the carousing classicist

Goodbye, Vox.

2007-05-31T04:08:36Z

So, with no further ado, ganking warren_ellis's words mercilessly: Until such time as LiveJournal/Six Apart work out how to tell the difference between fantasy fiction communities/support groups/fashion discussion communities/survivor histories ...

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BREAD

2007-05-26T03:54:32Z

I have made bread! And it was good! (rosemary french bread; could have stood with rising a little longer, and possibly ought to have been in baguettes instead of in round loafs; but it is delicious and I successfully made it!) Alice is making fu...

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Fifties foods

2007-05-24T01:58:54Z

So, there's some foods I just never got. My parents are awesome and fed me great things. But it was a very, very California kitchen. Chez Panisse-inspired. Lots of avocados and Mexican and Caribbean and various asian foods (coconut milk, hello!)....

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Things I have learned in the process of making my first quiche

2007-05-21T01:05:36Z

1. I don't really like custard very much. 2. Spinach rises to the top. 3. Food processors are a gift from God when it comes to crust-making. (I had always just cut in the butter with two knives before, and holy crap, this is so much faster.) For ...

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The unstoppable march of Progress

2007-05-19T02:03:33Z

Well, and how are things progressing? That's how I think about things lately: they are progressing. Slowly Alice and I are getting our kitchen in order, lining up spice bottles on spice racks and baking and mixing molasses and sugar to make brown...

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Jerry Falwell Dies

2007-05-15T18:21:25Z

You know, I'm trying not to be too happy or to dance on his grave. Except that he would probably have been thrilled if a fag-hag like me died, so... have fun down there, Mr. Falwell.

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I AM DONE

2007-05-10T19:36:35Z

I'm finished. The paper was 11 pages and I was supposed to be shooting for 15 but god damn, I have thought more about that paper than I have about I think any paper in my academic career except maybe my qualifying exam, and that is saying somethi...

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Ohemgee Porcupine Tree

2007-05-10T07:15:35Z

So tonight I saw Porcupine Tree at the Aladdin. Holy crap, guys. 1. The opening band, "3," was actually pretty good. Very much a solid sort of rock band, in the old tradition of headbangin' and so on, but good. 2. Allie and Tim stayed in their ...

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Eight pages into a 15 page paper

2007-05-08T19:46:53Z

and I just realized that, in fact, the philosophers I'm writing on were doing an INDICTMENT OF ACADEMIA and I HAVE NO BUSINESS WRITING THIS PAPER ON THEM. I just want to burn my computer at this stage. Except that would mean burning many things I...

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Aporia & loathing

2007-05-06T01:20:15Z

It's very difficult for me to write my Religion 301 paper. I am attempting to draw a method out of the theory of pragmatism, following (of course) the argument Rorty makes: theory should not be a bed on which to lie, it should be a tool with whic...

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