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Wayne State University is Weird, Just the Way I Like It…

To better understand this entry, you should probably read the

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Between

Things have been rather quiet around here lately because things have gotten rather hectic in the head. Real life is screaming really loud and it can be difficult to sort through the piercing cries long enough to sit down and … Continue reading

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Grifter

I’m really out of sorts today. There is a disconnect between a moment of action and my recognition of the results. Putting the Netflix DVDs in the post office mailboxes today turned into a mini panic session where I began … Continue reading

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listening station

I nearly lost it listening to Bright Eyes’ “We are Nowhere and It’s Now” off “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning”. I went there (borders) in search of a few books — none of which were in the store. Many of … Continue reading

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Reshelved: Middlesex

I am reshelving Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex. Wonderful book. Amazing. Only wish I could have snarfed enough time to have a clean read instead of alotted moments that stretch into the early morning hours. I feel guilty when page turning takes … Continue reading

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abandoned post; orig date 10/21/2004

Before all this crazy dog visiting and fundraising stuff I was busy with a lot of personal statement preparation and graduate school application stuff. Over the past two weeks the mounting pressures of those stuffs have squeezed all the stress … Continue reading

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Feeling without

Standing in the center of a room. Any old room. It doesn’t matter and this indifference isn’t just out there in the world but has infiltrated the pores and become a part of me. As the days go by, the … Continue reading

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No Fines Applied

Today while packing up and returning overdue books to their respective loaning libraries, I came across one that had a superstory — in the same sense as superscript. This particular book was due in early December. Phone calls to the … Continue reading

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Looky Looky

I’d just like to take this moment to welcome myself into the world of Movabletype 3.0+ land. It’s great to be here. It’ll be even jazzier when I can figure out why this server is constraining the dynamic archives…(The category … Continue reading

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Free Culture

Reshelved Lessig’s Free Culture today. It was much more engaging than I was expecting. As someone going in knowing very little about the ways and mores of copyright law — the book reeled me in. Lessig leads you slowly into … Continue reading

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