she had me at “pop music will never be low brow”.
i’m trying to figure out how she flew under my radar for so damn long. i tend to be late to the party for most pop culture trends, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise. for a long time i just thought she was […]
on Friday night, i finished reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo. it was quite a delicious novel, and i am looking forward to watching the miniseries soon (which has a fabulous cast, by the way - Ed Harris, Paul Fucking Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joanne Woodward, and Helen Hunt). but on some level it made […]
when i heard that the new Star Trek movie was coming out on May 7th, i knew it would be an inauspicious release date for me, firstly because i would be in the final throes of my semester and thus completely insane, and secondly because the people i wanted to see it with (my Dad […]
ooof. sorry.
so, what the hell happened to this past week? i don’t know. i’m not going to write about it.
last spring i took a fabulous art history class that changed my life: Feminist Perspectives in Art History. it was taught by Magali, who was so amazing i asked her to be on my committee. she […]
the last few entries have been terribly depressing. i apologize for that.
well, stoke the fires of self-righteousness, people, because i am about to get on my WTF soapbox. last night was my first night of my schedule diet - that is, i am going to sleep and getting up at the same time every day. […]
antm, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
this season has been a bit lackluster, i will admit (perhaps this is an across the board phenomenon? Project Runway kind of sucked ass too). this past week’s episode featured a juicy subplot fight between weepy European expats Elina and Marjorie and bitchy Harlem queen Sheena.
i am conflicted about […]
well, this Defamer post depressed the hell out me, because it is sadly true:
After word emerged yesterday that MTV was planning an extreme dieting beauty pageant, we knew it was time to ask ourselves, “Do we still want our MTV?” Many of us grew up in a time where the network was perceived as alternative, […]
well, hell has officially frozen over, because i am about to give mad props to, believe it or not, Paris Hilton:
in one fell swoop, Paris Hilton has gone from a general waste of space to earning my grudging respect, a respect along the lines of Pam Anderson and Dolly Parton (i.e., fully […]
…or, my bid to be rendered inaccessible by my mother while she’s at work (being an elementary teacher, Mom, it goes without saying that this definitely NSFW).
about three years ago J9 got me into Peaches. another girl after my own heart: Miss Piggy. putting the two together: priceless.
also a nice touch: the Disney Channel logo […]
my hatred for New York Times “lifestyle” pieces has been long-lived and well-documented. i’d like to think that i have some sort of perspective on the ridiculousness of this neurotic, overeducated yet completely vapid social climbing demographic that this sort of article targets (i maintain that it started in a Woody Allen film, on an […]