25 enero 2010

estados iguales



i am quite intrigued by this map. it makes some interesting points, and i'm curious to know how the blue/red would break down on it (not that i endorse such a binary system....)

but what i find most interesting is the fact that DC is "preserved as is." if the point of the map is to envision a more equal form of representation, it seems silly to "preserve" one (but certainly not the only) of the worst examples of blatant disenfranchisement in the nation.

gotta keep on fighting taxation without representation!

22 enero 2010

rey mysterio en bolivia

via alberto...

apparently, rey mysterio masks have shown up in bolivia (the picture is looking like a sagarnaga-area street in la paz, to me, but my expertise is not without flaw).

17 enero 2010

mis amores

i'm having one of those days where i feel like everyone i love is a million miles away. which i suppose is true. one of those days where i really wish i had someone i felt close to in dc. i guess i'm always swinging this way and that about friends here.

the one positive thing about all this is it seems like it won't be so hard to leave eventually.

ok, that's really all i have to say. just a pointless, slightly-depressed 1am rant. this blog is really going downhill

11 enero 2010

volviendo

i'm back in the district after a month & 1/2 of simultaneously roaming and re-settling in the windy city. the house is warm, and my hands are sweaty and to me it smells like summer in my room. i'm always a little wired when i finish that drive. i blame it on the dr. pepper, but really it probably has more to do with 12 hours of minimal movement and maximal thinking. the body is about to collapse, but the brain won't shut down.

in any case, au classes start tomorrow. though i'm not actually taking any real courses there, so i don't start my umd class until next week. but i do start TAing anthro of american life tomorrow afternoon; a course in which i will lecture about WWE wrestling and possibly midwestern state fair butter sculpture. i can't wait to see what these kids think of me. i suppose it will be a bit of a reality check after the undergrads nearly knighted me last semester. but given the circumstances, i really shouldn't have let it go to my head.

anyway, here goes the last real semester of classes (if this even counts as a "real semester of classes")......