Conference was generally good, interesting, intense, political, exhausting, other such things. I found giving my paper completely traumatic and don't really feel that good about it at all, so whatever, I am forgetting about it and moving on!
I've never seen Torchwood before, but on Saturday, lying in bed and kind of hungover, I decided to watch all five hours of 'Children of Earth' on iplayer.
( torchwood. spoilers. )
Half tempted to go and watch earlier episodes now, even though I gather they were mostly pretty bad. Only half tempted. Resisting so far.
The new series of TG, by the way? I am loving it in completely unironic ways. I'm definitely over the worst of TG fannishness (I haven't even read Richard Hammond's second memoir, yet. Though I do own it.) but it still keeps pulling me back. Stephen Fry was on this week, which was extra special. And I found the challenge completely hilarious. I just can't help myself. For shame.
I should be in the library all day but I've stayed home to watch tennis; despite this, I am finishing the first draft of my conference paper today if it kills me. YES.
I also may have to go the doctor because I still can't hear out of my left ear, and it really kind of hurts as well. Probably not a good sign?
I've started watching Dollhouse, and having just seen episode six, I'm sort of hooked. While being, you know, incredulous and disturbed. It seems to be critiquing something that it's totally fetishising at the same time. I'm so conflicted.
represent us in Europe. That's just. Yeah. Awesome. I hope all the people who didn't go vote in those areas because of their political disillusionment or whatever are pleased with themselves. You know what, if you feel like voting is just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils? That's sad and everything, but always vote for the lesser of two evils! You know why? It's less evil!
Not to state the obvious, but I am so, so unspeakably depressed that we've elected two members of the BNP to go and - Mood:pessimistic
(My neighbour plays Only by the Night about a hundred times a day at full volume, and it's beginning to disrupt my mental stability.)
This is by way of saying that their new single is going to be Notion and they put the video up yesterday, and even though I think Notion is kind of a really dull song, new KoL videos thrill me. Caleb/Wall OTP.
Kings Of Leon - Notion
(It lacks Caleb writhing around on a bed and being physically held down by Nathan and Jared, so is not as good as the sex on fire video, obviously.)
( Some random things about it that I loved, with spoilers )
I had no idea Eve Sedgwick had died. Rest in peace, lady. You were awesome, and I will continue to gratuitously quote from Epistemology of the Closet, regardless of relevance, in all my academic writing, ever.
"An understanding of virtually any aspect of modern western culture must be, not merely incomplete, but damaged in its central substance to the degree that it does not incorporate a critical analysis of modern homo/heterosexual definition."
"An understanding of virtually any aspect of modern western culture must be, not merely incomplete, but damaged in its central substance to the degree that it does not incorporate a critical analysis of modern homo/heterosexual definition."
- Mood:sad
American Studies by Mark Merlis, if you haven't read it. I think it's out of print, but I'm confident you can get a second-hand copy for very few pennies, if you try.
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