Author Archives: Susan

TECHNOLOGY: Feeling Better

Posted on December 20, 2004 by Susan

I must say that Dell is responsive and helpful, but Del somehow fixed himself with no help from either the technician or me.  Since I couldn’t see anything on the monitor and couldn’t shut the laptop off, I unplugged it, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: !

Posted on December 19, 2004 by Susan

I think Del died!  Blank screen, won’t shut off.  I’m going to go throw up. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Faith

Posted on December 18, 2004 by Susan

(Note:  This is just a story line, so don’t get nervous…) It doesn’t really matter to me just what you believe and what you don’t.  But some of you are hooked on guilt and doubt from being raised one way … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Exercise

Posted on December 18, 2004 by Susan

It wasn’t that or that, but finally this that broke him into little pieces of confetti blowing in the wind like on a wedding day when tossed in joy amid good wishes of the crowd. But while they cheered, he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Tip & Slide Sleepers

Posted on December 18, 2004 by Susan

Most people are one or the other–that is, if they are back sleepers to begin with. Tippers draw one knee up, poised and balanced, but without full consciousness to keep the muscles taut, the leg tips over to the side, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Interpretation

Posted on December 17, 2004 by Susan

Update:  Thanks to Crof at Writing Fiction, here is a direct link to Ursula K. Le Guin’s website. Interesting phenomenon being followed by Amardeep Singh regarding one of my favorite authors and her work, Ursula K. Le Guin’s famous Legend … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Fading In and Out

Posted on December 17, 2004 by Susan

Don’t you hate when the last main conversation of the day lies heavy with the price tag of a good night’s sleep?  After the writers meeting… Writers who want to write—a large percentage of the population.  Literally, almost everyone is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Putting Words Together

Posted on December 17, 2004 by Susan

Uh-oh.  Had this weird and scary experience in the dark garage this morning.  Normally words come to me in poetry; a line, a phrase, sometimes a stanza or paragraph.  And by poetry, I mean a narrative that includes the imagery, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Advice

Posted on December 16, 2004 by Susan

Advice on marriage, blunt and beautiful, from Buzzstuff. Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Stats

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Susan

Uneffinreal! I got an 87 on my stats final and ended up with an A- for the course! Just how in hell did I manage that? Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Navigation

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Susan

One of those little tidbits that bloom into necessary knowledge handed out at the New Media course was the navigability of a project.  Amazon.com was seen as a well planned out map that is user friendly (as well as sales-friendly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Directions

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Susan

Ah, some rather interesting weird thoughts this morning… While the television medium has chosen to go big time into the reality of real people (insert: struggling in the jungles to survive; winning a recording contract; stabbing each other’s backs under … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Silent Hill 2

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Susan

Somehow I just don’t feel right adding a "Games" category here at Spinning, so I’ll record my journey to Silent Hill under New Media.  After all, it is considered such and especially so to me–a gameplayer not much beyond Freecell … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & REALITY: Mind over Matter

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Susan

Well I’ve calmed down so that I can now speak without sputtering.  A few hours of sleep does wonder for the soul.  But it also (as has been the driving force in my thinking of late) has brought me back … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Keeping the Lid On

Posted on December 14, 2004 by Susan

With any luck I’ll remember to get back to this entry and delete it fore the dawn, but for now… I am literally seething.  I am taking shallow breaths lest I explode from allowing too much oxygen in to feed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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