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Monthly Archives: May 2009

North Carolina in review

Sunday, May 31, 2009

I like it here.  Last night, we went out for to a bar and I had two beers and my two beers cost a magical three dollars, total.  Like, what is this?  Mecca?  And the night before, I had a glass of wine with dinner that cost $2.95.  And it was full.  None of this [...]

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Ode

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

I love binder clips.  There is nothing about binder clips that I do not love.  Binder clips are the greatest thing.  Nothing makes me happier than clipping a bunch of paper together with a binder clip.  I love holding piles of exams together with binder clips.  And I love holding piles of JSTOR printouts together [...]

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99 problems and a master’s exam ain’t one.

Monday, May 25, 2009

I am clawing my way out of the abyss to let you know that: 1.  I have finished writing my exams!  An entire day early!  Which means that tomorrow is for sleeping in and editing and printing and then having a drink. 2.  Wednesday I am jet-setting it off to North Carolina for Feminist Theory [...]

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Oh My Heavens.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

1.  I am writing to you on a new computer, because my old computer died, sort of, or something.  The screen was weirdly flickering the other day.  And then today it weirdly flickered and then went black.  And then I tried the ol’ turn-it-off-and-turn-it-on-again trick, only it wouldn’t turn on again.  It was dead.  So [...]

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Cardassian Sunrise

Monday, May 11, 2009

Hey, have you seen that Star Trek movie yet?  You should probably go see that Star Trek movie.  It’s pretty excellent.  Wear sunglasses.  I was warned about the gratuitous use of lens flare, but, Jesus, nothing could have prepared me for how shiny that Starship Enterprise was.  Also Youthful Spock is So Totally Hot, but [...]

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Ph’nglui mglw’nafh C’thulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

Thursday, May 7, 2009

1.  Oh, god, there is too much to do!  Once upon a time I thought it would be a good idea to write my MA exams, attend a conference in North Carolina, and organize a conference at UCLA all in the same month, and now that month is upon me, and it turns out it [...]

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