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About Me

i'm a grad student in english at indiana university. when i'm not obsessing over how math helps to explain cultural systems, i'm usually hanging out with my friends or walking my dog in and around bloomington. i love good friends and good conversations over locally brewed (or cheap, depending on the time of year) beer. whenever i can, i try to get out of b-town - it's a big world out there, and i haven't seen all of it yet!I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 Which Sandman Character are You?
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My Interests

books, math/complex systems, drinking and smoking, movies, hiking, biking, yoga, hanging with friends, walking/petting my dog, travel, cooking, disrupting bureaucracies and challenging the system (when time permits of course!)

I'd like to meet:

peeps

Music:

oh a little bit of everything really - rock, some pop, "alternative" although what *that* means, i'll never be sure, oldies, country (i *am* from texas after all!), hiphop, pretty much anything except new country....so long as i can at least tune it out, we're good.

Movies:

as a self-proclaimed elitist when it comes to most things, one of my great secrets is how much i *love* romantic comedies even though i realize they suck as far as film/acting/writing quality goes. i think, though, one of the funniest movies ever made is the big lebowski.

Television:

the simpsons, south park, the daily show, the colbert report, and recently bones. ummm...those are the only one's i follow, but i can be entertained with anything. i'm also getting into six feet under...in the middle of season 1. good stuff.

Books:

i *love* books - maybe that's why i study them. my current favorites are 'written on the body' by winterson, 'their eyes were watching god' by hurston, 'paradise' by morisson, and one i just read - 'the intuitionist' by colson whitehead - fabulous! oh, and since i'm reading for my qualifying exams right now, the list could go on and on and on. just to add a couple: "kindred" by octavia butler, "the street" by ann petry.

Heroes:

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anyone who stands up against injustice no matter the personal price. those who, through little acts of kindness and grace, make the world a better place in conservative infested areas. those who live in america and aren't eaten up by commodity fetishism and materialism. those who understand history and how it affects the structure of the present. those who aren't afraid. those who protest oppression in all its forms, especially when that protest isn't popular. those who aren't brainwashed by mainstream media, pr firms and the religious wrong.

My Blog

back from blog break

well, i haven't done this in a while. but i figure why not again? i hope everyone had a great thanksgiving! my holiday was good. i went to dallas to visit family, and i saw family i haven'...
Posted by Renee on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:39:00 PST

waiting for results

yesterday was interesting. i had a biopsy done on my small intestine, so that means i got knocked out for the first time in my life. how strange. when they drugged me, i went to slee...
Posted by Renee on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:42:00 PST

junkie fandom

last night, i went to see the cowboy junkies in concert - they were absolutely fabulous...which comes as no surprise since most people whose taste i trust love them. truly beautiful show, and i ...
Posted by Renee on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:59:00 PST

going to a show

this week has been particularly good. perhaps i'm still on a vacation high, but this week has certainly gone well. i've been teaching, having endless meetings, and i turned in the first dr...
Posted by Renee on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:50:00 PST

returning to the land of cold

well, i'm back from l.a. now. i had such a good time in l.a. with matt...i think it had far more to do with matt than with l.a. since that town is *crazy*.everyone in l.a. (ok, yes that's ...
Posted by Renee on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:27:00 PST

sunny warm-ness and the politics of the world

how incredibly annoying - i just typed up this huge blog about l.a., the state of the world and visiting matt....and then hit the wrong button and deleted it all... damn it!oh, can i recapture it....t...
Posted by Renee on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:21:00 PST

i'm going to l.a.

oh boy, oh boy - here i come!!! and i'm so looking forward to the change in weather. this rainy cold windy crap is better left behind. sunny 70s, here i come. and once again, i quest...
Posted by Renee on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:33:00 PST

thundercats ho!

i just spent my requisite lots of money at best buy....seriously, i shouldn't be allowed in that store or target. too tempting...i want *everything*! so today, i bought vol. 1 of season 1 of the...
Posted by Renee on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:33:00 PST

the ghost in the machine

many many years ago, when philosophers were trying to determine the nature of consciousness (i say that like we ever figured it out!), some of them thought that there was a consciousness, a spirit, th...
Posted by Renee on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:32:00 PST

learning from the amish

hello loyal and faithful readers (all one of you) - i've finally decided to put my opinions and comments about the world on myspace again. i know, i know, jump with joy.so i've been thinking a l...
Posted by Renee on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:59:00 PST