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Brent

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About Me

My name is Brent, and I'm in my last year at the University of Minnesota. I'm a dance major, focusing on modern dance, but my real interest lies in Dance theory in regards to Gender theory and queer theory. I spend a great deal of time at the dance building, but in my spare time I like to read, watch television, occasionally go to the gym, and pretend to studiously work on my senior paper. I would love to go to Grad school and get my PhD in Dance and Culture, after which I would love to write books about dance and teach at some high-brow University. I pretty much revere Ananya Chatterjea...she instills fear into me and makes me want to be as intelligent as I can be. If you hadn't noticed by now...i'm kind of a nerd.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Brent Thomas Radeke
Birthday: July 22, 1984
Birthplace: Grand Forks, ND
Current Location: Minneapolis, uptown
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brizown
Height: 6'1 and 3/4 inches
Right Handed or Left Handed: righty!
Your Heritage: oh you know, french, german, welsh, irish, scottish, and bohemian
The Shoes You Wore Today: black steve madden's and some old ballet shoes
Your Weakness: the perfect jean
Your Fears: never fulfilling my potential
Your Perfect Pizza: lots of pepperoni... and maybe bacon
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: i would like to write a kick-ass paper about queer theory and dance
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: haha, for sure
Thoughts First Waking Up: wtf...i hate mornings
Your Best Physical Feature: my booty...i've been told
Your Bedtime: who knows...hopefully around 12 or 1
Your Most Missed Memory: kally and elizabeth
Pepsi or Coke: coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: macdonald's...but i need to stop soon
Single or Group Dates: single dates
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: rasberry nestea
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate!!!! it's the fastest way to my heart
Cappuccino or Coffee: mostly mochas, but i love me some dark roast coffee too
Do you Smoke: nope
Do you Swear: hells yes
Do you Sing: constantly...i used to be pretty good too
Do you Shower Daily: i try to, but i am not always successful
Have you Been in Love: i sure have
Do you want to go to College: i want to be done with it soon
Do you want to get Married: with the man of my dreams
Do you belive in yourself: i think it's really important to believe in oneself
Do you get Motion Sickness: only twirly rides, but not on roller coasters
Do you think you are Attractive: i'd like to think so
Are you a Health Freak: sort of...yes, but not always
Do you get along with your Parents: not all the time, but it's getting better
Do you like Thunderstorms: i like to cuddle in them
Do you play an Instrument: most certainly i do, the piano...and i used to play saxophone
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: indeed
In the past month have you Smoked: nope
In the past month have you been on Drugs: not that weren't prescribed to me
In the past month have you gone on a Date: i have
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: i work there...gross
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: haha, no! but i want to today
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: nope, i should though
In the past month have you been on Stage: last night
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: it's like 4 degrees outside
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: doubtful
Ever been Drunk: of course
Ever been called a Tease: more than once
Ever been Beaten up: no, not physically
Ever Shoplifted: nope nope
How do you want to Die: with my significant other
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: a professional dancer/theoretician
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My Interests

Dance, French, Stretching, Reading, Philosophy, Yoga, Pilates, Harry Potter, Love, Fashion, Queer Theory, Gender Theory, Judith Butler, Dance Theory, Theorizing the Dancing Body

I'd like to meet:

Judith Butler, Susan Leigh Foster, Bill T Jones, Jane Desmond, anyone who's cool...maybe you!


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Music:

Jay Brannan, Carla Bruni, Calogero, Billy Joel, Kelly Clarkson, Anggun, Claire Gignac, Rufus Wainwright, Joni Mitchell, Linda Eder, Dashoard Confesional, Mindy Smith, Michael Buble, Classical, Philip Glass, Sigur Ros, Fergie, Dashboard Confessional, Snow Patrol, The Fray, Phillip Glass

Movies:

Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice, Crash, Bridget Jone's Diary 1 and 2, The Company, LOTR, Mean Girls, Shortbus, A Chorus Line, Fosse, 8 Femmes, The Family Stone, Saved, The Devil Wears Prada, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Hairspray, Stardust

Television:

Gilmore Girls, Avatar, Will and Grace, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Greys Anatomy, QAF, Ugly Betty, Nip/Tuck, Heroes, Pushing Daisies

Books:

Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jone's Diary 1 and 2, Harry Potter (All of them), Les Trois Mousquetaires, anything by Judith Butler

Heroes:

Judith Butler, Susan Leigh Foster, anyone who's had to fight for what they believe in, Ananya Chatterjea

My Blog

survey about my number 1

1) What's their name?Phillip Higgs2) Does he or she have a boyfriend/girlfriend?tis i&in fact3)Do you get along with this person all the time?not always&but for the most part, it is amazing4) How old ...
Posted by Brent on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:06:00 PST

QUEER

What does it mean to be queer?After discussing Judith Butler's essay on Performativity and Citationality in relation to sex (as in male and female) in my Theorizing the Dancing Body class, I find myse...
Posted by Brent on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:20:00 PST

cue the violins, i’m ready for my closeup

Of all the places I thought I'd find it. I didn't expect it to be here. With you.I'm not gaining anything or losing anything. I just am. Completely. My sanity is like a raindrop. It falls and bre...
Posted by Brent on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:03:00 PST

what i’m really trying to say is...

Perhaps one of the most defining moments in a person's life is when s/he is completely alone, without help, no aid. Why, then, in an age of internet isolation and cyberrelations does it seem that ind...
Posted by Brent on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:54:00 PST

how it’s gonna be

The school year has started. I'm in less pain today than I was in yesterday. It's hard to get back into shape, even if you went to the gym almost every day. Nothing can really prepare you for Carl ...
Posted by Brent on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:15:00 PST

all growed up

So yesterday I finished moving out of my old house. I used to have help from my parents when I did something like this. This time, it was all me. I moved it all to my new apartment, virtually by my...
Posted by Brent on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:05:00 PST

moving

So I haven't posted a blog or done really much of anything on myspace lately. I've decided to change that today.I'm currently in the process of moving to a new apartment so I've been frazzled lately....
Posted by Brent on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:34:00 PST

am i awake?

So I just decided to categorize this blog as life. It's about life, I guess. Haha.So the last few days have been quite nice. Thursday, Elizabeth and I went to Lake Calhoun with Ruby and her friends...
Posted by Brent on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:35:00 PST

c'est fini

so, my semester is now over...is that crazy? Looking at this year in retrospect, I'm kinda of blown away by everything I've done. I'm absolutely exhuasted, and last night I got all light headed and ...
Posted by Brent on Wed, 09 May 2007 06:56:00 PST

friends

so this is another sort of depressing blog. It recently has been announced to me that the two people I know best, and who know me best will both be thousands of miles away from me starting this summe...
Posted by Brent on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:06:00 PST