thoughts right now...
[NB: Any references that seem bizarre e.g. 'a sorta mission statement (here with you)' or 'thoughts right now' are probably Tori Amos related. They could also be from The Simpsons or Absolutely Fabulous, but those are assumed knowledge.]
Anyway, thoughts right now:
1. 'Love, Thy Will Be Done' (by Martika) is one heck of a song, and I must invest in a copy of Martika's Kitchen as soon as possible. The Prince-penned title track will be a bonus. Of course, I have the song on bloody cassingle (as well as 'Martika's Kitchen' and 'Coloured Kisses'), but what bloody good is that to me now? The song does have rather suspiciously religious imagery, but my care factor is set to low on that one. If I can get into Tori's The Beekeeper despite its being based on The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, then I can choose to interpret lyrics such as "Love thy will be mine, and make me strive for the glorious and divine" in a secular light.
2. Despite my best intentions, I have, it would seem, been sucked in by series 5 of Big Brother. I realised this was the case when Geneva was evicted last night, and I sort of cared. Not much, admittedly, but enough to realise that I am no longer simply keeping track of it (mostly through the website, much more bearable than the show) just because I feel it is required of me as a (wannabe) pop culture comentator. This became even more apparent today when I realised that Glenn (the sheep-shearing misogynist) was up for eviction. The website says that a vast majority of people think he is going to be voted off. This gave me a small degree of joy. Shit.
3. I need to get around to writing an appreciation of Lisa Simpson. This though occured to me when watching the epsiode recently where Homer and Ned Flanders become friends (Homer Loves Flanders - from Season Five, my favourite season). There are so many reasons to love her, but her little tendency towards postmodernism was the feature being highlighted in that episode:
(Bart expresses concern at the apparent friendship between Homer and Flanders)
Lisa: Don't worry, Bart. It seems like every week something odd happens to the Simpsons. My advice is to ride it out, make the occasional smart-alec quip, and by next week we'll be back to where we started from, ready for another wacky adventure.
Bart: Ay, caramba!
Lisa: That's the spirit.)
and then later...
Bart: I don't get it, Lis. You said everything would be back to normal, but Homer and Flanders are still friends.
Lisa: Yeah. Maybe this means the end of our wacky adventures.
Gold. Pure gold.
4. I need - more urgently - to work on my thesis and the journal article I'm trying to write. Anyone with thoughts on 'pornobiography' should get in contact. (NB. both are pop culture related so this isn't about me... gee, I'm having a tough time of this whole not writing about my life thing aren't I?)
Anyway, thoughts right now:
1. 'Love, Thy Will Be Done' (by Martika) is one heck of a song, and I must invest in a copy of Martika's Kitchen as soon as possible. The Prince-penned title track will be a bonus. Of course, I have the song on bloody cassingle (as well as 'Martika's Kitchen' and 'Coloured Kisses'), but what bloody good is that to me now? The song does have rather suspiciously religious imagery, but my care factor is set to low on that one. If I can get into Tori's The Beekeeper despite its being based on The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, then I can choose to interpret lyrics such as "Love thy will be mine, and make me strive for the glorious and divine" in a secular light.
2. Despite my best intentions, I have, it would seem, been sucked in by series 5 of Big Brother. I realised this was the case when Geneva was evicted last night, and I sort of cared. Not much, admittedly, but enough to realise that I am no longer simply keeping track of it (mostly through the website, much more bearable than the show) just because I feel it is required of me as a (wannabe) pop culture comentator. This became even more apparent today when I realised that Glenn (the sheep-shearing misogynist) was up for eviction. The website says that a vast majority of people think he is going to be voted off. This gave me a small degree of joy. Shit.
3. I need to get around to writing an appreciation of Lisa Simpson. This though occured to me when watching the epsiode recently where Homer and Ned Flanders become friends (Homer Loves Flanders - from Season Five, my favourite season). There are so many reasons to love her, but her little tendency towards postmodernism was the feature being highlighted in that episode:
(Bart expresses concern at the apparent friendship between Homer and Flanders)
Lisa: Don't worry, Bart. It seems like every week something odd happens to the Simpsons. My advice is to ride it out, make the occasional smart-alec quip, and by next week we'll be back to where we started from, ready for another wacky adventure.
Bart: Ay, caramba!
Lisa: That's the spirit.)
and then later...
Bart: I don't get it, Lis. You said everything would be back to normal, but Homer and Flanders are still friends.
Lisa: Yeah. Maybe this means the end of our wacky adventures.
Gold. Pure gold.
4. I need - more urgently - to work on my thesis and the journal article I'm trying to write. Anyone with thoughts on 'pornobiography' should get in contact. (NB. both are pop culture related so this isn't about me... gee, I'm having a tough time of this whole not writing about my life thing aren't I?)
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