Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Clothing Time

Posted on November 28, 2004 by Susan

Family tradition dictates that we change our wardrobes like the curtains into summer/winter segments marking half-years of our lives. I put away the teeshirts, shorts and lightweight jackets into plastic bags and store them in a closet deep down in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Writing: Hazardous Dreiving

Posted on November 28, 2004 by Susan

Sometime once a while ago I drove to Portugal and felt its private sun beam down in yellow bands to warm and paint the saddle leather seats of British racing sleek green cat. We prowled the roads in twists and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Leftovers

Posted on November 27, 2004 by Susan

How often does it happen that next-day Thanksgiving turkey leftovers can be served to someone who has not had turkey the day before? So it was with exceptional joy that I was able to offer a place at our dinner … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Turkeys

Posted on November 26, 2004 by Susan

Hope that most of you have eaten your way through a Thanksgiving turkey, and are planning on roast beef for Christmas dinner.  Because I’m going to tell you a sad little tale that’s almost akin to the Great Veal Revelation. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: November Nights

Posted on November 25, 2004 by Susan

The wind is the voice of the night he listens to; and not the clinking half-ass copper tossed his way by day. Though once a pair of sharkskin grey legs gave an Andrew Jackson and shrugged as gusty New York … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Thanksgiving IV

Posted on November 25, 2004 by Susan

Oh yes, and if you dig deep enough, you can find more good things out of "near tragedy":  Even with a shameful 51 on a stats test, I have a 90 average so far (but there’s the black cloud of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Thanksgiving III

Posted on November 25, 2004 by Susan

Just spent fifteen minutes forcefeeding a turkey.  It’s not unlike doing the same with a one-year-old human baby:  You either do the airplane, race car, or bumblebee (this last one’s not the best idea to teach a kid) to get … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Future Me

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Susan

Someday when you are me, and I am but a tadpole swimming upstream for a mate, who will you be? Are paths I have already walked been crossed and unavailable, or will you face again the choices, same as me? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Thanksgiving II

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Susan

I’m boiling turkey guts and fisheyes for tomorrow.  No–not together, for they’re for separate courses, don’t you see.  One to stuff the main meal, a dead bird.  And the fisheyes will be sweetened for dessert.  My stuffing is so very … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Susan

Three people sit around a meatloafed dinner table.  One man who lost his wife in summer’s sun.  Another man who thinks he hides the fear of losing his.  And between them, me. All of us together thinking thoughts of turkeys … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY & TECHNOLOGY: And How It Affects Christmas

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Susan

Well, prices of custom picture framing have suddenly tripled.  Such a shame, just before Christmas.  But this Christmas won’t be as merry for my family either, and I will be cutting down considerably on what I spend on them so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Long Haul

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Susan

Some thoughts on yesterday, and writing. Spinning was a part of our New Media discussion in class, as weblogs are a fine example of combining the elements of layering graphics, text, audio, etc. together within the structure of digitalized modularity.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Virtual World

Posted on November 21, 2004 by Susan

"Oh Christopher Lee, where you be? You wait with fangs in the wings of fog rolled in by Hollywood.  On a stage set steep in Transylvania, on pebbled roads that lead to your dark castle, you hover; black silk rustling … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Neighborly Gestures and Warm Puppies

Posted on November 21, 2004 by Susan

Well, not a puppy; a six-year old Jack Russell mix that looks more like a grossly overweight Chihuahua—my neighbor’s new dog. Since she’s had Labs for the last fifteen years, she’s worried that this little guy’s size might get him … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Laptop Update

Posted on November 21, 2004 by Susan

Just got back from my second visit to a Best Buy to finger-test the keyboard and eyeball the screens in a hands-on check of the laptops.  Of course, none of the exact models I have since focused on were there, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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