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April 27, 2005
thank the goddess its over
I don't know about the rest of the civilized world, but I am glad that tomorrow is the last day of class! Really, all I want is the time to read for my projects, actually ponder, synthesize, and discuss what I have learned, and then...sleep! Of course, I am not what most folks would classify as a sleeper, but I can definitely clock 8 hours worth of z's right now. I think what is most frustrating is wanting to do all of these different intellectual projects, and just not being able to ignore any one responsibility to do it. on a completely different subject, I can't believe that Samuel Huntington is coming to speak here on friday! are you all hip to his essay called the Hispanic Challenge?
holy manure, batman, you need to treat yourself to that bedtime story! I have it on PDF (B's fav!) if anyone would like to examine it. Be sure to wear your playtex gloves, people, because I am telling you, you do not want any of that s**t to get on your good clothing. In this essay the "scholar" claims that hispanics are taking over the world. that spanish is a threat, and that we (latinos) basically should take a long walk off of a short peer. I think the scariest thing about this man is that he teaches at harvard. To me that translates into a massive audience to whom you can spoon feed any flavor of ca-ca you want. Of course, he's speaking here on friday, but that's not the capper. para el colmo he is speaking at...are you ready? the maxwell school of citizenship. yep. he will be discussing his new book on "national identity". any guesses on whose identity he is concerned with???
HEY, I HAVE AN IDEA!!! maybe we should all show up with our statues of san martin, la virgen de guadalupe, some nail clippings, the blood of a dead chicken and various books on santeria. Now that would be alarming!
Posted by dvaldesd at April 27, 2005 11:36 PM
Comments
So are you going to this event?
Posted by: senioritis at April 28, 2005 09:55 PM
no can do! my daughter is singing this evening in a concert and I have to be here...that is the only reason, though. i would have loved to have heard him justify his racism!
Posted by: denise at April 29, 2005 09:59 AM
hey, d, nonsequitor, but i love your new picture up on this page--it's beautiful! and i wasn't so keen on all the pink before, b/c it was kinda a mid-80s madonna flashback w/the black, but w/those bright colors in the image it really looks sharp now! :)
Posted by: tyra at April 29, 2005 06:03 PM