Edinburgh trip

wow.

Beloit College Mindset List
A snapshot of the world view of the Class of 2012

(most incoming freshmen were born in 1990! holy snap I remember 1990 vividly!)

1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.
2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying people at parties.
3. They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego.
4. GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.
5. Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles.
6. Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same bottle.
7. Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.
8. Their parents may have dropped them in shock when they heard George Bush announce "tax revenue increases."
9. Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.
10. Girls in head scarves have always been part of the school fashion scene.
11. All have had a relative — or known about a friend's relative - who died comfortably at home with hospice.
12. As a precursor to "whatever," they have recognized that some people "just don't get it."
13. Universal Studios has always offered an alternative to Mickey in Orlando.
14. Grandma has always had wheels on her walker.
15. Martha Stewart Living has always been setting the style.
16. Haagen-Dazs ice cream has always come in quarts.
17. Club Med resorts have always been places to take the whole family.
18. WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling.
19. Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.
20. The Warsaw Pact is as hazy for them as the League of Nations was for their parents.
21. Students have always been "Rocking the Vote."
22. Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court.
23. Schools have always been concerned about multiculturalism.
24. We have always known that "All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten."
25. There have always been gay rabbis.
26. Wayne Newton has never had a mustache.
27. College grads have always been able to Teach for America.
28. IBM has never made typewriters.
29. Roseanne Barr has never been invited to sing the National Anthem again.
30. McDonald's and Burger King have always used vegetable oil for cooking french fries.
31. They have never been able to color a tree using a raw umber Crayola.
32. There has always been Pearl Jam.
33. The Tonight Show has always been hosted by Jay Leno and started at 11:35 EST.
34. Pee-Wee has never been in his playhouse during the day.
35. They never tasted Benefit Cereal with psyllium.
36. They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in the crib.
37. Authorities have always been building a wall across the Mexican border.
38. Lenin's name has never been on a major city in Russia.
39. Employers have always been able to do credit checks on employees.
40. Balsamic vinegar has always been available in the U.S.
41. Macaulay Culkin has always been "Home Alone."
42. Their parents may have watched "The American Gladiators" on TV the day they were born.
43. Personal privacy has always been threatened.
44. Caller ID has always been available on phones.
45. Living wills have always been asked for at hospital check-ins.
46. The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the same starting quarterback.
47. They never heard an attendant ask "Want me to check under the hood?"
48. Iced tea has always come in cans and bottles.
49. Soft drink refills have always been free.
50. They have never known life without Seinfeld references from a show about "nothing."
51. The Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born.
52. Moscow residents have always been able to buy Big Macs.
53. The Royal New Zealand Navy has never been permitted a daily ration of rum.
54. The Hubble Space Telescope has always been eavesdropping on the heavens.
55. 98.6 F or otherwise has always been confirmed in the ear.
56. Michael Milken has always been a philanthropist promoting prostate cancer research.
57. Offshore oil drilling in the United States has always been prohibited.
58. Radio stations have never been required to present both sides of public issues.
59. There have always been charter schools.
60. Students always had Goosebumps.

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Six Feet Under

I just finished watching the entire HBO series Six Feet Under. The final episode, in the last 6 minutes, made me cry. I love this show. I can't express that enough, I'm sad there were only 5 seasons. It's about a family who owns a funeral home, but it's not really about death, it's about their lives. A lot of it I could relate to, because a lot of crazy drama you can hardly believe happens in that show, and a lot of crazy drama you can hardly believe happened to me in the last 2 years. Anyway, it's also really funny! It has such a great sense of humor. I suggest putting the pilot episode on your netflix or whatever and you will get addicted. Here's a clip from my favorite scene in the show (besides the last episode). It's a funny one, enjoy.





and an hbo thing

oh snap

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/08/pot.eradication/index.html

it's like a real-life episode of Weeds.

sooo

summer is almost over, oh snap.... have you ever realized how much fun saying the word "snap" is? try it out! my favorite thing to say is "Holy Snap." it just rolls off the tongue in such a delightful way. seriously. I dare you to take the challenge.

I really am so tired I feel like I am going to faint. but I won't.... I never do. I think it's a subconscious thing, refusing to faint. Some people are just swooners, I'm not. It would be great if I could let myself pass out, bc then I could go home for the rest of the day, but as much as I want to I just can't let myself. I mean, of course I've passed out from consuming too many substances, but naturally just fainting.... nope!

I'm going to Scotland in exactly 2 weeks! I'm really excited, to be in a new country, to see all the famous & innovative performances at the festivals. but also nervous- I will be going with my boss, who is heading the trip, and he always makes me feel like I am never doing enough. Also, I hardly know anyone else on the trip... so it could be good or bad. I didn't know anyone when I went to Italy but I made friends quickly... so hopefully it will be like that. And did you know that the UK pound is worth 2 American dollars?? it's worse than the Euro (which equals about 1.60 American dollars), it's double! well I don't plan on coming back with a whole bunch of stuff... but I would like a little memento or three (ha). I'll work it out.

ummm I've been listening to Tool, and A Perfect Circle (Tool's lead singer's side band), almost nonstop lately. Their music is f-ing brilliant and I can't get enough. I listened to Tool almost everyday when I was a senior in HS... and now I'm in love again. A Perfect Circle has more radio-friendly songs, but is just as amazing as Tool. It's the lyrics that are so deep. They're about life, mortality, addiction, and death (but it's not morbid... at least not to me). So if you are looking for some new music that will blow your mind, here's a starter playlist:

Schism - Tool
Right In Two - Tool
H. - Tool
Parabola - Tool

Pet - A Perfect Circle
Judith - A Perfect Circle
Passive - A Perfect Circle
The Outsider - A Perfect Circle


yeah.... so this a random, hodgepodge entry.... enjoy. lol.

oh, lately

so I thought I'd actually write something instead of just posting announcements for openings and song lyrics. hmmm G51's Mapping the Invisible opening was good! it's a beautiful show. But for the first hour I got stuck sitting at another DSA gallery down the street, which was also having an opening at the same time. I was instructed to count visitors (easy enough, except when they came in the back door) and hand out cards for the G51 show and direct them there. Well, that wasn't as easy. These "visitors" were interns here for the summer installing a special exhibition at the contemporary art museum, and they are from places like NYC and Yale Art school. Do you have a picture in your head yet? They are all such hipsters, with their skinny jeans worn under dresses, with ballet flats or Chucks. or skinny jeans and ironic, old tshirts 3 sizes too small for them. have you ever seen that Mastercard commercial where this guy is in a car on the way to a show, and the announcer is telling you how much his "vintage" clothes cost (hundreds of dollars), all to look like he didn't care and just rolled out of bed?? here it is.




anyway, that's how they all looked, not that I mind that much, but they were also terribly too cool to speak to the attendant. I was also fine with that, because in real NYC galleries, the attendant basically ignores you unless you go out of your way to ask them a question. So I was very professional, right? Well my boss wanted me to talk, a daunting task. these interns were engrossed with themselves and their Pabst Blue Ribbons. ugh. whatever, after an hour I was permitted to go back to homebase and enjoy the real show with my friends. hooray!

I can't believe it is August already. Where did my summer go?? I spent it at work. A break seems like a dream.

Kolok Gallery Opening - Katrina M. d'Autremont

Opening is this Saturday, August 2, from 6 - 8 pm.

Born in Denver to an American father and an Argentine mother, Katrina Marcelle d'Autremont moves between two continents, locates home amid two cultures. Katrina seeks the familiar in the foreign, the transcendent in the immanent. Family, houses, and interiority animate her work. Investigating the relationship between people and place, she traces the formation and elaboration of identity.

Kolok Gallery represents and exhibits artwork by emerging and mid-career, nationally and internationally-based artists. Our goal is to form global relationships and collaborations with both local and international artists, art collectors and arts organizations.
http://www.kolokgallery.com/ 121 Union Street, North Adams, MA 01247