Monthly Archives: January 2005

REALITY: Unfortunately

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Susan

Unbelievable; that a heavily biased piece of propaganda can win the People’s Choice Award for best film, Moore’s Farenheit 9/11.  Kinda makes me lose a little bit of faith in the American public.  Of course they/we also voted Will and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Susan

Okay, so I succumbed to the sword of cone-head again and again.  At least I "learned" to save the game to the point prior to entering the fatal hallway encounter. I believe what I am learning in this meeting of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Mental & Physical

Posted on January 9, 2005 by Susan

Just finished a few hours of hard labor organizing the cellar.  What makes that exhaustion from physical effort feel so good?  Mental exertion from watching a documentary on tsunami on the Discovery channel.  La Palma, in the Canary Islands; an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Labor Market

Posted on January 9, 2005 by Susan

I have been a housewife, live-in lover, seamstress, decorator.  I am a cook, stewer, baker, little winemaker.  I have been an executive secretary to presidents, a customer service rep; have worked in production control, advertising, inside and outside sales.  I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2

Posted on January 9, 2005 by Susan

Man, I just don’t have the heart for this.  I’ve been fiddling all day, in and out of the game, stopping just short of entering the hallway where I met my doom the first time around.  I’ve saved three copies … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2: A Second Coming

Posted on January 8, 2005 by Susan

Wipe your tears, I have been resurrected. There are obvious differences between static story (books, movies) and interactive work (IF, video gaming, hypertext) that I’ve noted here in my New Media studies.  One of the best, I’ve just discovered, is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Of Books

Posted on January 8, 2005 by Susan

Jim and I sat side by side this morning, our computer desks in tandem, our attentions on our separate screens. "What books were you looking for?" he asks me, and I give him names of several that I’ve already ordered. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Icy Hyperlinks to Memories

Posted on January 8, 2005 by Susan

Funny how sometimes an executive decision such as yesterday’s to finish cleaning off the driveway in foresight of a storm, and despite the fact it was a wrong one (the driveway is a sheet of ice) it still leads back … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Of Ice and Books and Neighbors

Posted on January 8, 2005 by Susan

A mixture of emotion on this day, thoughts hyperlinked to memories spanning years.  But I need a few more moments just to savor them, and in a little while, I’ll share. Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: End of Story

Posted on January 7, 2005 by Susan

Interesting feelings at the end of the story when gaming.  The sudden surprise twist of the proganist’s death, and a pang of guilt and horror; after all, I was responsible for him and spent a couple weeks with him and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Another Body in Silent Hill 2

Posted on January 7, 2005 by Susan

Make room in the cemetary; Some strange monster thing with a huge cone head doing something even stranger to a non-headed mannequin just killed me (my character, James) with a humongous knife.  Game over. I’m bummed.  It’s taken me forever … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Evening Time

Posted on January 7, 2005 by Susan

It’s just after 6:30 p.m. and we had a chicken stir-fry (hate to tell you, but the best stir fry comes from cleaning out the fridge, and the chicken was salvaged out of a soup my husband made that was, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Winter Fun

Posted on January 7, 2005 by Susan

Just spent three hours cleaning the driveway–chopping the ice that developed due to a corporate decision we made as a team to let the last two inches of snow remain as a barrier for the sleet that formed a shell … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Mid Afternoons of Winter

Posted on January 7, 2005 by Susan

Good thing I like to write early in the morning, while the snow is still fairly fresh and clean and white.  Otherwise, my poetic words might not come out quite as pretty. I used to believe that our little plot … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Vision

Posted on January 7, 2005 by Susan

It’s often that I shut my eyes to see the morning darkness wake in sounds like slushing cars going by, and I know the snow has melted.  I see the dripping drops form into icicles that hang from drainpipes by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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