i decided i wasn't really into doing dreadlocks again so i shaved my head last night with A.'s help, thus wasting two full weeks of looking like a jackass. on the plus side, the sun feels really nice on my scalp, and i can dry off in 2.7 seconds post-shower.
no work before vacation, which is nice. A. has a n outdoor ed thingy tonight,...
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mya22:
awwww and if you were at SU we could hang out!
yahoo, i'm 21 now and have a math test tomorrow so i have to hold off on my celebratory bender 
mya22:
Happy 21st!! 
heterochromia:
Happy birthday! Good luck on the math test, and don't postpone the bender too long. 
today we trucked down to new york city as a class to see a few shows. the shows themselves weren't particularly noteworthy, though i did shoot the shit for half an hour in front of a large pollack painting at MOMA before shifting to the bench in front of a newman. oh, the good life.
also got to see my professor's place for a brief...
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mya22:
hehe your gf sounds nice... i spent the other evening IMing the husband of the girl I'm seeing, while she was on her way over, trying to decide whether i should wear underwear under my skirt or not. 
they begin anew!
i finally got my grubby little mits on the new skinny puppy dvd (in return for spotting allison the cash for a super furry animals thingy). it's so good that i finally buckled and order the last three albums that i needed from amazon, because i am a ho like that. oh, nivek ogre, how i pine for thee.
in south bend...drunk as shit, as i have consumed one absinthe, one forty, and at least 2 mgd's. no hookers at the bachelor party, just replays of ND football. which is fucked up, but is a lot more exciting if you were there and consuming as much alcohol as we have. i still have to write my best man toast. while bombed. pray for me.
i've been awake for nearly 40 straight hours, yeesh. my critique went great but the rest of my classes suffered. i hate making excuses to professors as to why i kept falling asleep in their class...i seem to have been a total fuckup lately. sigh.
off to south bend tomorrow to watch me brother become disgustingly grown-up.
off to south bend tomorrow to watch me brother become disgustingly grown-up.
mya22:
Holy crap.... that's WAY too long. I did 28 hours awake Mon/Tues... but FORTY?! 
GO TO BED!!
GO TO BED!!true to my word, i spent most of the weekend on one hell of a bender, and got nothing done. so i'm rushed for time again. the circle of life begins anew.
also, there's nothing quite as entertaining as an intoxicated couple fighting at a party, except maybe an intoxicated couple who come to blows.
i still have not carved my pumpkin. and they want...
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also, there's nothing quite as entertaining as an intoxicated couple fighting at a party, except maybe an intoxicated couple who come to blows.
i still have not carved my pumpkin. and they want...
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mya22:
pumpkin carving! i'd carve one but i think some kid would walk by my house and smash it. and they kinda start to smell weird when you keep them inside. =/
it's over!
the damage:
calculus: bad...if i get a C, i'll be fairly happy
art history: not bad at all...in fact, it's nice to see that at least one set of flashcards helped (all sixty of 'em)
art: newman said he "liked it" and "isn't worried about me", which is actually about third or fourth compliment of that sort i've gotten in the entirety of...
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the damage:
calculus: bad...if i get a C, i'll be fairly happy
art history: not bad at all...in fact, it's nice to see that at least one set of flashcards helped (all sixty of 'em)
art: newman said he "liked it" and "isn't worried about me", which is actually about third or fourth compliment of that sort i've gotten in the entirety of...
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zaksmith:
Because he's me.
philloak:
that's pretty fuckin cool. although not entirely unexpected, for some reason...
this week is going to fuck me in the ass! bad! i have a calc test that i'm not ready for, an art history test that i'm even less ready for, and a studio visit by my art prof that i have nothing for. what the hell have i been doing the last three weeks??
mya22:
Ugh.... that sucks.
I have a theory midterm that I haven't started, fieldnotes to type that aren't anywhere near done, and a book to finish so I can write a book report on it.
I have a theory midterm that I haven't started, fieldnotes to type that aren't anywhere near done, and a book to finish so I can write a book report on it.
okay, i've actually got something better to write about than what i was doing yesterday. i've got a neighbor who shall remain nameless and who is generally a very level-headed, rational person. he's pretty good at cutting through bullshit. except his own. and i pissed him off tonight because i "wasn't helping" when he was describing his "problems" to me.
i've got this pet theory...
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mya22:
In regards to the Culture of Mope... a professor of mine mentioned this book called Therapy Culture to us in class yesterday. It sounded really interesting. It basically argues that every sector of society has started doing emotion work in that everyone acts as a kind of "therapist" and things that used to be defined as social problems have become the problem of the individual. This then leads to individualistic solutions for what are really larger social issues (e.g., instead of defining the population's rising rates of depression in relation to capitalism and overcommodification/consumption - which tells us that material things should make us happy, which they clearly do not... the culture has instead said that we will be happy if we take prozac or zoloft and does not address the larger social forces that may be impacting our depression). This SORTA also goes into your second thing...
Yes, I would agree that when people have privilege (like this person you refer to) they should think seriously before moping. HOWEVER, being that white, upper-middle class people have quite a set of expectations placed on them from society and their relatives, that pressure could definitely be a burden. I'm not saying it's an excuse, but the fact that many of these people have lived their whole lives without emotional attachments and without actually FEELING feelings (this is mainly class-based), they can easily feel confused and pissed off when they actually move out of their house and see that other people are not like them. They've been taught that happiness comes through having "stuff" - being able to afford college, a car, nice clothes, etc. That was their reality for so long and then they get to college and see that not everyone has that or defines their happiness that way and they sort of freak out. So... I agree with your culture of mope, but I don't think it's a problem with the individual. I think it's a problem with society and the way we've defined happiness and how to obtain it. I think that your friend could become less mopey if he would redefine what happiness is and work on realizing his happiness - because, clearly, his current definition that happiness comes through the financial ability to have/do things is lacking for him - he's not fucking happy. Maybe he should do some kind of community service or volunteer work.
This is way too long of a comment at this time of morning when I'm supposed to be writing a lecture... hehe. sorry.
[Edited on Oct 12, 2005 7:49AM]
Yes, I would agree that when people have privilege (like this person you refer to) they should think seriously before moping. HOWEVER, being that white, upper-middle class people have quite a set of expectations placed on them from society and their relatives, that pressure could definitely be a burden. I'm not saying it's an excuse, but the fact that many of these people have lived their whole lives without emotional attachments and without actually FEELING feelings (this is mainly class-based), they can easily feel confused and pissed off when they actually move out of their house and see that other people are not like them. They've been taught that happiness comes through having "stuff" - being able to afford college, a car, nice clothes, etc. That was their reality for so long and then they get to college and see that not everyone has that or defines their happiness that way and they sort of freak out. So... I agree with your culture of mope, but I don't think it's a problem with the individual. I think it's a problem with society and the way we've defined happiness and how to obtain it. I think that your friend could become less mopey if he would redefine what happiness is and work on realizing his happiness - because, clearly, his current definition that happiness comes through the financial ability to have/do things is lacking for him - he's not fucking happy. Maybe he should do some kind of community service or volunteer work.
This is way too long of a comment at this time of morning when I'm supposed to be writing a lecture... hehe. sorry.
[Edited on Oct 12, 2005 7:49AM]
went to see KMFDM last night in rochester. show was pretty good...i had a lot more energy for the halloween gig last year, though. i was stressing about homework all day and that led to my not moshing...possibly for the first time ever. I also almost ran over a possum on the way back, but i can really say that it wasn't asking for it....
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