Why My Sister-In-Law is Great!

There are many reasons, of course, but when I asked her to explain

“chronotopes” to me:

“Always happy to oblige…the chronotope, according to its coiner–Bakhtin– is the literary expression of the ratio between the real biographical time of an event and its representation in fiction. If something is very brief in the real world, but takes up a lot of time in fiction, then it’s probably very important and rises to the status of a “chronotope.” One of my students used The Real World as a way of explaining it. The producers film and film and film, but the only things that are really interesting are people going in and out of doors, partying, and puking. I doubt Bakhtin would have liked the chronotope of the hot-tub, but it appears to have descriptive validity when talking about MTV.”

Bakhtin

 

Silly Women, We Can’t Tell the Difference

 

McCain has learned the secret.  The secret that any woman who wants to vote can be swayed by a candidate with a vagina.  No matter how polar (bear hating) opposite Palin may be from Clinton, we women will vote for her, because OH MY GOD, SHE’S A WOMAN!!!! I have thrown my pro-choice, work to save the environment, not in favor of guns, beliefs out the window for Palin’s vag!!! 

Yeah, I was never a Hillary supporter.  I mean she’s a great POLITICIAN!!!! Both Clintons are great POLITICIANS!! Their marriage has to be a sham. Maybe it was once built on love, now though, maybe respect, but really, it’s about getting ahead.

I am a full supporter of Obama and having a woman in the White House doesn’t sway me, unless that woman candidate is the utmost qualified candidate for the position.  

Thank you John McCain for realizing we women cannot tell the difference between one woman and another.  Thank you for realizing at the end of the day, we are all pretty silly,  and probably should count ourselves lucky that we even get the opportunity to vote.

 

Let’s get a real woman in the House here:

 

 

To skate?

So, the Boston Derby Dames are opening up for recruitment! I love to skate, and have been wanting to join a roller deby team.  One might say  “hmm, Katy really should try out for roller derby.” But then a sensible(?) side says “WTF? That’s the worst idea!”

Remember how when we were young hitting the ground hard didn’t hurt? Well, now it hurts! A lot!  I tried learning to skateboard in high school and really never made it past coasting fast on the board until the wheels hit a raised spot in the concrete the board stopped and I kept going.
I tried snowboarding, but with little patience for continually falling and getting up again, the two hours it took me to get down a mountain; which included running into a tree and being stuck in a snowdrift up to my butt.  I was sore for days afterwards.

Practices are 2-5 times a week plus added time you have to donate doing other tasks.  Can I fit that in with working on my masters? Which requires at least 25  (but really more) hours a week? Plus, working parttime?

Have I grown too tall to have a good center of gravity while aimless rolling around on eight wheels?
But the glory, the bruises to show off, the costumes, the animal competitiveness that comes out during a bout, the teammanship.

I need to decide quickly so I can head to scrimmages.

I also need a pair of skates.