Man. My film Studies class turned into a philosophy class of cognition, a really hard philosophy class (at least a lot harder than the intro i took). I know what you’re thinking, “But I really want to read a Post-modernist view on the implications of the embodiment of the mind.” or, “I want to read a Post-structuralist’s critique of that the framing of Cartesian doubt unnecessarily separates the mind and the body thereby predetermining his conclusion that he is a thinking thing.” Trust me. You don’t. And I still have like 70 pages of this crap for tomorrow. AND we have a biweekly 6-8 page paper due. WAH BA DOOP BA DOOP! I thought this class would just be a fun film studies class but it has turned into the class that is eating the most of my time! What the eff, you are 200 level and have art history as your only prerequisite. Don’t make me have a total background in Philosophy. By the way, one kid in the class is a senior philosophy major and he is breezing in the class and owning us all in discussion.

greetings from the land of maisy, zach and cody, scooby doo, and elmo. these ingredients (and many more of their zesty counterparts) now make up almost 90% of my pop culture diet. you will be happy to know that america’s next top model makes up the other 10. tyra, you didn’t think i’d forget you??
life in the nanny fast lane is in full swing–i’m entering my 3rd week working for the agency, and it is a party. things i have encountered so far (also known as the good, the bad, and the whiny):
–five year old kids with cell phones
–bathrooms 3 times the size of my entire apartment
–delivery mcdonald’s (delivery! they deliver! for no fee! i guess the real question is, why have i ever bothered to eat unprocessed, nasty-lacking real food?)
–houses. in new york city. (this is very weird and rich.)
–huge tips
–crying children i have to comfort
–crying mothers i have to comfort
–crying children i apparently don’t have to comfort
–lots of parents who seem to just want an expensive playdate for their child while they sit around all day and watch me play with them (an experience akin to being exposed to others while peeing: not something you think about UNLESS SOMEONE IS WATCHING AND SILENTLY JUDGING YOU.)
…and my personal favorite, the 11 year old boy who refused to play his gamecube himself, but chose rather to heavily direct my sorry, video game-hating ass while i attempted to play “mario sunshine” for 3 straight hours. it went sort of like this:
inferior, nanny hating child: NO. SQUIRT THE WATER FROM YOUR JET PACK GUN THINGIE INTO THE HUGE GLOB OF MUD’S MOUTH!
me: I’M TRYING. I HATE YOU.
INHC: yay! i love manipulating people who are paid to play with me!

needless to say, this job is barrels of fun. but seriously. it is. i kind of love it. and don’t tell anyone, but i also kind of love hannah montana.

in other news, i am getting lots of arts done, and will be participating in the upcoming mid-program crit next week. harper’s is awesome and intern suzannah and i have been hitting fun parties and organizing antm nights. kara and angie are coming in the near future–sweet.
and of course, i miss all y’all snowed in mini-apple folks.

dream-script.rtf

Okay, so here’s my working script for my movie this semester. I’m not really happy with the story, I just think it’s kind of weird and doesn’t really go anywhere. Also, the ending is abrupt. I’m just not really sure about it. What do you’se guys think?

1. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Evil Dead 2
3. Poltergeist
4. Darkman
5. Robocop

As the review train keeps rollin’ and rollin’ on, we’ve arrived at our next depot. My review of Of Montreal’s new album, “Hissing Fauna, are You the Destroyer?” that is roughly translated into “Snake Sounding Flower, are you a Breaker of Stuff and/or Things?”. Truth be told, it is. Of my eardrums, HEY-OOOOOOOO! (more…)

well, i wish that, in an ode to angie, i could post a picture simultaneously showing my new tattoo and my nipple. but alas, you’ll have to settle with a weirdy looking-directly-into-the-camera-fully-clothed shot courtesy of photobooth.

the artist that did this for me is amazing…her name is lea smith and she’s in my program for nysp. i designed it, and she did it extremely well…it’s pretty much the twin of my original drawing.
(note–though i realize this probably doesn’t matter to most of you, it’s actually on my left arm…photobooth is like a mirror, remember?)

Story time…

So as many of you already know, a co-worker of mine, Tanya, asked if I would house sit/ watch her dog for her. (more…)

Here it is in its monolithic, minimalist glory….DAH DAH DAAAAHHH….metronome ale.

So, I wish I lived in Minnesota right now, because I just found out the coolest thing ever.

Are you ready for this?

Al Franken is runing for the US Senate in Minnesota! How crazy is that?

 Here’s his website

You should check it out.