Oh my Sophia! No doubt he wasn't thrown by the lack o pants. Seems like the neighbor could have called you or something. Sorry for the upset.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Feb 09, 2006 5:51:26 pm PST #6137 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2006 5:53:41 pm PST #6138 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hi! Can anyone explain structuralism to me in simplicity?
Um... maybe.
Structuralism posits a wide separation between the signifier (a word) and the signified (the actual thing the word refers to). IOW, words can't reliably be expected to mean exactly what we want. Or something. So structualism focuses on the relationships between varous signifiers, and focuses much less on on what the signifier-signified relationship.
Post-structuralism is similar, but also focuses on how the relationship between signifiers changes over time.
OK, I bet I'm forgetting lots of stuff here. It's been years and years since I've read such theory... so hopefully someone who knows more what they're talking about can step in....
Jesse - Feb 09, 2006 5:55:08 pm PST #6139 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good lord, Sophia! You and Sue should have traded off bell-ringing. But... your neighbor called the cops because your door was open? That's bizarre.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2006 5:55:23 pm PST #6140 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My prescription has barely changed in 3 years. Yay. And they did a test where I wore an eyepatch. I refrained from pirate jokes (and thought of tommyrot).
Yay! May all Buffistas think of me when confronted with strange eye-examination technology....
esse - Feb 09, 2006 5:56:30 pm PST #6141 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Thanks tommy. That helps; I was reading about it in a paper on medievalism and feminism, and while I've worked with constructivism before, I'd never encountered structuralism.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 09, 2006 5:58:14 pm PST #6142 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, my door was open and my cat was in the hallway meowing. Which I heard, but I just thought he was being annoying. I wish I'd gone to find him, because perhaps I would have avoided this. And now I have a bonus of extra awakeness! I am not necessarily asleep by this time, but I am usually in bed dozing.
Also, I am now wearing pants!
Sue - Feb 09, 2006 5:59:15 pm PST #6143 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Yikes Sophia! That is why I tend not to answer my door.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 09, 2006 6:01:19 pm PST #6144 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I rarely answer my door, but the cop was actually in my apartment (my door is at the bottom of the stairway) and, like shining a light up onto me!
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2006 6:01:52 pm PST #6145 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I know post-structuralism often focuses on the way language is used to control/oppress people, acquire/maintain power, etc (Foucault especially wrote a lot about this). I don't remember if structuralism is similar in this respect.
esse - Feb 09, 2006 6:03:08 pm PST #6146 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Oh, Foucault. Even his name tires me.