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On the bright side I already thought of several different ways to kill my boss... all with office supplies...
(Edited by Xeethot at 3:30 pm on Nov. 7, 2002)
Up until yesterday I wanted to be reborn in my next life as a squirrel. So cute. So light when they hop along, like they're floating on little clouds. Effortless.
Then somebody ran one over in the alley behind my house. Now every day on my way back from school I have to step over its flattened corpse, gagging as my eyes are drawn against my will to its crushed skull. Its brains and guts spill out of its mouth, turning the pavement crimson.
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Hmm. I had intended this to be totally random... but now it's just getting me down. Back to my essay.
Though I suppose it could be inspiring...to a point...
...I think maybe I missed something implied in this question....
so come on... draw the roadkill... you know you would like to.
I'd like to see what this guy would do if he had an SD char... :D
Beyond that, I'm not gonna comment much on it, leave the thing for each to interpret on their own. This guy was a historian, by the way (someone who knows more feel free to correct me or add something!), so he obviously meant this idea to apply to the larger scale of things, which it does. At first it seems kinda depressing, but at the same time, knowing that conflict can be put so neatly into words is comforting, neh?
My second academic excursion into the SD world happened in history class today. Don't get me wrong, its actually an amazingly exciting class (considering the subject), but I was sortof...spaced out today. Anyways, I got to thinking...it would help people understand history -so- much better if you could actually talk to the historical figures, like sit down and have a starbucks with Sophocles or something. Case in point: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (part 1?) :P
But then I thought...gee, wouldn't it be cool if in some (higher level) history class all the students had to take the part of a historical figure? And I don't mean in the lame stand-up-and-recite-quotes-while-wearing-a-silly-costume way. I mean like...do extensive research on the figure, into their personal life, background, like an actor assuming a role for a movie or something. BE THE LINCOLN. And then...they all go into something like our little SD (except without the whole history and stuff, more like just a big cafe or plaza or something). And then each of the students actually gets a chance to just sit down and talk! And argue their character's perspectives...seriously! A game, debate, research project, all rolled into fun fun fun!
Whee, I get wayyyy too hyped about my little daydreams.
I think I'll go eat a lean cuisine now. Heyyy...frozen canneloni is suprisingly good, ok? Pbbt.
and, just for Xeethot, my current stats for SD logging in.
Total Play Time: 2994 hours (yay, almost 3000!)
Number of commands sent: 420332
Number of commands recived: 1.571139e+6 (damn thats a lot)
Longest connect time: 845 minutes (14 hours and 5 minutes)
Longest Time to connect: 191.6 seconds
Longest Lag: 215.5 seconds
I. So. Rock.
Lord knows I hope I am.
I think you can just email a new pic to Johnny, but it has to be the right size. Check it against the available icons on the board before you send it.
I give awesome interactive lectures on my subject matter.
I was lucky though I had great history teachers all my life. One even dresssed up in period clothing for lectures. He came as everything from an American revolutionary soldier to a Puritain preacher. I had one who used to make us go outside on the track and re-enact civil war battle scenes.
Anyway, I'll shut up now and go back to working on my dissertation in the hopes that one day I will actually get paid for giving history lectures to young college students so that they too can, like me always win at Trivial Pursuit.
