4 more days then:

No more posts until I'm back, lovelies. Mid-terms and packing to attend to. Then I'm sure I'll have lots to talk about.

Until Later,

Sondra

p.s. I'm pretty sure my mom and I won't be able to stop quoting Jane Austen and Monty Python the entire time there...

...and it will drive everyone crazy.

yesss. happy thoughts indeed.

johari window

found this on ruth's blog.

try it out yourself- clicky.

Until Later,

Sondra

What Would Dada Do?

In 1917, Marcel Duchamp became famous for submitting a urinal resting on it's side with "R. Mutt" scrawled on it and naming it "Fountain". It was his own way of making fun of all of those avant-garde artist peers of his. By placing a urinal in an art gallery, he challenged people's ideas of art and what actually 'is' art.

The movement is known as "Dada" and was mainly a reaction to modern society, especially WWI. He may have not been exactly understood then (or even now) but Duchamp was certainly a man ahead of his time. It was only until the 1960's when Andy Warhol became famous for the generally the same idea.

Now it seems someone else has the same idea, but it may not go over well with Paris's Pompidou Centre. Apparently, a 77 year old man named Pierre Pinoncelli 'attacked' the piece, chipping away at it with a small hammer and writing "Dada" on it.

The man was fined 214,000 euros (262,000 dollars) to pay to the Pompidou Centre.

In reaction, Pinoncelli was quoted as saying:

"I am not the cheap vandal that some would have me to be. A vandal does not sign his work. It was a wink to Dadaism. I wanted to pay homage to the spirit of Dadaism...which is disrespect"

Pinoncelli expects to appeal, arguing that he created a new original piece of art when he drew and scratched "Fountain".

I can certainly understand where Pinoncelli is coming from, however when Duchamp decided to deface the Mona Lisa, painting facial hair and re-naming it "LHQOOC"- sounding like "elle a chaud au cul" (she's hot in the ass), he at least used his own copy.

For More on Duchamp, go here.

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Until Later,

Sondra

p.s. please note my formidable restraint in not using 'urine trouble' for the title of this entry.

The Vagina Monologues

What better way to spend v-day with V-Day?

Last night I went to go see The Vagina Monologues. It started originally as Eve Ensler's one woman show, on campus it was performed by maybe 15 or so women.

Let me tell you, it was fantastic.

It made you laugh then cry, then cry then laugh again.

That sounds so cliche, but its true.

Unfortunately in the first 5 minutes of the play, the fire alarm went off. My friend Charity was on stage in mid-sentence when lights started to flash and the buzzer went off. Everyone was out in the cold for almost an hour. I was sure at least half the audience would leave but when we got back in I was pleasantly surprised a good majority of people stayed. It was definitely worth the wait.

So many issues were raised, spoke of things i'd never heard a conversation about, made me think in a different way. Some stories I could connect to instantly, some empowered, some I was in shock, others made me angry at injustices done.

I'm really glad I went. Not only do I insist you go if it's playing near you, I suggest you go out and find it yourself if it's not.

Until Later,

Sondra

stubborn? me?

You are Mohair.You are a warm and fuzzy type who works well with
others, doing your share without being too
weighty. You can be stubborn and absolutely
refuse to change your position once it is
set, but that's okay since you are good at
covering up your mistakes.

What kind of yarn are you?
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Until Later,

Sondra

malade

bleh bleh i want to not be sick.


it is blizzarding out, only reinforcing the idea of staying home and sleep.

The weather forecast says- "snow freezing fog". I'm not sure what that is.

Until Later,

Sondra

something to think about

If you could shrink the world's population to a village of 100 people, it would look like this-

There would be:

57 Asians

21 Europeans

14 North and South Americans

8 Africans

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70 of the 100 would be non-white.

30 would be white.

70 of the 100 would be non-christian.

30 would be christian.

50% of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people- and all 6 would be residents of the United States.

70 would be unable to read.

2/3 of that 70 would be female (aprox. 47).

50 would suffer from malnutrition.

80 would live in substandard housing.

1 would have a university education.

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Until Later,

Sondra

unrelated stuff

I think I'm gonna go visit Rochester this weekend.

It will be nice to be home for the weekend and see a few people. Go get coffee at Joe Bean and buy myself a new pair of pants (to replace the ones that disappeared over winter break...I think they're chilling in Florida right now.)

It feels like I haven't been home in a while but I've only been away 4 weeks.

I'm still really enjoying my classes. I've learned how to (kinda) do that click thing that the !Kung (aka "The Bush People") tribe people make in Anthropology. That's awesome. Christine and I practiced saying the name "!Nai" while walking to the next class.

Learning about other distant cultures is sometimes a nice distraction from other such things that happen to be going on lately. Quel Nightmare.

Went to the study abroad fair today... looked interesting. I can't say I have much of an interest in learning another language though. At least not in a classroom anymore.

I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure I want to do something with Sociology. That or Cultural Anthropology even. Perhaps minor in Women's Studies. If I could study abroad and somehow tie that in, that would be awesome. And again, there is always the peace corp after college...

It's a hard decision, wondering what you want to do in life. I enjoy learning and I would like to go on to graduate school, but there are lots of factors involved. Firstly, I'd have to pay for it on my own. Secondly, if I end up doing something like being a social worker, then I really won't have the income to pay off debts from school. Yet I don't want to find out I can't get a job in a field I really want to go into because I didn't get my Master's or whatever.

Bleh Bleh.

Gilmore Girls tonight which means I must get my homework done now. Hopefully they'll start showing new episodes next week. Regardless, I haven't seen many seasons at all this year so it's good to catch up. It's just more drama, but it's still addicting.


Until Later,

Sondra

music is wonderful

For some reason, I just couldn't get up this morning. I pressed the snooze button on p j harvey at least 5 times.

Then I spilled hot coffee on myself well walking to Anthro, fumbled my way through the class and was glad to disappear into a seat.

I was sitting in my room, not really wanting to go to Psychology class again, when I decided to put on some happy music.

It was amazing, in 15 minutes flat I went from considering skipping and taking a nap instead to walk/dancing to the science center.

I started talking to my friend Charity (who sits behind me in psych)... I told her that I had this great song in my head, so I'd probably end up dancing in my seat to it. Don't be alarmed, I swear I don't have Tourette's, I just have a song stuck in my head. She asked what Band, I said "Of Montreal" and then we both flipped out about how awesome they are.

From now on I'm gonna make sure I listen to some good music before I go to class. It's funny how something like that can put you in such a damn good mood.

I did a bit of self-barbering today... It's so difficult to try and grow out an a-symetrical haircut. I think I did a pretty good job evening things out a bit... made me feel a bit more pretty without the longer hair in front. Should make it easier to grow my hair long-ish again too. I got a nice smile from a random cute boy when I went to get dinner...so the haircut can't be all that bad anyway.

And Gilmore Girls tonight! Aw, and It's Rory's 21st birthday... should be interesting.

Hurah!


Until Later,

Sondra

the weekend

Mmm...Sundays.

Time for doing laundry, cleaning my room and finishing up homework!

Yay!

Sometimes I feel like a neat freak trapped in an ADD person's body...

...I would clean my room if I had the attention span.

At least I give it a try once a week.

I've been in such a good mood recently. Yesterday was boring, but I had a pleasant night. Went to go see a comedian (who's act improved greatly in the last 15 minutes and therefore made the stay worth it) and then watched Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. 'Twas funny.

And now for tonight there is 'Knitting and a Movie' over at the Brick.

It should give me a chance to work on my very first pair of knitted socks again. They have been put off long enough by Anthro class.

I've tried several times to knit socks, but they've never really clicked until now.

Let's hope so anyway, I still have yet to turn the heel... that might be a deal breaker.

Until Later,

Sondra