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The subject line is a sentence I uttered today in class, while we were talking about Dracula. The gayness is that book is so overwhelming, I can't ignore it anymore. I will be writing about it for my seminar paper. Actually, all the scholars I found state that Stoker was either completely gay and closeted or staunchly heterosexual and hated all gay people. Which is strange, because he was very close to Walt Whitman. I find it very, very bizarre that in Dracula scholarship, it's apparently perfectly acceptable to make claims about the author based on the text. Why? It's because of New Historicism, but why did the New Historicists get so completely into that novel? Anyway, my point is, the seminar paper will be about how Stoker was clearly bisexual, and dealing with the desire to penetrate as well as be penetrated. Hey, why not? I have just as much evidence as everybody else in the field.
I've also decided what I'm going to write for my seminar paper for my Film Theory class. Cary Grant: Great Actor or GREATEST Actor? Just kidding. That's not the title. But the seminar paper will be about Cary Grant, and the sort of pleasure the audience receives from watching Cary Grant be Cary Grant, and how that dynamic is played with throughout his movies. I get to watch a bunch of Cary Grant movies for research. That makes me so happy.
I'm leaving for California in a few days. That also makes me so happy. I've got some stuff to do before I leave, but I'll take care of all that tomorrow.
Jeff Tweedy wrote about his experiences with migraines, depression, panic attacks, and drug abuse for the New York Times. It's really sad and amazing and I love Tweedy more. I also wanted to cry for him.
You should read it.
I've also decided what I'm going to write for my seminar paper for my Film Theory class. Cary Grant: Great Actor or GREATEST Actor? Just kidding. That's not the title. But the seminar paper will be about Cary Grant, and the sort of pleasure the audience receives from watching Cary Grant be Cary Grant, and how that dynamic is played with throughout his movies. I get to watch a bunch of Cary Grant movies for research. That makes me so happy.
I'm leaving for California in a few days. That also makes me so happy. I've got some stuff to do before I leave, but I'll take care of all that tomorrow.
Jeff Tweedy wrote about his experiences with migraines, depression, panic attacks, and drug abuse for the New York Times. It's really sad and amazing and I love Tweedy more. I also wanted to cry for him.
There are a lot of different ways migraines have affected my music, and vice versa: being a musician has allowed me — for lack of a better phrase — to rise above the pain from time to time. I’ve never missed a show because of a migraine. But I’ve played some really horrible shows and cut them short because there was very little I could do to keep going. I’ve played shows where I had bucket on the side of the stage where I threw up in between songs regularly. There’ve been a lot of horrible experiences trying to, well, you know, have the show go on.
You should read it.