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thursday, october 17 9:37:24 PM posted by Blake Stuchin how is it that i can derive a feeling of guilt for not posting to a website that no one actually reads? this must be another one of my genetic jewthings. # Comments [] 9:49:36 PM posted by Blake Stuchin college teaches prioritizing... i failed a quiz today. it was for my japanese literature and drama class and the quiz consisted of matching japanese terms and japanese poems. i don't know japanese, and like 95% of my class does, so the odds are against me and therefore clearly not worth killing myself over 2.5% of my grade (yes 2.5%). in the time that i would have spent studying, i read Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctum, which was far more interesting than trying to remember if the Tale of Genji is in the Man'yoshu (it isn't). for the record i like my Japanese Lit + Drama class a lot, i just don't like the 10% of the grade that is based on quiz scores. The quizzes are mindless tasks of memorization, as opposed to the papers and reading, which are creative and interesting. # Comments [] 10:02:55 PM posted by Blake Stuchin i can't remember if i've already done this bit... without sounding like an Old Navy ad... every fucking thing has a hood on it now. hooded sweatshirts, hooded jackets, hooded t-shirts, hooded fucking tuxedos. you know how we all make fun of Gen X'ers for the sideways ponytails and hideously loud shirts they wore during the '80s? well i guarantee those hoods are going to be the first thing we'll all laugh at in 10 years. i swear i'm going to have kids who will look through my college photos and wonder why it rained so much in the post-90's era that we needed to constantly wear head protection. this is easily the most idiotic trend since wearing hiking boots year-round was really big in '93. # Comments [] 10:13:55 PM posted by Blake Stuchin ok i admit it: Nelly Furtado's "Turn Out the Light" is really well produced. the opening bass line sounds like a better version of that horrendous guilty pleasure "come my lady, come come my lady" by Unknown White PseudoRap Group like two summers ago. my love-hate relationship with pure pop music has been pretty much all angst since Take That released a third greatest hits collection, but this song isn't all bad. On a separate note, I think that Nelly Furtado, by selling her versatility as a musician (pop music, rap collaborations with Lil' Kim, and even a couple producer credits on the last three Now! collections), has a better chance to maintain her fanbase than Britney and Christina do when the pilates kick fades and they get fat. # Comments [] |
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