Washing

Today I am thankful for washing.

My mom had a 24 hour flu type of thing. My sister has it too, but has had fewer symptoms and has been studying despite feeling ill. So far I have been spared. But I want to mention how thankful I am for being able to easily wash my hands. Not getting sick is sure great.

I am also thankful I can wash my clothes in my own home in a machine. It saves so much time and labor.

(Although I am aware that the machine is using fossil reasources to wash my clothes, in addition to the waste of water, oh well)

I have never really had to live without showers, but I am thankful for those too.

Let's see.

Rhea is finishing up one last paper, she has a test tomorrow in Linguistics.

Her work this quarter has been very interesting. Her last paper is for a class in which she is studying new media in relation to print works. This approach is called "intermediation," the study of written works in the larger ecology of literary works. This means throughout the class they have studied new media in relation to print media or "literature." 12 Blue is one of the works in new media that they studied a lot, Rhea really likes it. It is a work in hyper text that explores human connection and interaction, http://www.eastgate.com/TwelveBlue/. Her final paper sums up what intermediation is, and what aspects of print works she is now more or less sensative too after having studied this. Then she applies to this the novel Rainbow's End by Vernon Vinge. http://www.amazon.com/Rainbows-End-Novel-Foot-Future/dp/0312856849

I read the novel and helped with the paper a bit.

The novel is a Hugo Aaward winner, (http://www.thehugoawards.org/) and it is fantastic. It starts slow but the plot really picks up. The characters are fun. The near future world it takes place in is fun to read about, realistic, and thougth provoking.

Tanner is testing today. I have two tests tomorrow. Then we are all done for the quarter!

Yay!