From Late Nights on Air:

"It was north of sixtieth parallel and shared in the romance of the North, emanating not mystery but uniqueness and not right away. It had no breathtaking scenery. No mountains, no glaciers, in the winter not even that much snow. But after a while it grew on them, on some of them at least, on the ones who would never forget, who would think back on their lives and say, My time there was the most vivid time of my life"

Lectured for the first time today. About 15 minutes short of material. How on earth do profs do it? I literally gave the ENTIRE history of theatre and labour (and inserted some jabs at Stephen Harper in the process). And still. 15 minutes short. Obviously the key to academic success lies in slow talking.

In my media studies seminar today the discussion of the intersection between class and race turned into a discussion of the Cosby Show. I think the prof brought it up as an alternative to using Obama as an example. At any rate, everybody was so damn knowledgeable about that show that it was quite amusing. Behold the power of (80's sitcom) television over our lives. . .

Tumblr posts

Recently got a tumblr blog, but have deemed it inadequate due to inability of fellow people to comment upon. Here at the entries I made in it though. A retrospective of sorts before we move on to better things. I will also try to import my sloopy sets sail blog.

Fri

Undergrad question of the day

(On a feminist theatre group offering day-care to audience members during the performance):

“If they’re so feminist, why do they encourage mothers to abandon their children in daycare?”

Understanding of feminism FAIL.

Jan
21st

Wed

Quote

“My interculturalism has brought me home” ~ Rustom Barucha

Thoughts on the inauguration:

The Americans want a (totally symbolic) monarchy so bad they can taste it. They might not be much for the bonds of British imperialism, but they love their pomp and ceremony so. hard.

Why do they even bother with the separation of church and state? Who do they think they’re fooling? More references to God than you can shake a stick at. The shout-out to the non-believers (and the Muslims!) was a nice touch though.

Seriously, I misted repeatedly throughout. But perhaps that’s just because America’s bright shiny new president makes Stephen Harper an even bitterer pill to swallow. We need to find that guy who pied Chretien and bring him back on the job.

I will leave you with this conversation, betwixt myself and one of my classmates (who shall remain nameless), which occurred on Monday.

Me: I’m so glad we don’t have classes tomorrow, so I can watch the inauguration.

Classmate: What? Who’s getting inaugurated?

Me: *stare of disbelief*

I thought it was a momentary memory lapse, but no. S/he honestly had no idea. I know we’re not polisci students but seriously? SERIOUSLY?

Jan
12th

Mon

Let's get this blog started

Major paper due today got its deadline pushed back a week. Prof decides that today, the day it is due, which is kind of strange but I haven’t finished yet so I win! Celebratory trip to the grocery store to follow. It’s time I reunited with the blue menu chicken strips.