This is what you get for having a sister.
That’s okay; it’s not like I’ve not always done this with you all the time, and I’m not even your sister, even though we always say it.
8/6/10
Gift receipt, please? What kind of birthday present is disillusionment. Try instead the best gelato so far found on this continent with secret imported Nutella in a fresh waffle topped with flavored whipped cream, with a side of designed-for-Belgian-royalty dark chocolate.
I feel everyone could use a little more goofdom and a little less fear of recycling bins.
I feel everyone could use a little more goofdom and a little less fear of recycling bins.
8/3/10
“As a child, I knew / That the stars could only get brighter…”
Age used to be a binary: one was either a kid or an adult.
“…And we would get closer…”
And then age became a diversity of demographic strata and substrata: boomers, babies, children of the 80s, octogenarians, teens, tweens, 20-somethings, 30-somethings, young adults, old timers, retirees, newlyweds, freshmen, sophomores, senior citizens, GenX, GenY, GenMe…
“…Now that I'm older, the stars shed light upon my face / but when I found myself…”
Age used to mean something, before self-definition.
“…But it will not present my presence / And it makes my past and future painfully clear…”
You don’t always need to have a next. Sometimes you can have a now.
“…Because I feel blind…”
Age used to be a binary: one was either a kid or an adult.
“…And we would get closer…”
And then age became a diversity of demographic strata and substrata: boomers, babies, children of the 80s, octogenarians, teens, tweens, 20-somethings, 30-somethings, young adults, old timers, retirees, newlyweds, freshmen, sophomores, senior citizens, GenX, GenY, GenMe…
“…Now that I'm older, the stars shed light upon my face / but when I found myself…”
Age used to mean something, before self-definition.
“…But it will not present my presence / And it makes my past and future painfully clear…”
You don’t always need to have a next. Sometimes you can have a now.
“…Because I feel blind…”
8/2/10
At Newberry Book Fair, picked up a compilation of linguistics articles, an anthology of short stories, and a parody of Scandinavian travel hints; but not Lolita.
8/1/10
7/31/10
7/30/10
Inception mythologically explores the dream/reality dichotomy. A Theseus figure attempts to emerge from the maze and return home, dealing with father-figures, abandonment, and the monster in the middle. I was expecting there to be a more explicit revelation regarding Ariadne, literally and symbolically: while she certainly sets the thread to be followed, for her abandonment to fully parallel would require a bit more of an analogue than is necessarily present within the movie- although the final scene could certainly hint to that. Nevertheless, it is even thematically appropriate that the answer is as indefinite and as derivative as any mythological idea is, different entrances to the same labyrinth.
7/29/10
“I want to be rich and I want lots of money / I don't care about clever, I don't care about funny…”
Society is an economy: a complex system of buyers who don’t have, sellers who don’t need. None of who can see the beauty for the trees; for they have gone too far into the forest. Morality is as abstract as time; the only difference between one year and the next is what arbitrary location some arbitrary person was born. Post-apocalypse began the day parents opened their eyes.
“…And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function / I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror…”
Identity is the difference between what one is doing and what one is thinking of doing.
“…I don't know what's right and what's real anymore / And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore…”
Society is an economy: a complex system of buyers who don’t have, sellers who don’t need. None of who can see the beauty for the trees; for they have gone too far into the forest. Morality is as abstract as time; the only difference between one year and the next is what arbitrary location some arbitrary person was born. Post-apocalypse began the day parents opened their eyes.
“…And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function / I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror…”
Identity is the difference between what one is doing and what one is thinking of doing.
“…I don't know what's right and what's real anymore / And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore…”
7/27/10
7/25/10
7/24/10
“What I hate most about the Socratic method is how well it works.”
Showing up 15 minutes late to class trying to pass off an incompletely done assignment is not a successful solution to forgetting to do homework, not when the class only consists of 2 people, 1 of who is the professor.
It’s like it lied in the application process, but it’s so much harder to fire an employer than an employee.
Showing up 15 minutes late to class trying to pass off an incompletely done assignment is not a successful solution to forgetting to do homework, not when the class only consists of 2 people, 1 of who is the professor.
It’s like it lied in the application process, but it’s so much harder to fire an employer than an employee.
7/22/10
Someone crossing the street got mostly across and then turned back, and seemed very flustered about it. I wanted to tell her, it’s okay, we all do it; but she had already started to cross in the other direction.
Still time to change the road you’re on.
She commits not with her heart but with her schedule.
Still time to change the road you’re on.
She commits not with her heart but with her schedule.
7/21/10
7/19/10
Okay, pretending we're on Amazing Race or something, here's my advice:
Excellent leadin.
Turn off your computer (if you need to save current tabs as favorite, do that, but off off). Go outside, and (not using the internet) find a place that sells Italian newspapers. Buy one, and go to the library or a coffee shop, and translate an article, even if you have to look up every word.
Wow, that is much more Amazing Race than I was expecting.
Non-elimination.
But I mean, ask people. Go all Cash Cab street-shoutout on it.
sh You’re mixing game show metaphors. I should go before you make it worse.
Excellent leadin.
Turn off your computer (if you need to save current tabs as favorite, do that, but off off). Go outside, and (not using the internet) find a place that sells Italian newspapers. Buy one, and go to the library or a coffee shop, and translate an article, even if you have to look up every word.
Wow, that is much more Amazing Race than I was expecting.
Non-elimination.
But I mean, ask people. Go all Cash Cab street-shoutout on it.
sh You’re mixing game show metaphors. I should go before you make it worse.
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