So- my 4 pg. paper? It turned out 6 pages. And it only covered one aspect of African art-- masks. Motard-Noar is the kind of teacher who imposes ridiculous restrictions but at the same time asks for in-depth analysis. Rather than gloss the analysis and cover all disciplines, I focused in on mask-making as a microcosm of all West African art and discussed its cultural, religious, and economic role in tribal life. And if she doesn't like it, the woman can absolutely kiss my ass.

We also finished a Nigerian movie this morning, Yeelen. African cinema is really interesting, but also terribly confusing. The extent of special effects was overexposing a section of film to indicate terrible brightness. And the speech patterns are so odd-- the speakers would stop every three or so seconds, at the oddest junctures, and the listeners would respond with "umh hmm" almost like clockwork. I get putting in the occasional "yeah" or "uh huh" every now and again, but every three seconds? Whoa, dude. I'm listening. I promise.

Anyway, I think the moral of the movie is that if you spend too much time with your magic post, you turn into an egg. It was all David Lynch.

We have a mandatory extra two class periods that the crazy woman added on, the first of which is tonight. And she bitches at us for being last-minute.

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Now, as I got 4 hours of sleep last night, I need a nap.

My computer was finally well enough for me to attempt a wallpaper.

I couldn't think of lyrics for this one-- it may well be a work in progress. Constructive criticism welcome.



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