Blog Archive Feb 03 -- Voxygen

2/27/03 9:09 AM

Steve does not have a webpage. I think he should make one.

Steve and Josh and I are reading the Sublime Object of Ideology together in a reading group. OMG that book is so fucking hard. So yesterday when we were discussing the book (note: we have met 3 times for about 2 to 3 hours each meeting and we are STILL on chapter ONE!) and I said I wonder what Zizek would say about the Matrix and so I looked up on the web and voila!

And also CTHEORY came out again yesterday, this time with an article on Michael Jackson that I thought was rather nifty! Here is a cool quote:

Ok, so on Valentine's Day Steve and I made cookies. 3 different kinds. One was oatmeal scotchies. And I got the recipe from the back of the Nestle butterscotch morsels bag and now the bag is empty and I'm afraid I will never be able to find the recipe again. So I'm saving it here for posterity.

1/14 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 sticks butter
3/4 c sugar
3/4 c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 uncooked oats
1 2/3 c morsels

I stuck took out some of the morsels and stuffed in some raisins (which is why I have the bag still).

Oven 375

Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon in one bowl and sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla in another. Add flour stuff to sugar stuff gradually. Add oats, morsels (and raisins). Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Cook for about 7 (chewey) to 12 (crispy) minutes. See? Easy.

~LS~

2/25/03 11:46 PM

In Heavy Rotation: Norah Jones, Come Away With Me

Another Josh Gunn Moment (tm), preserved in my blog for posterity and public memory.

Excerpts from email from Josh, entitled "Mardi Party," to CMST-L, the departmental listserv, dated 12/24/03, 6:00 PM:

Dear Commies,

On behalf of the Mardi-Party Planning Committee (Lisa F., Gretchen, and Me) I would like to cordially invite y'all to the N-th Annual Spanish Town Mardi Party this Saturday, March 1st!

Please come drink with us to celebrate our impending fast, as well as Danielle and Andy's impending, God-sanctioned buffet of naughty nuptial indulgences (I will also be selling indulgences, but you must verify you are naughty).

Gretchen has designed the most GLORIOUS FLIER, which you may print out and post on your office doors:

http://members.cox.net/jgunn2/invite.jpg

Actually, the flyer is "typical" Mardi Gras, I'm told, so do not open this in the sight-lines of youngsters. It is quite the sight for eyes that are far from sore.

Gretchen, Mindi, Mel, and Lisa F. are providing a keg of beer. Loretta and I will be providing free Long Island Iced Teas until the supply runs out (and there WILL BE a supply); they'll be Gumbo and the typical munchies.

Excerpts from email from Josh, entitled "Long Islands," mistakenly sent to CMST-L, the departmental listserv, dated 12/24/03, 6:20 PM:

Hey Loretta,

I'll take you up on your offer to go in on the long islands. I typcially buy the "big bottles" of stuff (all are about the same price but for the rum). Here's what we need:

1.75/2 Liters of Sky Vodka
1.75/2 Liters of Bacardi Rum (light)
1.75/2 Beefeater/Tanqueray Gin
1.75/2 Fingers/Cuervo Tequila (light)
1 Liter Triple Sec
1 gal. of sour mix

ergg! i spilled soda o keboard ad I a avig troble tpig, as o casee.

goddait!arrrrrgg!!!!!!

Email from me, entitled "[Fwd: [CMST-L] Long Islands," sent to Josh, dated 12/25/03, 11:18 AM:

GAWD!

Email from Josh, entitled "[Fwd: [CMST-L] Long Islands," sent to me, dated 12/25/03, 11:19 AM:

*&&!@#! That's one $80 soda. I have a new keyboard now. I have to figure out how to keep my cat from aligting on the computer!!! She's partially to blame!!!

ARGGHHHHH!!HH!!H!H

josh

Email from me, entitled "[Fwd: [CMST-L] Long Islands," sent to Josh, dated 12/25/03, 11:20 AM:

2/25/03 12:30 PM

I finally added a sig file to my emails. I got the quote from an anti-war speech given by Senator Robert Byrd, which I've saved on my website because I think it rocks. The speech was sent out over H-Rhetor by Tom Powell Bullock.

Here is my sig file quote:

I truly must question the judgment of any President who can say that a massive unprovoked military attack on a nation which is over 50% children is "in the highest moral traditions of our country."

2/24/03 9:27 PM

Listening: Norah Jones, Come Away With Me

Shoutout to Clancy Ratliff at UMN who surfed my website. She has a blog called Cyborgwoman. She scolded me for not keeping up to date on my neglected journal and blog. Hence, I'm loading up what's been sitting on my desktop. Of course, her scold is an argument for why I should reconsider blogging the "normal" way. But since when am I ever normal?

2/ 21/03 12:48 PM

Tonite Steve and I saw Cirque du Soleil with Loretta. It was sooo amazing. The show we saw was called Dralion, which is Dragon - Lion. From the Dralion website:

Dralion is the fusion of ancient Chinese circus tradition and the avant-garde approach of Cirque du Soleil. The show's name is drawn from its two main symbols -- the dragon, representing the East, and the lion, representing the West. Dralion derives much of its inspiration from Eastern philosophy with its perpetual quest for harmony between humankind and nature.

My favorite act was the aerial pas de deux

The clowns were hysterical even though they didn't speak any English.

2/17/03 10:39 PM

Listening: DJ Josh Gunn, Philophobia II

Ok, so Josh made a valentine's compilation. Two actually. One for people who like v-day and one for people who hate it. Even though I love v-day (despite the fact that this year's started to suck as soon as cookie-making was over), I took the hate compilation (Philo-phobia!) because the songs were better. Josh, eclectic DJ extraordinaire.

Steve and I going to London for Spring Break! We are staying at the Wedgewood Hotel, I think. YAY!

2/07/03 12:37 AM

All this anti-war activism (that never gets reported, of course, except in places like the Village Voice) reminds me of my grandmother, Anna Zuckerman, who was a peace activist for pretty much all of her life. I remember when I was a child, during the Viet Nam war, she had a framed poster on her wall that said: War is unhealthy for children and other living things. I still have a patch of that slogan that I've never used. So it occurred to me that I could buy a copy of that poster and put it up somewhere, probably at school. I found some interesting stuff about that poster, most of which I had forgotten or barely knew about because I was so young. Here's what I learned:

1. CBS censored this poster! From a list of "13 Outrageous Moments of U.S. TV Censorship":

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR (1968)

CBS censored the display of a Mother's Day card that read, in part, "War is not healthy for children and other living things... We who have given life must be dedicated to preserving it. Please talk peace." CBS gave as its reason-besides the excuse that it didn't permit "political positions"-the explanation that the Los Angeles mothers' group that distributed the card hadn't been cleared by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

2. Mother's Day started as peace activism.

Looking for the history of the logo, I found a press release from the Million Mom March of San Antonio (a .pdf file) that talks about the history of mother's day as peace activism. It also talked about the organization Another Mother For Peace, which went defunct in 1985. The poster is the organization's logo. I vaguely remember this.

3. Joanne Woodward is a long time peace activist.

Who knew?
Probably my grandmother
And a lot of other people
On her website there is a bboard discussion of protesting the war and resurrecting AMFP. The bboard has posts by the son of the woman who designed the logo/poster.

2/03/03 6:41 PM

Digipen is in this month's Rolling Stone! RS 916. Unfortunately the website doesn't have the article, but I'm excited for Malia. Apparently people leave that school with jobs waiting for them.

My letter to Faisel about the Nigerians:

Dear Faisal Ahmed:
I was terribly saddened to read your tragic life story. You are a special person to want to leave the world a better place than how you found it. I wish I could help you in your charity efforts and your efforts to reclaim your finances. I'm so glad you are willing to offer me ten percent of your 24 million dollars to help you in your efforts. Unfortunately, right now, I am terribly busy holding down two jobs (one is as a housekeeper, the other in retail sales, at a jewelry store) while I work my way through school and pay for my child's ADD treatments. I do have email contact with two people who might be able to help you. They are financial wizards and I am sure they will be able to help you find appropriate charities. Maybe they could even help you set up a foundation. Let me give you their names and contact information:

1. Dr. Frank F. Bamawo
Foreign Liason Office
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
frankbamawo37@netscape.net
Dr. Bamawo has an account at Apex bank.
Dr. Bamawo is a civil service accountant who works for the Nigerian government.

2. Dr. Rasheed Bako
Dr. Bako has a poor telecommunications system and he is unable to share his address with me at the present.
He does, however, have substantial experience with finances. He, too, is a civil service employee with the Nigerian government.

He is in the process of buying Agro Allied equipment. Don't tell anyone that, however, because you might get into trouble for insider trading if you purchase their stocks. I have it on good authority that it is sure to make millions, but you didn't hear it from me.
Fortunately, I have 2 email addresses for Dr. Bako:

bako11@ecplaza.net
isamk@personal.ro

I do expect a small finders fee of, say, one percent, if this venture is successful. I surely could use the money.

2/01/03 10:06 PM

I'm sick as a dog. I've been running a temperature for two days now. I wish I were dead. Though that's a moot point because I -feel- dead. Anyway, I've been too sick to sit down and finish my abstract for the feminism(s) and rhetoric conference, which was due February 1. Lucky for me, though, I hopped to the website and saw that they extended the deadline to March 31! w00t! In other news, my Oreos are stale.

~LS~