La Lecturess

La Lecturess
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Contributors La Lecturess Flavia Email: lecturess[AT]gmail[DOT]com Recent Posts Teaching demonstration Anniversary-ish post Because someone STILL hasn't bought any vermouth In praise of Planned Parenthood Friday Poetry Blogging: Dorothy Parker You're kidding me, right? To those who fell along the way Update All kinds of anxious Casting out the phone interview demon Things I Read and/or People I Like The New York Times Arts & Letters Daily The Chronicle of Higher Education Commonweal Crooked Timber Inside Higher Ed The Revealer Andrew Sullivan Talking Points Memo Wonkette ABD Anonymous ABD Mom Academic Coach Acephalous Advice at Your Own Risk Anbruch Ancrene Wiseass Another Damned Medievalist Badgerings Bardiac Between an Oxymoron and a Redundancy Blogging the Renaissance Bitch. Ph.D. Cheeky Prof. Clashing Hats Confessions of a Community College Dean Dr. Virago (Quod She) Early Modern Notes Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog G-Fav's Meanderings H.K. in Seoul A Ianqui in Greenwich Village In Favor of Thinking Ink and Incapability It's Probably Me Kermit's Log Kinesthesis Breakthrough Manolo's Shoe Blog Margo, Darling Medieval Woman Michael Berube My So-Called (ABD) Life Negative Capability New Kid on the Hallway On Any Given Day One Bright Star Reignited Oronte Churm Pretty Hard, Dammit Phantom Scribbler Pilgrim/Heretic Playing School, Irreverently Polyopia Professorial Confessions Professor Me Raining Cats & Dogma Reassigned Time Scrivenings Sfragett's City Slaves of Academe Thanks for not Being a Zombie Terminal Degree The Theater Absurd Timna Tired of Ted Tomato Nation Verbosity Defined What Now? Will's Coffee House Writing as Jo(e) Xoom Late Spring To-Do List ~~Read scholarly book #1~~ Read scholarly book #2 ~~Catch up on professional journals~~ ~~Administer evaluations~~ ~~Grade seminar research papers~~ ~~Write two final exams~~ ~~Grade final exams~~ ~~Compute final grades~~ ~~Order books for fall~~ Find apartment in New City ~~Attend INRU Commencement!~~	Monday, March 27, 2006 You just haven't earned it yet, baby Okay, I'm breaking my Blogger fast to make this observation: I've been listening to The Smiths tonight for the first time in a very long while (I used to love the Smiths), when the song that gives this post its title came on. I'd think that my CD player was trying to tell me something about my career--or, really, about any one of a number of other things--but given that my other options include, "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now," "Panic," "These Things Take Time," "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish," "I Know It's Over," and "Nowhere Fast," I'm probably playing with a stacked deck. You just haven't earned it yet, baby You just haven't earned it, son You just haven't earned it yet, baby You must suffer and cry for a longer time You just haven't earned it yet, Baby And I'm telling you now ... I'll tell you why I'll tell you why link \| posted by La Lecturess at 9:35 PM \| 3 Comments: lucyrain commented at 10:00 PM~ I ah-LOVE The Smiths. Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em. Of those listed, "I Know It's Over" is my fave. In all of its literal and ironic glory. I love every frickin' word. Rule number one for listening to The Smiths: Don't take them too seriously, Or, do, of you're in the mood. La Lecturess commented at 10:23 PM~ Yeah--that's one reason I have trouble with so many of the contemporary Smiths knock-off (or just generally whiny alterna) bands: they don't seem to understand that it only works if you're simultaneously wallowing in your misery and making FUN of yourself for wallowing in your misery. My college roommate (who's out here in the readership somewhere) nearly went nuts, I listened to the Smiths so much. These days I rarely think to put them on, but when I do, I'll listen to all eight of the albums I own, one after the other, for a week straight. Does me good. Oso Raro commented at 2:51 AM~ The Smiths? Oh dear! Doll, lemme send you over some Madonna "Sorry" remixes and an ice cold bottle of Stoly! Want to Post a Comment? back to main page
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