The List 2011

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January 5th, 2012

It’s my annual list of films & shows I watched! For ye who have not read the lists from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, or 2010, here’s a lil rundown. My lists are based only on what I watched in 2011, which accounts for the presence of 2010 films I didn’t see in the theatre until [...]

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What I’ve Learned Watching Star Trek TNG Chronologically Instead of Syndicated(ly)

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August 12th, 2011

**While I’m pretty sure that by 1991 I was watching new episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation every Sunday at 6pm on FOX, and while I’m positive that in its 12+ years of syndication, I have seen every episode of TNG at least 3 times, what I have never done is watch the series [...]

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My First gif (pronounced Jiff, Giff or Jee Eye Eff?)

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March 24th, 2011

As I wait for Lark Rise to Candleford series 3 to be available in the US (or more specifically, available through Netflix), I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Clatterford (not to be confused with the equally excellent BBC shows Cranford and the aforementioed Lark Rise to Candleford. seriously…) Dawn French turns in an unexpectedly darling and poignant [...]

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The List 2010

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January 3rd, 2011

The List Guide I keep a list of every film I watch during the year. “[ ]” means it was viewed in the theater, and new (midway) this year, “__” means it’s a non-current Television series I completed. For more on how I choose my top/worst films of the year, I refer you to past [...]

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“Sexy Violence,” MMOs, and What A Soldier Isn’t

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November 17th, 2010

While I’m a confessed Pop Culture Aficionado, even that term itself connotes the fact that there’s a lot of pop culture I encounter more as an anthropologist or cultural observer, rather than as a participant. Nowhere is this more true than in the land of Massive Multiplayer Online Games. Both years at the PCA/ACA conference, [...]

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Dialogical Film Club Run Down: Summer Extravaganza

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November 11th, 2010

Following our one year anniversary in May, the DFC had a rock-em sock-em summer marathon. Basically, we crammed June, July and August into three weeks, and it was fabulous. Ian was back in Seattle for the summer, and that in itself, was cause to celebrate, (though we pine every time the Pietsches are in Canada [...]

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Received The Greatest Birthday Card Of My Life…

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October 22nd, 2010

one of many favorite quotes from said card: “I love that you have the classical music knowledge of Frasier, the bar-tending skills of Sam Malone (actually, probably better), and most features of the life of Liz Lemon (I wanted to come up with another character from Cheers, but no dice. It’s still NBC though!).” oh [...]

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Jet Bike Steve, Jimmy Fallon and Other Signs of our Changing Textual Identites

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October 7th, 2010

In “Introduction to the Hermeneutical Task” today at MHGS, I got to lecture on some questions that have been buzzing in my brain for quite some time now. I am obsessively curious about and amazed by the changing role of text and author in a culture where, due to blogs and social media, we are [...]

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Watching “The West Wing” For The First Time Haiku

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September 27th, 2010

Proof that I’m in my 30′s: Timothy Busfield kinda turns me on.

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Ah The Glories Of Having A Best Friend With A Region 2 DVD Player…

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September 25th, 2010

…For we are not beholden to the likes of BBCAmerica. We can roam freely in the land of UK TV on DVD. Thank you Region 2 DVD player, for Blackpool, and for David Tennant doing choreography to The Smiths.

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