Oh great and powerful internet, I need help with something… I had a random idea for a lesson on visual close reading in my class next semester and I need to put together a bunch of movie posters in in a powerpoint to do it. So, question for everyone. What are your favorite movie posters.…
I can’t believe that I actually care about this. And I really can’t believe that I’m about to side with Iggy Azalea over Q-Tip… but I am. So apparently it’s a slow news day. I keep seeing people ranting about Iggy Azalea and how she apparently has failed to address the problem of racial violence…
top: Tamir Rice, Micheal Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford III. bottom: Darrien Hunt, Ezell Ford. Compliments: LiberalAmerica.org You know how I ranted a whole bunch about the Michael Brown incident over the last couple months? And a year ago, I ranted a bunch about Trayvon Martin? So you’d think I would…
Photo Credit: New York Times As I begin writing this, it is 5am and I have spent nearly 12 hours watching around the clock coverage of the Michael Brown/Darren Wilson/Ferguson, MO situation. I thought about writing about it yesterday before the decision came down (I’ve written about it a couple times before,…
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, hey Mav, since you are off of school and work this week and clearly just sitting around doing nothing, why don’t you hook us up with some Facebook Pictionary love? Well, except that I’m not doing nothing. I’m hard at work on a paper because I’m a grad…
This is a repost from my mom… because my mom is cooler than your mom. Now, of course I’m pretty sure she’s going to be mortified in a decade or so when her grandchildren go back and see that she posted this… Actually, no she won’t… because my mom is cooler than your mom. I…
Here’s a longer one. Since I always say they’re easy, I’m just going to go ahead and say this one is hard and see how it goes. Rules are the same as always. Its a phrase of some sort. Ten points to whoever can figure it out before Jameel. And the timer starts now!
I know it’s cliche, but I write a lot of things in the shower. Somehow, it’s just a good place to get a lot of ideas sorted out. I don’t necessarily know what I am going to be writing in the shower, but I do have a lot of ideas there. Today, I was planning…
Day 119 – by PhotoKat So I have email from my niece, (or at least a server somewhere pretending to be her and sending me a nice form letter) asking me to help her girl scout troop by buying nuts or magazines… Ummm… what the fuck? Magazines? Nuts? Where the fuck…
And so the Pope just announced that evolution totally exists and that God isn’t magic… Yep… ok, I understand what’s going on now… The whole pope all an elaborate practical joke. I know you think I’m full of shit, but I’ve done extensive research for more than five solid minutes just now (enough to write a freshman…
It’s been a little while, and I’m at a break between things I need to do this morning, so I thought I’d take five minutes out and do a Pictionary sketch! The rules are the same as always, the timer keeps going until Jameel guesses right. 10 points to anyone who gets the answer before…
So remember like a month ago when i asked people to help me come up with virginity quest films for a paper I was working on? I’m still working on that paper. Yesterday, while working on this with my project partner, Miranda, we decided to start tracking real life statistics on virginity. If you follow me…
I was working on my computer when I heard line ring in the other room. I yelled for Steph to pick it up, since usually the landline is her mother calling. But Steph looked at the CallerID and said “yeah, I’m not getting that.” I ran in to double check. The Call is from 1-800-000-0000…
I keep seeing people post this story about how Pennsylvania governor, Tom Corbett has been “caught” photoshopping a black woman into his campaign photo. At first glance the photo is innocuous; there is Corbett standing amongst his legions of constituents, a man amongst the people, listening to their problems, doing what governors do! And right there…
So my house has a home security system installed. We also have infrared security cameras that point at our yard. I was outside a moment ago having a cigarette on my porch and a little boy, maybe seven, who lives in the neighborhood asked me about them. Boy: Hey mister, what is that camera for?…