I would just like to say how much it ENRAGES me that there are school districts out there that are surpassing text books for brand new laptops. Not only are they wasting money, they are asking for trouble.
Textbooks don't get viruses. Textbooks cost less. Textbooks give you something to physically hold and learn from. Textbooks do not rely on electricity. Textbooks don't have access to porn (parental locks can be gotten around).
Some school district up here in Nebraska has issues personal laptops to all its middle school and high school students. And they get to take them home. I'm rather peeved about this.
I'm so, so sad to see books and newspapers be pushed to the wayside for a form of communication that is so unreliable.
True, I'm doing that right now by blogging, but I can live without my blogging. I can live without it. Because there are books. There are other things that I could be doing.
I'm just afraid that our children won't have the respect for things anymore without books and paper....
Don't get me wrong, I am happy that paper and forests are getting saved daily by this, but, there's a line you have to draw, you know? I want my books, I want my zines, I want my newspapers.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Zines
Okay, I really, really do need to get back into making them. I want to continue Darling Disasters on. I do want her to be more of a lit zine than a per zine, but if it switches that's okay. The first issue was so amazing and from the few people who ordered it, I've heard good things about it.
I started zines when I was 13. I have never held on to a hobby quite that long. Except maybe the plaster ornament painting, but that doesn't count. Zines have always been a refuge for me and I need refuge more than anything right now.
I have a few things prepared for DD #2, but not much.
So, I've got to force myself to spend less time on the computer and more time creating. I need to worry less about making everything all pretty and computerized and hand draw things more. I really need to make it all raw like I had orignally intended with Darling Disasters.
Plus, I still need to finish reading the stack of zines I've already got to read. Plus I've gotten a few in the mail since being here.
I started zines when I was 13. I have never held on to a hobby quite that long. Except maybe the plaster ornament painting, but that doesn't count. Zines have always been a refuge for me and I need refuge more than anything right now.
I have a few things prepared for DD #2, but not much.
So, I've got to force myself to spend less time on the computer and more time creating. I need to worry less about making everything all pretty and computerized and hand draw things more. I really need to make it all raw like I had orignally intended with Darling Disasters.
Plus, I still need to finish reading the stack of zines I've already got to read. Plus I've gotten a few in the mail since being here.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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