i am disdainful about having to describe my work in general but particularly work that does not exist yet, work that will emerge over a period of three years. how the fuck am i supposed to know anything about it now? who the fuck has conclusions or even questions before they start?!?!?

So I guess all that is happening this semester is what I thought would happen, that everyone else is super super busy this semester and this is kind of my least busy semester ever. Last semester if I wasn't working my ass off I was partying my ass off, and this semester I've really done neither. There are scheduling conflicts with my orals, so I ( Read more... )

A. Put your music player on shuffle ( Read more... )

Hey y'all. I'm moving over to agent_f_813.livejournal.com. I already added some of you, but I thought it would be easier to just tell you to add me. There might be some initial repetitiveness. But go add me anyway!!!!!

re: the fact that many employees could not make it to work today:

"At Lord & Taylor, the famed Midtown department store, executives walked the sales floor, trying to sell the gloves and sweater sets themselves, mirroring the desperation of many retailers."

Oh God. That is it. I was supportive of the strike before, but this is outrageous. ( Read more... )

Reverse Outlining = Best Strategy Ever

If you are in any way affiliated with a university above the undergraduate level, or if you are an alumni of NYU, PLEASE sign this (and comment, so I don't send you an e-mail harassing you later)

Petition by Judith Butler and co.

Hope the day is spectacular! I miss you!

jcspd's Halloween party:

actualhuman didn't dress up, spoilsport.

allen1742 dressed as a camel.

caligula_wess dressed as Winona Ryder.

captthud dressed as a laser printer.

daphneisgood didn't even show up and doesn't get any candy.

desultorymatter dressed as something furious, but what, specifically, you can't tell.

dougieperc dressed as a Level 5 ( Read more... )

Most nights since I've moved here, I've fallen asleep right away and slept peacefully and deeply throughout the night. Last night - and I acknowledge the severe obnoxiousness of complaining of such a "problem" - my air conditioner was making such horrid noises, while OFF, that I could not sleep. It alternately sounded like someone was knocking ( Read more... )