Word: waiting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...marched fans through the noble (but sometimes frustratingly static) Deep Space Nine, then the noble (but ever-so-slightly-belated) Voyager and on down into the black night of Enterprise, a well-intentioned but not very noble re-reboot that featured a theme song by Diane Warren (borrowed from - wait for it - Patch Adams) in place of the traditional, lush instrumental opener and, in the holy captain's chair, Scott Bakula (borrowed from - wait for it - Quantum Leap). Not even Jolene Blalock with Vulcan ears could save it. Enterprise became the first Star Trek to be canceled for low ratings...
...toppings bar ready for its close-up? Let us cue the orchestra as we pan lovingly, lingeringly, over the delights in the tiny containers.") But if the slow zoom sometimes verges on the picayune, it also highlights the eternal puzzle of summer pacing. Benji and his friends can't wait to get out to Sag, but once they do, they're desperate for ways to kill time - until the evening, until the weekend and ultimately until Labor Day. Summer is a self-consciously in-between state; summer coupled with adolescence doubly so. Whitehead stirs up a few deep currents...
...Moment (1988), his acidic satire of a former criminal turned media star - so prescient about the distorting mirror of reality TV - and Wildest Dreams (1991), his chilling black comedy about addicts of a Dungeons & Dragons - style fantasy game who lose touch with real life. Then the wait, often in vain, for a New York City production (his work turns up more often in regional theaters) or the dismay of seeing it done poorly by American actors...
...typical Thursday night dinner at Annenberg, a quiet night to end the week, complete with mediocre food and...upperclassmen crashers? Oh wait, it's just Eleganza, yet another student group shamelessly infiltrating the sacred space in order to promote an upcoming event. But what was likely intended to be a groundbreaking-ly exciting antic fell flat in front of the disinterested freshmen. After waiting 11 minutes past their intended go-time of 6 PM in anticipation of more viewers, the Eleganzans lost their surprise factor and were hardly a sensational sweep. Read more about their attempted takeover after the jump...
...preface to the report, she writes that Harvard’s goal to “revitalize the House system” would still be pursued despite “challenging economic times.” But, surely, these planned renovations and improvements will now have to wait. In the meantime, the university should ensure that the organizational heart of College residential life still lies within the Houses, rather than in a larger, more centralized administrative bureaucracy. To do so will require prioritizing administrative staff salaries over other current luxuries offered by houses...