Kelly Boudreau

Summer Holidays

It’s that time again for my annual pilgrimage eastward. We leave first thing in the morning for the blissful ten hour drive in our fuel economic (read: uncomfortable) Toyota Echo (and not the last models … the first one heh). Will be gone but not disconnected for the next eight weeks. Since posting has beenContinue reading “Summer Holidays”

CFP’s

Two new CFP’s detailed in the Call for Papers link: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Special Issue: Culture of Virtual Worlds Deadline: September 30, 2008 Publication Date: November 20, 2008 and Journal of Media Practice Special Issue: A Decade of Media Practice: Changes, Challenges and Choices The deadline to receive all completed material (full articles,Continue reading “CFP’s”

No Bass Love

So today, there was no one home, and I decided to play some Rock Band. Starting a solo career, I loaded everything up, picked my catchy band name and waited for the game to load. I was hoping to play a bass career on expert but was quite dismayed when the game recognized my “guitar”Continue reading “No Bass Love”

Bass by Choice

Yesterday, my oldest daughter and I decided to play some Rock Band, after a bit of Guitar Hero, she had a hankering to sing. So, we loaded everything up (which always takes a considerable amount of time, since my Rock Band disc has been VERY prone to Disc Read Error’s from day one – it’sContinue reading “Bass by Choice”

The Big Picture

Over the last few days, I have been hard at work etching out some sort of thesis outline/revised proposal. After a bit of feedback from my advisor, I realize that it is one hell of a task to look at the big picture three years in advance. I am only in my third semester ofContinue reading “The Big Picture”

Please Note: New Page for CFP’s

Just added a new page in the sidebar with the About and CV pages for Call for Papers. Although there are often way more than I can keep track of – this will be the place I will post new CFP’s that come to my attention. This way, the information will be static – andContinue reading “Please Note: New Page for CFP’s”

Enjoying Zizek

As mentioned below, I am currently reading Zizek’s “For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a political factor“. It has been a while since I have read something that (seemingly unrelated to my work) really makes me think – every page, whether Zizek is talking about the Real, ethics, religion or any otherContinue reading “Enjoying Zizek”

Working Bibliography

I am putting together my reading list / working bibliography for my “Atelier de Recherche” course (Research Workshop …) which is essentially a prep course for my comprehensive exam and thesis proposal. I am looking for suggestions in film theory – on spectatorship, actor/role relationships … hmm what else… Well, I am opening to any suggestionsContinue reading “Working Bibliography”

Some Thoughts on Gadamer and Zizek

I am trying to put together my bibliography as I head into a summer and fall of thesis proposal writing and comprehensive exam preparation. Moving from Sociology to Film Studies has been a logical step in terms of my research on some levels, but perhaps not on others. I am trying to marry my workContinue reading “Some Thoughts on Gadamer and Zizek”

Just a Note

I am struggling with the apparent lack of wysiwyg formatting of WordPress in terms of my cv. I apologize for its crowdedness till I get it all resolved. Someday I should REALLY think about hosting my own site …