I indicated in my last post that I got into role-playing games (RPGs) in college. Actually, I encountered game manuals much, much earlier in life. But I didn't really have a gaming group, or understand how to read them, until the summer before I started college.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Rest in peace
Sorry that Monday's post didn't go up until Tuesday. That was my second scheduling FAIL, I'll try not to let it happen again.
Sometimes it feels like everybody's dying. One of the biggest factors in my move to Alabama was that my mother and grandmother were dying. I'm not quite ready to relate that story here, just yet. I'd like to write chronologically where I can.
Sometimes it feels like everybody's dying. One of the biggest factors in my move to Alabama was that my mother and grandmother were dying. I'm not quite ready to relate that story here, just yet. I'd like to write chronologically where I can.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Gender Roles
I'm set up to start talking about college soon. Definitely this month. This week, though, I think I'll continue to talk about different things instead.
I got into Glee just last summer, which means that I've been processing 2.5 years of material in about 6-8 months, where most Gleeks have had that much time to think it over. I'm beginning to think that those 1- 2- and 4-week hiatuses actually give people time to go back over the previous episodes and think about the implications.
I got into Glee just last summer, which means that I've been processing 2.5 years of material in about 6-8 months, where most Gleeks have had that much time to think it over. I'm beginning to think that those 1- 2- and 4-week hiatuses actually give people time to go back over the previous episodes and think about the implications.
I am... often... slow to declare my favorite shows and favorite characters in public. With Star Trek: The Next Generation, it was Wesley Crusher. Hey, I was a geeky teenage girl. I've already said that my crushes were usually based on intelligence more than looks - though Wesley had both. And maybe my father was just trying to protect his little girl... although how a fictional character could really be a threat to one's virtue, I do not know. But my father made sure I know about every criticism his co-workers had. How they wished the character would leave the show, one way or another.
What I learned was to keep my cards close to my chest. That to talk about the things I liked the most, just brought on more criticism. Perhaps they didn't mean to attack me by attacking the things I liked. But neither did it encourage me to be myself. So perhaps I am making a mistake one more time, when I talk about my favorite Glee character.
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