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And then I flew a rocket ship to the planet Marva.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Zarah and I went to the Pasadena Doo-Dah Parade, which, basically, is a parade for the mad.  And, in many ways, it renewed by faith in humankind.  Here are pictures!  And also, my new goal in life is to be a Lady in a Fancy Dress, Sitting on a Car, Waving at the Masses when [...]

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So, this one time, we went to Hawaii.

Friday, January 16, 2009

I was sustained by the transcendental coffee, delighted by the drinks made of fruit and rum and blue curacao, made vaguely uncomfortable by the culturally insensitive luaus, and seduced by the pineapples. And also I presented some conference papers.  And spent a respectable amount of time wearing leopard print.

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Currently stressed out about:

Monday, December 29, 2008

1. Teaching section this quarter because I don’t know how, 2. Masters’ exams in the spring because they are scary, 3. What if there is no money for the Echo conference because all of the money in the world has vanished (see: “economic crisis”), 4. Dying in an earthquake because I live in California. Luckily, [...]

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Career prospects

Sunday, December 21, 2008

So, given the state of the economy and how it has resulted in a staggering number of academic job openings being canned, I have been thinking of what other career prospects might be open to me (besides the obvious top two: burlesque dancer, mistress to a wealthy executive). Last night I went to see James [...]

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Pretty good.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Things are pretty good.  I mean, yesterday I touched my favorite human being in all of history (ie:  David Lynch), today I am drinking Mexican mochas (most delicious coffee incarnation yet) and am productively writing a paper about Beth Ditto (fuck yeah), there is only one more week left of classes this quarter and then [...]

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Example of how grad school enables one to become completely disconnected from reality.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

The other day, in a restaurant, I saw a news item appear on the TV screen with the  headline “DEATH OF AN AUTHOR,” and I thought to myself, “How interesting!  CNN is doing some kind of piece on Foucault, or perhaps Barthes!” Of course this was not true.  CNN was doing a piece on Micheal [...]

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