I just received word that the great great Manny Farber has died.

Nobody wrote film criticism like him.

He was one of the greats.

Goodnight, Alain Robbe-Grillet.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080218/en_afp/francebooksrobbegrillet

San Diego is burning.
Again.
At least this time I hope I don't have to evacuate.

Edit: This is supposed to be worse than the Cedar fire of 2003.
Shit.

Classes:

Vis 84: History of Films (With Babette Mangolte!!).
COCU 139: Reproductive Discourse and Gender.
CGS 190: Honors Thesis Seminar.
CGS ??: Honors Thesis Research Hours.

This is going to be fun.

I barely got back from Berkeley and I'm already back in school doing summer session ( Read more... )

This is (for now) my official title:

Black Tops, Asian Bottoms, Latino Versatiles and White Saviors: Performances of Race and Colonial Desire in Gay Male Online Personal Ads

I spent about an hour writing different titles and that is the best I could come up with at the end. I am not sure if I like it or hate it.

If you have extremely rare early Kiarostami playing a block from your home vs. Sicko, why the fuck would you choose to go see Michael Moore?!?!
That is all.
Bitches.

Turns out I am currently living in Berkeley ( Read more... )

In less than a week, I will be living in Berkeley for two months. It would be awesome if any of you who live there wanted to hang out or recommended something to do.

US considered weapon to turn enemy gay ( Read more... )