Strange night tonight. Not only am I watching TV, I’m watching it alone. I’m sitting in Ted’s office watching the world championships in figure skating playing on his computer monitor. I’m recording it so he can see it when he comes home. The other day Lisa Williams wrote about her visions of TV in Talking […]
Entries from March 2004
TV is torture
March 25th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Tags: geek
Skin deep
March 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on Skin deep
In today’s Seattle Times: Who are you? SAM photo exhibit probes questions of race and identity “Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self,” runs today through June 13 at Seattle Art Museum (SAM) […] The idea, according to SAM’s modern- and contemporary-art curator Lisa Corrin, is to use repulsion, humor, irony and up-close […]
Tags: culture
I need to say no
March 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on I need to say no
Last week Fran described her state of mind when she writes: I need absolute quiet and privacy. I understand. I am guilty of staying up too late at night in order to grab that precious quiet and privacy(note post times!). I used to try to savor it in the morning but lately I’ve swung more […]
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Consistency and commitment
March 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on Consistency and commitment
I’ve been realizing how moody I can be as a writer. Not that I am trying to be swayed by my emotions, but I am seeing how they appear in this blog. How feelings fall out between my fingers as I type onto the page. How emotions pop up in my posts without my being […]
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Like a good party
March 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on Like a good party
Earlier I posted that Jay McCarthy’s blog makeoutcity is like a party. Since I wrote that post, I’ve realized that what happens at a good party is that people connect. And that’s been true for my experience at Jay’s blog. I’ve started reading other blogs, ones he cites. And like any party where friends meet, […]
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