November 2004 Archives
Tell Them Your Project Failed Day
Stand on your chair and tell them you don’t like the way things are going: your writers disappeared; your editors fled the city in terror; your publication didn’t produce either content or porn. “I’m tired,” say, “and I’m losing the…Continue reading "Tell Them Your Project Failed Day"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 30, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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Dear Dr. C.,
Let’s talk about cock. By Thursday afternoon you expect me to write a well-argued, insightful essay of no more than 8 pages on the topic of gender in Renaissance drama. To help me you have even provided a list of…Continue reading "Dear Dr. C.,"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 29, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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Flashback
The last three months were filled with wild eyes, marvellous flesh, and cocks of desire. See! If you want to go further into the past, you’ll find previous flashbacks here and here….Continue reading "Flashback"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 28, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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Television is Bad
After watching TV for six hours (and writing zero essays) I have the sudden urge to rinse my eyeballs….Continue reading "Television is Bad"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 28, 2004 in Various Positions
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Buy Nothing Day
Nicole jumped on my back and we ran through the concourse kicking people.Continue reading "Buy Nothing Day"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 26, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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Learning Taskforce and Technology
The first meeting of the taskforce on learning services took place last Friday. It was intense. “Let’s dream of the future,” someone said; we closed our eyes and envisioned ways of integrating the existing academic services at Laurier. Most of…Continue reading "Learning Taskforce and Technology"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 25, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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Astrology Rocks
I should have used my astrology profile to fill out my applications for teachers’ college. Astrology is the art of spewing wonderful (but ultimately meaningless) insights, and universities crave shit like this: Tudor has strong opinions and expresses his views…Continue reading "Astrology Rocks"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 24, 2004 in Various Positions
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Student Politics Kills Idealists
In September we tasted power and howled in the streets. Back then we loved student politics: the future was ours, we were doing good deeds and winning impossible battles. But everything changed in three months. Now we’re disillusioned and tired…Continue reading "Student Politics Kills Idealists"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 23, 2004 in Politics
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Anarchy on Bloor Street
For that one moment in the middle of the street, we held on to each other and felt revolutionary as though we just reinvented tenderness.Continue reading "Anarchy on Bloor Street"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 22, 2004 in Friends & Lovers
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I Stopped Making Shit up
The application process to teachers’ college is slow and tedious. I have a hard time saying nice things about myself — I’d rather be caustic, witty, self-deprecating. But I want to get in. So I’m giving serious responses to serious…Continue reading "I Stopped Making Shit up"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 20, 2004 in Various Positions
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Dearest Love,
“I want you too,” I’ll say, and give you something silly and sentimental like a heart-shaped leaf.Continue reading "Dearest Love,"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 19, 2004 in Friends & Lovers
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The Union (in)action
The BOD outdid itself yesterday. “The part-time faculty’s working conditions are just dandy,” we said. We like the fact they get paid below minimum wage and have to hold office hours in washrooms because they don’t have any offices…Continue reading "The Union (in)action"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 18, 2004 in Politics
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I Don’t Like Robots
Google me up! That’s right — searching for “Tudor Costache” or “penis on a plate” will no longer bring up my blog. Last night I realized that I have no useful or practical information to offer the world and I…Continue reading "I Don't Like Robots"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 18, 2004 in Various Positions
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Unexpected
I heard of their breakup through their blogs. Shirley wrote about heartache; Jason said it was over. There was crying and anger and I felt like shit but couldn’t say anything. But today, when I saw Jason again, he…Continue reading "Unexpected"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 16, 2004 in Friends & Lovers
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Fix up the Fuck up Day
Saturday at 11:30 PM I realized I was screwed. That’s when I looked at the computer science courses offered next semester and realized I wouldn’t be able to graduate — I didn’t have the prerequisites for any of the courses…Continue reading "Fix up the Fuck up Day"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 16, 2004 in Various Positions
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Public Service Announcements
1. WLUSU is having an open forum on Wednesday, November 17th, in the concourse. Stop by between 11 am and 2 pm and scream at your elected representatives. Civilized discourse is over-rated. If you’re unsure what to scream about, here’s…Continue reading "Public Service Announcements"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 15, 2004 in Various Positions
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Say Something Nice
After Scrabble and coffee, I went home and wrote exceedingly nice things about myself. I’m applying for teachers’ college and they want to see enthusiasm, excitement. They want also to get a sense of who I really am. “My penis…Continue reading "Say Something Nice"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 14, 2004 in Various Positions
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Monday
The rest of my life will be decided this Monday….Continue reading "Monday"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 13, 2004 in Various Positions
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Providing For My Needs
Someone in the Students’ Union has a wonderful sense of humour. In my mailbox one morning I found a glossy travel brochure for Hedonism, a resort where “pleasure comes in many forms.” Vacations in the 1970’s were advertised with…Continue reading "Providing For My Needs"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 12, 2004 in Various Positions
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Anniversary
Wow! I feel like celebrating now that I’ve been blogging for a year. Orgies and offerings would be nice, but so far nobody volunteered to partake in either. Looks like I’ll have to settle for something different. “What should I…Continue reading "Anniversary"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 11, 2004 in Writing & the Media
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Taskforce
The good: I’m part of the newly created taskforce on student learning services. The committee has ambitious plans to further academics at Laurier and I’m excited to be part of it. Dr. Sue Horton, the new VP academic, wants the…Continue reading "Taskforce"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 10, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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Dance Me
During his lecture, Max Wyman suggested that dance is the most “piercing affirmation of what it means to be human.” He showed the audience clips from famous ballets and how twitching muscles express emotion. I liked the men in tights…Continue reading "Dance Me"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 10, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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Dance Lecture, In Brief
He said dance is about transcendence and touch. Just like fucking. Or smelling fingers.Continue reading "Dance Lecture, In Brief"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 09, 2004 in Ideas & Images
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The Things They Thought Me
I learned three wonderful things today: 1. If you bike through a snowfall, ice pellets will jab your eyeballs with savage intensity. I learned this while rushing to school to drop two courses. Today was the last day for…Continue reading "The Things They Thought Me"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 08, 2004 in Various Positions
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Apart-ment
My Visionary Indian friend is looking for an apartment. He needs a place where he can hang his pictures and dance in his underwear all day long. We drove through the city looking at behemoths of concrete, the wind…Continue reading "Apart-ment"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 08, 2004 in Various Positions
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Toothless
Weekends without Martha are strangely unfulfilling. She had her wisdom teeth removed and called me Saturday to tell me that the drugs they give you make your ass itch. She’s recovering now from the gashes in her jaws and the…Continue reading "Toothless"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 07, 2004 in Friends & Lovers
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Critiquing the Critique
The Cord received seven scathing letters this week. People were “disgusted” and “sickened” by the campus pictorial published in the previous issue: two students jammed under a crumpled car. The car appeared on campus early one morning as a reminder…Continue reading "Critiquing the Critique"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 04, 2004 in Various Positions
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e-Biz Bullshit
When I found out that the e-Biz club was running a website showcase, I eagerly submitted my site only to have my enthusiasm crushed by the following message: Due to the nudity on your blog we cannot feature it in…Continue reading "e-Biz Bullshit"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 03, 2004 in Various Positions
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Sundays
Sundays with Martha are filled with leaps into the air, long walks through empty streets, parks and spaghetti, electrified tongues on naked bellies, uncontrollable giggles… “You give me too much tenderness,” she cried….Continue reading "Sundays"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 02, 2004 in Friends & Lovers
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How to Get in her Pants
Next morning when the party is over, you wash off your makeup and go back to being a boy.Continue reading "How to Get in her Pants"
Posted by Tudor on Nov 01, 2004 in How To
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