fabulous class

I'm really loving my comprtive mdia stdies class at mit - the professor is amazing - last night we talked about star wars fans making mashup videos and saw a clip of a homoerotic music video with star wars characters - all in the name of fan culture - so glad the k school gave me credit for the class, although now i'm worried that i didn't properly register for my class at MIT, so I am in big trouble if I'm not getting credit for it.

Anyway, today we had this amazing guy from the BerkmanCenter from HarvardLaw School talk about digital natives/immigrants, democracy and the internet - and a few legal issues thrown in - it was one of the best overall talks I've seen on the pressing issues du jour. I'm so sick of people either being post-modern luddites - like myself saying there's a huge divide (which there is) but more annoying are the modernists who claim that technology will solve all of our woes, so it was nice to have a more nuanced presentation. And I had a nice walk back from MIT with this guy part of the way back - I ended up walking all the way back to campus - it was amazing to not have it be freezing cold for once - the high 30s felt balmy. It was also nice talking to him b/c I realize that these issues, from a social movement perspective, are what I really want to study.