I have decided to take a little break from blogging. I’ll be back, maybe after the summer? I’m working on developing some healthier boundaries in my relationship with my computer. This may or may not have something to do with having recently seen Wall-E. In the meantime, I’m trying to cultivate some more analog activites [...]
Category Archives: Bourgie Complaints
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04-May-09Luck of the Draw
28-Apr-09The two first items on my Google Reader today: Tina at Scatterplot, writing that misfortunes highlight how lucky I am, and A. over at On My Commute, who is feeling lucky no longer putting off the inevitable. A double-whammy of good advice to quit whining and get some perspective — coincidence, or just good luck? [...]
Putting the Late in Late Capitalism
25-Mar-09I keep thinking back on Emily’s post of a few weeks ago about learning how to manage your time and be more productive, but also feeling suspicious of that tendency — like, wtf with all this being productive all the time? I’m wondering again why the work overload in academia goes so unquestioned. It’s complained [...]
Live Blogging Jury Duty
25-Feb-09(It’s no Oscars night or VMA, but how else am I supposed to pass the time?) 10:20 — The halls of justice are really over-heated and dry. 10:28 — The halls of justice have internet! 10:34 — Have updated FB status three times. 10:46 — Man in charge of my jury selection room is inviting [...]
What She Said
25-Feb-09Tomorrow, I report for my civic duty: waiting around for two days while I am not selected to sit on a jury. I would love to make it onto a jury. But if ever for some reason I wanted to get out of jury duty, I would draw from Liz Lemon for inspiration. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/AzusuXSj8Y0" [...]
My eyes have melted into my skull. This year I’ve vowed to get a handle on my information flows. (“Vowed” somehow sounds more compelling than “my New Year’s resolution is” … those words are the death knell for a plan if ever there was one.) After heeding this helpful advice and purging my inbox of [...]
New York Sucks
12-Jun-08I was going to head out to do work someplace besides the single room that constitutes my office/bedroom/living room/kitchen, and then I heard that the (unfortunately re-named) Hopscotch Cafe (formerly Alt Coffee) has closed! Though I sort of missed the anarchist decor of the Alt Coffee days (couches with no springs, piles of broken computer [...]