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How did you get a blank post? It will never let me do that.
Chris
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Tao_Equus
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Right click on its first line, I did some dots in white.
path_of_one
Embracing the Mystery
Hi, Tao. 
I've been MIA simply due to tons of work and job insecurity next year prompting tons of preemptive networking, more work (unpaid, naturally), and job applying. And moving. And traveling back and forth to California to see Josh since we are currently living in two states at once.
So yeah, I guess you could say the credit crunch hit the posts for me. LOL
As for writing about what I know, I prefer to write about things I don't know but have lots of questions about, things I should know about but know no one really knows, and things I just imagined in my head. Once it all gets published, if anyone locates the books of various genres, you can be the judge of which is which.
I've been MIA simply due to tons of work and job insecurity next year prompting tons of preemptive networking, more work (unpaid, naturally), and job applying. And moving. And traveling back and forth to California to see Josh since we are currently living in two states at once.So yeah, I guess you could say the credit crunch hit the posts for me. LOL
As for writing about what I know, I prefer to write about things I don't know but have lots of questions about, things I should know about but know no one really knows, and things I just imagined in my head. Once it all gets published, if anyone locates the books of various genres, you can be the judge of which is which.
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Hiya PoO!! And there was me thinking you'd found a bottomless pot of honey!! I hope that you and Josh manage to get settled soon into whatever you are hoping to find.Hi, Tao.
So yeah, I guess you could say the credit crunch hit the posts for me. LOL
As for writing about what I know, I prefer to write about things I don't know but have lots of questions about, things I should know about but know no one really knows, and things I just imagined in my head. Once it all gets published, if anyone locates the books of various genres, you can be the judge of which is which.
Well from what I have seen here from you I am sure it will be detailed, well thought out and very nicely written. I sorely miss your posting here, you always had the ability to genuinely challenge me without falling back on tired old arguments. You always had a unique perspective I enjoyed. If you do publish let us know immediately!!
Best wishes to you both
tao
path_of_one
Embracing the Mystery
LOL, just trying to find a way to pay all the bills. The credit freeze here negatively affected small, new businesses (understatement of the year). Josh went back to his former company and I am stuck where I'm at until May since that's when my contract ends. Could be worse- we're "clearing housekeeping" and have enough to visit each other regularly. I know couples in worse shape at this point and I personally know a huge number of people either unemployed or soon to be unemployed (by the end of 2009). Nearly all have at least a MA, but it doesn't matter. It just means all of us do stuff that is, unlike Josh, not very crucial to the functioning of society and so expendable. Eh, c'est la vie.
Well from what I have seen here from you I am sure it will be detailed, well thought out and very nicely written. I sorely miss your posting here, you always had the ability to genuinely challenge me without falling back on tired old arguments. You always had a unique perspective I enjoyed. If you do publish let us know immediately!!
Best wishes to you both
tao
Aw, thanks.
I think I probably challenge you the most because your experience is not that much different from mine... but my interpretation of it is entirely different. One's perception goes a long way...I'll probably throw a little cyber-shindig in the Lounge when the book is published. The first one would not be interesting to the vast majority of the world. It's about cows. I'm sort of kidding. It's an ethnography about ranchers in California. Actually, I hope it'll be interesting. But not much of a best-seller, ya know? LOL Then I have a policy handbook in order... again, not exactly a gripping novel, but I made promises to people I'd try to put some stuff out on ag policy in a fashion that was brief, to the point, and not full of flowery language, so I'll give it a go. I have an anthropology of religion book in the works with an esteemed and top-notch anthropologist... should be fun. Hope that one will head out the door in late 2009 or early 2010. A few novels on the back burner. They're for when I procrastinate. I regularly will write 30-40 pages and then trash them when I realize the plot and characters aren't quite right.
A few years ago I wrestled with a novel for about 50 pages that was centered on trying to get across what living in an aware manner of all your lives everywhere if many worlds theory is correct would be like, but the problem of how to properly express time in that sense, not to mention keep track of everyone that was the same person was a nightmare. I got bored with it.I'm a little ADHD. Does it show?
sorry to hear of the $ uncertainty Path. Seems like no sector of the economy is being spared that right now. So, I take it you'll be heading back to California? Am impressed by how much writing you're doing, particularly flirting with novels. Perhaps you'll join that long list of doctors, lawyers, etc turned successful novelists. Even 1 anthropologist-turned-novelist that I enjoy reading: Kathy Reichs. Best wishes, earlLOL, just trying to find a way to pay all the bills. The credit freeze here negatively affected small, new businesses (understatement of the year). Josh went back to his former company and I am stuck where I'm at until May since that's when my contract ends. Could be worse- we're "clearing housekeeping" and have enough to visit each other regularly. I know couples in worse shape at this point and I personally know a huge number of people either unemployed or soon to be unemployed (by the end of 2009). Nearly all have at least a MA, but it doesn't matter. It just means all of us do stuff that is, unlike Josh, not very crucial to the functioning of society and so expendable. Eh, c'est la vie.
Aw, thanks.
I'll probably throw a little cyber-shindig in the Lounge when the book is published. The first one would not be interesting to the vast majority of the world. It's about cows. I'm sort of kidding. It's an ethnography about ranchers in California. Actually, I hope it'll be interesting. But not much of a best-seller, ya know? LOL Then I have a policy handbook in order... again, not exactly a gripping novel, but I made promises to people I'd try to put some stuff out on ag policy in a fashion that was brief, to the point, and not full of flowery language, so I'll give it a go. I have an anthropology of religion book in the works with an esteemed and top-notch anthropologist... should be fun. Hope that one will head out the door in late 2009 or early 2010. A few novels on the back burner. They're for when I procrastinate. I regularly will write 30-40 pages and then trash them when I realize the plot and characters aren't quite right.
I'm a little ADHD. Does it show?
Paladin
Purchased Bewilderment
That would be so cool Earl, maybe one day I'll hear her story on " The Writers Almanac" with Garrison Keilor.
juantoo3
....whys guy.... ʎʇıɹoɥʇnɐ uoıʇsǝnb
juantoo3
....whys guy.... ʎʇıɹoɥʇnɐ uoıʇsǝnb
Good luck and best of wishes on the writing, Path!
I'd personally like a signed copy of each as they are published.
I'd personally like a signed copy of each as they are published.
Paladin
Purchased Bewilderment
juantoo3
....whys guy.... ʎʇıɹoɥʇnɐ uoıʇsǝnb
I appreciate the gesture...the images (I presume?) are blocked where I am at.
Paladin
Purchased Bewilderment
I think you have to be in Boca to get them
juantoo3
....whys guy.... ʎʇıɹoɥʇnɐ uoıʇsǝnb
Or West Palm, maybe?
path_of_one
Embracing the Mystery
It's OK- I'm remembering how conducive a more simple life was to both study and spirituality. In some ways, this feels great. Josh and I realized, in moving from our 1600 square foot house to a 600 square foot apartment, that we like small spaces and aren't happier when we consume stuff (actually, we're less happy). We also found that while we miss each other like crazy, sometimes it's good to remind yourself that you miss this person like crazy. It deepens the appreciation and gratefulness you have when you're reunited.
No clue. I've applied to academic and/or research positions in Oregon, several places in California, DC, New York, and Pennsylvania. Many academic positions are recalling their job announcements due to lack of funds. I'd only go back east if it was either for a short time (one or two year contract) or worth Josh quitting and moving out there too, and only if we'd have enough money to visit all our family, who are all on the West coast. I formed my own non-profit this year, too, so if that is funded then I may be employing myself. Who knows, really? LOL I could look at it all as a huge hassle, but it's more fun to look at it as a huge adventure! Whenever I get anxious or down about it, I remind myself of this... as well as my long-time prayer that God use me to better the world... maybe there is a place I "should" be and I must be open to finding it. I ask for meaning to my life, not ease, and I have to be willing to take the struggle with the meaning, right?
LOL- not sure I'll ever make it as a novelist. I don't know that I'll ever have the patience to see a novel through, or that I'd be that good at it. I'll have to check out Reichs!
My deeper interest as a form of writing, though I may never get a shot to actually do it, is to combine calligraphy, painting, and poetry with performance art. I have some ideas of what I want to do with it all, but no clue when I'll ever have time or how I'd get the funding to make it happen, because the performance part would require a gallery and cash to make it work. But who knows? Maybe one day...