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Adjusting to grad school took more out of me than I expected.

Doctors note that an extra 20 calories a day (one peanut M&M or a tortilla chip) over a year means two pounds gainedRemember the energy crisis? It didn't end, it's just that the global economy made it too expensive for third world countries to buy oil. As the global economy recovers it will return. Also the US has pressured the IEA into ( Read more... )

Once again I'm regretting not learning French and German. Normally it's because I want to live/travel in Europe but now it's because I really need to read some texts in their original language. Translations done by people outside the field are often wrong!

I'm looking to find American action films with famous (or not so famous) one liners ("I'll be back") that I can sample video from. Especially looking for films that have violence against non-white persons by white guys.

While our book only gives two pages and two pictures to Toulouse-Lautrec, my instructor gave us an hour worth of class time including a series of images of prostitutes that flipped by while she played Lady Marmalade on a boom box (The Pink/Christina/Lil' Kim version ( Read more... )

I had this dream that I was playing a role playing game where you are a high school teacher. It was totally frustrating so I finally quit the game yelling "Fuck this! I have all this responsibility and no power to affect change". Then I woke up.

It could be worse. It could be something I couldn't wake from.

Had a day of art today. Went to two galleries and a museum that were required shows to see for a class. They all basically sucked. Then I went to a show that was not assigned for class but I was interested in, the Your Bright Future show at the LACMA. (Work by twelve contemporary Korean artists.) The reviews said the show was hit and miss ( ( Read more... )

Today I finally threw my broken Tivo into the trash. As it sailed into the dumpster I sang "I Will Always Love You". It hasn't fully worked for two years (couldn't record anymore) but I had some shows on there I wanted to watch. Before tossing it I ripped the case open and took out the hard drive which was still good. In a way it's Tivo's heart ( Read more... )

Does anyone know if there is a park or some place where there is a military tank that I can take pictures of? Anything at a VA building, veteran's memorial, or something?