Zoë Lance.

  • Monday Musings: Julius Caesar

    I caught the second-to-last performance of Southern California Shakespeare Festival‘s Julius Caesar on Saturday. This production was not my favorite of all time, but the casting and the acting were fantastic. It was completely modernized —  a woman (my former film professor, actually) played Caesar, and it took the David Fincher-esque thriller route over the toga and Greco-Roman architecture one. There were a…

  • Link Party: 9/29-10/4

    You made it through the week, and now you deserve a few great things to read. Here are some of the things I read: 1. Is Google making me stupid? Sometimes I wonder. 2. Steven Pinker, whose work I first encountered in a language acquisition class last winter, has a new book about grammar out. He doesn’t like…

  • Think Tank: Throwback Thursday

    I have participated in Throwback Thursday (#tbt or #throwbackthursday, depending on your hashtagging preferences) and Flashback Friday (again, #fbf or #flashbackfriday) a grand total of three times. Coincidentally, all three photos happened to be from concerts. My motivation for today’s photo stemmed from the facts that I found it in my Camera Roll, thought it was cool, and realized…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Paul Thomas Anderson

    The trailer for Inherent Vice just came out, and it proves one thing. There is a God, and his name is Paul Thomas Anderson. His movies are absolutely fantastic, so I’m really looking forward to December and watching Inherent Vice in theatres. There are a few PTA movies you should definitely see. I’m not going to say…

  • Capstone Adventures: Finishing Kanye

    Last night, I turned in a final draft of an article about Kanye West for Part I of my honors capstone project. I spent all summer working on it, and although I’m mostly happy with it and the experience I had writing it, I’m glad that it’s over. My first idea for my capstone project was…

  • Link Party: 9/22-9/26

    In honor of it being Friday, here are some of the cooler things I read this week: 1. My Monday morning instantly got better when I stumbled across this unearthed Ezra Koenig short story from his Columbia days. 2. I could dig being French wherever I am. 3. What we talk about when we talk about what…

  • Think Tank: Two Thoughts on a Car-Centered Culture

    Today was the first day of fall quarter, and of course, it was just my luck that I had car issues and had to be towed home at the end of a long day at school. All day, I was frustrated and stressed out about not having a car that works right. But on the way home,…

  • Culture Connoisseur: LACMA

    In case you don’t follow me on Twitter, you should know that I am in the midst of a very passionate love affair. With the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. @zoellance Hope you don't mind, but we loved this question so much that we're having every participating curator answer it. 🙂 — LACMA (@LACMA)…

  • Hello.

    Welcome to the Internet adventure that is my blog. Things you’ll find here: Chronicles of a college senior living in proximity to one of the largest cities in the world Articles, photos, links and websites that I like (and will probably comment on) My own cogitations on living in the postmodern world Enjoy your stay. (Also…