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[06 Oct 2007|11:48am] |
Bold what you have read
italicize those you started but couldn't/didn't finish
strike through what you couldn't stand.
*Add an asterisk to those you've read more than once
Underline those on your to-read list"
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby-Dick
Ulysses
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
A Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods
Atlas Shrugged
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex*
Quicksilver
Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the West*
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian: a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault's Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible: a novel
1984
Angels & Demons*
The Inferno
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver's Travels
Les Misérables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Dune
The Prince*
The Sound and the Fury
Angela's Ashes : A Memoir
The God of Small Things
A People's History of the United States: 1492-present
Cryptonomicon
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake: a novel
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics: a Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: an Inquiry into Values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity's Rainbow
The Hobbit
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers
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[27 Apr 2007|12:27pm] |
last night Travis, Joe, Jamie and I saw the Decemberists play at the Warfield.
I had a magnificent time.
They were amazing, and did a great set, with an awesome stage show.
=)
I have a crazy weekend ahead of me, but I'm still riding the concert high
Forecast of life
4 weeks: Urinetown Opens
7 Weeks: Graduation
15-16: Move to New York
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[24 Mar 2007|10:45pm] |
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Today, Saturday, has been and will be my only real day of break.
All the others, I will either be in transit or working.
Fortunately, today has been a rocking day.
It started by going to sleep at around 2AM, after drinking wine with Joe after a SUPER long work day yesterday.
I slept in until about 10:30, when I was upbruptly woken by the construction going on at the church next door. Followed be evil-leaf-blower man in our corridor.
I'm not really complaining, however, because I am still INCREDIBLY grateful to not be living next to the people from last year. And it was 10:30.
I then had a leisurely breakfast while reading Sandman comics.
Then I started cleaning. I'm finally able to go through a ton of paper and crap that I had accumulated, saving partly for grad apps and other things. I still have a ton more, and have to figure out what the hell I'm going to do it with it come fall, but I'm glad to be rid of some of it.
While cleaning I began watching Dark Angel, a show from '02 that Jamie purchased on DVD. Not bad thus far, empowered female chick in a vaguely post-apocalyptic future. Cute boys.
Then Travis and I went to Pasta? and had dinner
And then we saw Cirque Eloize's Rain. It was a happy show!!!! It was the first happy show I have seen in forever. And it was beautiful and they were all so talented.
Contortionists still freak me out.
Now I'm updating LJ, and going to finish cleaning. Tomorrow I go home for under like 36hrs....
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[23 Mar 2007|01:02am] |
hey i'm 22.
why does that feel super old?
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[14 Mar 2007|06:34am] |
i am so fucked....
i have a paper due at 2 that is no where being done, and I have to be in class for most of the next 5 hours.... fuck
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| Report from the Stage Manager Office... |
[10 Mar 2007|10:09pm] |
I haven't posted in forever, but am currently sitting in the SM office, House Managing La Mancha and figured that I should.
Plus today is the 10th Year Anniversary of the airing of the first Buffy episode "Welcome to the Hellmouth," and that seemed a good excuse to post.
My life has been only consisted of Share up until last Sunday, and since then I have been trying to catch up on academics. I'm doing ok, but I have a scene due Monday, a paper and a scene due Tuesday and a paper due Wednesday. And on Thursday and Friday I'm visiting CalArts.
For those who haven't heard, I have been accepted to Columbia and CalArts for grad school next year. I haven't decided anything yet, and I have about 2 and 1/2 weeks before I have to make a final choice.
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La Mancha sold out tonight
Woyzeck last night rocked.
We had Urinetown callbacks today, and I have a cast, but I can't talk about that until tomorrow night at least. We decided to not post before the two other shows closed. But I think its going to be a rocking cast.
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I was in San Francisco last weekend, with Share. It was a crazy and intense experience. But I got to work at CounterPULSE which was a neat space and I ran my own sound which and learned a lot. The tech guy there rocked.
We had amazingly beautiful weather while I was there. Alice Vasquez stayed at my house and we went to SF MOMA and saw pretty/interesting/weird/ugly/fascinating art, including an exhibit on Picasso and American Art. We also ate steak sandwiches and Just Desserts' chocolate cake in the Yerba Buena park.
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thats all from me right now...
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[31 Jan 2007|11:22pm] |
As I haven't updated in forever, I have no idea what to write that doesn't sound bitchy or whiney.
Life has been crazy, life will be crazy, until at least March 5th
I love my classes this quarter. But I really shouldn't be taking four
I'm stage managing Share, we go into Tech next week.
I'm still trying to make a difference Peer Advising, but have no time
Occasionally I cram in Mondavi stuff
Monday nights for the past three weeks, I've stupidly gone and played Trivia at Bistro and had an awesome time. Paula Dawson is amazing at trivia
I still have one Grad application to do
My Columbia phone interview went well
I have to pay rent tomorrow, and I don't know where my checkbook is.
I'm sitting in the SM office and now am leaving
I'd love to get an email from people. I miss you all
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[25 Dec 2006|03:06pm] |
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Merry Christmas!!!
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[14 Dec 2006|08:50am] |
After almost losing my phone at SFO, I made it safely to New York yesterday.
The flight was fine - I slept, trying to gain back some of the exhaustion after finals week. Getting from JFL to Paige and Brandon's apartment was horrific.... stupid Super Shuttle.
I arrived at JFK at 4:15, East Coast time, and didn't get to the apartment until 7:45... Then I dropped my stuff off, and dashed with Brandon to meet Paige and their roommates at Burgers and Cupcakes, which I enjoyed. Then we went to Blondies and had a pint, where Katie met us.
I, however, failed at seeing Syche and Drew. Sorry, Syche, I fail. At that point I just had to collapse... which I did in their nifty, and extraordinarly hot apartment. This place must have some amazing insulation.
Today: Lunch with Paige, look at Columbia, meet Syche after work, dinner with Brandon, go to Brandon's burlesque show.
I'm quite stoked.
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| Warning Bitching ahead... |
[05 Dec 2006|01:36am] |
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But first, a quote:
“From their work, we learn that the self is capable of producing text, but it is in turn subject to being produced by text, even, in the end, reduced to nothing more than text itself.”
- Sarah Grendon, "Writng, Presence and the Subject in the Work of Samuel Beckett, Jacques Derrida, and Giles Deleuze"
Now: Please ignore if you don't want to hear me whine
( Read more... )
To DO
His147 Paper (6-8 pages): 11 hours, 40 minutes
Nut10 Grad Boost Quizzes (12 in total): 1 day
His189 Paper (8-10 pages): 2 days
Lauri's Show: 2 days
Nut 10 Final: 6 Days
His147 Final: 7 days
His189 Final: 7 days
Statement of Purpose: ASAP
Honor's Proposal: ASAP
Go home to SF: 7 Days
FLY TO NEW YORK: 8 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| In 15 Days... |
[28 Nov 2006|10:57pm] |
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In 15 days, I will be visiting the lovely New York City, and the even more lovely folks that have recently begun to inhabit said city.
Unfortunatly, I have so much to do before then.
Please send me some good vibes on:
- Lauri's one woman show
- History papers
- thesis proposal
- Grad School applications
- Theatre dept potluck (i have no idea to make this happen...)
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Also, Jamie and I spent a good chunk of time tonight, drinking wine and freaking ourselves out by looking at serial killer histories on Wiki... once again I share that I love my roommate.
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[20 Nov 2006|11:36am] |
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So if I could pass out right now that'd be a-ok...
Feeling ill... skiving off work
Regardless, I'm excited because John Mothershead is in town, and I have missed him.
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Michael Chabon at Mondavi
Tonight, Joe and I heard Michael Chabon (pronouced SHAY - bon) speak at Mondavi. He wrote The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay which I devoured this past summer, thanks to Paige, and Wonder Boys and tons of other things. I've been WAY excited about this, since around last May.
I really enjoyed myself. It wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting more of talk about writing or something. This was more like a reading, telling us about his search for trieste (spanish for saddness) in his life. But, regardless of expectation, it was fabulous. His prose just blows me away, and his story spoke to me - especially what he recieved by pursuing a MFA.
He also did a very engaging Question and Answer.
To the inherent joy of my inner fan girl, I got to meet him afterwards and have him sign a copy of Kavalier and Clay. Side note: he's also VERY cute. I was wary to write that, because I truly enjoy his work and his prose and all that, but wow... cute!
Stranger than Fiction
Following Chabon, Travis, Lysandra (visiting from the City) and I went to see Stranger than Fiction. I had been looking forward to this movie, and heard good things from Joe and Daniele earlier in the week. I liked it a lot, though it was not what I was expecting AT ALL. Regardless, I highly recommend it, especially to you book nerds out there.
My Life
Its not bad, all-in-all. I kinda feel like its all rushing at me, but I'm still enjoying classes and life.
A month from today I will be in New York, visiting lovely people. I am so stoked about that but before it can happen I need to finish
1) All my school stuff - 1 midterm, 2 papers, 3 finals
2) A bunch of stuff for Share
3) Peer Advisor junk
4) Grad school apps (4 in total)
Its going to be a fun month.
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| what an exciting election!! |
[08 Nov 2006|09:58am] |
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A liberal, San Franciscan woman as speaker of the house? How fricken awesome!!!
No on 85?? beautiful
A super close and interesting Senate race (come on Montana and Virginia)? Neat!!
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and another 4 years with the govenator? well, at least he'll sign my diploma...
..................... all right the mocking may commence
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| so I wouldn't be me.. |
[07 Nov 2006|11:41am] |
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if I didn't remind everyone to VOTE today....
of course, I think most people who read this are probably absentee anyway... ah well.
Also, on a side note, I saw former Senator Bob Dole talk on Saturday night: who knew the man was freaking hilarious?? He made jokes about politics, living next to Monica Lewinsky, the Pepsi ad, etc...
I also, didn't know he was a WWII vet. All in all, a very good speech, a very gracious man... I think, however, that my little liberal mind may have interperted things differently than he intended, but still
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[29 Oct 2006|01:19am] |
I just saw The Prestige with Carolyn, and it rocked. Not what I was expecting but, it rocked... now I have to see it again...
love
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| ode to Jamie: goddess of sex and dishes |
[18 Oct 2006|05:18pm] |
on an acorn squash label "bake in 1/4 cup of water for 30 minutes, then served stuffed with vegetables"
Erin: What are traditional stuffing vegetables?
Jamie: I prefer a cucumber
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I love my roommate
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| stressed and Kozol |
[12 Oct 2006|11:48pm] |
So, first, One Act Express (which I'm in charge of this year) is starting tomorrow. I'm massively stressed, but I just got this email from Jessie Eting that was really cool, thanking me (and those who did it before me, like Syche) for continuing the tradition. So that was awesome.
What's adding to the stress is I just got home from Mondavi, WAY later than I was expecting. So I didn't have time to talk to anybody like I had hoped to about stuff... well hopefully it'll work out.
Staying late at Mondavi is ok, though, because I got to hear Jonathan Kozol speak, and it may have been one of the most amazing nights of my life. I will explain more later to anyone who cares, but in brief, Kozol has been working for almost 50 years to fight the incredible injustice in public schools. His talk, entitled "Still Seperate, Still unequal" detailed some horrible things, but was also very inspiring.
So I'm going to bed nervous for the immediate future but pumped for my life.
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| Dramaturgically Interesting Day on the Quad |
[10 Oct 2006|02:21pm] |
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Ok, yes I am a dork. But let's forget that for a moment as I go into the spectacle on the Quad today.
Jamie and I have European Intellectual History at 12:10 in Wellman Tuesday/Thursday. Usually, I come straight from my Nut10 class, in the SciLec Hall, and therefore don't go near the Quad. Today, I fortuitously slept-in and didn't go to Nut10. Fortuitously, because I got to see a busy day on the Quad.
Everyone's favorite bigoted preachers were here today (though I think they were actually different people than last year). You know, the guys with the HUGE signs, that express God's hatred to "muslims, rebellious women, homosexuals, mormons, etc" (as Jamie said, "God hates everyone without one of these signs"). And usually these folk get a pretty big crowd full of people who a) have never seen them before, b) are like me, and find them fascinating year after year, or c) wish to heckle back and forth with them.
HOWEVER, today at noon they basically had NO ONE looking at them. Why? Because apparently it was Fire Safety day on the quad. So the campus and city fire departments were doing various demonstrations that included blowing up cars, a helicopter landing on the quad, an RV filled with smoke to see how long you could handle it, etc.. And apparantly, fire is much more exciting than hatred, as this drew all of the passing period people. (Which, those of us from 158 know is the important crowd to get).
With this 158 background, it was fascinating to see where attention went. And then to see the change that happened when the fire stuff ended. Jamie and i left class and got to see the helicopter take off (which was WAY cool) and then see the crowd begin to gather around the preachers. Once the fire department stuff was over, said preachers were getting a good deal of attention, including a girl who took it upon herself to flash them, which garnered her much applause.
So, anyway it was exciting day on the Quad: full of fire, flashing and hatred... oh! and also the Gideon Bible old men, who I think felt bad to be around on the same day as the sign people. There's an interesting comparison between two very different styles on trying to get converts to Christianity. For spectacle, I prefer the sign guys.
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