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Five a.m. isn't a great time to be up doing a huge term paper but it is a fairly decent time to be up thinking about such things as the hair of Diane Pernet. Take a look and tell me - do you think its meant to provoke thought or get attention, which are both practically the same with one being self serving, or maybe its just a style thing, she does wear only black, she might just have bad taste (which Diana Vreeland said is better than having no taste). Diane Pernet is some American video journalist in France, and from where do I know of her? Some reference in a fashion article I think.
Autographs upset me. They have always made me uncomfortable, though I have a few. I'm trying, though not very hard, to figure out potential ways those surrounding me are trying to imortalize themselves. Autographs kind of fit into that, because you get a persons signature and it proves they were there (maybe you met them maybe they sent you some shit or you bought it but they were where the paper was...). I think autograph seekers can't possibly actually want the autograph, they just want the moment. Maybe its like wanting photographs of yourself looking good, to prove you once did, and because you remember yourself from pictures, you can manipulate memory that way, unintentionally too. Photographs don't make me sad like autographs do. And no I haven't read the Autograph Man, although I bought a copy once in an airport, I read a few pages before falling asleep and left the book in Thunder Bay. I hear Zadie Smith is good though, and I read that the story started when she saw a woman knitting shoelaces on a bus, although that didn't even make the book. I like that, I like that way of thinking, to just start there and leave it. Like building platforms to jump from and then looking at where you land, forget the platform, but you did need it - y'know??
OOh right term paper.... definately not thinking about that term paper. How does television affect children? I dunno, but I'm sure my teacher wants to hear that it affects them negatively unless they are taught about it is a process. I wish I could just recount my memories of television episodes from my childhood, like the episode of Blossom where both Blossom and Joey have joints, and one looses one and the Dad finds it and both confess. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there would be any academic merit to such a paper. It would just be more fun and require less time at the library, and probably be as worthwhile even if the worth is non existant.
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Autographs upset me. They have always made me uncomfortable, though I have a few. I'm trying, though not very hard, to figure out potential ways those surrounding me are trying to imortalize themselves. Autographs kind of fit into that, because you get a persons signature and it proves they were there (maybe you met them maybe they sent you some shit or you bought it but they were where the paper was...). I think autograph seekers can't possibly actually want the autograph, they just want the moment. Maybe its like wanting photographs of yourself looking good, to prove you once did, and because you remember yourself from pictures, you can manipulate memory that way, unintentionally too. Photographs don't make me sad like autographs do. And no I haven't read the Autograph Man, although I bought a copy once in an airport, I read a few pages before falling asleep and left the book in Thunder Bay. I hear Zadie Smith is good though, and I read that the story started when she saw a woman knitting shoelaces on a bus, although that didn't even make the book. I like that, I like that way of thinking, to just start there and leave it. Like building platforms to jump from and then looking at where you land, forget the platform, but you did need it - y'know??
OOh right term paper.... definately not thinking about that term paper. How does television affect children? I dunno, but I'm sure my teacher wants to hear that it affects them negatively unless they are taught about it is a process. I wish I could just recount my memories of television episodes from my childhood, like the episode of Blossom where both Blossom and Joey have joints, and one looses one and the Dad finds it and both confess. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there would be any academic merit to such a paper. It would just be more fun and require less time at the library, and probably be as worthwhile even if the worth is non existant.
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