Author Archives: Susan

TECHNOLOGY: Games

Posted on November 30, 2003 by Susan

Finally figured out why I still spend mental downtime in Freecell or Tiles rather than Anchorhead or other Interactive Fiction. Basically it’s because IF requires two hands on the keyboard, and Freecell and the like require one hand and a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Capability

Posted on November 30, 2003 by Susan

I’m so tired, Lord, so very tired. Trying to keep up with the demands of house and work and school but trying to overcome the need to write. In a previous post I mentioned the Oracle that gave me the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Character

Posted on November 30, 2003 by Susan

As necessary as it is to enter into the mind of a character when writing first person POV, or being objective as a third person narrator, it is almost mandatory to be in the proper mood in order to produce … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Persona

Posted on November 29, 2003 by Susan

Writers are aware of the strange feeling of being taken over by a character when writing in the first person point of view. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t; but when it does, one loses oneself at the keyboard and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Groups Online

Posted on November 29, 2003 by Susan

Just joined a writing group online at Writers Magazine. A few years back I had joined a Garden Web forum similar in style, and found it interesting, informative, and a more personal way of sharing love of gardening. That was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Feeling Good

Posted on November 29, 2003 by Susan

Last night’s to-do was only marred by not-so-great food, although this is in truth the main standard by which I judge most receptions, nights out, even trips and vacations! Our honeymoon was described as a lobsterfest as we ate our … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Metamorphosis

Posted on November 28, 2003 by Susan

Tonight I turn into a butterfly. With three dresses to choose from–a filmy creamy cloud, a floral fantasy, or a demure and devilish (copyright, Michael Jackson) black–I get to transform myself into a goddamned girl! Rather a woman, I guess, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Psychology

Posted on November 27, 2003 by Susan

Thanks to Dr. Jerz’s suggestion to try the Myers-Briggs Personality Test, I have now been categorized as to what one can expect of me and how I will most likely react to other people and situations. I have been assured … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Family Dinner

Posted on November 27, 2003 by Susan

Well, the turkey’s a pile of bones that buzzards couldn’t get a meal off of, the leftover pies were sent home with my father, my sister took a bowl of my stuffing because she claims it tastes like the way … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Self Awareness

Posted on November 27, 2003 by Susan

Darned few of us are sneaking in moments at our computers, but this link to Jerz’s Literacy Log offers a link to the free taking of the Myers-Briggs Personality Test. Short on time, and more curious about my reality than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: 30-Hour Countdown

Posted on November 26, 2003 by Susan

Missed the early morning intelligent discourse time segment of my mind, and it was wasted cleaning the bathroom and the clutter from the other rooms in preparation for the family’s descent upon the premises. I wander from one room to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Family Script

Posted on November 25, 2003 by Susan

I’m getting more family-oriented as I get older, and perhaps have learned to include them more in my life instead of roaming around the edges like some outlaw lured by prairies to spend just little bits of life in desert … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: It’s A Good Thing

Posted on November 25, 2003 by Susan

Found one more place that I need to wire up to a LAN—the backyard stoop. Almost every morning is a case of squat there leisurely with a cigarette (I keep forgetting that I’m no longer a smoker) and a cup … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Lacking

Posted on November 25, 2003 by Susan

Shoot. Just noticed that I got only a coupla entries under my EDUCATION Category here at Spinning. I’ll have to think up something to put in there that makes me sound very, very smart. Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: Icons

Posted on November 25, 2003 by Susan

Global marketing and consumerism has led to the sometimes rather annoying little pictures you find in cars, stores, everywhere and even on the monitor in a cost effective method of using international symbols as a language. Most work well, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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