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Comment on Occupied by Thinkery › 50 Things Before 50

Thinkery › 50 Things Before 50 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:28:38 +0000

[...] 16. Take up swimming again and make it part of my routine 17. Be an effective mentor and colleague (progress) 18. Get my health issues in hand 19. Visit the Warhol Museum (done) 20. Read all of [...]

Comment on one is the loneliest by Julie Platt (@aristotlejulep)

Julie Platt (@aristotlejulep) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:17:41 +0000

Hey Dawn, I often feel this way myself. I’m a bit of a loner too, and I live a few states away from my family and best friends, whom I only get to see a few times a year. I definitely know what you mean by going weeks without seeing someone else. I often feel like I don’t know how to interact with people after feeling so isolated for so long. I’m so awkward and insecure so much of the time. And I know what you mean about furry friends. I got a dog in July, and he was the best thing that I’ve done for myself in a long time.

just wanted you to know you’re not alone in being alone, and that reading blog posts like this one make me feel less alone myself.

Comment on Occupied by Ana

Ana — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:39:35 +0000

This is wonderful, Dawn. This movement most certainly has provoked reflection for many individuals. Thanks for the reference to Welsch’s book. It sounds interesting and like a great gift to a certain someone I know.

Comment on identity in fyw by dawn

dawn — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:19:33 +0000

We did talk about the issues surrounding Paglia and Halberstam, too, which added to the understanding of the concept of ethos. :-)

Comment on identity in fyw by Michael J. Faris

Michael J. Faris — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:00:47 +0000

I love this activity! it does sound fun :) and both Paglia and Halberstam, while reductive in some ways, are intellectually rich arguments too. I can see why students kept referencing them throughout the term.

Comment on the collateral of words by miss ashley

miss ashley — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:09:41 +0000

miss dawn — check out my fb note. i couldn’t agree more. the fear can paralyze you, and does. it is a difficult cycle to see/find/dig our way out of.

oh, i have no problem being harsh when the situation calls for it. :) but the situation has to call for it.

i am sure some lectures are excellent. it’s just not the way i learn. it did, in fairness, take me a good while to understand that there really *were* different ways people learned.

i think that one is a process that is hard to balance as a student and as a teacher because — how do you know how to say what to who?

…which is not unlike a writing conundrum, i guess.

Comment on the collateral of words by dawn

dawn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:44:48 +0000

You didn’t talk/write yourself into a circle. :-)

And yeah, seriously. I was told that I talk too much. Not just once, but this person made sure to reiterate it in front of an entire group of people.

There are some lectures that are good, I’m guessing. But my brain engages better when I can talk things out, think about them out loud with others.

*laugh* Ruthless is good. I thought I was being harsh with snarky. Yow. Heehee. ;-)

And this is the thing, miss ashley, my fear paralyzes me. Seriously. I had a serious panic attack and couldn’t write this paper. I made myself sick over it. And then I got mad because I did, which made me even more sick. It’s an ugly cycle.

Comment on the collateral of words by miss ashley

miss ashley — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:32:49 +0000

oh, excuse me while i flip out. you talk too much? seriously?

i can’t tolerate lecture classes, and i don’t run my own classes like that when i am teaching a f2f class.

i run on the assumption that what bores me bores my students, and lecture bores me. i know, off the top of my head, that this isn’t (can’t be?) an absolute — because lecture (by definition? why yes, i am thinking out loud) has to work for some people or it wouldn’t have become the default mode for so many.

speaking as an academic (in spite of the small letters.. *grin*) — i think it’s an understatement to say that we as a group can be snarky. i would probably go with “ruthless.” academia and the connected academic politics involved for a lot of people — it’s all a minefield.

i relate to being afraid of your own writing. i am certainly afraid of mine. i know mine — on some levels — has power, because i have seen/read/ witnessed its effects. i think i am both afraid of the power that i have seen, and conversely — afraid the next thing may have no power at all. and so i avoid it, which is no good to anyone.

i think i’ve just talked myself into a complete circle. wow. i hope this makes some sense.

Comment on looking for new digs and need assistance by hardtravelinghero

hardtravelinghero — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:46:49 +0000

I too am eternally cursed with such neighbors. My best apartment for this was a second floor in Flagstaff adjacent to city hall. Sure there were forty fucking trains an hour 100 meters away, but somehow that’s not as bad as asshole neighbors who should die horribly.

Comment on beating a drum by hardtravelinghero

hardtravelinghero — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:26:44 +0000

Well, of course the Charger ad is one about men getting into a giant penis symbol and going as fast as they can. That’s what having a penis is about. Getting in and going as fast as we can. And then I will feel so fucking sorry about the power we don’t have outside of our cars. Sniffle.