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[02 Feb 2004|06:37pm] |
come and dig for me
--Matthew Sweet
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| yes or no? |
[02 Feb 2004|06:10pm] |
When you hear the term 'Y2K' or 'the millennium,' one of the first things to come to mind is 'the (Y2K or millennium) bug.'
What does that say about our sense of history and cultural memory?
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| the eternal recurrence (subject line stolen from burkean although I could have told you it was Nietzsche no problem) |
[02 Feb 2004|05:59pm] |
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Never take out an old journal and read it unless you have time to read all the rest, cause you'll get caught up. Caught up not only in the read, but in the past. So be alone, cause you'll get all depressed and moody because you're not as witty as you used to be, and you'll feel sorry for yourself when you know that, though you had a pretty bad life then, it's the downward spiral.
--me, April 1, 1995
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| uh! uh! uh! |
[02 Feb 2004|03:38pm] |
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That J-Lake and J-Net moment was so fucking hott. With the "Rhythm Nation" redux as perfect foreplay. I didn't even notice the 'exposure' until they talked about it on the eleven o' clock news.
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[02 Feb 2004|03:30pm] |
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Holy shit. The Governor General of Canada has a terrible French accent. I never realized.
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| Momus: selections, 1986-1995 |
[31 Jan 2004|06:36pm] |
This is the track listing of the mixtape that introduced me to the troubadour-de-force, seven or eight years ago.
This site is now optimal for a survey of his discography; all the lyrics are there, to boot. His own site still bubbles over with information and curiosities. And then, of course, if you're click-lazy, there's his new LJ.
Side One
Toothbrushhead (from Philosophy of Momus)
The Ultraconformist (from Ultraconformist)
In the Sanitorium (from Tender Pervert)
Platinum (from Timelord)
The Guitar Lesson (from Don't Stop the Night)
Girlish Boy (from Philosophy of Momus)
Don't Leave (Jacques Brel) (from Circus Maximus)
The Charm of Innocence (from Tender Pervert)
The Hairstyle of the Devil (from Don't Stop the Night)
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (from Don't Stop the Night)
The Mother-In-Law (from Ultraconformist)
Paper Wraps Rock (from Circus Maximus)
Morality Is Vanity (from Monsters of Love: Singles 1985-90)
Sinister Themes (from Ultraconformist)
Side Two
Withinity (from Philosophy of Momus)
La Catrina (from La Catrina)
Enlightenment (from Forbidden Software Timemachine: Best of the Creation Years, 1987-1993)
The Gatecrasher (from Poison Boyfriend)
Lucky Like St.Sebastian (from Circus Maximus)
Murderers, The Hope of Women (from Poison Boyfriend)
Bishonen (from Tender Pervert)
The Madness of Lee Scratch Perry (from Philosophy of Momus)
The Cheque's In the Post (from Ultraconformist)
Yokohama Chinatown (from Philosophy of Momus)
See a Friend in Tears (Jacques Brel) (from Circus Maximus)
Bluestocking (from Hippopotamomus)
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[30 Jan 2004|08:05pm] |
Belinda
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Belinda
Which would you rather have as the throwaway candidate for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada? The irony is that the media had already reduced the former to a pretty face without a chance, so what difference does it make?
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| the week's seminar readings |
[30 Jan 2004|07:42pm] |
Karl Marx, from The German Ideology (23p)
Elaine Scarry, from The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World (155p)
Raymond Williams, from Keywords (70p)
Alan Sinfield, "Give an Account of Shakespeare and Education, showing why you think they are effective and what you have appreciated about them. Support your comments with precise references" (24p)
Graham Holderness, "Production, Reproduction, Performance: Marxism, History, Theatre" (28p)
This week's reading: 300p
Last week's reading that I'll catch up on if I'm good: 687p
Total reading: 987p
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last week's readings
Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespearean Negotiations (20/160p)
Michel Foucault, "The Spectacle of the Scaffold" (30/30p)
Tennenhouse, "The Theatre of Punishment: Jacobean Tragedy and the Politics of Misogyny" (25/44p)
Mullaney, "The Place of the Stage" (0/32p)
Hannah Arendt, from On Violence (4/52p)
Hannah Arendt, "The Meaning of Revolution" from On Revolution (39/39p)
Hannah Arendt, "The Social Question," from On Revolution (0/57p)
Rene Girard, Violence and the Sacred (7/320p)
Anne Frank, from The Diary of a Young Girl (150/150p)
Kenneth Knoespel, "Raphael Regius and Ovid's Metamorphoses" (35/35p)
Kenneth Knoespel, "Isaac Newton's Theologiae gentiles orgines" (0/24p)
Total reading: 947p
Total completed: 260p (27%)
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| Dr.Phil's Weight Loss Challenge for Teens feat. Jay McGraw |
[30 Jan 2004|05:52pm] |
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I would do 20-30 minutes a day of vigorous physical activity on that SEX MACHINE Jay McGraw.
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| Affirmative Action Idol |
[30 Jan 2004|02:02pm] |
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I missed the premiere episodes, but this week...
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| Confession. |
[27 Jan 2004|10:09am] |
For the last couple of years, I totally forgot that Dick Cheney was the American vice president. Seriously. I even forgot that there WAS a vice president. Nothing to do with Canadian obliviousness to American politics -- I just never hear from him. Does he speak? Meanwhile I've gotten a constant earful from Rumsfeld, Powell, Ashcroft, Rice and all the other talking heads.
Under the fuhrer, they all sort of blend together.
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| reason I must marry an academic |
[25 Jan 2004|08:48pm] |
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Couple hires! My department has plenty of 'em.
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[25 Jan 2004|12:20am] |
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I was going to make a case that Red Hot Chili Peppers stole the word "Californication" (1999) from the Rheostatics' "California Dreamline" (1992), in which the neologism appears, but then I learned that the J Geils Band wrote "Californicatin'" (1989), so my case got all muddled. I thought I could go with the 'dream' connection (compare song title "California Dreamline" with Peppers chorus "a dream of Californication") but then recalled that The Mamas and the Papas wrote "California Dreaming." So, no dice.
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| MOZILLION |
[24 Jan 2004|10:14pm] |
Next time you need a numerical term that is as hyperbolic as possible, why not plug some open source software while you're at it?
OMG it took a MOZILLION hours to open that webpage
OMG for the MOZILLIONTH time don't use browsers to download porn use KAZAA
(You could spell it "MOZILLAIONTH" if you're really anal. It does look funny.)
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| the week's seminar readings |
[24 Jan 2004|05:26pm] |
All pages half-standard sized. Unfinished readings from last week, reading for independent research and student essays for grading not included.
Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespearean Negotiations (160p)
Michel Foucault, "The Spectacle of the Scaffold" (30p)
Tennenhouse, "The Theatre of Punishment: Jacobean Tragedy and the Politics of Misogyny" (44p)
Mullaney, "The Place of the Stage" (32p)
Hannah Arendt, from On Violence (52p)
Hannah Arendt, from On Revolution (100p)
Rene Girard, Violence and the Sacred (320p)
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (150p)
Kenneth Knoespel, "Raphael Regius and Ovid's Metamorphoses" (35p)
Kenneth Knoespel, "Isaac Newton's Theologiae gentiles orgines" (24p)
Total: 947p
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thanks ![[info]](http://library.vu.edu.pk/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/000100A/http/web.archive.org/web/20040204183617im_/http:/=2fstat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) badbargain |
[24 Jan 2004|04:03pm] |
OH GLORY GLORY GLORY
He doesn't even disable commenting. My hero.
I know he's always been 'web-ready' -- personal site since the dawning of the 'net, an ICQ number I once had, and of course a Friendster profile -- but starting an LJ is like having him take up residence in my building, y'know?
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[24 Jan 2004|12:34am] |
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Next time someone says to you, "you've got to," you should reply "no, I've gotn't."
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[23 Jan 2004|08:10pm] |
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Another Friday night, another existential whelp. Maybe this Dateline NBC special on Asian child prostitution rings will cheer me up.
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