OMG Eurovision. You'd think it parodied itself... but see the parody of Russia's Eurovision entry (ganked from
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Two A's today!

AND I managed to impress both my tutor and one of my TFs. AND I wrote a seriously awesome response paper to Porphyria's Lover. Bitchin'  even. Read the poem here >> http://www.bartleby.com/101/720.html

Woohoo! ((spins in circles))

I woke up late today -- later than my roommates -- which meant that I was facing the prospect of breakfast alone. Not so dire, I know, but I shuffled down to the dining hall in a bit of a blue funk anyway (got myself a giant strawberry-topped waffle to make myself feel better). I was sitting by myself navigating the mass of whipped cream when Kathy ( Read more... )

Fishnet stockings, platform heels, G-strings... does anyone notice that fashion is increasingly appropriating clothes that used to be relegated to hookers and strippers alone? The flow of garments used to go the other way -- courtesans and their lesser counterparts would adopt some version of the fashions of "ladies" so as to appear more ( Read more... )

Welcome to the Dollhouse

I should preface this entry by saying that I'm hopelessly ignorant on this subject; the research I have done was shallow, and several years ago. This begs the question why am I writing this at all? (a) I'm uppity; and (b) I'm procrastinating. Mostly (b).


This NY Times article describes a recent case which basically reaffirmed the unconstitutionality ( Read more... )

I came out of French office hours today (uuugh, totally steamrollered) and it reminded me of something. When I was fourteen or fifteen, I had the chance to go to a French boarding school, and stay there for the rest of high school. My mother really, really pushed me to do this; I didn't go, largely because I would've had to leave my then-boyfriend ( Read more... )

Things like this decision by the Portland school board make me feel that there is sense left in the world.

Now, back to Balzac.

Discworld books usually entrance me. I remember diving into Pyramids, reading it over and over and finding it just as funny every time. Pyramids overflows with asides, random facts and footnotes, as though Pratchett has crafted this world in his head and he's just bursting to share everything he can about it. Books like Jingo were not only ( Read more... )

This is probably old news to almost everyone, but figured I'd post it nontheless:

Paul Krugman on how Dead is Dead in Iraq, according to the US Gov't

ETA: Ahahahaha ha ha! Oh you crazy MIT kids and your Harvard-hatin' and your video games...