Tuesday, October 30, 2007
earthquake!
So mom and I came back from dinner, walked in, called out at the piggie. The piggie was hunched next to his bottle, not very responsive. A few seconds later it felt like a plane flew by overhead. Whole building was swaying, the house was making crackling noise, lights were swinging. It lasted for a good 20 seconds. They say it's about 5.6. I think that was one of the biggest one I've ever felt. Good times.
snap
I don't take nearly enough pictures. I have 2 cameras, and they both just sit on my desk. I feel like I've been so much less creative since this semester started. I broke out my canon last night and cleared the card. I want to just tote it around and take random snapshots. I feel like I really need to get my alpha out. But I don't know for what. I don't know... I just feel the need all of a sudden to make some sort of photo journal. Yeah. I trying to procrastinate from homework.. for sure.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
light week
Next week is going to be *light*. By that I mean I only have one paper and one group project due. Pretty good huh? I have a few pages of journal I should scan and post.
The whole commute on Thursday nights sucks. It took me almost an hour to get to class tonight. By the time I get here I'm already zonked out. I can count 4 gigantic paper projects due in the near future just off the top of my head... I feel like this is my breather week to take one last breath before plunging in.
The whole commute on Thursday nights sucks. It took me almost an hour to get to class tonight. By the time I get here I'm already zonked out. I can count 4 gigantic paper projects due in the near future just off the top of my head... I feel like this is my breather week to take one last breath before plunging in.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Autoethnography
Autoethnography is a recognised qualitative social research method where the researcher documents a group by recording his or her own individual experience as it relates to social history. Often, but not always, the researcher is a member of the group in question rather than the traditional outsider ethnographer. As a variation of conventional ethnography it has its roots in anthropology but is now becoming more widely used in other disciplinary contexts, including performance studies, the sociology of new media, novels, journalism, and communication.
In sociology, autoethnography is a form of participant observation research where non-traditional forms of research, writing, and performance are used in order to attempt to fully realize the ideal of reflexivity, which is the idea that the researcher needs to be aware of his or her role as a researcher. In embracing personal thoughts, feelings, stories, and observations as a way of understanding the social context they are studying, these researchers are also shedding light on their total interaction with that setting by making their every emotion and thought visible to the reader. This is much the opposite of hypothesis-driven, or positivist, research, but is not very far from traditional ethnography as practiced by anthropologists and sociologists. A special issue [] of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (Vol 35 No 4, August 2006) contains several articles on the diverse definitions and uses of autoethnography. An autoethnography can be analytical (see Leon Anderson), written in the style of a novel (see Carolyn Ellis's methodological novel The Ethnographer's I), performative (see the work of Norman K. Denzin, and the anthology The Ends of Performance) and many things in between. Symbolic interactionists are particularly interested in this increasingly popular method, and examples of autoethnography can be found in the Journal of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism as well as in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and the Journal of Humanistic Ethnography. It is not considered "mainstream" as a method by most positivist or traditional ethnographers.
REF: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Autoethnography
I can't take that name.... because my pretty awesome professor already did. I actually feel like I'm getting much better in my writing because of that class. So thank you!!!
In sociology, autoethnography is a form of participant observation research where non-traditional forms of research, writing, and performance are used in order to attempt to fully realize the ideal of reflexivity, which is the idea that the researcher needs to be aware of his or her role as a researcher. In embracing personal thoughts, feelings, stories, and observations as a way of understanding the social context they are studying, these researchers are also shedding light on their total interaction with that setting by making their every emotion and thought visible to the reader. This is much the opposite of hypothesis-driven, or positivist, research, but is not very far from traditional ethnography as practiced by anthropologists and sociologists. A special issue [] of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (Vol 35 No 4, August 2006) contains several articles on the diverse definitions and uses of autoethnography. An autoethnography can be analytical (see Leon Anderson), written in the style of a novel (see Carolyn Ellis's methodological novel The Ethnographer's I), performative (see the work of Norman K. Denzin, and the anthology The Ends of Performance) and many things in between. Symbolic interactionists are particularly interested in this increasingly popular method, and examples of autoethnography can be found in the Journal of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism as well as in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and the Journal of Humanistic Ethnography. It is not considered "mainstream" as a method by most positivist or traditional ethnographers.
REF: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Autoethnography
I can't take that name.... because my pretty awesome professor already did. I actually feel like I'm getting much better in my writing because of that class. So thank you!!!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
"Goreacle"
hum.....
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/gores-almost-ca.html
I think I'm for this....
Draft Gore
I honestly don't know who really listens to this ignorant individual. How can anyone think that she makes sense? Don't forget she's also the one who called Edwards a "fag". I assume that all she wants to do is to help the republican party, and she really isn't helping. At all. She's giving the image of ignorant hick to the party and how does she think she can help the party to win the white house again in '08? I don't get it. I don't agree with a majority of things that pours out of her unfiltered mouth. I do respect her to have the cajones to say them... doesn't mean she's right in any way. Exactly how far can she go? She's turning into a shock jock... in which case shouldn't she lose her job for being antisemitic? So I guess we a society that values a white blond woman who hates Jews and morally prosecute a white guy who talks about some "nappy hos". How is this different? It is because Coulter doesn't really wield any power over people anymore? Has she crossed the line into the crazy aunt category? Conversely, does that mean Imus actually hold some power over us? I don't get it.
So back to my political orientation. I think it'll be golden if Gore jumps into the race. I think I might volunteer. I will do the fliers thing. It might even earn a place on my bumper. I think it's time for a messiah type figure to jump in. It's just humorous to me that if he really does jump in this late in the race, he will probably win the nomination with little or no campaigning. That's power. Actually I think that's how we got Arnold as our governor... but that's another story. So what do we know about this potential candidate? Well he might win a Nobel Prize tomorrow for his work for the environment... I think that's good enough for me.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/gores-almost-ca.html
I think I'm for this....
Draft Gore
I honestly don't know who really listens to this ignorant individual. How can anyone think that she makes sense? Don't forget she's also the one who called Edwards a "fag". I assume that all she wants to do is to help the republican party, and she really isn't helping. At all. She's giving the image of ignorant hick to the party and how does she think she can help the party to win the white house again in '08? I don't get it. I don't agree with a majority of things that pours out of her unfiltered mouth. I do respect her to have the cajones to say them... doesn't mean she's right in any way. Exactly how far can she go? She's turning into a shock jock... in which case shouldn't she lose her job for being antisemitic? So I guess we a society that values a white blond woman who hates Jews and morally prosecute a white guy who talks about some "nappy hos". How is this different? It is because Coulter doesn't really wield any power over people anymore? Has she crossed the line into the crazy aunt category? Conversely, does that mean Imus actually hold some power over us? I don't get it.
So back to my political orientation. I think it'll be golden if Gore jumps into the race. I think I might volunteer. I will do the fliers thing. It might even earn a place on my bumper. I think it's time for a messiah type figure to jump in. It's just humorous to me that if he really does jump in this late in the race, he will probably win the nomination with little or no campaigning. That's power. Actually I think that's how we got Arnold as our governor... but that's another story. So what do we know about this potential candidate? Well he might win a Nobel Prize tomorrow for his work for the environment... I think that's good enough for me.
end of the tunnel? still... a ways to go....
I just filed for graduation. Just so happen I had a majority of documents I needed on me. It's good to be prepared sometimes... So now I'm treating myself with a iced white mocha and a chocolate muffin. I'm happy right now. I think I had that hanging over my head for quite some time, and I really wanted to just get it over with. The muffin is dry and the mocha is too sweet, but I could care less right now. I just feel like I finally got another hurdle down. I just need to get myself to finish up these two semesters nicely and not poop out. Ironically I'm not too worried about the actual classes, it's the administrative stuff that worries me. It's a control thing I think.
Found out another fun thing just now, I'm getting a B.S. degree. I thought it was going to be a B.A., but apparently it's B.S. Interesting. I guess it's because they used to require much more math for it, and we still have to do statistics and quantitative analysis for it. So yeah, that's my burst of words for now.
Found out another fun thing just now, I'm getting a B.S. degree. I thought it was going to be a B.A., but apparently it's B.S. Interesting. I guess it's because they used to require much more math for it, and we still have to do statistics and quantitative analysis for it. So yeah, that's my burst of words for now.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
I might be random
I found a few thoughts running through my head yesterday as I was going about my business. I recognize how random I am... most of the time. There is a reason for that. I had a few things floating around in my head; each makes a very good writing prompt. It's amazing what happens when I get some time alone. Luckily I had a pad of paper with me, and I jotted them down. They make a whole lot of no sense when I just put them down, but it helps me in thinking about what to write. Yeah I know I'm weird.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
coherent thoughts
Sometimes I get some really coherent thoughts through my head in surprisingly well constructed sentences. Usually when I'm walking around and have no time to put them down. I forget them so easily. It's really a shame.
I think I get into some sort of a trance when I listen to a couple of DMB songs. I run really fast and far when I listen to them. I find it funny when I'm listening to "Dancing Nancies" I run particularly fast. Maybe I'm trying to see could I have been anyone other then me by running away from myself. Something like that.
So I figured I would start a sort of a paper journal-portfolio thing. I really enjoy writing on paper I found. My whole trend of thought is different when I write on paper. Freewriting. So I'm just going to write about two pages a day and scan them. It'll be interesting. My handwriting isn't the greatest in the world, but it works....
I think I get into some sort of a trance when I listen to a couple of DMB songs. I run really fast and far when I listen to them. I find it funny when I'm listening to "Dancing Nancies" I run particularly fast. Maybe I'm trying to see could I have been anyone other then me by running away from myself. Something like that.
So I figured I would start a sort of a paper journal-portfolio thing. I really enjoy writing on paper I found. My whole trend of thought is different when I write on paper. Freewriting. So I'm just going to write about two pages a day and scan them. It'll be interesting. My handwriting isn't the greatest in the world, but it works....
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
quietish weekend
- Take home exam #2 for legal due Thursday night
- Reading #4 summary for staffing sometime before the weekend
- My History as a Writer revision due Monday
- Article Analysis Draft #2 due Monday
- 3 articles to read for Comm due Monday
- Ethics paper due Wednesday
- Anthropology paper due Wednesday
- Tons of reading....
About 5k words?
Good times.
- Reading #4 summary for staffing sometime before the weekend
- My History as a Writer revision due Monday
- Article Analysis Draft #2 due Monday
- 3 articles to read for Comm due Monday
- Ethics paper due Wednesday
- Anthropology paper due Wednesday
- Tons of reading....
About 5k words?
Good times.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
couple of things made me happy....
I weight lighter this morning
I fit into those damn tight lucky jeans.... as in I was able to pull them all the way up and not bruise my hips.
I fit into those damn tight lucky jeans.... as in I was able to pull them all the way up and not bruise my hips.
Monday, October 1, 2007
time to spare
I have an hour to kill. Two midterms and a paper today. I woke up at 5. Sleepy. I went to sleep early last night too. I was out before 11. *sigh*
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