So you want deep? Dark? Scandalous? Scholarly?
Well, dang. I don't have any of that right now. I spent most of yesterday cleaning the grout in the bathroom. Now that's sexy, isn't it?
I'm just starting to read Field Notes From a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert (http://www.washington.edu/uaa/commonbook/about_elizabeth_kolbert.html), which is the University of Washington's "freshman book." They have all the freshman on all the campuses read the same thing, presumably to generate conversation and connection around a common topic. I'm reading it because I'm always up for good conversation, and also because a little piece of me wants to be a freshman again. When I see my own students, I'm envious of their freedom to try new things (e.g. "I'm double majoring in sculpture and astronomy!" or "I'm interested in combining my love of breakdancing with forestry management!"). That "everything is possible, all at the same time" mentality is something that has ebbed for me, and I miss it.
I don't, however, miss waking up to my freshman roommate's posters of naked men holding babies. Do any of you remember these? She had three of them.
OK, there. A whole paragraph about something un-cute. Now I'm going to spoil it:
(Blue, 2002)
(Green, 2002)
5 comments:
Hey, sticking to cutsie will keep you from the sturm and drang of having civic groups stalking you for you penetrating and witty insights into community life.
Cute baby criticism won't leave you up at night with a shotgun and an espresso machine, staring out into the desert blackness.
Oops, forgot to leave the appropriate link to gratify my ego.
http://hermanson.blogspot.com/
Hey, that's kind of exciting! You started a controversy!
There's one blog that I've been reading for a long time(dooce.com), and the author of that one generated a big audience writing about her office life. Then she got fired for what she wrote.
Today, she apparently earns a living doing her blog (generating $$ through advertising). And, strangely, it's all cutsie stuff about her kid. Maybe cutsie is the way to go.
Whoa! for the record, I never said "cutsie." Pics of kids are great. But I like knowing what you're reading other than The Magic Treehouse. And Now That You Mention It, you've said never start a blog if you can't take criticism. . . make that "never start a kid if you can't take criticism." I pitched a story to mine this morning, and he said, "Nahhhh." I also got a "Mom, don't TALK to that kid," when we were out walking this afternoon. Nice.
The kid is wrong! I've heard your kids' book idea, and I think it's fabulous. When you get a book deal, I'll publicize it here!
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