Sunday, October 29, 2006

adeline takes on subway

To Whom It May Concern,


I quit. You've breached the terms of our agreement. Upon employment you agreed to give me no more than 15 hours a week, and now you're asking me to work 25 hours a week. This shows your complete lack of respect for the worker. You don't want employees, you want machines; even worse, slaves. But I am a human being; a student, in fact. I have studied objectification in books, but I did not think I would have felt it in my own skin. I shall not stand to be objectified by an American corporation. You people think you've defeated the worker, but the worker is alive and well. I'm free again. Since Friday, when I returned the ultimate symbol of exploitation, your lifeless black uniform, I am my own liberated self.

There are rumours that you will charge me for quitting. You better pay my full wages; I have given my blood, sweat and tears to this job. Is this the way you value your workers? By charging them £20 for speaking up against reification?

One last thing: yours is the worst management I have ever experienced.

I hope all your capitalist sandwiches go rotten.

-The new liberated Adeline

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Hey guys,

Well it's been a while since I've posted anything substantial so I thought I'd take a minute and procrastinate by briefly updating you on my life.

So I'm settling into the flat well. I'm not too unhappy with the location, since we're right by an express train that is very quick into manhattan. I'm liking my room, and it's starting to feel a bit more like home. Am meeting people slowly, and we're having a party on Saturday so hopefully that will help my lack of network situation. Then again, it's also likely we'll have about three people at this party so we'll see. I'll definitely post pics and give you an update as to how it went. I do wish that all of you could be here! We're also currently interviewing for a third roommate to go in the third small room in our flat, and we're getting a good response, which is relieving. Hopefully we'll get someone good.

I'm heading back to Toronto in just over three weeks and I'm very psyched for that - I realized the other day I haven't had a proper stretch in Toronto since last September, since over Christmas last year I was doing apps. I'm going for a week and a half, which is a nice amount of time. Enough to relax, get some work done, and see people. It's also a good marker to get me through the rest of the semester. Looking forward to that and seeing Conor and all of you guys in Dec/Jan is helping ward off the loneliness.

I talked to Elanor on the phone the other night for a good hour - it was so weird yet so refreshing to hear a Glaswegian accent over the phone, after now being so accustomed to American accents. It made me miss Scotland!

Anyway, I want to encourage you guys to post as well, since this is as much for me to hear about your lives as it is for you to hear about mine (which is incredibly boring right now. So I apologize for sounding dismal). I miss you all so much!

xo
Lisa

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

... and after! (almost)




Hey,

So this is my room as it is now, some things might change and I still need to clean up stuff and put up pics, but it definitely looks more like a room now which is relieving.

L.

before...




Okay guys, here are 'before' pics of my room in Brooklyn... no furniture, not cleaned, barely a bed! My futon arrives sometime today, so then I'll take 'after' photos so you can see the miraculous change!

I miss you guys all so much! Write and tell me about your lives!

xo

Lisa

Friday, October 13, 2006



Wednesday, October 11, 2006

ezio takes on the council

below is an extract from my letter to the council, which i put in the mail this morning:

My car has been in Edinburgh for less than two months, and I am already losing count of the number of tickets you have given me. I have by now understood that you are fighting a war against private cars and individual transport. Whether or not you will win this war I don't know (but, as every war against freedom, you will probaby lose it), but surely I don't want to be a victim of your indiscriminate charges. While the middle classes comfortably park for free in the residential areas, folk like me not only has to pay for a Permit, but also gets fined every time they take their car. I live on less than 5k a year – how am I supposed to survive if you keep fining me day in day out? It will soon come to having to decide between paying your tickets and buying food, and I think we both know what I will have to do.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

The next big thing on the Goth scene

Formed by sometime backing singer with the Mod Fuck Explosion, Lady Sodomy, Tractatus are the latest band to be making an impact on the British Goth music scene. Described by a random passerby as "A bunch of weirdos", Tractatus are hoping to continue making waves. The line-up is completed by Dr Cunt, the well-known driving force behing the MFE, and mysterious German Count Christoph von Kelp. Although a departure from the usual political punk that we expect from the MFE, Tractatus continue in the tradition of having no musical ability whatsoever but this time with more pianos. Of this new side-project Dr Cunt has said "I've always wanted to wear a pair of big Goth boots". He also reassures fans of the MFE that this doesn't confirm the ever present rumours of an imminent split for the band but that "We're just taking time out to pursue our own projects." Lady Sodomy hopes that fans of the MFE will appreciate the new band "We know it's a bit different but we're hoping that existing fans will like the new direction; pianos, songs about death, lots of eyeliner and girls in corsets." They're also hoping to pick up some new fans from amongst the young emo crowd, "Yeah, we're down with the kids" says Lady Sodomy, "they love this pretentious shite." It seems Tractatus are definitely a band to watch out for... especially if there's any beer around. For more pictures of the band and some random beer bottle stuff go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladycarlotta/sets.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Movin' on in...


Hey all,

Okay so. I've moved in! I have no furniture except for an air mattress on which to sleep, but I've moved in! I can't even believe that it has already happened. The flat is good - not in a bad area, and it's definitely only blocks from a really nice neighbourhood which is great. My floor slants a little but apparently that's not unusual in nyc. It's still very stressful since I have to get used to living in a new place again, trying to get to know the neighbourhood, meanwhile I have no furniture to put my stuff in (but at least my stuff can be anywhere without being all over anyone else's stuff!) trying to get used to living with yet another new person - I'm kinda tired of it at this point but at least this is the last time for a while! And I'm heading home on Friday for four days which is great - it will be nice to relax at my cottage and not have to worry about being in anyone's face like I have had to for six weeks!

Anyway I thought I'd post a wee pic just to show you some of my life. It's me and my aunt on top of the Empire State Building. I am taking more pics but I have to download them to my computer later. So there are more to come!

Miss you all so much!
L.