Notes from work:
This is so interesting! After spending the better part of an hour letting james hetfield flesh out his neuroses on her radio show, terri gross mentions the manipulative uses by the u s government of metallica's music (i.e., using it to break the will of prisoners, along w/sesame street songs and whatnot). Themes: relentlessness. ( Read more... )

every piece of writing i've been working on for the past 2 months, academic or otherwise, has indergone a radical shift in tone after last night's viewing of this movie. dear brian de palma, thank you for not knowing drug real from real real. love katie.

Yes, friends, it feels so gross, like we just got fired by Democracy for no reason. It’s like Democracy took us into her office and said, “Listen, we’re not very happy with your work lately, plus we found out about you pirating our software from your office computer, so please clean out your desk.” And you’re struggling to maintain a professional ( Read more... )

The new Green Valley Anthem branch of the Las Vegas Athletic Club is located in the part of the city that doesn't have very many things in it yet. Out of a gently sloping bowl-wall of desert there rises a two-story glass-topped building, screaming its name in 10-foot sans serif letters to the adjacent freeway, and next to it is another new building ( Read more... )

Dear reprinted Italian art theory from 1972 ( Read more... )

After cringing family-dinner-style through the tag lines of various levels of unwillingness to live, you assholes have brought me back. My attitude towards live journal in times of consummate depression is: you're all winners, I'm going to die alone. So rejoice dudes! You're all winners ( Read more... )

Dear Internet ( Read more... )

My feelings for John Kerry have become... uncomfortably, soberingly complicated. There has been very little discussion on this livejournal about my feelings for John Kerry up to this point, because they were too precious and secret, but now I need to be honest with all of you, and with myself. Because people, I love John Kerry. I've never felt this ( Read more... )

bev: hey katie, do you remember that time i sold my soul to that guy in the village with the video camera ( Read more... )

I'm competing with my friend for the same writing job. It's pretty surprising that this hasn't happened sooner. Courtney by rights deserves it more than I, but hopefully by being presumptuous and demanding I will do as I always do and worm my way in. I don't even have time to do this. It's an egotistical pursuit. The paper in question is not ( Read more... )