I very much enjoyed the combined celebration/lament put forth by the authors concerning the proliferation of Bakhtin's and Derrida's ideas. Pearce is ultimately "optimistic" (232) to the possibility of continued fascination with Bakhtin, despite those scholars who strongly feel modern interpretation detracts from his necessary historicism; and ( Read more... )

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the world looks slightly odd from the angle of roughly three hours of sleep.

i am very tired.

considering i have yet to achieve a single academic credit this semester (despite being enrolled in three, soon to be four, different courses), i'm starting to feel slightly like a complete time-waster. still, two months left to go...

[ETA:] i mean, seriously. there must be LAWS against being this lazy.

lots of things hanging in the balance right now (things depending on other things, etc).

thinking about getting my lip pierced, but would certainly have to take it out/swap to a retainer in seven weeks. is it really worth it?

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midnight. my head's a bit squishy, but i am otherwise fine. slept until 5 pm today, and have five and a half hours left of work. kind of busy for a Sunday ( Read more... )

god - leg warmers are back in fashion.

where is the world going to?? first leggings were all the rage, and now this. what's wrong with starting new fashions - must one always rehash the past?

i've had four cups of tea today.

i must be turning British.

is it anything like turning Japanese?

Evy this morning was very much "OMG! AM I WEARING UNDERPANTS? NO TIEM TO CHECK".

then i ripped the chain on my (polyester, hence the no-underwear feeling) bondage pants when getting out of the car. still, nothing that a safety pin cannot fix (how hardcore am i then?).

tonight is Shrek 3 with the guy i spent most of last night dreaming about, and ( Read more... )