Molly Dresses Herself Originally uploaded by E.G.R.. My best outfit yet. This shows where my brain is. My thesis is due in 24 hours. (This isn't what I'm wearing today, this was Sunday, when I didn't leave the house.) I have just written the following to remind myself of how I'll feel soon: "you will… Continue reading This begins to express my mental state
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Quick notes before I descend back into thesis writing hell
Here are a few things at once. I HAND IN MY THESIS IN A WEEK. It is due the 26th. I have loads to do. So as a result, I will not be here that much. Or maybe I will be, which would be bad. Please wish me luck. I HAVE NEW HAIR AND GLASSES.… Continue reading Quick notes before I descend back into thesis writing hell
Listen: Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut "When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in that particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say waht the Tralfamadorians… Continue reading Listen: Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time
Headgear for the next five years
princeton hard hat Originally uploaded by maximolly. Went to the Princeton open house for admitted students on Monday. There's an addition being built onto the school and so they gave out hard hats. I was delighted and could barely contain myself — I stopped talking to Stan Allen (the Dean, who owns a very nice… Continue reading Headgear for the next five years
Again. Pachuco. Pachuco. Pa-chu-co!
Driving around San Antonio last year, Enrique and I heard "Maldita Vecindad & Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio" in an NPR story on "rock en Español." This year, we bought the album in San Antonio and drove around, listening to it. It's Mexican ska from the 80s. And it's really great. Listen to it and… Continue reading Again. Pachuco. Pachuco. Pa-chu-co!
Pachuco!
Driving around San Antonio last year, Enrique and I heard "Maldita Vecindad & Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio" in an NPR story on "rock en Español." This year, we bought the album in San Antonio and drove around, listening to it. It's Mexican ska from the 80s. And it's really great. Listen to it and… Continue reading Pachuco!
Officially Princeton
It was not a foregone conclusion, despite the elation in this picture. But now, it is official. I'm going to be attending Princeton's Architecture Ph.D. program in the fall. So is Enrique. This means the opportunity to work closely with M. Christine Boyer (who teaches a course on the history of cybernetics and was a… Continue reading Officially Princeton
Simlish Smile
Lily Allen "Smile" In Simlish Been digging Lily Allen's album — reminds me of the old Two Tone stuff I listened to on my cassette player when I traveled through Scandinavia in 1991. But then Enrique just pointed me to this: her version of "Smile" in Simlish. Given that I've mocked up the Yale Architecture… Continue reading Simlish Smile
Vox Hunt: Shhh!
Vineland. Thomas Pynchon Book: Show us a book that made you laugh out loud.Submitted by Red Pen. Two Pynchon books in how many posts? I got this book in 1991 when I lived in Utrecht, Holland. I was reading it one evening at 't Hoogt and was laughing so hard, people kept joining me at… Continue reading Vox Hunt: Shhh!
QotD: This Time Last Year
me and enrique, on the bus back to new haven What were you doing one year ago today?Submitted by CassandraMorgan.Just as we will be on Saturday this week, we were on our way from San Antonio to Hartford, Connecticut, where we took the Connecticut Limo bus back to New Haven. Like last year, we had… Continue reading QotD: This Time Last Year