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To put it another way, the evidence of experience, whether conceived through a metaphor of visibility or in any other way that takes meaning as transparent, reproduces rather than contests given ideological systems--those that assume that the facts of history speak for themselves and those that rest on notions of a natural or established opposition ( Read more... )

Oscar noms are starting in a few minutes. In light of Crash and its very probable Best Picture nomination, I just had to voice my dissenting opinion. In fragments, because I never finished my review. I exaggerated for emphasis ( Read more... )

( maybe it was falling )

Back at Vassar. Strangely, I kind of missed my room here. I don't know if that's a good sign or a bad one. Sorry to anyone I missed over break.

( We knew it would happen--NOT WORK SAFE )

Thanks for the kind comments; they helped ( Read more... )

Composition 205 is officially over; just turned in my final portfolio.

I really wanna see this: Marie-Antoinette Trailer with "Age of Consent" on it--and it's completely featured, no dialogue or anything. Kind of weird. One of New Order's all-time best songs! Sofia Coppola definitely has the best musical taste of any director, ever, hyperbole. ( Read more... )

So I gave in and bought the New Order: Item DVD collection. It's just as great as I thought it'd be, to have crisp fabulous exciting versions of ALL the videos they've made over the years, plus new versions of a few. The new video for "Ceremony" (their first single ever) is very strange, and was shot in Beijing I think. Plus the documentary New ( Read more... )

Imagine my delight at waking up this am to find a new userpic in my emailbox, made by pirategail. It is now featured here. I <3 Gail. And I <3 my husband Jamie Bell. Yes, that's me in the lower right corner of the "This is Jamie" slide. It is. It's true.

I realized the other day that I don't have The New Order DVD Set that came out in SEPTEMBER. :(

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