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Studenthood » Sun, Mar 8th 2009 10:29 pm

I’ve been studying the course material for a class called “FACS” (Fine Arts Cultural Studies) and would like to give you two samples of the sorts of things I’m expected to talk about. Seriously.

Behold: L’Apres-midi d’un Faune and John Cage’s “Variations V”.

I wouldn’t ask or even recommend that any of you watch either of those to the end, but I suspect you’ll sypathize with me within only a few seconds of watching. And that’s really all I want, is sympathy. I know I have to do this, but I don’t think suffering of this magnitude should go unnoticed. I share them with you because misery loves company. And I am miserable.

Oh, and if you somehow managed to watch either of those without ever ONCE cracking a “WTF” or at least making a “WTF face”, please explain where and/or how you acquired an immunity to such high concentrations of bullshit.

On a lighter note, it’s nearly summer and I’m pretty sure I’m going to appreciate this one more than any other since… Well… Possibly ever. I’ve had a crappy time adjusting to studenthood and when that first flower blooms, I may actually shed a tear of pure, salty joy. If I can thank FACS for anything, it’s for making me so appreciate the time I get away from it.

And now, you can too. I’m sorry. And you’re welcome.

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  1. 1 Stephanie Wace on Mon, Mar 9th 2009 2:40 am

    You’re so dramatic.

  2. 2 Tyler on Tue, Mar 24th 2009 12:57 pm

    Yes, summer is almost here!

    I don’t really know why, but everytime the cold weather rolls around I loose all initiative in going out and taking photographs. I suppose I’m just not a fan of the cold weather. That, and I’ve never had any luck with winter photography. [My] shots are almost always washed out with white. Bah, ugly.

  3. 3 Vladimir on Tue, Mar 31st 2009 12:02 am

    Yeah… FACS, I remember those days. Wish I didn’t, but I do. The rampant pseudo-intellectualism coupled with constant dick wagging by privileged little bastards trying to one-up each other over who’s more creative and/or uniquely artistic…..(urge to kill rising).

    Hehe, I can’t remember if I ever explained that class to you before you started, but it’s hard to describe until you have a first-hand experience with it. And now you do sticking out tongue

    Remind me to tell you about one of my FACS lectures on synaesthesia… bizarro music, strange paintings, little baggies of garam masala…..

  4. 4 Aaron on Tue, Mar 31st 2009 1:25 am

    They’ve killed it as a major at York, actually. No more FACS degrees! Wonder what those people will (or would have) done with such a thing… More “happenings”, I guess.

    And I’ll remind you. Haha. It sounds interesting. The best thing about FACS is bitching about it before and after.

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