  It’s never too early to write to Santa. I’ve actually  been composing a blog post about how really upset the concurrent election campaigns in Canada and the US are making me (so upset that I have been waking up with weird stomach cramps) but I can only [...]

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Dear person who said this to me:

Thursday, September 25, 2008

“Musicology?  What are you ever going to do with that?  Open up a dinky little sheet music store?” Why don’t you go fuck yourself. Truly, madly, deeply, yours, Alexandra, who has had a very long day.

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IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCMENT re: PIRATES

Monday, September 22, 2008

Friends, DID YOU KNOW that on facebook you can set your language setting to “English (Pirate)”? Now you know.  Now your life is about 73% better.  I know mine is. Yarrrr’s truly, Captain Xandra

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Dear whoever organized the largely useless TA conference,

Monday, September 22, 2008

Look, if the orange juice you serve at breakfast is going to be presented to us in a punch bowl, the very least you could do is spike it.  Nothing says “Happy Monday morning!” quite like a screwdriver. Sincerely yours, Alexandra, who ditched the conference and went out for hipster coffee instead.

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Hmmm…

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Dear Canadian friends: Have people seen the Anti-Harper Vote Swap facebook group and how do you feel about? (I tried including a link but it only works if you’re logged into facebook – so just search for it.)  While I appreciate the motive behind it, and agree with what they are trying to do (stop [...]

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An exciting update from the fine folks at Neurotics-R-Us

Sunday, September 21, 2008

So, I spent most of my afternoon today completely convinced that my bedroom was the site of a bedbug infestation.  I made and stripped the bed several times, searching for signs of bugs, and, despite seeing none, researched area exterminators, and placed a panicked call to my ever-indulgent roommate, who was out and missed most [...]

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In which everything is awesome and I say fuck a lot

Thursday, September 18, 2008

So, this nice lady I volunteer with at the Egyptian tipped me off to Charles Phoenix, who is a sort of local eccentric/author/quasi-celeb who has published some books on mid-century modern culture and kitsch (which, you may have gathered, are things that I heart very much) and who collects people’s old slides at flea markets [...]

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