Author Archives: Susan

TECHNOLOGY: C-D-E-F…Drives

Posted on August 16, 2005 by Susan

While I have the new pc running perfectly with a 40 gig hard drive, a 1.8 AMD Duron CPU, its own Win XP o/s and an unbelievable 1280 mg memory, I’m juggling three hard drives to come up with one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: On the Table

Posted on August 16, 2005 by Susan

While I haven’t exactly been keeping up on all fronts with the four to five selections to read or play concurrently as I had intended, I am getting through the pile a bit.  Now that I’m pretty much done for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Claptrap

Posted on August 16, 2005 by Susan

Good morning.  The word for the day is crap.  (I just didn’t want to put it right up there in the title!) So here I am, all fired up and ready to go, got five great titles for stories:  Eggs … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Facade Finale

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Susan

I have given, as is my wont, blow by blow impressions of Facade in various entries over the past week rather than in a finish-the-book/game/work of art-then-review-it manner that is more customarily done by the pros.  That alone should prove … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: New Media

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Susan

Okay People, here’s your chance to learn about the world that is exploring new boundaries and types of creativity that is the latest and greatest hot new setup! Available once again for the Fall Semester at Tunxis Community College in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Behind the Facade

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Susan

I think that I’m going to try to wind up my exploration of Facade today and post some final thoughts on this most interesting and enjoyable project.  (I do apologize for not always providing the link within the many, many … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Sudden Changes

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Susan

There is a strange pleasure in being forced to switch gears because of a sudden change in a routine.  Shortly aften ten last night the electricity went off.  My husband was already asleep, but I was left in the dark … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY/NEW MEDIA/WRITING: Disharmony

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Susan

Within the New Media phase of my learning, I’ve been involved in the marital problems of Facade’s Trip and Grace.  In my writing exercises and learning, I need to add conflict to my stories; it’s not enough to write well. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Facade: Fun with Trip & Grace

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Susan

Very odd:  In about close to ten sessions, or stageplays that I’ve conducted, it was only in the last one where Grace walked out of the apartment and her marriage.  Then, on the very next stageplay, Trip walks out!  Now … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Grace Leaves Trip!

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Susan

Ohhhh!  I feel so badly!  I had to answer the real phone in the middle of a visit with this couple and by the time I got back, things had gone from bad to worse and within a few minutes, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Moments

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Susan

Life is made up of moments.  Today the punk hummingbird has turned into a little man; his feathers smoothed down, he has lost his angry look.  A necklace of coral beads catches the sun to shine with an intensity that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Looking to Reality

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

We must look around us to learn about people and nature and we learn more by reading what other people find out and write about people and nature.  I am watching Big Brother 6 and I can say that I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: A Good Sign

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

For no traceable reason, no magic thread that I can rewind to its source, no breadcrumb trail to follow back home, I have begun again to write. A full page–a good beginning for one who starts with opening lines that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Aha! Facade’s Grace Admits an Indiscretion!

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

Well now, we’ve just found another little bit of info about Grace, who just seemed upset about her career and Trip’s phoney baloney aspirations: GRACETrip… GRACEuhh… GRACEIn college…     I was in love with someone else. TRIPWhat?! GRACEAn art major, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Endurance

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

As I play Solitaire or Freecell between writing or framing, I’m wondering why I can keep going back to these–for years, even–and still play them.  I can’t do that with Silent Hill 2–though I do need to because I haven’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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