construction work on my building makes me feel like a tooth about to be drilled.

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I'm starting to think I should start watching Werner Herzog's films.  I'm trying to pick out the ones that sound the best but they all sound so intriguing.  Well, okay:  La Soufrière - Waiting for an Inevitable Disaster, Stroszek, Where the Green Ants Dream, Echoes from a Somber Empire, Lessons of Darkness, Bells from the Deep, The Wild Blue Yonder.  Maybe Encounters at the End of the World? 

This because of research into Joy Division... a band whose namesake I know more about.  Ian Curtis hanged himself after watching Stroszek.

I mean really, this is how he describes Fata Morgana: "a documentary shot by extraterrestrials from the Andromeda Nebula, and left behind."  He must be cool.  He also has a phobia of chickens, of all things, and they feature prominently in his work.

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[royinpink.livejournal.com]

you know how joy division got their name?

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I always thought it was after that pseudo-real concentration camp memoir about sexual slavery.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

sounds like an appropriately 80's-hipster namesake...

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I think the name itself is really quite interesting... I'm not sure about their use of it, per se, but how curious of a name. that is, if it's real at all, which it may not be (in which case, credit to the author for inventing it).

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

true, i s'pose. it's clever

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'nyway, how are you? I haven't heard from you in a while.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda bored, honestly. And tired at the moment for no good reason. But Rebecca (Tara's roomie before me, before she went to Mexico for a semester) is staying with us right now, so we are semi-social. Went to the Red & Black coffee house today and had vegan food and tried to study while they tried to make comics. Dunno what to say, really--life is boring... Reed sent home a letter about academic probation, so my parents are 'concerned,' which is kind of stressful. Debating what chances I have applying to a scholarship--if it's even worth trying or I should just find something I'd have to pay for...

How are you?

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Yeah, I'm pretty bored too. And lonely, and sad... well, kind of, it's getting better. I just don't like being here. I haven't even had most of my classes yet. I also have very little motivation to do anything like write, and I'm too sleepy to study. I have class early tomorrow, am thinking I should just give up and go to bed.

That sucks about academic probation though. But really, your parents are too far away to matter too much, ha ha. As for the scholarship thing... that's more a question for an academic advisor, although I would always say to try for something like a scholarship.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about the bored and lonely and sad... but glad it's getting better. You're back at Barnard then? I haven't had any classes yet--they start the 28th. Sometimes sleep is a good option. I tend to feel guilty that I haven't accomplished anything and deprive myself of sleep for NO reason whatsoever, which just makes it worse. I don't recommend it. Aim for productivity tomorrow or something...

Yes, I am glad my parents are far away. And my advisor is panicked and so won't respond in time for the fucking deadline...grr. I guess I can try. But I need a letter from him, ahahaha.

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Yeah, I think sleep has been doing me good in the past few days of stress, which means I'm going to bed. Mmm, just the thought brings me happiness. I really find it difficult to deprive myself of sleep... it really doesn't work well, I just end up falling asleep at the computer.

The advisor's not panicked because of you, is he? Cuz that's pretty pathetic.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

aww, that's cute.

haha, no. he's panicked about his classes.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

also, "Deafeat You" makes me bizarrely happy. i do a little dance in my room.

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we used to dance around to that in 7th grade, if you remember.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

yes, of course i do! because we were awesome.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

exactly. I'm still convinced that Smashmouth wrote it about DBZ.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

what if they wrote it about some other show? that never occurred to me, it was like DBZ or nothing

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I know - I've heard of perhaps a Star Wars connection. But to me it is DBZ forever.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

psshh, Star Wars.

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same here.

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ooh, new layout. i like, as always...

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thanks muchacha.