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Torture
So, that happened. My students were highly amused by my increasing levels of flail as the Giants made their way through the post-season but couldn't understand why I refused to get openly optimistic, even when we were up 3 games against Texas in the World Series. I said I remembered 2002 all too clearly, when we'd been mere outs away from winning ( Read more... ) -
I'm not dead (yet)
I'm just 4 weeks into the PhD program up here. Each weekend I say "self, you're going to do something fun, like work on that big bang story you completely flaked out on, or those 20 Inception stories you have floating around in your head. Maybe play a video game."
Instead, each Friday I've gotten ridiculously drunk with my cohort, spent most of ( Read more... ) -
Paul de Pulpo: loved in all the wrong ways
Day three of the Institute, day six of my time in Catalunya. The institute itself so far has been quite interesting, we’ve had a guest lectures on the legacy of slavery, post-colonial politics and academics in France and we’re just finishing up a lecture on South American philosophy. Plus this week’s regular sessions are with Chela Sandoval on ( Read more... ) -
Que mes un trip.
Will be watching Spain play Germany in the semi-finals tomorrow night in either Barcelona or Tarragona. More than likely I will be dressed in team colors. Possibly also a jersey if I can find one. If they make it to the finals, there is every possibility I will take the train up to Madrid and try and watch it in one of the giant squares.
I have ( Read more... ) -
Racism is more than a hat you put on in the morning.
There have been a lot of thoughts and words already written on the J2 Haiti story in the past few days. Most of them have been much more eloquent than I am at the moment and I do not feel the need to repeat their sentiments. I have not read the story itself, nor am I going to. I've read the excerpts and a fair number of posts of people who have ( Read more... ) -
WRYYYYY
I touched a foul ball hit by Aubrey Huff tonight, but lost it when the guy next to me snatched it away. Then he and his wife left during the 8th inning when the game was TIED ONE - ONE.
I've wanted to catch a foul ball since I was a little kid. A ball from a Giant who plays first base (the position I play) would have been just bonus on bonus on ( Read more... ) -
Politicization, War and Ignorance
Wow, I need to lay off the coffee. So, anamie_me posted a really fascinating post over in generation_kill (locked entry now) about the idealization of war. It was prompted, in part, by this post on the changes in military training to focus on more effectively humanizing enemies for soldiers. So the question was posed, do you think that Generation Kill idealizes ( Read more... ) -
This just in.
Jose Mourinho confirms he's leaving Inter Milan to coach Real Madrid within minutes what? an hour? of winning the Champion's League. Depending on what kind of Inter fan you are, that could either add or take away from your celebrations.
Stay classy, dude. Stay classy.
John Oliver went to the training grounds for the US National Team to do a piece ( Read more... ) -
My foot itches, so that's news?
The first ten people to comment in this post can request a drabble/ficlet from the following fandoms: Supernatural, Generation Kill, Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes, Fringe, Bones, In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, but if it's in my interests I'll probably write it. In return, you have to post this in your journal, regardless of what you think your ability ( Read more... )
