Tuesday, March 29, 2005

caption for Plato's Timaeus:

So it would seem, Socrates.

drawing my feelings

Current mood: "Hoodie jackets are not hot".

Awkward transition between "fuck everyone, I am NOT getting dressed" and "hmm maybe the homeless men are trying to tell me something by not asking me me to give them &*() &*() any more. And ps, I don't even do that for men with houses".

personal style (when dressed): Laura Ashley meets Lauren Hill.

Favorite article of clothing: green scarf printed with tiny ducks

current affirmations

I will not spend the rest of my life on day 1 of ritual fasting {days of ritual fasting: 1.5}.

The only thing I am "in love with" is information.

Here lies:

A scarring seminar presentation from last year.

Monday, March 28, 2005

current affirmations

Plato's Timaeus is not a dialogue.

neodomesticity

Spam themes:

the simple abundance of male desire
the fishing trip the tree fort lonely
housewives "dripping wet".

Man as first spammer

Why do spammers spam? Or, by commutation, what keeps nonspammers from spamming-- why am I not spamming you right now?

Man as First Spammer: I know a boy so desparate, his %^&* picks up wifi signals. Man as First Spammer. Snap.

Sunday, March 27, 2005

Freire poem

"Man in Swivel Door"

A man is a blank sheet of paper gliding over duckweed
a handprint
a fish
a page of Exodus.

Thursday, March 24, 2005

species pride

Excerpted conversation with AI chatting entity:

Hilary: Shut your big mouth.
jabberwacky: You shut up, I get enough of that.
Hilary: I'm sure you do. You're a dinosaur, after all.
jabberwacky: Call me a computer if you wish, but a large mouth I have not.
user: Alright, you're a computer dinosaur.
jabberwacky: That hurts.

Excerpted conversation with human chatting entity:

Sharon: "Hilary, I think that at this point anything that you are feeling is perfectly normal and valid. Now give me your cell phone".

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

shout out

Name: Hilary Anne Ward
Ethnicity: Autistic
Religion: shaiva siddhanta
Sexual preference: None
Current job: Graduate Teaching Assistant/Web Designer

days of ritual fasting: 4

Current affirmations:

Students can find my office without the help of superstring theory.
Landlord-tenant law applies to me.
I will not straighten my hair or conceal a disability on official documents.
Autism is not a superpower.
I will not question the existence of "Hamtramck".

"My critique of English studies is not anti-intellectual. When Marx wrote Das Capital his research question was "how can I help economically oppressed people", not "how can I read Anna Karenina against my theory?" . Sharon Schnurr, best friend and TA.

Special links:

Satire in AI culture
http://isnt.autistics.org/

Two exercises in the professional imaginary:

Professionals trying to write like teenagers
http://www.cool-2b-real.com/

Scientists trying to write like teenagers
http://www.teenwire.com
(check out "Jim Dandy's very gay day" and the "STD petting zoo").

Etymology of "Spam"
http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamterm.html