the uses of the gothic

May 11, 2004 15:54

So I had the interview for the topics in 18th c. lit course this afternoon ( Read more... )

academia, teaching, books

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sisabet May 11 2004, 21:36:40 UTC
I was sending you good thought vibes this afternoon along with singing "Take the Skinheads Bowling" at my cubicle - which earned me some strange looks. I think either that or "Birth, School, Work, Death" could be an "Office Space" vid. I wanna do a movie vid. It is the new black. But back to you - Mantra of positive Vibes are covering you as I type. Along with Simple Minds lyrics, but I am on a kick and I blame you.

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heresluck May 11 2004, 23:10:56 UTC
The Godfathers! I'd forgotten I sent you that! Dude, you gotta see if you can get hold of that CD. Few things say stoned-in-the-high-school-parking-lot-in-1988 like The Godfathers. "When Am I Coming Down" could be a Donnie Darko vid. "Just Like You" is perfect garage-band sappy. I think you would really like "Love's Dead": "She phoned in sick today / she needs a mental holiday..." But the one that your invocation has put in my head is "Cause I Said So": "every day's a thrill when you're living like me / I don't read Baudelaire's poetry / and I don't need no PhD / 'cause I'm ten times smarter than you'll ever be."

The Simple Minds thing, though, is all you. I don't know where you got that from, but it wasn't me.

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sisabet May 12 2004, 15:22:46 UTC
The Simple Minds thing, though, is all you. I don't know where you got that from, but it wasn't me.You kicked off the vibe that sent me to Simple Minds - which was cool cause when I was 11, there was this one part of "Alive and Kicking" that I loved - like seriously loved - as in the song would come on the radio and I would be all a-twitter waiting for that one *part* of the song and then it would be over and I would want it back, so finally I taped the song (missing of course the first 30 seconds - I swear, the first part of any 80's song is a complete and utter mystery to me) off the radio and then I rewound that one part so much that I broke the tape ( ... )

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heresluck May 12 2004, 15:52:05 UTC
Some people say that bowling alleys all look the same.

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sisabet May 12 2004, 18:01:57 UTC
There's not a line here to rhyme with anything.

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heresluck May 12 2004, 22:25:35 UTC
Had a dream last night, but I forget what it was.

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sisabet May 12 2004, 23:22:36 UTC
Sigh. I am highly amused by us.

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heresluck May 12 2004, 23:25:32 UTC
Well, we *are* funny. At least to us. Which is what counts, right?

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