brains to bones

First off, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I don’t think my brain has hurt this much since the start of our course. I’m finding these ideas really hard to sink my teeth into. Though the examples at the end of class really helped...I think.

Secondly I would like to tip my hat to Klages. After finishing her last chapter I would like to note that I found her text to be extremely helpful with tackling this course. There are so many ideas and theorists; I found her material to be an excellent guide for the majority of the year.

Finally, something that comes to a shock for many of my friends is my family’s TV situation – we only have four channels (including the French one). How do we manage? We have a lot of DVDs and our favourite TV shows on DVD. The most recent TV show to our collection has been the first couple seasons of Bones (which has quickly become a member of my top five favourite shows). The show is about a forensic anthropologist, Dr. Brennan (aka Bones), her team of scientists (‘squints’) and her partner, FBI special agent, Seeley Booth. The two investigate crimes where the victims are less body and mostly bones.

The reason I bring this up is in the first season Bones’ assistant Zack, said something that I thought fit with today’s class. Zack is brilliant, and very rational. The team was being interviewed by a government agent to determine whether or not they would be a threat when dealing with sensitive matters. The agent purposed a scenario to Zack, ‘If you had a piece of knowledge that was very sensitive, could I get it out of you?” She then went on to list a series of ways she would try, beg, bribe, etc. To all of these he responded ‘no’. Finally she asked if he would give it up if she presented a logical, reasonable argument. At this he faltered, and nearly agreed.

(SPOILER) In a later season it is this reasonable logic that causes Zack to become the apprentice to a cannibal following a secret society.
Zack followed the Humanist idea about absolute truths to a t. A reasonable (scientific) argument was the only way of convincing him. It was this that was his undoing. As a result I feel that this is an argument against a humanist existence, and perhaps one of mixed humanist and postmodernism ideas.

** the images title was a bone lampost

gun to revolver

Last week I was driving around when Madonna and Lil’Wayne’s song Revolver came on the radio. I immediately thought of Dickinson’s poem. I found it interesting that the metaphor of a gun was still being used, though after looking up the lyrics I realized the imagine of a gun was about as far as the connection went. I actually find the song sort of regressive. Dickinson has a much more progressed view of women then the song does. Considering the time difference between the two it’s pretty shocking.
I found the song sort of catchy and had my blog all figured out. And THEN I read the lyrics and all my thoughts were ill-placed. I still wanted to mention the song because for some reason the connection is stuck in my head.

Everyone Cries

The majority of our theory class is currently sitting in the showing of Boys Don’t Cry. I could not attend because I have a class, which I could not attend tonight because I’m too sick. So, here’s my blog for the week...

For years I have gone to the Dentist and every time they tell me that I have to floss more. Every time I say “I’ll try” and it never really turns out. However, at my last appointment they had some new technology. This time I saw the ex-rays up on a computer screen. I also saw the spot that will grow into a cavity, if I do not start flossing more often. Oddly enough I have flossed every day since. It did not hit me how important this is until I say the effects.

I feel the same way about the issues addressed in Boy’s Don’t Cry. I knew they were out there. I knew people committed hate crimes. I knew people were targeted for just being themselves and I knew that there are people out there born in the wrong bodies. But now that I have seen a depiction of some of these issues in action I know they are out there and I now realise just how brutal these things actually are.

Boy’s Don’t Cry made me physically ill. The rape scene was a violent depiction of the reality some people have to face. I have never seen a more violent and accurate depiction of what some people have to go through. However, I’m glad I watched it. It was a real eye opener, really well done and I think it is an important movie for everyone to see.

i saw

Last night i watched Boy's Don't Cry because I will be unable to attended Monday night. I have something to write about. But I'll wait till after Mon.

FBI and children

For some reason I have a bit of writers block this week, so I have decided to take Dr. Pound’s advice and just start to write.

For starters I loved this weeks classes!! The discussions have been great and the atmosphere in the class is a good one. To be honest I was worried about this theory. Some of the issues discussed are controversial and I was not sure what we were going to get into with our spirited class. But it seems I had nothing to worry about!:)

Last class I was reminded of the movie, Miss. Congeniality. For those of you who aren’t familiar, Sandra Bullock plays a masculine FBI agent who has to go undercover to a beauty pageant. Because she chews with her month open, drinks beer and doesn’t own a bikini, she has to be transformed. She is transformed into a heel wearing, polite, FBI agent in a ball gown. Basically, the main character is too much of a man. To fulfill her job and relationship requirements she must become the “perfect woman”. I thought this movie fit what we’ve been talking about really well.

When Dr. Pound was talking about his son and how he likes to play I was reminded of the six year old I babysit. He makes up all the rules to every game we play, wins at everything and if he doesn’t he changes the rule. This really has nothing to do with anything theory related, however I thought it was cute.

I really can’t come up with anything more, hopefully I’ll be able to after watching the movie!