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[Dec. 21st, 2012|03:40 am] |
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HAY! I just made the vast majority of my lj friends-only, which is very bizarre for me and the result of some unfortunate third-party googling. Anyway, my friending policy is pretty lax--basically just comment on this entry (comments are screened) and I will gladly friend you back. Be warned, however, that most of what I write here is flaily and/or verging on incoherent. HURRAH!
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| Books I've read this year [2009] |
[Dec. 31st, 2009|12:50 pm] |
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Okay, I succumbed. Mostly because I've already started forgetting the names of books I read, mostly over break. Whoops.
The usual: reread books bolded, etc.
1. The Game of Kings--Dorothy Dunnett
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao--Junot Diaz (thanks, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) athrill, I LOVED this)
3. Watchmen--Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
4. My Gender Workbook--Kate Bornstein
5. You Shall Know Our Velocity!--Dave Eggers
6. Dune--Frank Herbert
7. Gods in Alabama--Joshlyn Jackson
8. Snow Crash--Neal Stephenson (om nom nom nom)
9. The Canterbury Tales--Geoffrey Chaucer
10. Good Omens--Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (BECAUSE WHY NOT)
11. First Test--Tamora Pierce
12. Page--Tamora Pierce
13. Writing for Story--Jon Franklin (mrrr)
14. Dirt: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House--Mindy Lewis (reviewed for SN&R)
15. Girl, Undressed: A Memoir on Stripping in New York City--Ruth Fowler
16. Gender Outlaw--Kate Bornstein
17. The East, The West, and Sex: A History of Erotic Encounters--Richard Bernstein (reviewed for SN&R)
18. Queen's Play--Dorothy Dunnett
19. Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore--Jeffrey Escoffier (reviewed for SN&R)
20. Guards! Guards!--Terry Pratchett (for approximately the frillionth time)
21. Cunt: A Declaration of Independence--Inga Muscio
22. His Majesty's Dragon--Naomi Novik (Oh my GOD. I wanted to have so much sex with this entire book. Consensual, beautiful, life-fulfilling sex. ARMGMGN)
23. Bitten: Dark Erotic Stories--Susie Bright (reviewed for SN&R)
24. Throne of Jade--Naomi Novik
25. The Art of Thinking--Ernest Dimnet (I liked some of his theory, but I did not need to read an entire book detailing it. Irony.)
26. High Fidelity--Nick Hornby
27. Black Powder War--Naomi Novik
28. Empire of Ivory--Naomi Novik
29. Victory of Eagles--Naomi Novik
30. Tamburlaine I--Christopher Marlowe (for English 4270)
31. Tamburlaine II--Christopher Marlowe (for English 4270)
32. Richard III--William Shakespeare (for English 4270)
33. The Jew of Malta--Christopher Marlowe (for English 4270)
34. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius--Dave Eggers
35. Power Sleep--Dr. James Maas (for Psych 1101)
36. The Merchant of Venice--William Shakespeare (for English 4270)
37. Edward II--Christopher Marlowe (for English 4270)
38. Richard II--William Shakespeare (for English 4270)
39. Hero and Leander--Christopher Marlowe (for English 4270)
40. Venus and Adonis--William Shakespeare (for English 4270)
41. The Magicians--Lev Grossman |
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| for your entertainment |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|11:22 pm] |
IMPORTANT AND HILARIOUS:
My dear katoletomato and I were sitting here when suddenly I came across this video:
Seeing my expression and peeking over my shoulder, she asked, "Is that Adam Lambert?"
Me: "No. No, Kate, that's Patrick."
Her: "......:l WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?!"
PATRICK STUMP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE NEW ADAM LAMBERT. can I get a y/y, yes I can. (DEAR PATRICK PLEASE DON'T EVER STOP DOING THAT...hip thing)
<3kj
ETA:
"Pete, we love you, but you need to leave the band. We need more Patrick."--Words I NEVER thought I'd hear Kate say |
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[Oct. 9th, 2009|07:32 pm] |
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Dear residents of Chicago,
You all FAIL for not calling me up and telling me to come roll around in your absurd, fantastic little city five years earlier.
It's okay, I forgive you. BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOUR TOWN IS FANTASTIC.
Love,
TOK |
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| one line to keep us safe |
[Oct. 2nd, 2009|09:37 am] |
Best thing about this week: Yelling "I WATCH PORN" in FGSS and proceeding to go on a rant about how porn can be just as good for the ladiezzz.
Worst thing about this week: Pretty much everything else.*
*OKAY, okay, seeing Toni Morrison speak and going on the roof of Clark last night and then going to State street were all pretty fucking awesome too. BEFORE LAST NIGHT, though, pretty much everything else.
TGIF!
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| MY ICON IS PETE WENTZ FOR...REASONS |
[Sep. 23rd, 2009|08:34 pm] |
HEY FRIENDSLIST.
SAY HYPOTHETICALLY katoletomato and I were going to Chicago for our fall break [Oct. 9 - 13] on sort of a spur-of-the-moment whirlwind three-and-a-half day tour! WHAT SHENANIGANS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?!
Keep in mind we are a) under 21 and b) poor.
OKAY GO.
<3kj
ETA:
Via gchat:
oh god it's NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER UNTIL OCTOBER
katoletomato: DO YOU PREFER WINDOW OR AISLE
??!?!?!?
paraserpiente: WINDOW
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| this is how we like to do it in the murder scene |
[Sep. 22nd, 2009|03:18 pm] |
Good god, you guys, has my life always been this jam-packed? It must have been, but I feel like this year is EXTRA tightly-wound even though I'm working eight less hours a week. Today, for example, I have one free hour from noon to 1:00 and another free hour from 6-7, although I have to get home in that time and eat. Other than that, it's meetings and class and work and more class from 10:10 in the morning until 10:15 at night. AND ALL MY DAYS ARE LIKE THIS!
ALSO I LOST MY PLANNER AND IT IS STRESSING ME OUT. I LIKE TO PLAN.
In other news, BANDOM. HEY BANDOM. I NEED YOUR HELP. TOK and I are planning on being FrankandGerard (or possibly LynzandGerard) (wow_katie, you can stop laughing now) and I can't decide what Look I want to be! I think I kind of want to be Camp Gerard--you know, with the bomber jacket and red bandana and possibly a feather boa--but I don't want to just wear the same collared jacket I always wear? (Plus, that jacket is kind of...upscale-looking. For onstage Gerard, anyway.) Maybe I can wear a Black Parade jacket? BUT WHERE CAN I GET ONE THAT I CAN AFFORD?! SUGGESTIONS?! Oh flist, when you think "Gerard Way extraordinaire," what springs to mind?
In conclusion, here are some fab clothes that I would wear in a hot minute if I (a) were Kate/Bryan's kept woman and they would provide funding and/or (b) were a size 2.
( DRESSES WITH POCKETS. POCKETS!! )
IN CONCLUSION: LESS BAGELS, MORE STEAMPUNK DRESSES.
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| I'm so fucking sick of this. |
[May. 26th, 2009|10:08 am] |
Fuck you, California. No one I know is a second-class citizen.
6-1 decision to uphold, CNN says. This breaks my heart.
I'll see you guys at the Sacramento rallies tonight. |
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| yes, I will go this far to avoid structuralism |
[May. 11th, 2009|05:20 pm] |
In lieu of studying for Anthro tomorrow (argrgrghg Levi-Strauss I hate your face), I was compiling a list of books I should read this summer. I've owned copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for forever, and I keep meaning to read Lolita but keep not having the time.
Also: my personal pet peeve is when people spoil classic novels for me. I'm not just reading them to have read them, people, plot is important! Thanks for ruining the deux ex machina at the end of Lolita, TEA. (I'm just kidding. I sort of not-so-secretly worship at Tea's feet, and everyone should read The Tiger's Wife when it comes out next May) (COMES OUT!! NEXT MAY! !!!)
Anyway. So I'm thinking of borrowing the first Horatio Hornblower novel from the library (okay, not the actual first, but I cannot resist awkward mathletic prequels) and also actually READING Queen's Play as opposed to just carrying it around with me. I am looking for recommendations! I have at least an hour's train ride to work each day, and while I plan to use some of that time for writing (and sending the subsequent results to wow_katie, ehehehe) I also am desperately ill-read this year.
So! Books you love! I will pretty much read anything but I reaaaally like books about flush-cheeked rapscallions and/or dystopian universes where people get possessed by robots and fall in love. Or ridiculous religious commentary. Good Omens is my favorite book ever, which should give you some clue of my tolerance for ridiculous premises.
Back to Campbell's interpretation of the monomyth. As I gchatted to Bry, I'm about ten minutes away from just being like "I DISCARD YOUR ESSAY QUESTIONS IN FAVOR OF MY OWN" and writing about structuralism and narrative form in Harry Potter. WATCH ME.
Two down, two to go. agtrggghhh.
<3kj
ETA:
AAAH can we discuss how the closer exams get the more outlandish my procrastination methods become? I just watched an episode of JONAS, for godssakes. And I still can't really figure out the premise of the show other than maybe "Joe Jonas: Secret Girl" and "Kevin Jonas Carries a Man-Purse."
ETA2:
"Let's drop out of school and be strippers like William Beckett."--Kate (Possibly the best suggestion she's made since the Vodka Icee Dinner a few weeks ago) |
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| kick drum beating in my chest again |
[Apr. 28th, 2009|12:59 am] |
SO I went to Believers Never Die (Part Deux) last night, and it was SHAMAAAZING. Like, I love Panic from the bottom of my twisted little heart, but the Rock Band Live tour did NOTHING compared to this.
( fangirl fangirl fangirl I PASSED OUT! fangirl fangirl )
And then Alex and I drove three hours home and I talked for 110 miles straight (basically just retold him every story I've written this semester) to keep us both awake.
AWESOME!!! Now to conquer my shitload of work. WOE. BUT MOSTLY STILL AWESOME.
Also, someone told Ithaca it was almost May and it's been a steady 80 degrees and I am listening to Pretty. Odd. almost constantly. Life gets an A+ from me right now, for srs.
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