lyfe maths

I found this post in me drafts
I'll add to it for ultraultraFUN
greaterthan lessthan equalto
      >              <           =


walking = taking the bus
driving/getting a ride > walking + bus

MTV > MuchMusic


free money from the government (that isn't welfare) > working

but, working > being bored all the time because everyone is at work and I am unemployed


slurpees > frapps

full throttle > monster + rockstar
coffee < energy drinks




wayfarer sunglasses > keffiyehs

bikini kill > le tigre
big lizard in my backyard = feed us a fetus



being awake < sleeping,
being awake + blogging < sleeping
southpark+thesimpsons+futurama > sleeping
listening to music = sleeping




seeing people i went to high school with = getting parking tickets
seeing people i went to high school with preggo > sleeping

wal mart = nuclear winter + seeing people i went to high school with
a child's cry = wal mart
a child's laughter = wal mart
a child behaving = keffiyehs




dying < sleeping

MACS > MATH



101.7 > 100.5 + 99.3

"But you love your Simpsons course!"

That gender/Simpsons project I've been half thinking of/working on for awhile died!

Well, I thought it was due on the 23, but I was fucking wrong! 
It was supposed to be due today... BUT, last night I e-mailed my proff, Darren saying this:

Hey Darren,


I thought I was presenting on the 23rd, which is of course, not true!

So I've been working all week trying to get this presentation done, but

the two readings (which are not a part of the course) I've found

impossible to relate. I'm still going to keep working so I'll

technically have something to present tomorrow, but I won't be

confident in it AT ALL!

I was hoping maybe to save myself the embarrassment of presenting

something I think is total garbage and do Social Class or Identity

(that looked like it was still open).

I was using Chris Turner's book Planet Simpson - the chapter titled

Lisa Lionheart and Lana F. Rakow's essay "Feminist Approaches to

Popular Culture: Giving Patriarchy Its Due." Her essay seemed like a

good source after scouring the internet looking for something I thought

was valid, but the more I try to relate the two the more I feel like a

total idiot...

So could I please switch topics? I'm sorry I am bringing this up so

late

-Alicia.

I felt like a total knob, I don't usually do this with school.  After sending this and re-reading the course outline, I realized I had really done this project COMPLETLY WRONG!!!  I was supposed to use one COURSE reading and one other theorist and compare, or whatever.  I used two of my own choosing, and then found I couldn't even fucking relate the two together! 
SO, after trying to make it work, trying to make it work, refreshing and refreshing and refreshing myUFV e-mail, I started crying, pathetically! 

Jason walked into the room as I was looking for a course to take Jul/Aug so I could just withdraw if Darren said "no."

He didn't though! Cause he's super cool, and probably was like "whoooooa, she did this so wrong"
After spilling my heart's contents and admitting I felt like an idiot he said

Hi Alicia,
July 7th, Identity. It's yours.

darren

Awesome!

TV and the Soc. Value of the Simpsons

I'm in this course - titled above - and I have to do a 25-30 minute presentation on gender in the televion show "The Simpsons." 

Obviously, my brain immediately went to the topic of gender stereotyping, but thats such a vanilla topic - anyone doing gender would choose it!  I've finally decided, after a month of contemplating, "positive gender reinforcment within the Simpsons."  I'll probably use clips of the Malibu Stacey/Lisa Lionheart episode, the ep. where Marge gets implants (not sure yet), the ep. where Marge's old BFF is a famous news anchorwoman and possibly others!

I have to use the ideas of two theorists in this presentation, but I haven't decided yet :(  maybe, if I focus heavily on the Malibu Stacey ep. I could use Angela McRobbie/Girls Bedroom Culture?  I don't know!

My teacher, Darren, said I could use the theme from my directed studies course which was Girls in Subcultures, and then talk about how Bart is always attracted to the "bad girl" type and their relevance in the show.  But I'm not sure, I think I like using my own ideas better - even though I technically still would be, I just like to "get there" myself, you know?

We're about 4/5 weeks into this course and I think the greatest life lesson I've learned so far is that I like South Park and Futurama best!

Mid-Simpsons seasons are so good though!  After watching all of the episodes I hadn't seen I think my favourite seasons are like 11-13.

"HEY, BBM ME"

Needless to say I just got a BlackBerry Curve!  It's purple, which is my favourite colour in the entire world, which already makes it the best phone ever!

Jason just went through this thing where he hated his phone because you couldn't load your own song as a ringtone (with the LG Rumour) annndd gueesss what my phone can do?!  BURRRN!

Now, it is just a matter of finding the perfect ringtone that celebrates my own personal unique flair and love for life.  And trying to figure out if I am too old to cover the rubber case/protector with Simpsons stickers I found...

Not to mention the billions of apps there probably are for me to enjoy and consume!

It took me awhile to figure out what was up, but I think after about a week I'll be pro, manuals can suck it, they're so borrring!

I'll tell you more about it when I learn more :)