I didn't watch or listen to Bush's speech today. Someone told me to was "really, really scary." Something about how freedom can burn you?
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maybe the problem is with Shannon's post? Maybe she has an anti-cyber-communication from men blocker? :-) I got the same error message and there were no words with "men" in it. Gender-wise, I guess Stephen's off the hook.
so, this is my response to Shannon's post.
in time, it comes after I've read Stephen's post and includes a reference to it at the end.
"Ah, the rich irony is that I've tried to post this a few times over the past 24
hours, and it refuses to let me do so, with a message that says I am unable to
post because it is on a topic 'deemed controversial: men.'"
i googled myself today to find "documentation" that I'm really a sign language interpreter who wants to do research in Europe this summer. I came across this article in Utne Reader, which quotes me!
Community Leaders Says Public's Y2K Interest Is Waning. Yep, I was one of those. :-) I wasn't convinced there would be a crisis, but it didn't seem out of the realm of possibility. Maybe I've read too much science fiction. And, it was an issue I could care enough about to get involved with other folk who also cared in a concrete way about local community. I got to meet a lot of really neat people. :-)
Donna sends this interview with Eric Boehlert which includes comments on navel-gazing. (Do you think she's trying to tell me something? - grin) Seriously, its about his take on "the enormous role the press plays in society, and specifically in regards to our political discourse."
I rely on Donna to share the good stuff from salon.com because checking that is something I haven't managed to work into my routine.
hello, all.
i'm finally here, on-line, on your screen in typeface. i just got steph's missive about needing us, and decided finally to respond. so here i am, signed on, ready to co-author even though barthes would have us all dead.
i'm wondering about my resistance to this, my computer, the blog, technology i don't understand (or care too much about)... and am afraid that besides my ignorance (and consequent avoidance) it doesn't feel kinetic to me, doesn't feel dynamic in the ways i know and am comfortable working through. so please forgive me that i would prefer ritualized dance with the group instead of sending myself wireless, destination you.
camille once invited us to the movies online, so i'll make a parallel leap, presenting in some fashion, the 'self'. i just adopted a cat (dory) who is scared of the world. she's hiding under my housemate's bed at the moment (housemate is none the wiser in argentina). i made cookies (vegan oatmeal choc. chip) yesterday and the apartment still smells sweet. my brother's old sweater (a gift from me when living in ireland, shrunk by my mother in the us) is usually too warm to wear even outside, but in here, today, it's just right.
and if anybody wants to go see that life aquatic movie, let me know.
i'm signed on now, still interested in bringing on the matter with kansas and performances/critiques of radical jesus.
stay warm.
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Todd sent me these (among other) questions awhile ago. I think the timing is good to answer them now because I basically threw down the gauntlet to my blogmates from DRP.
1. Do you remember the first time you thought, "hey I want to create a blog!" That is my "!" You might not have had a "!" when you thought of it.
When I learned about blogs, my "!" was the ability to combine two things: group dynamics (including discourse) and publicity (like Peter Wiggins of Ender's Game). Not that I identify with him in terms of personality or scale of ambition!
3. Do you think your "voice" or "identity" as changed since you started your blog?
My "voice", perhaps, but not my "identity." I think of voice more like representation, and I've tried to spice things up a bit. Early reviews found my writing dry, dull, and deadly. :-) I always wonder if people experience my writing as pedantic. (Do you?) As for my identity - in terms of my presentation or performance of self, I think I'm pretty consistent, but again, I don't know if others agree...?
Donna sends the linnk to musingonamerica a new blog by Jerry Lanson.
Sharp.
According to Stephen, who I saw on campus yesterday (we're both teaching winter session courses), we are one hot group! He praised our papers collectively and said it's really time we share our work - not only with each other (but that's a start), but with the world. Publish!
I think it'll go easier if we do some kind of "support group" for/with each other...share our stuff, talk about it amongst ourselves, motivate - rewrites, submissions, etc. Who's with me? My second "teaser" is included below...
This was the hardest paper I've ever written. It sure ain't perfect (I dread the revision process already!) but ... I sure hope I'll get some feedback from my peers. hint hint :-)
Participating members: Camille, Joanna, Steph, Leda, Stephen, Scott, Becky, David. By reference, Bryan, Viveca, and Donna .
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