Author Archives: Susan

REALITY: Mid-terms

Posted on October 15, 2004 by Susan

I knew it, I knew it! It seems to happen every single year. The sun gets pissed because the flora and fauna are sick and tired of the photosynthesis project and don’t want to do it anymore. It’s just been … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & REALITY: Words of Wisdom

Posted on October 14, 2004 by Susan

If there’s anyone out there reading this, who is younger than me and who has a dream, an idea, even the slightest twinge of an urge: DO IT. DO IT NOW! I’ll explain this as soon as the thoughts in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Toys

Posted on October 14, 2004 by Susan

Well it’s 2:30 in the morning and I’ve found myself a new computer game: Powerpoint. When I got Microsoft Office 2000, I purchased the Small Business Edition which didn’t include Powerpoint and I didn’t think I’d ever have use for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Testing

Posted on October 13, 2004 by Susan

Facing a quiz almost every single class session is annoying. Noticing my stress, my husband made the remark that I’m studying to pass a test, rather than studying to learn what I’m doing. That made me stop and think. In … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY & NEW MEDIA: Reality & Fantasy

Posted on October 12, 2004 by Susan

Walking quickly to the house, away from work and cold. It takes too long to sit there with a match to start the propane heater. Shivering from the wind that blows in through the cracks and chills the bones so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Paths

Posted on October 12, 2004 by Susan

We, and then of course, I, have often discussed narrative structure and paths in the past few years, having been forced to acknowledge them by literature and writing classes. We all know they exist, we all try to ignore them. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Morning Through Sounds

Posted on October 12, 2004 by Susan

No sense using sight sense this morning; it is black, and closing my eyes makes it no blacker. But it is cold and windy, that I can tell. The wind is noisy in its huffing and puffing to blow my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Hyperlinking Through the Day

Posted on October 11, 2004 by Susan

Just another of those days spent bouncing off of walls I didn’t think were there. Imagining transparent sheets clunking down between me and every goal. Each plan is led astray; by Gates’ Microsoft conglomeration; by three thousand miles, by Christopher … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted on October 11, 2004 by Susan

Orange leaves are falling on my head; at least the green ones stayed where they belonged. The hummingbirds have hidden somewhere for the past few weeks; metamorphosed into eagles circling high above. The deer grow horns and eat the grapes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Super Man

Posted on October 11, 2004 by Susan

The Kryptonite glowed green beyond the fence. His steed, perhaps in warning, perhaps resentful of the superman that flew above him, stopped short, and Clark Kent flew on alone. With sad thoughts of the heartache and handicaps a great man … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Beginning the Story Before It Begins

Posted on October 11, 2004 by Susan

The technology of new media not only lends itself to exciting ways of telling a story, allowing the reader to manipulate where a story ends, changing its direction, adding flashing lights and color at whim, it offers the ability to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION VS. NEW MEDIA: Why versus?

Posted on October 10, 2004 by Susan

Because, well, shoot; I have about an hour’s work left on my Stats project to do before I can play with Powerpoint to create a storyboard. Update: Well, I’ve finished it, although I’m not sure with my cockeyed view of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Discovery

Posted on October 10, 2004 by Susan

You know that itchy scratchy annoying sensation at the back of your neck that you often get from clothing labels? Well if you ever notice this same occurrence at your throat instead, your sweater’s on backwards. Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Study Habits

Posted on October 10, 2004 by Susan

As I suspected, the various courses taken at a college level are not necessarily for the discipline of the field, or to retain in its entirety all the information. The tool we inadvertently are learning (although the wise professors are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: The New Media Personality

Posted on October 9, 2004 by Susan

I have just searched my frameshop for a mouse. A computer mouse, that is. My trusty Microsoft Scroll Mouse was acting strange and it was quite frustrating so I killed it. I am a thrower, a smasher, a flinger of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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