me: so what is the primary theme in Blake's "London"?
student:...life is hard. wear a helmet.

truer words have never been spoken...

i've been having some really odd dreams- not quite as strange as the one where I had to sleep with my adviser while wearing the Snow White outfit, though. rather, i had a dream where i was required to sleep with Baryshnikov who looked and sounded very much like a young Derrida (WFU grad students are not allowed to interpret this dream). it's not ( Read more... )

At the hooding ceremony today there was one girl who was Hispanic. When she received her hood her father yelled out "For Mexico!" However, because he was indeed Mexican, he pronounced the country's name as Latinos do--> MEH-hi-co.
The girl next to me...who was getting her masters in EDUCATION...said:
"MEH-hi-coooo?? What's that?"

*slaps forehead*

So George Clooney is shooting a movie (or at least part of a movie) in Winston-Salem. Thus, George and his crew of big name actors are tooling around town- ie: Jonathan Price (the only movies of his that come immediately to mind are Tomorrow Never Dies and Evita) wandered into the coffee shop that Adam and I frequent (we go there so often that the ( Read more... )

I am a Master! (or Mistress, if you like ( Read more... )

So that sums up my weekend for the most part ( Read more... )

So I had this dream the other night where Wake Forest was not so much a fine institute of higher learning as it was an institute where girls were sold as sex slaves to their academic advisers...and were required to wear Disney costumes. Naturally, I was displeased for a variety of reasons. I had to wear the Snow White costume. Fuckers.

I thought I'd post something since I haven't technically updated in a while. Still researching for Herman who asked me...and I'm really serious...to "faithfully and accurately" transcribe some of Derrida's lectures off of youtube...friggin' YOUTUBE!! WHAT THE BALLS?! How are you citing that in your academic paper, Herman?? In the same email he ( Read more... )

Your results:
You are Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy
66%
Venom
58%
Mystique
57%
Dark Phoenix
54%
Riddler
52%
The Joker
51%
Apocalypse
48%
Lex Luthor
45%
Dr. Doom
45%
Catwoman
43%
Magneto
43%
Mr. Freeze
41%
Juggernaut
33%
Green Goblin
33%
Two-Face
33%
Kingpin
29%

You would go to almost any length for the protection of the environment ( Read more... )

me: did you eat half of that muffin?
john: yeah.
me: what kind is it?
john: i don't know. it's either chocolate or really, really, really bran.

i'm confused too.