the bawdy and performitivity a la fuck-o

our house got broken into over the weekend. my apartment was not touched, but my friends downstairs had two laptops and a bunch of other crap stolen, including some anthropology articles (why??)
yesterday, ilka went to ask our "culture and the documentary" professor for an extension in light of the extenuating circumstances, i.e. her laptop with all her notes being stolen. he was sympathetic and commiserated with her by sharing a story about his friends whose house was burgralized, and apparently one of the thiefs took a crap inside this person's Habermas book. his coda was "now that's what I call the lumpen proletariat."

question: why are all my professors insane?

it's a pretty funny story though, albeit a weird one for a professor to tell a student in this situation. it also reminded me of my ex-boyfriend's behavior towards my Lacan book (let's just say it was related to the phallus, and it was a misguided attempt at some kind of synchronicity) which i had successfully repressed for the last 4 years.

i think this entry needs to end now.

WHAT???

okay, the homeland security bill just passed, with all the implications (that the general public as well as the senate members seem to not be aware of) for civil rights, legal process, union rights and lawsuits against harmful vaccines of pharmaceutical companies. dear bill of rights, for whom the bell tolls? it tolls for thee. an oil spill twice the size of the exxon valdez is in progress off the coast of spain (no! portugal! no! spain! no! we are not cleaning it up! well, neither are we! ack, it's all britain's fault anyway!). children in argentina are dying of malnutrition. and yet, THIS is a front-page story on CNN.

WHAT THE FUCK??????


Michael Jackson dangles baby out window

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 Posted: 2:05 AM EST (0705 GMT)
Jackson held a baby over the railing of his fourth-floor hotel window in Berlin on Tuesday.
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Singer Michael Jackson dangles a baby over a balcony at his hotel in Berlin, Germany, as fans below call out to him (November 19)
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BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- Singer Michael Jackson briefly dangled a barefoot baby over the railing of his fourth-floor hotel window on Tuesday, providing a momentary if odd thriller for fans waiting on Berlin's central square below.
The "King of Pop" arrived in the German capital after three days of testimony last week in California in a $21 million lawsuit by a German promoter over cancelled concerts.
A crowd of screaming fans greeted the reclusive entertainer, in town to receive a lifetime achievement award at a ceremony on Thursday night, in front of the Adlon Hotel.
When he got up to his room, Jackson opened his window and held a light-skinned baby, a white towel over the tot's head, briefly over the metal railing. He held the baby with one hand.
Jackson also showed off another child who was about four or five years old. The child, whose face was also covered in white, waved to the crowd below.
A spokeswoman said Jackson was travelling with his children.
Jackson has three children, two by ex-wife Debbie Rowe, five-year-old son Prince Michael and four-year-old daughter Paris. He also has a baby who is less than one year old.
Jackson arrived to the hotel wearing a white surgical mask over his mouth and nose, but later removed it.