cumpleanos

its weird when a widely read blog reminds you that you should probably email your friend a happy birthday message.

musica de la cama

back in my younger days, i occasionally listened to a band called phish. this is not something i always admit to. but i'm feeling forthright today. phish wrote their own songs, they did covers. most of them went on for minutes in multiples of ten. but there was one short simple song i always thought was the nicest (which i believe was an original, but i could be wrong).

its called "Lengthwise"
the lyrics are simply
"when you're here, i sleep lengthwise.
and when you're gone, i sleep diagonal in my bed."

i woke up diagonally this morning, alone in bed. and i thought about the song. i always thought of it as a love song. its sometimes the little things that matter. sure things like planning vacations together or rescheduling appointments can be important. but sometimes its the often-overlooked simple parts of life that make the most difference. and accommodating another person in ways that seem mundane may be far more significant that we imagine.

though i'll never be convinced to switch to crunchy peanut butter

ya, noticia mala

one of the biggest wayna rappers of el alto was fatally hit by a bus, recently.
upside down world's obituary for Abraham Bojorquez

esta official

its been a while, and i only write to say this:
the airplane ticket to bolivia has been purchased.

now who's going to make one of these for me?

futbol americana

this is just appalling. i don't know what else to say.
in fact its turning my otherwise wonderful day bad.

fortunately gelato & booze will soon make me forget this horrendousness.

coca y maiz

i'm taking my comprehensive exam, so you'll have to excuse the previous lack of posting and now shameful excuse for posting.

but i found this rather interesting. I have yet to read In Defense of Food, but maybe one of these days... once i'm done being forced to write about the implications of political economy in the creation, perpetuation, and transformation of selves, social subjects and agency... i'll get around to reading it. and then, perhaps, i will write something real to post here.

in honor of comps

this is how i feel about what i'm working on today (which is the history of bolivian revolutionary action from 1781-2005, how it is embedded in political economy, and its relationship to conceptions of self, social subjectivity, and agency):


from sharesomecandy