group dynamics: January 2005 Archives

Babies!

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. :-)

word from Jen ~

"The Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe/Harvard has requested Mary Frances' papers! What a nice thing."

How wonderful. She deserves the honor. :-)

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...?

I really enjoyed this Indian film, Fire, with friends last night. (The running commentary was entertaining too, grin.) Afterwards we discussed the slower pacing at the beginning (which made it seem like a "bad movie" to one critic) as a means of introducing the loaded topic of lesbianism to a mainstream Indian audience. It got much better (!), but I also felt like the first kiss was not realistic at all.

We went for culinary risk at the new Tibetan restaurant in Noho. Ate it, it was ok but I liked my chicken soup better. :-) The dumplings were yummy too, especially with the spicy sauce. Best, though, was the company and the nice, mellow chat. Grad student life, my woes, then back to the apartment for wine, German chocolate (!), and more schmoozing. Lesbian politics, discourse analysis (here's where I want to go someday), Kinsey, and the fundamentalist Concerned Women for America. Oh, how could I forget Annie Sprinkle?

who went off and started his own blog (instead of becoming a TEAM on MINE hmmmph!) and what does he do but go off and find some philosophical reminiscing on blogger's dying?

What interested is me how far the links go back to the source (I went through three blogs and chose not to read the 'hidden message' that apparently was revealed after someone recently died.

Worker sacked over blog comments

"Mr Gordon claimed his dismissal breached his right to free speech."

~ from Rowin Young via the air-l listserv

Well, rumor has it Denise will actually finish her inspiring dissertation on suicide in 2005. Hope this doeesn't jinx her! Carolyn provided quite the anticipatory dinner (yum), and we finished off the dregs of four (4) bottle of liquor. Grand Marnier is pretty good stuff! Denise and I then took a midnight hike up Rattlesnake Gutter. It was beautiful in the snow and half-moonlight.

Was I supposed to finish writing that EFS grant proposal tonight? oh. %-/

Shemaya is going to be published in French!

She wrote a nice bit about Mary Frances too, GetOut: Mary Frances (you have to scroll down past the spam, sigh). it seems there are new comments there since I last read it. (Link back to my entry, In Memoriam.)

The Toddster must be bored. Here's what he sent me via email today; do you think I should actually respond?! %-)

Interview for Steph

I read the other day that blog was the most looked up thing on the Internet. Do you know what #2 was? Incumbent.