So, tomorrow I start taking the exam that determines whether or not I become a dissertator. I get a list of around nine questions covering three areas, and I pick which three questions I want to answer, then write a ten (or more) page response dealing with the 90-100 books I've picked to discuss in my fields. I pick up the questions tomorrow at ( Read more... )

In an attempt to fulfill my New Year's resolution of masturbating no more than twelve ( Read more... )

This year, I am thankful for ( Read more... )

Dear God,
Please kill every last one of us for the results of this election. Regardless of who wins, we really, really sucks.
Peace out,
Zeke

I have to say, Dick Cheny is the most brilliant political satirist of our time, or possibly any time. He never cracks a smile, and everthing he says is fucking hilarious. Does anyone know who writes his material?

If you haven't seen King Ubu yet, then that means you haven't seen the bridge between high and low avant-garde theatre fully realized yet. Losers. If Heaven is a place on Earth, then is Hell a place in New Jersey? Most likely. By my green candle, the phynancial hook, and Snoopy Brown! If you're not drunk, you're not a real soldier. Haste ( Read more... )

Wednesday, I was sorting through submissions to the literary magazine I work for, Cream
City Review, and one of the submissions was from Des Plaines, IL. We're taking over a
certain somebody's home turf!

Sadly, TA's don't get paid until October 1st, and I still haven't got my last check from my summer job (even though I've been finished working for about four weeks). Needless to say, this cuts into my food and (even worse) beer money. If only I knew a wealthy dowager who would pay $1 million dollars to have sex with me. Horatio Alger my ass ( Read more... )

I got sixty bucks for my blood today (thank you medical research!) and free pizza for helping my union. Three cheers for free stuff.

Well, today was my first day of teaching. I tried to play a prank on the class by dressing casually and sitting among the students. Sadly, nobody would say much of anything about the instructor or the class even when I asked, "So, have you heard anything about this instructor?" although one student did say, "I don't even know her name." That was ( Read more... )