Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

02 Mar 2002, 8:18 a.m.

My roommate's alarm clock has gone off and is playing…

My roommate's alarm clock has gone off and is playing Belle and Sebastian's fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant. Quite agreeable. Yesterday was a strange and uncomfortable day in some respects. In …

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01 Mar 2002, 7:20 a.m.

It's not often that I wonder, "How should I address…

It's not often that I wonder, "How should I address this professor? Would he rather I use his title, his title and last name, or his first name?" and then read a book by him …

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28 Feb 2002, 15:16 p.m.

Even though Bad Subjects is usually full of grad-student wankery, I…

Even though Bad Subjects is usually full of grad-student wankery, I still read it. Case in point: it's fun to skim such a perfect embodiment of the genre, especially when it's queer theory being applied …

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28 Feb 2002, 14:53 p.m.

At the bus stop near my house, I've noticed some…

At the bus stop near my house, I've noticed some unusual litter in the gutter. Among the dust and cigarette butts lie about ten used teabags. My theory: it used to be, very recently, that …

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28 Feb 2002, 7:19 a.m.

The Eagle has landed! …

The Eagle has landed!

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27 Feb 2002, 15:53 p.m.

Pre-Logic banter just gets wackier and wackier. To the…

Pre-Logic banter just gets wackier and wackier. To the tune of "The Farmer and the Cowman": Oh, the p and the not-p should be friends Oh, the p and the not-p should be friends One …

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27 Feb 2002, 8:13 a.m.

I did four loads of laundry last night and now…

I did four loads of laundry last night and now virtually all of my clothes are clean for the first time since I moved. I don't have drawers anymore; all my clothing is viewable at …

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26 Feb 2002, 16:25 p.m.

McWhorter quote of the day: "Okay, as long as you…

McWhorter quote of the day: "Okay, as long as you don't be gettin' all prescriptive."

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26 Feb 2002, 16:20 p.m.

Today I conversed with John McWhorter, my Linguistics professor. …

Today I conversed with John McWhorter, my Linguistics professor. I surprise him, it seems, since I use "whom" and enjoy the odd bit of Gershwin. He surprised me by not knowing that online journals even …

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26 Feb 2002, 10:00 a.m.

Last night Anirvan came over and I discovered that Anirvan…

Last night Anirvan came over and I discovered that Anirvan : me :: me two years ago : Seth two years ago. Anirvan reads this journal "religiously" (hi, Anirvan!), and he has no weblog at …

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