The person who was my mentor for many years, who introduced me to Brecht, has profoundly shaped my taste in literature, a person whom I thought had incredible insight into everything political and has known me for 20 years wrote me THIS ( Read more... )

You Are 48% Evil
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A paper for which I had high hopes was just rejected. Do I need to mention how I feel? Now I REALLY don't want to talk to anybody. I just want to go to bed and wake up when...I don't even know.

I still feel most antisocial. I don't think I'm depressed or in a particularly bad mood. I just don't feel like talking (hard to believe, huh?)or *doing* anything or . Except maybe ordering things or buying stuff, both of which I should not do, considering my finances. Let's hope this phase will pass soon.

My parents are in town. And the first part of "meet the parents" went well. The question is whether it went well because or despite the fact that R and my parents can't really talk to each other. I'm chipper right now so I'll go with the latter option. Now off to make mommy and daddy pay for some fancy coffee.

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to entertain my readership of ...uhmm..5 or so, here a few fun facts from this past weekend ( Read more... )

I recently had great discussions about gender in Germany. My friend E and I agreed that even a lot of "progressive" German men are really not, and that many German women are "brainwashed" in not seeing Gender inequality as a problem anymore. And then I found this link....so I had to post it. The parking spaces are the best. They are quite common. I ( Read more... )

This weekend R and I spent  3 days at Uncle Buzz's cabin in Tennessee. In accordance with the southern location, I engaged in all-american behavior that included getting a tan/sunburn on the last official weekend of summer, driving a pontoon boat, and rinding a Sea-doo. I didn't know before what these motorcycles on water were called, just that ( Read more... )

So here is another plug for "Little Miss Sunshine." It is a WONDERFUL movie. You can substitute AWESOME, SUPER, FANTASTIC, CUTE, ADORABLE, FUNNY, HILARIOUS depending on what you want a movie to be. It is all of the above. If you don't trust me - trust HIM. 

Life is filled with excitement: I will briefly share a living space with a 17 yo. I get to go to Montreal tomorrow. Never mind that I still don't know what I'll say during my presentation...I am busy shuttling my stuff from "my" various "homes" to my apartment without losing to much stuff. And can anybody understand how excited I am to practice my ( Read more... )