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habitual construction of imagination

Today

iambarr | April 29, 2009

Make an anki deck of greek dates
Email nicole about timeline and duedates
Email melissa about paper topic for orientalism
Write some ideas for final ancient lit paper
Call donna about tunisia
Email camelcal
Find a hotel in sidi bou said or touzier
Learn 5 french phrases (busuu)
Pretend you’re a creative writer. Write creatively
Do not read blogs.
Do not read news.

Hot like Bea..

iambarr | April 25, 2009

Sad, but true. Bea Arthur has passed away, taking with her a dozen STDs from the silent film era. She will be missed by Airheads fans across the country. But not by velociraptors.

I have watched:

iambarr | April 20, 2009

Glued onto the sea floor from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo.
and…

Drifters of the deep from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo.

First post from the villa…

iambarr | April 20, 2009

…when I should really be at school.
So i decided that my hair has really been getting shaggy lately. I’ve been wanting to get my hair cut for over a week now, but somehow the timing never seems to work out. Since I finished my epic heart of darkness paper, I decided that I could spend [...]

Evolution of an essay (part III)

iambarr | April 19, 2009

The Prompt:
Take a few examples and descriptions from the book Heart of Darkness to illustrate how Conrad’s depictions of the Congo and its inhabitants (natives) seemed very removed from “civilization” and do not deserve to be considered equal to Europe. Use Said and apply the theories. 7-8 pages.
In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad portrays the [...]

definitions

iambarr | April 19, 2009

and i knew you’d be curious. so i took the initiative and looked them up. here si what i would like to share with you:
Slothful (Wiktionary) – Lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth
Slovenly (Wiktionary) – Having an untidy appearance; unkempt; Careless or negligent; sloppy; Unwashed, dirty, disorderly
Faineant (Adj – Wordnet.Princeton) – Having [...]

Second attempt

iambarr | April 18, 2009

So this is a post. This should be a post from the laundromat, but this blog posting program has already failed me once. Just testing it now to see if it will submit properly..

First post

iambarr | April 18, 2009

From the laundromat.
Huzzah!
Seriously. There is much to be done and I fear the pace at which I’m accomplishing things. Basically, I’m not accomplishing things. I’m doing the laundry, running errands, being a good boyfriend and friend. But I’m kind of a horrible student and I don’t know what to do about my laziness and lethargy. [...]

Done.

iambarr | April 16, 2009

And done.

Evolution of an Essay (part 2)

iambarr | April 12, 2009

The Prompt:
Take a few examples and descriptions from the book Heart of Darkness to illustrate how Conrad’s depictions of the Congo and its inhabitants (natives) seemed very removed from “civilization” and do not deserve to be considered equal to Europe. Use Said and apply the theories. 7-8 pages.
boiler in the grass (p.15)
failure to implement “progress” [...]