naturalog

In which I am bad at LiveJournal

naturalog Jan 29, 2010 15:49

Hey everyone (if you're still out there ( Read more... )

nothing important, books, theatre, random, rambling, future plans, work

Thesis-related musings

naturalog Dec 01, 2009 23:52

I'm finishing up my thesis (Jewish identity in 1930s Germany) right now, and there's a story in one of the memoirs I'm using that I keep going back to... seriously, it breaks my heart every time I read it. A little background: Gad Beck, the man who wrote this memoir, was a gay Jew from Berlin, born in 1923. In 1942, his boyfriend (ish) and his ( Read more... )

random, manchester, germany, thinking, school, gay things, nothing important, books, quotes, history

up up up up update up up up update

naturalog Oct 14, 2009 02:41

Hey, everyone.
I'm still alive... I imagine that's good to know. School has been more or less eating my life -- I have so much to do, yet what feels like no time at all to get it done. Which is odd, because I know for a fact that I waste far too much time online playing flash games (Evony and Cafe World, the latter on Facebook, are the latest ( Read more... )

identity, health, future plans, manchester, screech, school, really long updates, rambling

An Odd Sort of Liberation

naturalog Jul 16, 2009 22:56

I just un-came out to my professors, i.e., I emailed them asking to go back to being called Ellen. In some ways, this "uncoming out" is a lot more liberating than any other coming out.

The text of my email is below the cut.

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school, identity, health, gender, manchester, thinking

(Untitled)

naturalog May 31, 2009 18:45

The semester is done... I got my grades -- decent, but far from what I would have liked. I've moved into my room for the summer and have (finally!) gotten around to fixing my bike, so I can bike places to get things and go out for rides. My CD burner is broken, which means I can't make any mix CDs right now. Fortunately, I have a functioning CD ( Read more... )

apparently i'm doing monthly updates now...

naturalog May 22, 2009 12:41

well, exams are over... now i'm sitting here in my messy room thinking about starting to pack up and move. today, though, i just kind of want to chill out and play harvest moon, except screech is playing that right now. (silly screech ( Read more... )

nothing important, random

life

naturalog Apr 26, 2009 16:05

hey everyone ( Read more... )

identity, gender, future plans, manchester, screech, thinking, really long updates, rambling

this made my life

naturalog Apr 12, 2009 19:46

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

this took over 200 people only two rehearsals to choreograph. it's a publicity stunt for a belgian tv program in which they're looking for someone to play Maria in a stage production of The Sound of Music.

nothing important, video, things that make me happy, random, youtube, music

Things that are frustrating:

naturalog Apr 09, 2009 00:06

1. When one of your professors (who is also your advisor) says this about your writing: "The problem you have is completely the opposite of what I have to say to almost all of my students. Your analysis is wonderful -- you know your material and can apply it well. It's some of the best analysis I've seen at Manchester, especially since you're 19 ( Read more... )

school, rant, random, history, manchester, thinking

My final year prostrate to the higher mind...

naturalog Mar 31, 2009 23:02

I was anxious about whether courses would be offered as it says they will be in the catalog, but as it turns out, graduation on time will be possible! I am pretty psyched about said schedule, so here it is:

Summer 09
HIST 499 -- Senior Thesis

Fall 09
GNST 125 -- Intro to Gender Studies
HIST 344 -- Historiography and Research Methods
HIST 210 -- East ( Read more... )

school, nothing important, lists, history, manchester, sociology