Dude, that really sucks. You would think he could particularly not be condescending if he had to give you bad news. Also, I'm sorry you couldn't go tonight!
He was a total dick. And he only called me baby at the end, when I got all the info on the procedure and so forth and I said thank you and goodbye and then he said, "bye, baby!" and I just stared at the phone for a while trying to decide if I wanted to call back and go nuclear on him, but I decided I was busy.
Right after Snakes on a Plane came out, I tried to get a bunch of people to go to their gig with me, but no one was up for it, and it only seemed funny in a group, so I never went.
Here's the thing though, I lived in DC during an utterly golden age of live music down there. I saw EVERYONE (well, except NIN, because everytime they were in town, I got tickets, wound up with a school conflict and had to sell them -- all three of those times the people I sold the tickets too later had sex with Trent, which is so fucking ridiculous I don't know what to do, but better them than me) -- The Cure, Siouxsie, NIck Cave, Sisters of Mercy, Violent Femmes, Dead Can Dance, Suzanne Vega, Moby (when no one knew who he was at all), 808 State, The Shamen (okay, okay, so lots of cheesy early-90s music, but it was an awesome time), Danielle Dax, Sting, MIdnight Oil, The B-52s, Concrete Blonde, The Pet Shop Boys. And I don't think I paid more than $15 for a single ticket. So I'm spoiled. Ruinously so.
Oh my god. You are spoiled! That is insanely awesome; I haven't seen any of those bands. And I can't believe you know people who had sex with Trent Razor. I don't even think he's that attractive, but it's still pretty cool.
The terrible one. Every other class I've had this week has provided food and alcoholic drinks, and then spent the entire time chatting, in celebration of it being the end.
This one? Has five articles to read, with presentations being given on each one, and a paper due.
Ha! True. Well, most of the people in it aren't too bad, but I really do have no particular interest in getting tipsy with the professor.
I'll have to tell you stories about the other linguistics professor sometime, though- the one who's not teaching this class. He's this outrageously flaming gay man with the weirdest backstory.
I think it's an inevitable thing once you've been around for a while in a department, especially a small one. But hell, I just loiter around academics, which is all sorts of disturbing.
Yeah. But unfortunately the professors I'm closer to don't seem to throw the exciting kinds of parties.
Nah. That way you get all the benefits of knowing the people without having to do the work. Except that the people are often bizarre. Which I suppose at least still gives you the advantage on people in academia, as you can always leave for a while?
That's so terrible. I have a friend, who's been in three or so classes with me now, but what he really does is act. Which gets him some comments- 'who the hell has archaeology as a hobby?'- whenever he does talk about acting, most people seem genuinely interested in hearing about it.
But on the other hand, I think I may be biasing the sample somewhat by vastly preferring to join the conversations where no one would equate non-academic with idiot. When I've made a point of going to parties with people I don't like as much, I do see the SOs and others who came getting that sort of treatment, which irritates me tremendously.
I would love to see people's reactions if you introduced yourself as a swordsman.
I'm relieved it's not just my imagination. I've found that if I arbitrarily use the word performative or historicity (I could be talking abut sharks or the weather, as long as they are being performative, no one cares) in the first 30 seconds peopel are much nicer. But that is SO LAME.
I will, I think tell peopel I'm a swordsman next time. That's the great thing about a lot of academics, not matter what you say, they always nod sagely at you.
And apparently, because I can only think in tiny little peices right now -- some people want to be Indiana Jones. You friend, however, wants to be Harrison Ford, it seems. Which is pretty delightful, really.
I felt the same way when the guy taking my order at a fast food place the other day called me "sweetheart." Just--no. Why do some people think gross over-familiarity is acceptable?
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Date: 2007-04-25 12:24 am (UTC)But now I am listening to Cobra Starship, which makes everything better.
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Date: 2007-04-25 02:59 am (UTC)Reznor is, among other things, short, like a lot of rock stars I've met (David Bowie being the exception)
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Date: 2007-04-25 03:29 am (UTC)Hee! When did you end up meeting him, then, if you had to keep giving away the tickets?
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Date: 2007-04-25 03:31 am (UTC)I met Bono! He's my height.
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Date: 2007-04-25 03:34 am (UTC)Bono and David Bowie! That's really awesome. Clearly I should just follow you around if I want to meet famous people.
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Date: 2007-04-25 03:35 am (UTC)Well was at one job, now at another. But it all balances in the end.
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Date: 2007-04-25 03:42 am (UTC)Ah. But still, it's getting fairly late.
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Date: 2007-04-25 04:06 am (UTC)Now I just have to make it through my last class on Thursday and I can look forward to much goodness.
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Date: 2007-04-25 04:11 am (UTC)Is it your wretched class or one you like?
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Date: 2007-04-25 04:16 am (UTC)This one? Has five articles to read, with presentations being given on each one, and a paper due.
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Date: 2007-04-25 04:22 am (UTC)And plus who wants to drink with the horrible class really?
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Date: 2007-04-25 04:28 am (UTC)I'll have to tell you stories about the other linguistics professor sometime, though- the one who's not teaching this class. He's this outrageously flaming gay man with the weirdest backstory.
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Date: 2007-04-25 05:16 am (UTC)Nah. That way you get all the benefits of knowing the people without having to do the work. Except that the people are often bizarre. Which I suppose at least still gives you the advantage on people in academia, as you can always leave for a while?
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Date: 2007-04-25 05:24 am (UTC)But when I meet friends of friends and so forth, it's always: "Oh, you're an actor" read "Oh, you're an idiot."
Maybe I should start introducing myself as a fencer or a swordsman or something. Which would just confuse them.
I couldn't feel more illiterate, certainly. ;)
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Date: 2007-04-25 05:37 am (UTC)But on the other hand, I think I may be biasing the sample somewhat by vastly preferring to join the conversations where no one would equate non-academic with idiot. When I've made a point of going to parties with people I don't like as much, I do see the SOs and others who came getting that sort of treatment, which irritates me tremendously.
I would love to see people's reactions if you introduced yourself as a swordsman.
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Date: 2007-04-25 06:02 am (UTC)I will, I think tell peopel I'm a swordsman next time. That's the great thing about a lot of academics, not matter what you say, they always nod sagely at you.
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