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  • excruciating lower back pain
  • the lack of progress made by my sexual diversity class concerning the assigned readings
  • the poorly written, nearly unreadable "Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women"
  • The pile of laundry sitting on my bed/floor that has yet to be folded and put away
  • The feeling of approaching sickness
  • The lack of a "things" category on listography
  • Facebook culture
feb 10 2011 ∞
feb 10 2011 +
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Non-fiction:

  • Hopes and Prospects- Noam Chomsky
  • America- Jean Baudrillard
  • Orientalism- Edward Said
  • History of Sexuality- Michel Foucault
  • Black Skin, White Masks- Frantz Fanon
  • Imagined Communities- Benedict Anderson
  • Profit Over People- Noam Chomsky
  • One-Dimensional Man- Herbert Marcuse
  • Postmodern Geographies- Edward Soja
  • All Art is Propaganda- George Orwell
  • A History of Europe- J.M. Roberts
  • Killing Hope- William Blum
  • Righteous Victims- Benny Morris

Fiction:

  • 1984- George Orwell
  • The Trial- Franz Kafka
  • To The Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf
  • Flesh and Blood- Michael Cunningham
  • Infinite Jest- David Foster Wallace
jan 22 2011 ∞
feb 10 2011 +
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  • Professor at a mediocre liberal arts school
  • High school teacher (if I find the university alienating and unwelcoming)
  • Employee at a non-corporate publishing press
  • Some sort of non-profit worker
  • Gallery owner
  • Critic of some sort
  • Director of small theatrical productions
  • Owner of a small vegetarian restaurant
  • Prostitute (most plausible, because upon finishing this short list I've realized there is nothing I want to do but sit in a cluttered room with good friends while drinking copious amounts of alcohol and talking about various aspects of the world and how it will end)
jan 21 2011 ∞
jan 22 2011 +
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  • the new Rihanna CD (specifically S&M and Cheers (Drink to that))
  • the cunts' appreciation of my Elizabeth "Cassie" Mansfield impressions/my continued practice towards perfecting them
  • my checking account, which is currently $500+ and the realization that I can and will spend at least $250 of it tomorrow on unnecessary articles of clothing in my attempt to be an American consumer/stimulate the economy
  • the way my sociological theory professor continually insults the United States/GOP/conservative ideology
  • realizing I/John Long/Tammy Cho/misc. others are more intelligent than my cultural foundations professor (this is somewhat vexed given that it is beyond painful during the actual class, but provides for some sense of satisfaction once it is over and I have vented an appropriate amount t...
dec 2 2010 ∞
dec 2 2010 +
  • Maps
  • Art and Art History
  • Magnolia
  • Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Metaphysical discussions
  • Hating America while simultaneously benefitting immensely from it
  • Relating Marxist theory to contemporary problems
  • Going to museums
  • Europe
  • the East Village
  • Seeing/discussing plays
  • Angels in America
  • Feminist theory
  • Being analytical
nov 19 2010 ∞
nov 19 2010 +
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  • Abercrombie/Hollister
  • Being "obsessed"
  • Biddy barking
  • Bikinis
  • Coach wristlets
  • Communications
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Dancing with each other
  • Diamond/pseudo-diamond earrings
  • Digital Cameras
  • Earrings in general
  • Emoticons
  • Fad diets
  • Fashions Night Out
  • Gay "best friends"
  • Getting lunch
  • Going to the bathroom together
  • Gossip Girl
  • Greek life
  • Hair straightening
  • Hearts
nov 18 2010 ∞
nov 19 2010 +
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  • The National Gallery/National Portrait Gallery- the best museum I have ever been to
  • The tube (except for the fact that it stops running after 1am)
  • The architecture of nearly all of the buildings
  • The lack of open container laws/drinking age of 18
  • Soho/West End
  • How polite everyone was
  • The accents
  • G-A-Y Late
  • 2 gin and tonics for 3 pounds 20 pence
  • Hyde Park/South Kensington
  • Mildred's
  • Paul and Hummingbird Bakery (minus the latter's Americano)
  • Jia and Pho
  • Picadilly Circus during the day
  • "Mind the gap"
mar 21 2011 ∞
mar 21 2011 +
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  • Concrete Jungle
  • The City That Never Sleeps
  • City of Dreams
  • Where Dreams Are Made Of
  • I <3 NEW YORK CITY!
  • Neeewwww Yooooorrrrkkkkk
jan 26 2011 ∞
jan 26 2011 +
  • Comparing my History of Western Art II professor to the idiosyncratic force that is Elizabeth Mansfield, who, despite all of her absurdness concerning the amount of unnecessary bullshit we needed to know for her class, I found endearing and highly informative.
  • My Sexual Diversity in Society class/professor who appears to be comparable to Sue Johanson from "Talk Sex."
  • Finding an internship for Summer 2011 that isn't a waste of my time/something that doesn't consist of various tasks a small child could easily perform
  • Spending more time at the cunt castle/with various cunts
  • Completing my last LSP class
  • Potentially volunteering at AGL+ again, depending on my work schedule, which will give me some sort of sense of accomplishment and menial purpose
jan 21 2011 ∞
jan 21 2011 +
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  • Butterfly
  • Daydream
  • The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Charmbracelet
  • Emotions
  • Merry Christmas
  • Glitter
  • Rainbow
  • Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
  • E=MC2
  • MTV Unplugged
  • Merry Christmas II You
  • Music Box
  • Mariah Carey
  • The Remixes

It gets a little sticky around the middle and I would be open to some discourse concerning the exact ordering of numbers 4-9.

dec 2 2010 ∞
dec 2 2010 +
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  • Beyonce
  • Mariah Carey
  • cheap alcohol
  • dancing my ass off to loud, mainstream music
  • being fake to dumb bitches
  • dirty, dirty hip-hop (think Khia's "My Neck, My Back)
  • The OC
  • Destiny's Child
  • Keystone Light
  • Suburbia/suburban parties
  • Subway veggie subs
  • Panera
  • Wegman's
  • candy for dinner at Wegman's
  • getting stoned while driving
  • experiencing all 4 seasons
  • hating sports
  • 90s pop
  • Love and Basketball
nov 19 2010 ∞
dec 2 2010 +
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  • socially constructed
  • Marx/Marxist/Marxism/Marxian
  • ideological
  • socio-economic
  • Weberian
  • pedagogical
  • phantasmagoria
  • theoretical
  • synonymous
  • structure
  • agency
  • methodological
  • context/contextual
  • systematic
  • capitalism
  • critical/criticism
  • Durkhiemian
  • materialist
  • functionalism
  • power/power structure
  • theory of
nov 18 2010 ∞
nov 19 2010 +

History of Western Art II:

  • Read chapters 19 & 20 in Janson's (Italian Baroque, Dutch Masters)
  • Beging studying for 2nd Art History exam this weekend
  • Print/Read accompanying articles for HWA2 by Friday

Italian II:

  • Study for Midterm (Thursday!)

Social Foundations III:

  • Look over notes for group quiz (Tuesday)
  • Read Marcuse's Essay on Liberation by Thursday

Sexual Diversity:

  • Print/read articles- 3 for Tuesday, 2 for Thursday
  • Begin thinking about/planning 2nd paper (due April 7th)
mar 21 2011 ∞
mar 28 2011 +
  • bare midriffs
  • abs
  • futuristic themes
  • choreographed dance moves
  • seemingly spontaneous dance outbreaks
  • matching outfits that still maintain some sense of individuality
  • technology
  • virtual worlds/lands/warehouses
  • straight hair
  • white outfits
  • sexy male counterparts
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYfkl-HXf...

Perfection.

jan 30 2011 ∞
jan 30 2011 +
  • Rich white kids traveling to exotic places
  • Rich white kids thinking their exotic travels are worth documenting and sharing with other rich white kids
  • Thai food
  • The lack of vegetarian options at so-called high scale restaurants
  • My inability to ever spell "restaurant" correctly, thanks to 6+ years of spanish and italian
  • All mainstream media
  • Blogs/blogging/bloggers
  • Palladium Athletic Facility
  • The cold weather
  • Cover letters and resumes and the inevitable lack of sincerity that accompanies them
  • My depleting bank account
jan 22 2011 ∞
jan 22 2011 +
  • Titanic
  • Stepmom
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Glitter (exception: this film is actually considered one of the worst of all time, but I still enjoy it)
  • Mean Girls
  • Barbershop
  • My Best Friend's Wedding
  • Pearl Harbor
  • The Dark Knight
  • Lord of the Rings series
dec 3 2010 ∞
dec 3 2010 +
  • this isn't France/you aren't french/this is the 21st century
  • you don't know that much about art history
  • it makes your hair flat and nappy
  • your head is too fat for it to look flattering
  • you aren't a(n) (good) artist
  • it negates anything intelligent you may have said
  • you look like an asshole
nov 27 2010 ∞
nov 27 2010 +
  • Read Ch. 4 in Social Theory book
  • Read Roman Art and Early Christian Art chapters
  • Read "The Wasteland"-- write paper
  • Study for Art History exam
  • Begin working/research for Art History exam
  • Review italian
  • Italian composition
  • Laundry?
  • Buy food/ask mom for $
  • Go to the gym
  • Stop eating
nov 18 2010 ∞
nov 18 2010 +