I Am Going to Sell This House Today

[czjtrojan]

At the moment I'm reminded of a scene in Sam Mendes' film American Beauty in which a stylish but, we suspect, underperforming real estate agent in the form of Annette Bening enters an empty house with a “For Sale” sign out front. She organizes the interior perfectly, then looks in the mirror and recites repeatedly the words, “I am going to sell

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[lilithim]

I will make up for my upbringing neglecting me of an intrinsic understanding of post-colonial ideology and a history degree that felt no need to teach me literary criticism by doubling my efforts outside of class.
My god. Not all history degrees are equal, I guess. All of my non-survey courses have spent a considerable amount of time devoted to literary critism within a historical context.

I am now currently struggling through a thesis that must be somehow related to St. Augustine, so within a few more days, I will thoroughly hate early Middle Age/Late Roman Empire religious thought.

But your experiences sound spot on with mine from Italy. Culture shock's a bitch, particularly when studying abroad. One option is to do an Amazing Thailand escape next fall, whereupon I study business in Bangkok.. but I remember how the US news kept me afloat in Europe, and how finding pumpkin pie was a royal pain, and how London was the home of the $8 cup of coffee.
So I think studying abroad may have to wait until I forget.

[czjtrojan]

Is this a new profile? At first I was really annoyed at the thought of someone I don't know waxing omniscient on my journal...but as long as it's you I'm cool. :-)

Oh and we learned criticism up the wazoo in a historical context, but that's only useful on secondary texts in history. All rules change when you use it on primary, literary texts. Trust me.

[fivebyfive]

Fuck me, Your Majesty!

[czjtrojan]

I just watched our episode of Will and Grace. Admittedly the aftermath is far less exciting when you're not present. Haha.
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To evil!

[moon_queen]

Good lord what an entry! Good luck on the job hunt and even more with the American in London feeling. Best thoughts are yours!

p.s. I got into UCR! yay!

[czjtrojan]

WOOHOO!!!| You go girl.