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Some things don't change at all. | Document | 2005-02-18 | 2005-04-14 | 2005-02-18 | |
Don't place a suicide watch on me because of the death preoccupation here. I tried improving this draft but failed to make something I liked better. This is an entry for the Car Busters Post-Petroleum Writing Contest of 2005. | |||||
The ITP Kata by George Leonard and Michael Murphy | Document | 2005-01-11 | 2007-10-05 | 2005-01-11 | |
This will be here until the authors (their publishers, more likely) complain. Their book is worth buying and owning--and I say that about few books. I only occasionally do the whole thing, but frequently do parts and variations of parts of this. It is a life-changing book and practice! | |||||
what no one does | Document | 2005-01-11 | 2005-01-11 | 2005-01-11 | |
Further exploration of the idea that the things most worth knowing and doing do not call attention to themselves. I credit _Encounters with Chinese hermits_ with showing me this perspective. A writing prompt in Spanish class to which I responded with a title, "Mira a lo que no ve" (that may be incorrect Spanish) set this off. I also see the influence of the Ground, Relax, Awareness, Center, Energy (GRACE) part of the ITP Kata routine. Well, I see a lot of things here, including reaction to mass movements and enthusiasms. And a Wilberian (Ken Wilber) or Zen sort of outlook. | |||||
Journalism in San Diego and the miracle that things exist | Document | 2004-12-26 | 2005-05-17 | 2004-12-26 | |
The original title was "Are there any Journalists in San Diego?" Here's the old description, for now, if only to show what I once did: "The Union Tribune's avoidance of serious investigative reporting is partly responsible for mismanagement by and corruption of local government officials. Here are some links to news sources that may document what is happening in San Diego rather than filling their pages with fluff and AP / NYT wire feeds." | |||||
Colin's Third Update | Document | 2004-12-19 | 2008-03-05 | 2004-12-19 | |
This is my third entry of "what I have learned in the past 4-12 months." | |||||
Road Traffic Safety / Traffic Victims Remembrance Day | Document | 2004-10-23 | 2005-02-22 | 2004-10-23 | |
I explore an area of traffic- / transportation-related "activism" I had never spent time with before. There are large, "effective," and active organizations dedicated to making vehicle traffic less dangerous. No doubt I have benefited / been harmed less due to their efforts throughout the years. But I am not yet mature enough to not feel reflexively disgusted as I explore this area of activism. I hope my readers can use this information to build productive relationships with or at least to learn from the "traffic safety activists." | |||||
Association for Carfree Living, North America & Carfree Magazine | Document | 2004-10-16 | 2008-03-05 | 2004-10-16 | |
A rough proposal for what might in the end work better as two organizations: Its main projects would be providing membership benefits and publishing a lifestyle periodical. | |||||
Index of Colin's poetry | Document | 2004-10-10 | 2005-04-27 | 2004-10-10 | |
Links to poetry labeled personal and poetry not so labeled. | |||||
Graduate application document index | Document | 2004-10-09 | 2005-04-27 | 2004-10-09 | |
Links to documents submitted for graduate school application and a brief discussion of the process. | |||||
Statement of Purpose: Comparative Literature | Document | 2004-10-09 | 2007-10-05 | 2004-10-09 | |
Purpose: (1) To earn an MA in English with a specialization in comparative literature and (2) to practice and prepare for teaching composition and literature. | |||||
The use of imagery, versification, sound patterning, and sound effects in Shakespeare's sonnet 33 | Document | 2004-10-09 | 2004-10-09 | 2004-10-09 | |
I discuss some ways the words of sonnet 33 combine to produce effect, focusing on sounds of words in addition to their overall sense. | |||||
Engl 583 final on 'Measure for Measure' and 'King Lear' | Document | 2004-10-09 | 2004-10-09 | 2004-10-09 | |
Angelo's soliloquies express themes of the tragicomic form, grace and nature, development of self-knowledge, justice and mercy, and creation and death as aspects of Angelo's character. Angelo and the Duke are similar in the following respects: they both initially claim immunity to love and later come to be affected by it; to achieve ends they desire, both manipulate others into situations those others would not willingly choose to be in; both have sought to maintain a particular reputation; they both spend much of the play seeming other than what they appear; both think themselves to be other than what they are in the beginning; and both claim to value a life removed. Nature is just a word, one I've thrown out of my vocabulary long ago from having found it used in too many different ways to be meaningful yet. | |||||
Palo Alto | Document | 2004-10-03 | 2004-10-09 | 2004-10-03 | |
Why if you are rich and intelligent and carfree you might like living in Palo Alto, California, USA. | |||||
Figs, hobbits, and housebikes in Davis, CA | Document | 2004-10-02 | 2008-03-05 | 2004-10-02 | |
A rambling account of Colin's short visit to Davis, CA, and links to places of interest, including where to find food and shelter. Also, notable are an encounter with two housebikes and a visit to the Davis Domes. | |||||
Is there love in A Midsummer Night's Dream? | Document | 2004-08-30 | 2004-08-30 | 2004-08-30 | |
The major paper for ENGL 583. I look at the behavior and context of the characters to understand how a comedy with three marriages and as many as seven lovers almost concludes without a portrayal of love that satisfies me. | |||||
The use of imagery, sound effects, and poetic form in Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn | Document | 2004-06-16 | 2008-03-05 | 2004-06-16 | |
I will write about how Keats in Ode on a Grecian Urn uses imagery, sound effects, and poetic form first to create a beautiful poem and second to explore his concerns about art and life. My thesis is that poetic form, imagery, and sound effects work together effectively in Ode to help the reader share Keats' experience of his philosophic and artistic concerns. | |||||
Engl 549 reReading Journal #2 Eliot, Keats, Yeats, Thomas | Document | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-16 | |
the last assignment I did for the class. | |||||
The use of imagery, versification, sound patterning, and sound effects in Shakespeare’s sonnet 33 | Document | 2004-06-16 | 2004-08-30 | 2004-06-16 | |
The significant paper for English 549, also, in this case, many lines written about only 14... | |||||
English 549 Commentary 2 on Rossetti's Goblin Market second try | Document | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-16 | |
With more focus on poet's use of the medium. | |||||
English 549 Commentary 2 on Rossetti's Goblin Market | Document | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-16 | |
Another commentary... I ended up doing this over again because I felt I rambled too much. | |||||
2004-03-23 Engl 549 Farber Poetry reReading Journal #1 1200 - 2000 words | Document | 2004-06-15 | 2004-06-15 | 2004-06-15 | |
The first reReading journal.. focusing mostly on Wordsworth's Prelude, and something else. | |||||
2004-03-09 Engl 549 Farber Poetry Reading Journal #2 (Gray - Shelley) 1500 words | Document | 2004-06-15 | 2008-03-05 | 2004-06-15 | |
The second reading journal for the class. | |||||
Commentary on Pope's Rape of the Lock | Document | 2004-06-15 | 2008-03-05 | 2004-06-15 | |
In addition to reading journals, we also had commentaries focusing on one poem. | |||||
Scarves Wrap Necks | Document | 2004-06-15 | 2005-01-11 | 2004-06-15 | |
We were to create a sonnet or 16 lines in heroic couplets. I thought it would be easy to do, so I started in Feb, though it wasn't due till May. It took me all day. | |||||
Poetry Reading Journal #1 (Donne through Rochester) | Document | 2004-06-15 | 2004-06-15 | 2004-06-15 | |
The second assignment for Farber. Note there was a word limit, what I turned in had parts cut from it. |