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marketing and self esteem.
All too often, marketing consumer goods means implying or outright stating that you're not complete as a person until you have X product. It preys upon our self esteem so that we feel better about buying things, because if we have X product, we will be smarter/prettier/more efficient/etc. Thing is, I've found that tactic to be self-perpetuating, ( Read more... ) -
busy busy
I've almost got my monologue for V-Day memorized. I'm performing "Hair," and the director loves what I'm doing with it. My main notes for this week consist of continuing to memorize, because that's going to aid me with enunciating and projecting my voice. Considering the character, I think that's doubly needed: she wants to make sure that she's ( Read more... ) -
wah.
Ugh. It'll be nice when I can have a proper weekend -- by my usual school standards -- again. All these make up days really fucking suck ( Read more... ) -
the idea of a person.
Doing my usual morning routine - coffee, Facebook, LJ, checking SCAD email. It's all to help me wake up, give me something not very strenuous to focus on and let the brain warm up... kind of like my monitor, really. I've got this huge Trinitron Multiscan20se (for those playing at home, you'll remember what I'm talking about), and it doesn't know ( Read more... ) -
american mystics
I always find the posts at The Wild Hunt blog to be thoughtful and informative. Jason Pitzl-Waters does a very commendable job of filling in the "Pagan news & commentary" void, for me. Today he's got a post about a documentary by Alex Mar called "American Mystics," which follows the lives of a Lakota Sundancer, a Spiritualist, and a Pagan witch & ( Read more... )