weekend crash

I'm totally running out of steam. What a weekend! Tomorrow being monday and all, I'm calling it a night in the homework department, but I had to share this with you; I found it in an article I'm reading for my proposal.

"There's an ancestor for [the practice of academic journal keeping] in the florilegium (literally: "flowers of reading") in evidence throughout the classical, medieval, and Renaissance periods. The florilegium was a small compendium, a collection of proverbs, of quotations that strike one for whatever reason. These were later reread, thus serving to focus attention on their substance" (409). From Silence: Reflection, Literacy, Learning and Teaching by Pat Belanoff

...I totally thought of our quote books! I guess we're on to something...a Renaissance something. Huh. :)

goin' a little pink-preppy

photos of the outfit of the day . . .sort of cheesy?
maybe.
but who cares.

sad sad saturday night

Hey.
I'm sad that I didn't get to see the incredible focused, adorable question-esque band with you! Wow, I can only imagine how in love I would be with the band... ;)
Tonight I've been working on various school-related things: grading papers, working on my proposal, fighting with the printer over whether or not it will print out my proposal ( i lost). I've been reading these essays to supplement my lit review and just wallowing in a little puddle of jealousy and self-pity. I'll never write like annie dillard, my journals will never be as poetic as may sarton's...i'm not disciplined, unsociable or taciturn enough to be a writer. But, I am good a wallowing, so that's something...

Anywhoo, here's to you from my poorly-lit puddle! I'm going to get a head-start on my procrastination and look at that band's myspace now!

plants and animals

as always, i wish you were here. then i wouldn't have to send you this blog telling you how incredible the band was last night, 'cause you would have been there with me . . .

anyway, 'plants and animals' left me speechless. only you will understand this but they are like 'the questions' but really really good!! (not that the questions aren't good, but they have a little too much crazy whereas these guys have the perfect balance of crazy, passion, costumes, skill and soul. can you imagine drew a little more focused and conventional--same passion, just as cute but controlled).

the stage was set up in a happy egalitarian way(drummer was front and center) and the guys had such smooth interactions with each other (as a performer i am addicted to watching how other performing groups work together . . .always in search of the perfect communal artist structure . . . but now i'm rambling)

their set was great. honestly a seamless mix of art school, garage rock and neo folkness. but the best part of the show (the part where i seriously contemplated calling you and just holing up my phone so you could listen) was when they came back on stage for a quasi-encore and played a cover of sinnerman. oh nic, you know i am not a fruity music person, but it took me to another place. it was striking. i am in love.

here is there myspace. i think you will like them.
luf
j

ok, the gmail thing was an april 1st joke and i was totally fooled!!

how did i miss that? just off my game i guess but i am glad it's not real . . . it messed with my scope of reality a little too much!

um . . .

so, i love gmail but this could be google's attempt at taking over the world . . .

they claim that you can send emails from a "customized time". so if i forgot your birthday i could send you an email dated feb17th . . . plus i can mark it "read" so i can "prove" to you that i never forgot at all!! your students could email assignments after they are due but they will pop into your inbox as though they promptly arrived when they were supposed to.

i could email my thesis a week late but date it as though i met the deadline . . .hmmm.

gmail has put some limits on this power though. so as not to mess with the laws of physics (don't want the world to implode because time ceases to matter) you can't send a message dated before gmail existed (2004). and you can only send 10 custom dated emails a year.
sorta crazy, unethical and certainly tricky