some quick notes

[danschank]

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you may have read about this already (i know alex and bess did, haha), but social theorist david harvey is currently posting video documentation of an entire course he teaches on marx's capital:

http://davidharvey.org/

i've been considering reading capital anyway lately. i try to read one

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[murdermystery]

i have been wanting to read some marx
so this might be a good idea. i will try to pick up a used copy of capital when i'm at my favorite magickal used bookstore this weekend.

cool!

[danschank]

i bought one randomly, but apparently the penguin and vintage editions will match up with what he discusses in the lectures.

[olamina]

1)i'd do the capital group. just need some time to find the book here or

[danschank]

1. cool. not sure how to proceed with this. maybe i'll just post about it? or should i go to the trouble of setting up something seperate? i guess it depends on how many people are feelin' it.

2. i'm teaching a pre-college course on collage. it's pretty great.

3. yep, perfect troy material. too bad he's kneee deep in the bad foreign policies of yore...

4. adding "oufarkhan" to my google reader (which is awesome/addictive, if you don't use it).

5. i sorta worry i'm coming off too "childhood issue"-ish actually. but thanks!

[olamina]

1) well you're the teacher you should set up some kind of lesson plan structure or at least something so we all know where we are. i think a filter would be fine.

2) i hope you post more on the collage class. i don't know very much on it and i'd be keen to learn a lot more.

4) i have 200 subscriptions on my google reader. no shortage of ways to procrastinate.

5) i think the childhood issue is at least an interesting one and not like dealing with a messy divorce or something cliche' like that.

BONUS NUMBER 6) not for nothing, but i've been watching all the seasons of six feet under recently and in that video you reminded of the rico (head undertaker) character who i totally have a crush on.

[danschank]

1. when i'm about to begin, i'll make a note of it.

2. the class is for high school kids, so the material is pretty basic (picasso and duchamp were covered today). speaking of high school kids, there's a high school heavy metal band playing in the park next to my house right now, and old ladies are DANCING TO THEM like it's a fats domino record or something. i'm beginning to like my neighborhood more and more, for realz.

6. aww shucks lady.

[orchid_and_wasp]

I know quite a few people who have read Capital with Harvey and all were really happy they did. Actually... atthesametime might have?

!!

[danschank]

yeah, he actually told me that on his page once. sounds like it served him well...

You sound a lot less nervous than I expected

[bad_juice]

Sound pretty calm and collected and confident, actually.

I feel hell of self-conscious on film. So I always sound absolutely awful.

did i ever tell you i saw sinbad in the airport?

[danschank]

he was exactly the same as in movies.

re: the video, i think i begin to relax about halfway through. but you're always more aware of your own awkwardness than someone else's, i guess.

[hooveraardvark]

someday i will finish reading gravity's rainbow.

[danschank]

someday i will finish reading swann's way.

rainbow is TOUGH though. took me three months.

[hooveraardvark]

i read about half of it, but i felt i didn't get anything out of it. i wish i'd taken the pynchon course in college.