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Comment on The Tweets for 2008-05-20 by Prozac.

Prozac. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:51:20 +0000

Prozac….

Prozac….

Comment on Girl Talk: looting the vineyard of my mind grapes by Arthur

Arthur — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:33:03 +0000

I want to love this. I love the idea. And it’s kind of what I do when I’m writing, but with styles, instead of actual songs.

But I don’t know any of the references! I’m totally missing out!!

Comment on The Tweets for 2008-02-20 by Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:54:43 +0000

Big up to BeOS on the 1’s and 2’s!

In terms of the study, I lost my faith in scientific journalism a while back, Science Daily or no. It wouldn’t surprise me if the questions were biased, or the publication based their take on Scheufele’s summary, rather than on the data (specifically his take that the subjects were “well-informed”). Of course, we could easily be awash in undifferentiating religious zealotry, making the results entirely accurate, but I would love to see this survey.

Comment on The Tweets for 2008-02-03 by Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:34:32 +0000

I like that the note announcing the blog to other media also ends up on the blog itself. Delightfully orouborosian.

Comment on Top Of The List by Arthur

Arthur — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:54:41 +0000

Alright, alright. I’ll get on it.

I didn’t know you were into the Sigur Ros. How’s the rest of the new album?

More when I finish listening to the track…

Comment on The Promise of a New Tomorrow by Luke

Luke — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:22:03 +0000

I’m interested to see where this all goes, Evan.

And Arthur, I know I’m in trouble when the first flash cartoon of the sort you describe that comes to mind is “I Am So Sad and Lonely.”

Comment on The Promise of a New Tomorrow by Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:59:45 +0000

Yes! Way to kick it off with some crazy D&B! I think Super Mario 64 stole your idea with their happy happy watered-down drum’n'bass theme music.

But I do think it would make an AMAZING Flash cartoon. The kind that circulates around the web for like 2 weeks, and everyone thinks it’s fantastic, and then they all forget about it. Like that Creep video. I really do love the image of Mario and Bowser and the like streaming down the avenue, with maybe some Koopa Paratroopas floating above to watch for snipers or something.

Anyway, great first post. It will be tough to follow.

Comment on (insert appropriate witty hip hop quote about being back and/or returning, perhaps also involving denigration of suckas and decrying any and all instances of move fakin’) by dsquared

dsquared — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:05:25 +0000

Hey, thanks for the shoutout. And I know what you mean too. If anything, that sense of disorientation hasn’t really gone away for me, and this is my fourth year in grad school. In my case, it’s largely a matter of trying to get adjusted to the level of hyper-professionalized, mercenary stuff that goes on in grad school. Which is not to say we have any more of it than any other profession, because I doubt that’s the case. But it is to say, as you seem to be saying about yourself, that I was a little naieve when I went in. I thought I’d be getting closer to life’s real truth by studying great texts and great ideas written by great people. And this does happen on occasion, and when it does it’s great and it justifies my being here, but there’s so much other shit.

At the risk of busting out a tired maxim, I think the trick is to stay focused on what made you want to do this in the first place and to minimize the extent to which you let the extraneous stuff bother you. I mean that not only as a meta-point, but also on the practical level (maybe this makes me a mercenary too), since the people to whom you have to reach out and make notice you are gonna notice you at your best when you’re devoted to the causes of your conscience. e.g. I’ve never believed in “networking” for its own sake; the professional contacts and letter-writers come as they come, through classes, contacts, etc.

Comment on (insert appropriate witty hip hop quote about being back and/or returning, perhaps also involving denigration of suckas and decrying any and all instances of move fakin’) by marc

marc — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:41:25 +0000

Ah, the self-indulgence of a 1L. Would that I were so innocent again.

Comment on (insert appropriate witty hip hop quote about being back and/or returning, perhaps also involving denigration of suckas and decrying any and all instances of move fakin’) by Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:34:30 +0000

I know what you mean. My brain has turned to cream cheese over the past three years. I try to make it better by reading fancy books, but the miracle of tabbed browsing is determined to keep me down.

I guess this means we should be nice and stop bombarding with you links to incredibly pointless shit on the interweb. And I’m psyched about this MP3 blog - I’m already thinking about what’s going up first…