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fearlesstemp

i'll take structuralist arguments i can't understand for 200, Alex

Jan 22, 2004 02:00

Okay, seriously? Britney Spears's new single? Is awesome. I heard it in the car tonight and I can't get it out of my head, and I'm thisclose to driving to the nearest 24 Hour WalMart (even if, as Helen pointed out, they are evil!!!) to buy her CD because I want to hear it again. Toxic! It's so good ( Read more... )

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Oh Jess remainthesame January 22 2004, 05:54:58 UTC

Mare is right. Greatest Entries EVER!

Re: Oh Jess fearlesstemp January 25 2004, 02:09:37 UTC

E! You're so nice. And I love that icon!

foxyfrau January 22 2004, 06:42:59 UTC

Cool, I didn't know you were starting your new class. Jess, I have to tell you, you are effortlessly brilliant, although not in the pretentious (even if not conciously so) way. I sometimes marvel at the insights, humor, and ideas you come out with. Be glad you're not like That Guy, because really, who wants to hang out with him?

So, am I going to be getting my weekly phone-call-on-the-way-to-your-car when you pretend I am your muscular boyfriend Vinny? Or is another friend on duty this semester?

Good luck with the class...

fearlesstemp January 25 2004, 02:12:43 UTC

Aw, thanks Anna. And, you're right! I'm not shallow, I'm just unpretentious! Actually, that is one of the things I'd like to aspire to, and thank you for saying that.

My class this semester is from 4:40 to 6:40 so it might be light enough for me not to be nervous, but one never knows! You may want to brush up your Vinny imitation, though, because I'll probably end up spamming your voicemail anyway most days because I'll be bored. :)

ladulcinea January 22 2004, 06:49:44 UTC

I tend to lump That Guy and Arrogant Jerk together. Like, this dude in one of my Spanish classes:

Incident One:
I was reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and he passed by and was all, "I hung out with Ken Kesey blah blah I'm awesome." I was so totally impressed. Totally.

Incident Two:
Hispanic Civilizations class. Professor asks something like "What do we know about Peru?" (which is a really great, specific question to open review/discussion) ... expecting us to draw on things we'd just learned in the class, of course. And That Guy says like, "It has over 300 bird species living there." Uhhh?

He also liked to talk about how he refused to read news from the US but he was reading in this CHILEAN newspaper that blah blah blah. Because, you know, South America is well known for its support of its people's liberties, so their news can't be stilted at all. Dumbass.

/rant about That Guy

fearlesstemp January 26 2004, 00:20:07 UTC

All I can say about Incident One is that I think I worked for that guy last year -- he was always introducing his friends with titles, like, "My friend, the multi-millionaire, said blah blah" or "My friend, who wrote the book on New York Civil Procedure, went skiing with me this weekend" -- it's such a powerfully lame thing to do that you almost feel sorry for the person, but not quite, because it's so annoying.

And! The super-vague open-ended questions professor -- he sounds fun! In that completely maddening way. Meaning, not fun at all. But if nothing else, he did give you an anecdote to pass along to me that has made me better informd as to the bird population of Peru. So, a happy ending (at least for me). :)

! helenish January 22 2004, 06:54:31 UTC

You are wasted--WASTED, I tell you, on that class.

Far be it from me to tell anyone what they should do with their lives, because people are always giving me well-meaning advice that makes me feel like I have heartburn and maybe just need to lie down for a little bit in a fetal position, however, you are wicked smart, and definitely have inner poise.

Also, again, possibly the most effortlessly hilarious person I know. And you know how important it is to me that one can bring the funny.

You rock the free world, so, you know, just because you haven't quite conformed to whatever Mr. Professorman thinks is the correct live trajectory, um, it doesn't mean you won't do great and fabulous things--probably as a result of not just blindly sheeping along like everyone else and their feminist film theory asses.

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Re: ! fearlesstemp January 26 2004, 22:22:06 UTC

Isn't it, though? I read a bunch of it my senior year of college and retained nothing. Nothing!

I choose to believe this reflects poorly upon the subject matter and not, of course, my own memory. :)

Re: ! fearlesstemp January 26 2004, 22:17:15 UTC

Dude, thanks for the reassurance -- you're totally right! The road to awesomeness is totally paved with decisions most people think are foolish and silly and not the sensible things to do. Right? Right! Must remember this.

tsamm January 22 2004, 14:38:43 UTC

I sometimes think that the most important part of the grad school experience is figuring out how to deal with That Guy, because there will ALWAYS be one, always, no matter what. See, and here you are not even hating him, which is a very good sign -- although your sad, disturbing, and apparently unspeakable status as a nonmatrictulated grad. student does deeply, deeply trouble me.

fearlesstemp January 26 2004, 22:34:50 UTC

your sad, disturbing, and apparently unspeakable status as a nonmatrictulated grad. student does deeply, deeply trouble me.

I know. I'm deeply shamed. My parents wonder -- did they choose the wrong pre-school? The wrong pediatrician? Should they have restricted my JEM viewing when I was six? Where did they go wrong??

Personally, I don't really care so long as I have sufficient time to obsess over JC. :)