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.
But she was naked! And all... articulate!
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
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Jesse - Feb 09, 2006 5:55:08 pm PST #6139 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2006 6:06:35 pm PST #6147 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.
OK, I was off a little on the meaning of "signifier"
signifier (the sound pattern of a word, either in mental projection - as when we silently recite lines from a poem to ourselves - or in actual, physical realization as part of a speech act)
...so, not the same as the "word."
I found Foucault difficult, but rewarding when I struggled through a book.
Jesse - Feb 09, 2006 6:08:07 pm PST #6148 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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!
Ay yay! How long was your cat meowing? Like two days? Because that's about how long I'd wait before CALLING THE COPS about a neighbor, if that was the only "evidence."