December 2009
16 posts
Of course some other entertainment-related scandal would soon drive us away from Tiger Woods… Just a shame that it had to be a death. Since the reason for Brittany Murphy’s cardiac arrest is unknown, the media will get to cover this story up at least until the toxicology reports are done in a few weeks. Until then, we’re going to be bombarded with what celebrities are tweeting...
Bye Thesis Proposal, see you next year!
For the last 10 days I have living my thesis proposal and review of literature. I have brought in everyone from Roland Barthes to Clifford Geertz to my analysis of the self-representations of Britney Spears (yes, somehow Geertz’s article about Balinese cockfights fits into this). I am actually quite proud of the finished product, what with all my fancy “see figure 1“‘s and...
The other new Herzog film
I wish I had more time to write about this, but I should at least sneak in a few sentences in between annotations for my thesis proposal. On Friday night we went to see Herzog’s new film My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done and the director was there in person to introduce it. Yes, that is a “big deal” and it was the first time in my life that a old German man made me feel as giddy...
Thank you, BBC
For the last week Tiger Woods and his bevy of mistresses have been giving the true kings of cyberspace- porn and cute animals- a run for their money. Here is a link to a video devoted to the latter: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8409188.stm?ls
Thank you, BBC, for returning to what matters. It is sad, though, that even albino hedgehogs are being pressured to lose weight, during the holiday...
"Branding" at Men's Health
So today the EIC of Men’s Health is claiming that the cover lines debacle is an “intentional” part of a “branding strategy.” Umm, what? Branding yourselves as careless dummies? I’m not a man, but I think I can speak for the opposite gender when I say that I don’t want to read recycled stories from October 2007. I don’t know if the stories are...
Just got back from a taping of the Daily Show, which, in it’s 30 minute or so entirety was a lot of fun. Then entire ordeal itself, however, was slightly uncomfortable and anxiety inducing. As I’ve learned over the last few weeks, in the US, if you have tickets for something it does not in anyway guarantee your entrance. For example, the day after Thanksgiving Conall and I bought...
Dear Thesis Proposal: I hate you
Things I do to procrastinate:
Take photos of the Christmas decorations on my stairwell (i.e. Santa making the peace sign)
Wonder if taking a picture of yourself using Photo Booth invariably makes you look like a slut (yes).
Look at photos of things that make me laugh out loud alone in my apartment.
Internally debate whether I’m really related to this man…
Read about the...
Tiger Woods' media reign continues
Last night I went out with my friend for his 34th birthday (I’m writing his age under the assumption that people over thirty have their priorities in order and have accumulated a significantly larger amount of wisdom than me in their extra 6+ years on earth). This is a friend who also claimed to never have heard of Timbaland the summer that Shock Value everywhere. My friend is a DJ who...
Ninjas: 1 Doomsday: 0
$12.50 is an awful lot to pay for a movie ticket, especially when I’m an honest patron and buy my ridiculously priced soda at the concessions stand and not at the Duane Reade across the street. That’s part of the reason that Conall and I decided to make it a double feature last night with 2012 and Ninja Assassin.
I’m sorry, but if I had known what I know now, you...
Apparently Tiger Woods is the most famous athlete...
Which is why, I suppose, there is this hyper-interest surrounding his little car crash over the weekend. Funnily enough, while standing in line at Walmart at 5am Friday morning we skimmed through a National Enquirer where I remember noticing some blurb about an Ashley Dupree lookalike having an illicit affair with the athlete. It stands out because I thought, “Wow. The National Enquirer must...