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Some five years ago, I read about a musician called Muslimgauze that piqued my interest-slightly. It was one man, Bryn Jones, from Manchester, England, making “controversial” Middle Eastern music on a shoestring budget and supposedly releasing records at a fanatical pace. Jones was not a practicing Muslim and never once visited the Middle East, but ( Read more... )

Wuh oh--I've got senioritis. It's pretty bad. I'm updating my livejournal to tell you how bad it is instead of working on a big art history paper I sort of need to do well on. I'm paying slightly more attention to my psychology classes, but (please forgive me for whining) it's just so hard to get motivated when you know you're going to grad school ( Read more... )

Q: What do you grade when there’s nothing left in the world to grade?
A: You grade the grades.

GRADES, GRADED

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Camp. For so many of us, the word brings up all sorts of associations. Maybe you had a great time. Maybe you had a shitty time. Maybe you’re still in it and you’re in some sort of *weird* state of arrested development. In any case, camp wasn’t uniformly one way or another in my experience: Certain aspects and activities were worth every minute I ( Read more... )

I GOT IN!!!

I'm going to the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA for five years to get my PsyD (Doctor of Psychology degree) so I can be a therapist. It was my top choice school.

That's right: I'm going to be a doctor!

Hey everyone, I was going to write a lengthy journal entry in which I graded summer camp activities (I'm still planning to do that), but I couldn't bring myself to do it because I've lately been so nervous about whether or not I'm going to be accepted to the Wright Institute to get my doctorate. Then I thought I would write a journal entry about ( Read more... )

For my weekly column. Enjoy.

Destroyer
Trouble in Dreams
[Merge]
3 out of 5 stars

Trouble in Dreams is Vancouver-bred Dan Bejar’s ninth album as Destroyer in 12 years. This would be a make-or-break situation for most bands, the point at which their listeners stay tuned or stop caring. Destroyer leans slightly toward the former outcome because its ( Read more... )

Strutting, thrusting, drooling, groping, ogling, spitting, necking, grabbing, yelling, BMW-driving, Rolex-toting, Shitty rap-promoting, "My Other Ride Is Your Girlfriend" t-shirt-wearing MORONS!

That is the last time I go to a bar.

I recently stumbled upon a really interesting book, entitled Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Famous & Obscure Writers:


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