http://syndicateandhague.com It's just an intersection Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:45:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Despite the fact that I dislike Valentine's day on principle (I find it obnoxious to have a holiday that seems to have the express purpose of making single people feel like crap), I couldn't help but give Megan a present (a simple Wordpress and theme installation for her cooking blog). ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2010/02/15/oh-valentine/ About five years ago, when I was pondering going back to grad school yet again (because I am addicted or something), I ran into my old screenwriting teacher at Lunds and asked him what he thought.  He said "it will kill your writing." Not to be overly dramatic or anything, but ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2010/02/14/creativity-i-miss-it/ I'm not entirely sure how to start this, so I will start by saying I'm going to obscure some specifics in this to protect someone I care about while still trying to communicate the larger implications/issues in the decision that was handed down. Megan and I were asked to ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2010/01/31/media-generated-societal-narratives/ The other day, I was reminiscing with my friend Kristen about our first Thanksgiving together in New York (10 years ago) - and how it was pretty much the best Thanksgiving that ever existed. If you've never lived far enough away from your family that traveling back home was too much ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2009/11/26/turkey-in-the-bathtub/ Stop sending me special offers.  Stop sending me those damned "checks" to use.  Just stop it. I just spent 45 minutes ripping up your mail - and why did I have to be so careful?  Because you, Citibank, have to put my full name and address in about 10 different places ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2009/11/15/my-open-blog-letter-to-the-credit-card-companies/ Here is where I ramble on about my academic struggles. Just a warning. As most of you who know me IRL know, I'm doing the PhD thing with a peculiar blend of program areas: Learning Technologies (education + technology in its myriad incarnations) and Culture & Teaching. I ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2009/10/31/impassioned-application-vs-impassioned-critical-theory/ You may not know who Jessica Valenti is, but it's never too late to catch up on a strong, smart feminist voice. I bring her up because of her recent marriage and how well she has spoken about the complicated feelings she's had about the process and institution, as ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2009/10/24/feminism-and-marriage-empty-stereotypes/ I spent much of the latter part of last week doing one of the things I do best (and enjoy most): being a thorn in the side of lockstep thinking. Even though I'm too much of a speck to truly change anything in this instance, the least I can ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2009/10/12/on-loyalty/ This isn't really a movie review. I sometimes wonder why sooo many crappy awful movies for dudes get made. And then I came across statistics - via Traction - that in 2008: Women comprised only 16% of all directors, executive producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2009/10/04/whip-it/ I wanted to open this by saying that there are so many things I don't understand about the people crying "socialism" in regards to having public health care, but that isn't entirely true. I intellectually understand a lot of the factors leading them to that reaction. Some of it ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2009/09/30/public-health-care-and-capitalism/