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User bhite41 (speaking of Kweller) says I hope you realize that this person is the Bob Dylan of your generation.

This must explain why I'm not that into Zimmerman then because what I hear is a neutered, restrained and saccharinely tame take on a song that changed my life. No that's not fair... to Dylan. He wrote some great songs, the truth is I ( Read more... )

From the ages of about 2-9, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson. I have this distinct memory of being around 5 years old and actually contemplating whether or not MJ ate PB&J sandwiches or used the bathroom. It just boggled my mind that we were even of the same species. There was just something so magical and even god-like about him in his prime. ( Read more... )

1. PYT, Thriller,

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2. Can't Help It, Off the Wall,

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3. Liberian Girl, Bad,

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4. Butterflies, Invincible

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5. We are Here to Change the World, Captain EO,

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I finished my first year of grad school. I felt much more happy mid-way through during the winter. Now I am officially a second year and I'm already dreading the fact that I will be working on a thesis then being spit back out into the real world like a year from today. No need to be so pessimistic, I guess. Being taken seriously in what I do is ( Read more... )

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Songs for when youre lonely

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I talked a lot of smack on her first single, but I can't get this one out of my head. There is good reason for that too, because it was written by the guy behind Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone."

If anyone is wondering what I want for Channukah,  it looks like this:

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Summary: In an attempt to clear up some of the “confusions and ambiguities” related to postmodernism, Jean-Francois Lyotard’s “Defining the Postmodern” breaks the latter movement into three separate ideas. First, he contrasts the modern and the postmodern, specifically in the field of architecture. Postmodernism found its way into the building of ( Read more... )

 Class just got out a minute ago, not one of the ones that I'm enrolled in but the one I teach. I love my students, they're all Japanese and have a great sense of humor. They like that I have an odd one and we learn about English in a way that I think is much more beneficial for them, because I see them actually holding onto it; rather than if this ( Read more... )