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About Me

MY NAME IS CYRENA.

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I AM A WOMAN

I AM A GRADUATE STUDENT IN

PHILOSOPHY

AT THE UNIVERISTY OF FLORIDA

I’m like everyone else you know.

I’m not like anyone else you know.

I’m easily dislikable.

I’m easy to know.

I’m reckless and overindulgent.

I’m only shy on the inside.

I’m brown and pink on the outside.

I have nothing against you…yet.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

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THESE PEOPLE FIND ME INTERESTING

Music:

Music I've recently listened to

Movies:

Here is a quite long but not nearly exhaustive list of some movies that I love.Interspersed are some pictures of or from some of the movies I've seen lately.
Shawshank Redemption
Waking Ned Divine
Silence of the Lambs
The Boondock Saints
Lost in Translation
Adaptation
The Royal Tennenbaums
Best in Show
Bananas
Blue Velvet
Lola Rennt
Fight Club
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The Godfather I and II
Dr. Strangelove
Dancer in the Dark
Pi
Trainspotting
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Babette’s Feast
American Psycho
Secretary
Ghost World
Seven
The Big Lebowski
American History X
Boiler Room
Donnie Darko
Batman
Breaking the Waves
Pulp Fiction
Office Space
Magnolia
Love Liza
Mulholland Dr.
Crash
The Celebration
Dogville
Waiting for Guffman
Requiem for a Dream
Following
12 Monkeys
Motorcycle Diaries
High Fidelity
American Beauty
Jesus Christ Superstar
Memento
Fargo
Broken Flowers
Eyes Wide Shut
Traffic
Spun
Jacob’s Ladder
The Station Agent
Happy Endings
The Squid and the Whale
The Doors
Spellbound
Rules of Attraction
Igby Goes Down
The Virgin Suicides
The Man Who Wasn’t There
The Third Man
Casablanca
The Usual Suspects
13 Conversations About One Thing
Annie Hall
Dark City
Snatch
2001: A Space Odyssey
Nothin’ but Trouble
In the Mouth of Madness
The Exorcist
SLC Punk
From Hell
Kids
Garden State
Schindler’s List

Television:

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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

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My Blog

A Little Help from My Friends or Oh Baby, Hoggify

At the risk of seeming irreverent, I present Joe Cocker's amazing take on the Beatles as seen at Woodstock, interpreted for the masses. ...
Posted by The Siege on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:40:00 PST

Recap of LOST in less than 1000 words via McSweeney’s (Hilarious Spoilers Ahead)

THE OPENING ACTFROM THE ORIGINAL,UNUSED TELEPLAYOF LOST'S PILOTEPISODE.BY ANDREW BRIDGMAN- - - -JACK: OK, everyone, gather round. I'm Jack. We crashed on this island. I'm kind of an alcoholic, and I h...
Posted by The Siege on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:31:00 PST

Jesus Christ Superstar

I present to you, in it's entirety, the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar starring Carl Anderson as Judas and Ted Neely as Jesus. This film is perhaps one of the most influential interpretat...
Posted by The Siege on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:40:00 PST

The Dark Night

Due to a University and State wide budget crisis, the administration at the University of Florida decided yesterday to eliminate the PhD program in philosophy. The program is currently ranked among th...
Posted by The Siege on Wed, 07 May 2008 09:23:00 PST

Obama Video

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Posted by The Siege on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:33:00 PST

The Decision Made Itself

In the past month, I've started two potential blog entries that I thought would be interesting. One was a review of the movie King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. If you haven't seen this documentary,...
Posted by The Siege on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:01:00 PST

The Big D

So, I set a date for my thesis defense. Thursday, October 11 at 4. Lord knows at this time last year I never thought I'd see such a day. I suppose I'm happy about it. I'm sure I'll be much happier whe...
Posted by The Siege on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:23:00 PST

The Good News

This past year has been one of the hardest I have ever had to endure. My mother's death along with the loss of some other people in my life and the weight of my thesis hanging over my head contributed...
Posted by The Siege on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:21:00 PST

How to Win Arguments, as it were

Brought to us by the great DAVE BARRY I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at par...
Posted by The Siege on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:11:00 PST

Taylor Mali speaks, so we should, like, listen, ya know.

An anecdote of mine on proofreading: A few summers ago I was teaching at USF and saw a flyer that said, "Drinks, Dancing, Raping." Please, kids, remember to double that ending consonant or no one will...
Posted by The Siege on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:23:00 PST