yow! time flies!

okay...so time has flown. It is literally a month since my last post. So much has happened that I wonder if it is worth the trouble bringing those out there up to date.
It is now post Star Wars, but pre Batman Returns. post end of the semester but pre-fall (a very good thing) and I am working, earning an almost livable wage.
I feel like I should take a moment and reflect upon the Deleuze conference. Perhaps the greatest thing I walked with was a sense of my own strength in navigating Deleuze. I understood about 60% of what was said. believe me, that is quite an accomplishment. Not to toot my own horn, I owe it all to the fabulous D.N.R. He is teaching an early cinema and philosophy class in the fall that I am quite psyched about. Although there is some paranoia about my final paper. I think it might have sucked. I did say that about my last paper for him and I got an A. however, this is different. I really didn't spend the amount of time I should have on it. very rushed. It was an analysis of Alain Resnais "Providence" which I really enjoyed. It was actually too much to write about. If you haven't seen that film, go and see it!
I have notes from the conference for who wish further elaboration. On the very same weekend I was a panel moderator for the Media in Transition conference. I moderated the discussion on music and subcultures which in retrospect seems rather a misnomer. I gather that the "subculture" title refers to the fact that each paper referred to either a queer male genre, an African-American genre, or musicals in general. Which is not to say that the papers didn't warrant discussion but rather the framing device did them a disservice. We had a decent turnout for 10:30 on a chilly Sunday morning.
The following Monday we all gave out thesis presentations. I spent most of the day fine tuning my powerpoint presentation. Half listened to the other people giving their schpiels. Most were surprisingly interesting. But I really didn't pay attention. I changed my topic in the last two weeks and so was racing my ass towards the finish line of 6:30pm. I needn't have worried. I actually had enough material to spend an hour talking. The best crit I got from the department head said "I have no idea what you are talking about, almost no interest in the subject, but am totally fascinated!" so there you go. whoopi-de-do!
I'm trying not to be bitter but god damn it, I am. I plan on writing most of this fucker this summer and finish a semester early. deciding not to listen to anyone in my department was the smartest thing I have done so far. I got really tired of being the square peg attempting to fit myself into their round hole.
I really had fun writing my thesis proposal. It was interested to me, engaging. Isn't that the way it should work?
Flash forward a couple of weeks. I am temping at Putnam Investments. I have a great schedule despite the fact that it doesn't leave me much time to go to the gym. and my supervisor said I could work on my thesis when there isn't other work to do!
I spent this afternoon printing out material for a post-graduate program abroad. If luck is with me I will be spending next year at Oxford. with someone else paying!!

oh man, enough for tonight.

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