So is the teacher's syllabus. Do I need to do a precis? Or not...? Don't want to but the uncertainty of it all makes it certain- gah! Through listening to the radio one may encounter the presence of the omnipotent being but, if not, then she shall encounter nihilism. If not, then by not experiencing nihilism she is experiencing nihilism. Oy.
My Chicano/a Lit teacher was not there but a sub gave us the syllabi. I should probably read that... we did crazy free writing exercises, which is never good when you're PMSing. Hrm.
I already knew the other prof. Must study UN-ness and become International Rights guru. Or at least get an A. Really, I suppose an A is not necessary either. Hoorah for un-lofty goals.
And back to work we go.
Reading: The same things as yesterday, only have finished the chapter in Religion and Nothingness, though am not content that I know it so much as it knows me. What?!
<3
Music: Random Au Revoir Simone songs.
Oh, here is a poem by Chrystos read in class today (she's an American Indian poet):
In the scars of my knees you can see
children torn from their families
bludgeoned into government schools
You can see through the pins in my bones
That we are prisoners of a long war
My knee is so badly wounded no one will look at it
The pus of past oozes from every pore
This infection has gone on for at least 300 years
Our sacred beliefs have been made into pencils
names of cities gas stations
My knee is wounded so badly that I limp constantly
Anger is my crutch I hold myself upright with it
My knee is wounded
See
How I Am Still Walking
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
*Ah, So THAT'S How I Managed to Keep a Daily Blog for So Long*
App. school just does it to you. You're studying and studying and studying and then you wonder how much more of this nonsense your brain can take before turning into tofu (raw, not fried, is the image I get). Suddenly! Inspiration! Attacks! I shall procrastinate, weeeee! And the best way is to tell yourself you are doing it for the good of others (i.e. you, my gentle readers), which, of necessity (or so I think?) leads to blogging.
Am genius of words? Wordsmith deluxe?
First day of class was today, and there was only the one. Just Philosophy. Which was enough, I think. The teacher seems v. nice (I like his voice) and is handsome (I think everyone's good looking, if you didn't know, esp. Charlie Chaplin- rawr... though not anymore given that he's all corpsey.... bad joke). However, studying this Nishitani "What is Religion?"-ness does strange, unpleasant things to aforementioned brain. Like make it work hard. I think working on the New York Times crossword is enough bullying for one day. But the Fates seem to disagree.
Silly Fates.
Will update on status of other classes tomorrow. Let us hope they do not turn out to be death on wheels. Why on wheels? Because my brain's halfway to being a delicacy, is why.
But enough of this mumbo-jumbo (that's not the term I was thinking of...), I must to work return get. And brain to tofu electrify! Huzzah!
<3
p.s. just finished Caramelo and read all of Mother Tongue by Ramirez (???? did I pull that from a random crevasse in my skull?)
Reading (now): Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel (for Meetup Bookclub thing), Religion and Nothingness by Nishitani for Philosophy (which I can only endorse as a fine tofu-maker... though my tofu brain has yet to be sampled, thank God. There's never a Hanibal Lector around when you need one???)
Listening to: Walkin'- Miles Davis (he doesn't distract, which isn't a compliment, really...)
EDIT: Am liar to nth degree. Too tired to continue. Must instead get up 1/2 hr earlier than was plan. Le gr. Have not finished enough. However, can in future split up phil readings so as to prevent insanity (hoorah!) and reading other-ness in between, in manner of Grace Kelly. Though perhaps ever so slightly less elegant under pressure. (If you got the reference, then extra <3)
Am genius of words? Wordsmith deluxe?
First day of class was today, and there was only the one. Just Philosophy. Which was enough, I think. The teacher seems v. nice (I like his voice) and is handsome (I think everyone's good looking, if you didn't know, esp. Charlie Chaplin- rawr... though not anymore given that he's all corpsey.... bad joke). However, studying this Nishitani "What is Religion?"-ness does strange, unpleasant things to aforementioned brain. Like make it work hard. I think working on the New York Times crossword is enough bullying for one day. But the Fates seem to disagree.
Silly Fates.
Will update on status of other classes tomorrow. Let us hope they do not turn out to be death on wheels. Why on wheels? Because my brain's halfway to being a delicacy, is why.
But enough of this mumbo-jumbo (that's not the term I was thinking of...), I must to work return get. And brain to tofu electrify! Huzzah!
<3
p.s. just finished Caramelo and read all of Mother Tongue by Ramirez (???? did I pull that from a random crevasse in my skull?)
Reading (now): Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel (for Meetup Bookclub thing), Religion and Nothingness by Nishitani for Philosophy (which I can only endorse as a fine tofu-maker... though my tofu brain has yet to be sampled, thank God. There's never a Hanibal Lector around when you need one???)
Listening to: Walkin'- Miles Davis (he doesn't distract, which isn't a compliment, really...)
EDIT: Am liar to nth degree. Too tired to continue. Must instead get up 1/2 hr earlier than was plan. Le gr. Have not finished enough. However, can in future split up phil readings so as to prevent insanity (hoorah!) and reading other-ness in between, in manner of Grace Kelly. Though perhaps ever so slightly less elegant under pressure. (If you got the reference, then extra <3)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
*Garfield Minus Garfield
You've probably heard of this thing because it seems to be getting a lot of attention (esp. in the comicstrip industry) but I thought this one in particular was hilarious:
It's a strip where they post Garfield comics but delete Garfield himself from the strip. Is sometimes v. amusing (Jon always seems so existential).
Send me amusing things like this because I shall need them with the school up and starting again. Do not want to write zillion page paper on Mahayana Buddhism. Esp. from a teacher who doesn't specify that it'll be about Zen Buddhism, more particularly. Esp. from a philosophical vs. religious perspective. Whine, moan, kick and scream.
My tantrum is complete.
Have read a million.5 books and cannot thing when last I told you what I'd been reading, so here are some, in reverse order of when I read them:
The Alchemist
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Sharp Teeth
Watchmen
Wolf Boy
?
Am currently reading Caramelo for Emerging Subjectivity in Chicano/Chicana Literature (a class), which I'm mostly taking because it was all that was available at the necessary time (because I had to sign up for another class first because they told me I needed it because they are bad at their jobs, which, as I see it, is to help me). Goodness glaciers, this book is unpleasant. And 400+ pages (I am addicted to books that are under 200 pages, such as The Alchemist and the Perks of Being a Wallflower), though the next novel for that class (and by "next" I mean only other one that has arrived from Amazon yet because of massive errors and them not sending them until today grrrrr, what the heck did I do 3-day deliver for anyway if it takes 5+ days?) is less than 200 pages- huzzah!
Other class will be on Human Rights... don't remember course title actually but had teacher before and got A easily. Am hoping she has not been transformed into Nazi-type in last year. Let us pray.
V. churchlike.
Might post a short story on here. Going to try to edit it tomorrow and then maybe will put it up so you'll read it and tell me I'm brilliant because, really, what else could you say? Really. (Hint: Constructive criticism = death to my heart). Jk?
Bebita is getting big- saw another newborn (is Amelia still a newborn technically or now an official "infant" or are newborns infants as well? Oh the tech of it all. I like to say Amelia with a Spanish accent ^_____^ and add Bedelia). In Caramelo they refer to loved ones as mi cielo (my sky) in reference to Heaven. Isn't that sweet?
Or, isn't my Spanish rotten/I probably forgot and ruined it all- glah!
<3
It's a strip where they post Garfield comics but delete Garfield himself from the strip. Is sometimes v. amusing (Jon always seems so existential).
Send me amusing things like this because I shall need them with the school up and starting again. Do not want to write zillion page paper on Mahayana Buddhism. Esp. from a teacher who doesn't specify that it'll be about Zen Buddhism, more particularly. Esp. from a philosophical vs. religious perspective. Whine, moan, kick and scream.
My tantrum is complete.
Have read a million.5 books and cannot thing when last I told you what I'd been reading, so here are some, in reverse order of when I read them:
The Alchemist
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Sharp Teeth
Watchmen
Wolf Boy
?
Am currently reading Caramelo for Emerging Subjectivity in Chicano/Chicana Literature (a class), which I'm mostly taking because it was all that was available at the necessary time (because I had to sign up for another class first because they told me I needed it because they are bad at their jobs, which, as I see it, is to help me). Goodness glaciers, this book is unpleasant. And 400+ pages (I am addicted to books that are under 200 pages, such as The Alchemist and the Perks of Being a Wallflower), though the next novel for that class (and by "next" I mean only other one that has arrived from Amazon yet because of massive errors and them not sending them until today grrrrr, what the heck did I do 3-day deliver for anyway if it takes 5+ days?) is less than 200 pages- huzzah!
Other class will be on Human Rights... don't remember course title actually but had teacher before and got A easily. Am hoping she has not been transformed into Nazi-type in last year. Let us pray.
V. churchlike.
Might post a short story on here. Going to try to edit it tomorrow and then maybe will put it up so you'll read it and tell me I'm brilliant because, really, what else could you say? Really. (Hint: Constructive criticism = death to my heart). Jk?
Bebita is getting big- saw another newborn (is Amelia still a newborn technically or now an official "infant" or are newborns infants as well? Oh the tech of it all. I like to say Amelia with a Spanish accent ^_____^ and add Bedelia). In Caramelo they refer to loved ones as mi cielo (my sky) in reference to Heaven. Isn't that sweet?
Or, isn't my Spanish rotten/I probably forgot and ruined it all- glah!
<3
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
*Fill in the Blank Days with Baby*
Because that's pretty much what's been going on. I'm not putting any more pictures here because I don't want random people on the internet to see her cuteness to the extreme and kidnap her before raising her to be a magician's assistant. That's no life- believe me. V. violent getting chopped into pieces three times a day then reassembled.
Been trying to keep up with Joss Whedon's new show, Dollhouse, which you can watch on Hulu if YOU want. Tentatively liking it (have been burned by mid-season cancellation's before v.v). How nervous!
Without stating otherness, I am now officially planning to attend UW-Bothell's MACS program next year. Oh, fellowship- come to meeeee! Moneys- ugh.
I want to see some movies. Instead, I think I'll rent everything that starts with Q from the library and be silently impressed. Why silent? It sounded pretty in my silly head.
Quest for Camelot is the first Q-starting movie that popped into my head. What else, without cheating?
The Queen
...
I'm bad at this game!
<3
Been trying to keep up with Joss Whedon's new show, Dollhouse, which you can watch on Hulu if YOU want. Tentatively liking it (have been burned by mid-season cancellation's before v.v). How nervous!
Without stating otherness, I am now officially planning to attend UW-Bothell's MACS program next year. Oh, fellowship- come to meeeee! Moneys- ugh.
I want to see some movies. Instead, I think I'll rent everything that starts with Q from the library and be silently impressed. Why silent? It sounded pretty in my silly head.
Quest for Camelot is the first Q-starting movie that popped into my head. What else, without cheating?
The Queen
...
I'm bad at this game!
<3
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