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stop counterculturalism now

A Graduate Student Avoiding his Ph.D., Being Productive,
or Being Creative and Useful in Any Real Way...

Sunday, October 29

Interesting myspace blog regarding the war in Iraq and the midterm elections: Mystery Cookie.
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Sumblime - Badfish

Thursday, October 26

When you grab a hold of me
Tell me that I'll never be set free
But I'm a parasite creep and crawl I step into the night
Two pints of booze
Tell me are you a badfish too? (Are you a badfish too?)

Ain't got no money to spend
I hope the night will never end
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef

Baby your a big blue whale
Grab the reef when all duck diving fails
I swim but I wish I've never learned
The water's too polluted with germs
I dive deep when it's ten feet overhead
Grab the reef underneath my bed
It's underneath my bed

Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to grow old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef

Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to get old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef
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Tuesday, October 24

According to 'subliminal' sexual images and response time study: "it appears that our minds are exquisitely tuned to detect sexual opportunity." Link, via Scientific American dot com.
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loudQUIETloud, the new Pixies documentary

Austin, TX: Alamo South Lamar October 23, October 27 - November 2
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Wednesday, October 18

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Decemberists, Ben Folds, My Morning Jacket

Stubb's Bar-B-Q, ATX:
THE DECEMBERISTS w/LAVENDER DIAMOND
OCT 24, 2006

BEN FOLDS W/CORN MO
NOV 3, 2006

MY MORNING JACKET
NOV 18, 2006

And, it looks like Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker is going to release a solo album.
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Monday, October 16

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Saturday, October 14

"Are you serious!?!? omg. Am I in a lot of trouble?" texts a 14 year old girl to her mom regarding her mom's warning that secret service men were on the way to interrogate her about a death threat to president Bush which she posted on Myspace. (link)

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Mating and dating

Wednesday, October 11

UT evolutionary psychologist Norm Li on his recent mating and dating research: Self-reported "physical attractiveness [was] a necessity for men and resources for women, but that as budgets increased, individuals didn’t necessarily demand higher levels of attractiveness and resources." e.g., we want a well-rounded partner after get what we think we want initially, or that maybe we do need, -- attractiveness (bling?) and resources (bling bling?)

"How, then, do we find the perfect mate? Li says we come to understand both our own mating budgets and what we are looking for. Basically, then, we recognize a bargain when we see it." Link

Or you could go for romance, intimacy, and the like:
I'd pay any price just to get you
I'd work all my life and I will
To win you I'd stand naked, stoned and stabbed

I'd call that a bargain
The best I ever had

-The Who, Bargain
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Monday, October 9

So, OU lost it's football game to its rival Texas... but do they really have to put crying OU children on television? link: youtube
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