the ultimate condition of production is therefore the reproduction of the conditions of production

"... The reproduction of labor power thus reveals as its sine qua non not only the reproduction of its "skills" but also the reproduction of its subjection to the ruling ideology or of the "practice" of that ideology, with the proviso that it is not enough to say "not only but also," for it is clear that it is in the forms and under the forms of ideological subjection that provision is made for the reproduction of the skills of labor power..."

- Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards an Investigation)

a peek into my en2113 lit readings.
just about the looooongest sentence i've ever encountered
6 lines constitute a single mind-HUH?-numbing paragraph.

apparatus?
i thought that was the last i'd ever hear of you again
when i had forsaken sciences for the arts.
well well, here we meet again.

louis althusser, when you wrote that
did you even pause to breath?
if not for the fact
you've been a citizen of the underworld for 15 years now
with your decrepit remains lying six feet under
i'd personally mount an assasination attempt
stuffing your notes right up your marxist ass.

and as much as you're renowned for whatever,
it's in my humble opinion that they are mostly crap.

i hate it.
everyone's over and done with their exams.
while i'm still languishing in mounds of notes
with only my lonesome chrome yellow highlighter for company.
even she too, is dying on me. (yes it has a gender - and it's a her)
humph.

my only consolation?
mandatory viewing of finding nemo at my own leisure
one of the module's compulsory film screenings.
BOOHOO.