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Posted on 01/15/2019 at 12:43 AM | Filed Under Blogs

I'm following you now. And I know it's you, cause the first thing I see is a Halo book review. lol Also, Nick changed my name without much fuss a couple years or so ago, and I think the community is small enough people would still know it's you, especially if you keep the same picture. 

Man, marijuana has its drawbacks once legalized; I don't want people smoking that shit next to me on the beach like people in CO and WA and some other places report. BUT it certainly helped me with anxiety. Meds are ok for me, as I've found Wellbutrin works, but if I were able to get some non-smoked marijuana (lung safety and such) for my anxiety, I might do it. I'm pretty calm for the most part, but there have been situations where I feel just fine about a speech and that right as I step up to give it, BAM. Physical anxiety.

I hate that about social media. It's so mentally destructive, but employers have up and decided you're more useful for knowing how to use it. If my job weren't tied to it, I'd maybe even give it up completely. There are so many drawbacks for the individual. 

Posted on 01/15/2019 at 12:05 AM | Filed Under Blogs

In fact, you might be interested in how loved Toole was as a professor while he was writing the book, given your most recent post.

Posted on 01/15/2019 at 12:04 AM | Filed Under Blogs

Yeah, you'll probably like it quite a bit if you get a chance. 

Posted on 01/15/2019 at 12:03 AM | Filed Under Blogs

Ok, now I feel bad, cause I'll definitely follow you, but don't see you on my followers or following list unless your Twitter name is different? I don't see a Knight Driver in either list and I'm not sure the Knight Drivers I find on there are you, cause one guy is from London and the other is an Uber driver, and ... I don't think either are you? 

I feel a little bad about making my students present twice in my social media class, but given I was teaching Mass Communication courses and there was no way to stay up-to-date without some input from everyone ...

I'm trying to use social media less in general, and Twitter has always been the least fun and interesting platform to me, but people love it. I don't really get it, but I guess that ends up being a good thing when I don't use it much. 

Posted on 01/14/2019 at 11:39 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Yeah, Shenmue doesn't technically hold up very well at all, but there's just so much charm in the specific ways it's dated I think I'll stick with it. Mileage will vary for sure, though. It is rough. 

As for Confederacy, one reason Toole kept having the novel rejected was publishers wanted it to be "about something." It's a consistent narrative, but mostly told in absurd/comedic episodes, and while I'm enjoying it quite a bit, I do kind of see where those publishers were coming from. Definitely wanting to see where it all ends up though. 

Posted on 01/14/2019 at 11:36 PM | Filed Under Blogs

I was a professor for a short time and I'm on Twitter, so you can follow me  ... yeah, that wouldn't be the same since I was an adjunct and mostly iterating on other peoples' syllabi, but y'know ... technically. lol 

Also, I hate to say this, but you need to have skills and knowledge to be a GOOD teacher, but not having those things doesn't always necessarily bar you from doing it. I've been on both ends of that spectrum, since my teaching improved A LOT in the 2.5 years I did it. I'd say I got fairly good at it, but there was only up to go after semester #1. 

I think I'll follow this Drout guy myself though. Maybe Twitter will become bearable if I follow mainly educational accounts ... that's a really good idea, actually. 

Posted on 01/14/2019 at 08:46 PM | Filed Under Blogs

As someone who remembers getting the promotional VHS tape for Pokemon in the mail (it had the episode where they fought I think a Sparrow? And the leader of Team Rocket came on screen at the end in shadow on a giant computer, because supervillain), I'm intrigued by these manga. 

I've always liked the art style of those Sonic and Mega Man comics. I might get the full version of the Sonic and Mega Man crossover if available. I don't really do loose comics unless they are SUPER cheap. I vastly prefer complete stories and hardback when I read comics. 

Darkwing Duck is one of those shows I remember watching a decent amount, but couldn't tell you a single plot line or memorable quote from. Same with Mega Man and Pokemon, come to think of it. Not saying they were bad, I just have a very sparse memory of certain cartoons outside of the opening songs. Add Spider-Man (90s cartoon) to that list, although I think that was my favorite for a while. 

Spider-Ham should get more comics. I loved him in Into the Spider-Verse and so did many other people I talk with. I'm also interested in Spider-Man Noir and Penny Parker. Heck, divorced adult Parker might be the most interesting to me currenlty. And then I'd love to read Miles Morales in his own stories. That movie is probably the first comic book movie in a while that makes me want to actually read the comics. 

Posted on 01/12/2019 at 11:51 PM | Filed Under Blogs

You should talk to Tami, since she lives in and takes photographs in Maine. 

Posted on 01/12/2019 at 11:07 AM | Filed Under Blogs

Hmmm ... The movie definitely has HAL in the more "plotty" bits and a lot of the rest of it is psychedelic imagery and maybe unspoken historical commentary? Now I'm interested in the book, because unless you're about to tell me the book has a bunch of descriptions of space and the station the characters are on, I have a feeling it's way different from the movie. That or it's just been long enough since I've seen the movie that I'm forgetting a bunch. Very possible.

Posted on 01/11/2019 at 09:27 PM | Filed Under Blogs

He's honestly not in THAT much of the movie either, though probably more important to its plot.