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June 26, 2007
Circuitous Thoughts
As I was driving home from work today my iPod shuffle offered up the Beastie Boys. This reminded me that my boy, Adrock (aka Adam Horovitz),
is now married to Kathleen Hannah (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre):
Shot through the heart and Adrock is to blame. I thought we had something special Adrock. I was also surprised because I thought that Kathleen Hannah was a lesbian. I know these things are not cut and dry, but I was pretty sure that she was making a political choice; I guess she changed her mind. When I got home there was a letter from Graduate Division (the division which oversees graduate students at UCSB). Grad Div is generally hated by many graduate students (although their policies are not as Draconian as when I first started grad school) and so my first though was:
(this is a mock-up of a t-shirt that I, along with my friend Jay, wanted to make and sell--the image is from The Black Hole and the quote is from our friend Ted).
Turns out, it was actually a nice letter confirming my fellowship. This got me thinking about my dissertation and my advisor (sigh) Jon Cruz:
Jon is totally rad and incredibly supportive; he’s been with me since the beginning. He also uses a lot of vin-diagrams, which I find really charming for some reason. I also love that he sings/quotes corny rock songs to make points or when I would run into to him in the mailroom, hallway, etc. So how do I get back to the Beastie Boys? Well Jon is friends with Tobi Vail, former drummer of Bikini Kill:
Yup, my super cool advisor is friends with Tobi Vail. They both grew up in Washington State—she’s a rock star who is an intellectual and he is an intellectual who rocks (literally and figuratively). This brought me back to Kathleen Hannah (former band mate of Tobi Vail) and how she stole my boyfriend, Adrock (aka Adam Horovitz):
What a bitch.
See how that works?
Posted by sara at June 26, 2007 6:32 PM