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Sat Nov 18 08:52:39 EST 2017
Slept from eleven-thirty to eight. Woke briefly a couple of times in the night.
High of forty-eight and rainy.
Goals:
- Work on nanook
Done.
- Work on blogs
Done.
- Go study
A bit.
https://www.npr.org/2017/11/18/565025384/what-is-poppy
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/exploring-mystery-titanic-sinclair-mars-argo-poppy
> Titanic Sinclair is a musician and video director living in Los Angeles, California. He has worked on projects with Mars Argo and That Poppy that mock celebrity and pop culture. His more notable videos are a collaboration with That Poppy that includes minimalistic dialogues where Poppy stands against a single color screen and repeats certain phrases and ideas to imitate the brainwashed celebrity stereotype. These videos have a certain eerie aura, the creepier ones include Poppy spitting blood and talking to robot “producers” off camera. The character “Poppy” is played by a little-known singer whose name is protected in order to maintain a sense of mystery which fits into the enigma that is her character. The lack of background history and information surrounding both Mars Argo and Poppy allude to the dehumanization of pop stars. In the videos, Poppy mentions how she loves her “handlers” and asks,“Will this protect me?” which point to the possible danger she is in if she breaks her contract, or acts out in a way that does not suit her brand.
Decided to rearrange my furniture for the first time in years.
Since I've been having more people over more often to play games than to just hang out, I swapped the living room and dining room.
I may do some decluttering and culling of books and movies too.
Yvonne called to invite me to a post-Thanksgiving dinner at four o'clock on December 3.
Jake called this afternoon. We chatted for almost two hours.
He's well. His family is well. He took a new job with a mortgage company.
Lunch: carrots, spinach, coffee
Dinner: pizza
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