Archive for May, 2008
purging my life
May 31st
I’ve been slowly selling things from my house on craigslist and a few other flagstaff online markets. Moving is always such a good time to really assess what is important, and what is just taking up space and collecting dust.
Today, I continued the purging. I had a yard sale at my brother’s house (my house is too far out of town and doesn’t get enough traffic for a good yard sale), and got rid of even more things.
Before I started this, while my brother was helping me cart things in to his house yesterday, he told me to not charge too much and to just get rid of things. It’s easier to rid myself of them rather than bring them back and have to start all over again with them. I think I surprised even him, though. It got to the point that I was offering entire boxes of craft stuff at $1 per box. I was tired and the people were not really interested in spending too much. I wanted to get rid of it and it wasn’t *really* about the money.
It was fun. Half of my stuff was gone within the first hour. There are still a few things so we’re going to do it again in the morning, but overall, it was a good purge.
My home now has mostly the essentials. It’s kind of nice living a more uncluttered life.
new directions
May 30th
With the changing of my blogging clothing, I’ve decided to add a bit of academia to my blog.
Above the first post on my blog, there is an announcement box. In this box, I will be posting rhetoric/composition/scientific & technical comm conferences and calls for proposals/papers.
Mostly this is for me, because I can’t keep up with all of the deadlines and opportunities. But I think it’s also a great way to share this with other people who might be interested in seeing what is available out there.
If you know of a conference / CFP in these areas, please send me an email. I’ll get it posted.
new clothes
May 30th
It was time for a new look. Along with the new look, my twitter tweets will no longer be populating my blog. I’m doing this for a few reasons:
- I think it’s boring for you, my readers (if there are any of you left)
- It’s delayed, so the information is often a few days old by the time it even posts.
- It’s a bit disjointed for you, since you only see one side of the conversation.
I have, instead, posted my friendfeed in the sidebar. You can see what I’m linking to, what I’m sharing on Twitter, etc., if you’re interested.
I will be posting more about my academic pursuits in the fall. Between now and then, it will probably be focused on moving, selling my house, etc.
I hope you’re not even more bored and will stick with me.
tweet tweet for 2008-05-26
May 26th
- local news says photos from @PhoenixMars available at 7pm PST (straight from the University of Arizona in Tucson) http://snurl.com/2aluk #
- I’ve favorited more photos in flickr today than I have in the last 2 months (which isn’t saying much). #
- @AcmePhoto it seems that you should have asked him for some gas money instead! #
- @AcmePhoto heh. that could have been pretty funny. Smart scammer, though. I’ll bet someone bites. #
- [daily photo] symbol http://tinyurl.com/5jblyv #
- @justG I like Lightroom better anyway. Aperture is sadly lacking in many ways (in my opinion). #
- @cmiper maybe etiquette courses need to be reinstated? #
- @justG I love how thorough you are in your evaluations. :-) Maybe I should just follow you around and use the software you recommend. #
- @cmiper I don’t blame you. That’s incredibly rude. #
- My brothers have offered to put Mexican food on dry ice and send it to me in MN, just so I can have AZ Mexican food. How cool is that? #
tweet tweet for 2008-05-25
May 25th
- Just watched “Miss Potter” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482546/) What a delightful movie. #
- @marklipton I wrote extensively on Second Life and never was a part of that world. It’s not a necessity. Research can still be done. #
- @ripwinkle it was on Showtime this afternoon (and again this evening). Really well done. #
- @vmarinelli I want the three goddess moons over celtic lover’s trees in that same spot. :-) #
- Watching 300 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449). Not sure I like this much cgi. It hurts my head like hdr does. #
- 19 obama twits in less than 2 minutes. slow down, man…don’t need the spam and can’t read that many links that fast. #
- @DaveWares :-) Glad I’m not the only one. #
- Love this. Create your own Shakespearean sonnet http://snurl.com/2akbx #
- @rslux so I just looked at their services — they don’t even list Jaiku. Odd. They list Orkut and YouTube and others, but not Jaiku. #
- lunch: whole wheat pita filled with avocado, spinach, red onion, sliced turkey, and shredded cheese. Very yummy. #
- It is pretty awesome watching @MarsPhoenix through twitter. Agree with @beebo_wallace. Way to go, NASA. #
is this *really* funny?
May 25th
A fellow blogger just posted a link to this video on friendfeed. He wrote that it made him laugh, so I figured I’d get a good laugh out of it, too.
Now, I agree that I can see the funny side of it. And the actress in question, Emmanuelle Béart, was obviously not offended by it. But…when did it become ok to accost a sleeping woman?
Yes, yes…I know it’s just a commercial. And yes, I understand it is done in humor. But people watch these things and then consider that this kind of behavior is ok. It’s not. The man was moving her clothing around to make it appear as if they had an intimate relationship. That’s not funny to me. In fact, it’s alarming that this would be considered humorous at all.
tweet tweet for 2008-05-23
May 23rd
tweet tweet for 2008-05-22
May 22nd
- @cogdog I’m really glad Fresa is ok. She will be in my thoughts. #
- snow is in the forecast for tonight. It’s a running joke that if high school prom is close, so is snow. #
- @textbench oooohhh…my appointment is next week for the very same thing. :-) Good luck with that. #
- @colecamplese congratulations. :-) I’m having more and more fun speaking at conferences (this from a self-affirmed anti-social hermit). #
- [daily photo] once http://tinyurl.com/5es9lb #
- Just read danah boyd’s latest blog entry. Got me to thinking: Is the thesis/dissertation process archaic? http://snurl.com/2a3jt #
- It’s interesting to me that so many of the conversations, that I read anyway, on FriendFeed are about FriendFeed or Twitter. #
- If you whisper into the social networking sphere, will anyone hear you? Better yet, will anyone respond? #
- snowing…yep…I said it’s snowing. #
- @cogdog oh, we typically get snow in May. It’s an odd year when we don’t. :-) #
