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Selmin

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My name is Selmin, they say it means pacifist which I find pretty irrelevant. Location: Midst of nowhere. Occupation: Shoveling cultural snow.
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Retrospective

Carole and I received the news yesterday that our paper "The Perpetual Bachelorette: Seduction and Simulation in Michel Gondry’s Bjork Videos" (which we presented at NYU’s "Music and the M...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Tundra Rap

Been at home trying to write my final paper for Dr. Shaviro's class the last i-lost-track-of-how-many days. After having eaten all the food supplies - which correspond to canned soups, instant ramen n...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:34:00 GMT

The New York Post

Here is my own New York post, written after being pressured by Kim, Kristine and Courtney. My first week in the city is finally over. A few recollections and revelations from last week:* Joel can clim...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:50:00 GMT

D & D

Just when I was desperately looking for a summer job (including asking the department to give me a lousy public speaking course to teach, i was that desperate), I got this email from UN that my intern...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:23:00 GMT

Call me auntie!

Where are the fireworks? My nephew Daghan was born yesterday (pronounced like dagh-hun, the g is silent in turkish)! Thanks to digital technology and satellite connection, I received zilllions of...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:40:00 GMT

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Or as the character on the Cartoon network says, gung who what where? It makes me giggle each time. Well, stupid things on tv make me giggle for no reason these days, like the way Antonio Banderas pro...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:09:00 GMT

Moving... on

I know I have been talking about this since june but I finally decided to move to a studio apartment! After 11 years of communal life with a colorful array of roommates, this feels like a lifestyle ch...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:18:00 GMT

No more Faustian schemes

I received an email from the Graduate School today, offering me the Rumble C. Fellowship for next year. The award includes a stipend, tuition scholarship, subsidized medical and dental insurance cover...
Posted by on Wed, 03 May 2006 12:15:00 GMT

The angry inch continued...


Posted by on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:09:00 GMT

The Angry Inch

Ladies and gentz, lovers of Hedwig and eternal drag-offs, Rumor has it that the Angry Inch was spotted around our very own Broadway theatre on March the 11th. Here are some exclusive photos from ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:27:00 GMT