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05/03/2006 03:33 #33686
haircut daytom just sent me a few pics from when Arzu cut my hair(she beat you to it Lil ho), last Easter Sunday. It's the middle of the afternoon for me. I'm going to be editing video all night. You (e:peeps) had best come out to Hallwalls on Thursday to see my screening... or else, yeah.
04/30/2006 23:47 #33685
researchmy serious academic research lead me to this
mrdt - 05/01/06 00:11
oh my God!!! that was a perfect break. thanks.
oh my God!!! that was a perfect break. thanks.
04/30/2006 07:40 #33684
men are scaryI walk alone at night. Usually a few blocks down to the 24 hour Walgreens to get smokes. At least once or twice a month I get hit on by some man from his car. What is creepy is that the last two times it happened, at first I thought the guy was someone I knew so I slowed down to look.
Tonight, or this morning, when it happened I was only a few steps from my house. This man did a U turn and pulled up beside me. I thought it was Chris, my neighbor, so I slowed down. Then I saw it was a complete stranger. He asked me "Where are you going" and I told him "home." Then he asked "where do you live" so I turned away and said "see ya."
Am I a paranoid freak for thinking that this man was insane if he thought I would get into the car with him?
Do any of you men have this problem with unwanted attention from drivers when you are a pedestrian?
Do any of you try to give strange women rides in the middle of the night?
I've been thinking about women's fear of men and wondering about the logic of it.
In the video class I teach it's not uncommon to encounter misogynistic videos made by young men. The last one made me think. Why do young men want to make films that depict violence towards women?
and now...
Why am I afraid to get a ride with a strange man?
Tonight, or this morning, when it happened I was only a few steps from my house. This man did a U turn and pulled up beside me. I thought it was Chris, my neighbor, so I slowed down. Then I saw it was a complete stranger. He asked me "Where are you going" and I told him "home." Then he asked "where do you live" so I turned away and said "see ya."
Am I a paranoid freak for thinking that this man was insane if he thought I would get into the car with him?
Do any of you men have this problem with unwanted attention from drivers when you are a pedestrian?
Do any of you try to give strange women rides in the middle of the night?
I've been thinking about women's fear of men and wondering about the logic of it.
In the video class I teach it's not uncommon to encounter misogynistic videos made by young men. The last one made me think. Why do young men want to make films that depict violence towards women?
and now...
Why am I afraid to get a ride with a strange man?
kookcity2000 - 04/30/06 22:14
I guess it doesn't really matter if all men are creeps. The only thing that counted was if the one guy that did a u-turn was.
Yer feelins were saying big-time he was a creep.
Thinking about it long enough, our big brains can fool themselves (was he a creep, was I wrong to be creeped out, etc.)
I guess it doesn't really matter if all men are creeps. The only thing that counted was if the one guy that did a u-turn was.
Yer feelins were saying big-time he was a creep.
Thinking about it long enough, our big brains can fool themselves (was he a creep, was I wrong to be creeped out, etc.)
jason - 04/30/06 16:08
I'm sure your teachers are trying to get you to think "Oh, well, this is how men think, they are all nasty and violent." And so you think about this in your everyday life.
I will inject some reality - The vast majority of men wouldn't dream of being violent toward a female. The others....stay away. Always good to be cautious.
I'm sure your teachers are trying to get you to think "Oh, well, this is how men think, they are all nasty and violent." And so you think about this in your everyday life.
I will inject some reality - The vast majority of men wouldn't dream of being violent toward a female. The others....stay away. Always good to be cautious.
mrdt - 04/30/06 14:47
actually when I was in Florida I rented a brand new convertible Ford Mustang. On my last night in Ft Lauderdale I was driving along the A1A with the top down and tunes blasting and passed some girls who started screaming and throwing their arms around to get me to pull over. I thought what the hell so I pulled over and the asked me for a ride to the hotel we were both staying in. They seemed friendly and really drunk. and really young.
actually when I was in Florida I rented a brand new convertible Ford Mustang. On my last night in Ft Lauderdale I was driving along the A1A with the top down and tunes blasting and passed some girls who started screaming and throwing their arms around to get me to pull over. I thought what the hell so I pulled over and the asked me for a ride to the hotel we were both staying in. They seemed friendly and really drunk. and really young.
metalpeter - 04/30/06 11:39
I can Honestly say that a female has never asked me to get into her car, and no one problably ever will. I have herd that hookers used to patrol Niagara and that part of elmwood right around Walgreens and that Hotel can be kinda sketchy sometimes and I have heard some crazy things go on at the Lenox. So I'm guessing that is what that guy was up to but who knows. Maybe he was just a nice guy or maybe a serial killer who knows.
I can Honestly say that a female has never asked me to get into her car, and no one problably ever will. I have herd that hookers used to patrol Niagara and that part of elmwood right around Walgreens and that Hotel can be kinda sketchy sometimes and I have heard some crazy things go on at the Lenox. So I'm guessing that is what that guy was up to but who knows. Maybe he was just a nice guy or maybe a serial killer who knows.
libertad - 04/30/06 10:43
Come here little girl. I got some candy for you.
Come here little girl. I got some candy for you.
zobar - 04/30/06 09:10
Yeah. Cab drivers.
- Z
Do any of you men have this problem with unwanted attention from drivers when you are a pedestrian?
Yeah. Cab drivers.
- Z
mrmike - 04/30/06 08:59
That's good caution tempered with a little fear. There is no way to tell what folks are truly thinking in those situations nor what makes those folks think the way they do. Lord knows that Walgreens has some characters. You're wise to avoid em
That's good caution tempered with a little fear. There is no way to tell what folks are truly thinking in those situations nor what makes those folks think the way they do. Lord knows that Walgreens has some characters. You're wise to avoid em
04/28/2006 23:41 #33683
StillsHere is a link to a corny still image I made form all the stills I gathered to include in my thesis. I wonder.... I'm I too fucking self absorbed? Should I throw in other people's work? nah
04/28/2006 19:45 #33682
bummed outCategory: focus on the negativ
I feel bummed out. I'll be here in my apartment all weekend working and I'm not even sure if that work will be enough to get me out. My Mom wrote to say that it is just her and my Dad coming for commencement, no Kiah. Tony writes to say he probably can't make it to my show Thursday. Arzu and Liz are off getting tattoos abut I'm to scared of permanence and needles to join them. I feel tired. I'm almost flat broke and will be late with my rent this month. There are things going on at Squeaky Wheel tonight but I can't go because I need to edit and write. I'm about to walk to the store for some smokes. I wrote my old flatmate in Weimar an e-mail and he wrote back, making me sad for some reason. My kitchen is still covered in white dust.
mrdt - 04/28/06 21:30
if it makes you feel any better I'll be shut in all weekend (*underlined*) too.
if it makes you feel any better I'll be shut in all weekend (*underlined*) too.
when is your screening?