I know I haven’t been around much the past few weeks, and I might not be until the end of the semester (May 3!). As always, there’s a ton of more work to do for school and for orchestra. However it is completely unusual for my weekends to be booked […]
Category: Undergrad
Life at Susquehanna University, 2004-20007.
Research Paper: The Case of Identity in Sherlock Holmes
Heather Haynes March 13, 2007 Dr. J Andrew Hubbell London Underworld The Case of Identity The Britain of the 1880s and 1890s had accepted urbanization and colonization into their national identity. As citizens embraced the urban atmosphere of London, the bustling environment became mundane and dull. British national identity also […]
“skiffle” is a cool word
I submitted three photos to the depressing campus literary magazine. [one / two / three] Since everyone on campus except for myself does a ton a still-life, I’m a little worried. But overall, I don’t so much care. Good (for me, not so much for anyone else) news: 1. The […]
Research Paper: Urban Capitalism in Oliver Twist
Heather Haynes March 1, 2007 Dr. J Andrew Hubbell London Underworld The urbanization of nineteenth-century London demonstrates how capitalist competition defines class structure. As money began to define class structure through what luxuries citizens were able to afford, the drive to accumulate as much money and luxury as possible developed […]
I promise to do more research
Until that time, here’s my electronic music project, cleverly labeled “Project 1“. Exciting update: Take the time to read this paragraph. Its the funniest thing I’ve EVER run across in a scholarly article. “In a fascinating piece of research last year, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Research Paper: Conditional Domesticity in 19th Century American Lit
Heather Haynes February 22, 2007 Dr. Amy Winans 19th Century American Lit Conditional Domesticity The cult of domesticity championed by white women of the nineteenth century had a much different connotation when applied to female slaves. Notions of looking after one’s own children and household were all but abandoned by […]
“Pablo Picasso was never called… an asshole.”
“Who, for example, has not had occasion to become convinced that what goes on at the present day [1850] in an ordinary synagogue is the merest caricature of Church-song? Who has not been shocked and held to the spot, partly by horror and partly by a sense of their absurdity, […]
“I gues you didn’t know it, but I’m a fiddle player too…”
The SUPER STANDPARTNER STUDIO SPOTLIGHT SPECTACULAR is officially a go. So Mary and I have the closest thing to a recital that we’ll ever get. We plan on decorating the concert hall obnoxiously, wearing our prom dresses, and utilizing golden fiddles. Well not really on that last one, but they’re […]
Final Project: The Beats Dictionary
The Beat generation of the 1950s and 1960s can be viewed as a close group of friends and intellectuals who helped shape the future of literature simply by being themselves. While somewhat in the realms of Jazz, Hipster, and African American culture, the Beats characterized themselves as an amalgamation of […]
So, life…
School’s gotten rather hectic already, at least during weekdays. On top of regular reading and practicing assignments, I’m already preparing for a group presentation, a composition project, and two papers. Though in all honesty the papers aren’t due for a while, thse professors just like to see proposals, rough drafts, […]