Author Archives: Susan

EDUCATION: Nutrition

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

No, I don’t have to retake it; passed it with flying colors.  But as with some learning, it sticks with you and this course in particular seems to haunt me with guilt. To make up for yesterday’s total intake of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Susie Fixit

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

Okay, down from my lofty literary position for a moment and back to earth as a sweaty picture framer and boring person. It’s hotter than hell outside, and my shop is not being adequately cooled by the little air conditioner … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Using Facade

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

The purpose to my own exploration of Facade is multinatured.  As a writer, I am furthering my steps into the world of new media that has lured me beyond the pages and into a moving visual and audio world of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Short Story Format

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Susan

Last night I was delighted to be among the crowd applauding the premiere showing of a short film, "The Long Weekend" which was written and produced by Patrice Hamilton, an English teacher at Tunxis CC and a member of our … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Facade: Is our Grace a liar?

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Susan

On my last post regarding Facade, Steve asks, "There can certainly be the capacity for lying in the system. What’s important is what came before. Can you trace this?" Well, I did go through the scripts and found these two … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Facade Flirting

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Susan

Evidently, as Steve has discovered as well, if you come on to either Trip or Grace, you are summarily ousted from their badly decorated penthouse (personal opinion only because I hate contemporary home decor).  One thing I noticed on this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Breaking the Facade

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Susan

This time, visiting Trip and Grace as their friend George, brought out some new things as well as replaying the old.  The good part is that I seem to have successfully gotten both Trip and Grace to admit their feelings, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Change

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Susan

Spiked coiffure, rag-tag clothes that hang and shed, orange chain links in lieu of ruby cravat; the young punk hummingbird asserts himself. Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: J-Walk Blog Link Experiment

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Susan

This is a test.  This is only a test.  John at J-Walk is conducting an experiment over at his blog to determine if he can track down all who have linked to this post. Now we’ll know if he’s really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Dear, Sweet Emma

Posted on August 11, 2005 by Susan

Thanks to The Great Lettuce Head, I can share one of the short films we watched last night.  It is animation, but cleverly done.  I must admit that I loved it (laughed my ass near off) and was so very … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: How to get thrown out of Facade

Posted on August 11, 2005 by Susan

Easy.  Just get too kissy-face with Grace while you’re coming in as friend Ben.  Trip quickly responds: GRACEBen,  every time Trip is unhappy he rushes out and buys some new gadget. TRIPWhat are you talking about? You’re always buying stuff… … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: When your whole story is a cliche’

Posted on August 11, 2005 by Susan

Hmmm.  One of my best stories, or so I thought, is of a woman looking over her naked body in a full length mirror just before she goes to join her husband in bed.  While I realize that this has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Facade

Posted on August 11, 2005 by Susan

Our journey into Facade is obviously for more than the playing of the piece.  For Steve, I think it’s for the workings of New Media presentation, the manipulation both of programming and of narrative structure and cohesiveness of story.  For … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Facade

Posted on August 11, 2005 by Susan

In the continuing saga of the Trip and Grace, Steve has managed to bring out one more underlying catalyst for their marital problems, that of Trip’s being ashamed of his parents in comparison to Grace’s wealthier upbringing.  This is a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Summer

Posted on August 10, 2005 by Susan

Hot desert air blown in from a foreign land teases, tempts me with exotica.  Cotton twists into finest silk laying light upon my skin that browns beneath a laughing sun.  And blue-black crows like iridescent peacocks strut their colors. Continue reading →

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