Chat Thread: Chopsticks and teacups

[Fiddlers Green]

The Indubitable Katie-Kat

According to him, a "god," lowercase "g," is "one of those weird things from dead religions."

I can kill him now?

Can = Yes
Should = Unlikely
Legal quibbles and all.
Now, as a biology prof, he aught know well and good what Dead means.
But then again, it could be that the Renaissance (Wo)Man died with that long lost era. Over specialized sack of feces aught to stick to his subject and kindly shut up about other ones. Unless, of course, he wants to place his ignorance on display.  

[Cranium Squirrel]

For some reason, Aqua Teen Hunger Force came to mind there.

"Quiet Ur, I'm transmitting rage."

Yup.  

[TatteredAngel]

Wow, testing and new policies on teachers calling in absent make it almost like I'm unemployed again.

What I need is supplementary income. Like stripping. Stripping's good, right?  

[Shearaha]

Byaggha

For some reason, Aqua Teen Hunger Force came to mind there.

"Quiet Ur, I'm transmitting rage."

Yup.

Thank you.



My brain is bleeding now.  

[Violet Song jat Shariff]

TatteredAngel

Wow, testing and new policies on teachers calling in absent make it almost like I'm unemployed again.

What I need is supplementary income. Like stripping. Stripping's good, right?

I would say it depends on how comfortable you are with your body and how you feel about total strangers looking at it.

I'd have no problem with being a stripper. I would do it if it weren't for being so pear-shaped stressed .  

[Recursive Paradox]

I wouldn't strip, for fairly obvious reasons. >.<  

[Recursive Paradox]

I'm having an old moment right now.

I ate a lot of food. More than I normally do. And it's hard to concentrate or create sentences without screwing up the language.

I've had to fix the previous sentences four times now. I'm not even sure if I got it right because it feels like the world is... flooded. Flooded with fog and sleepiness.

See, I didn't just eat way too much food, I've also been exhausted for a few days now. And I think the combination has shut down my brain.

I should probably go to sleep. Or something. I dunno. It's almost live feeling drunk...

I'll figure it out.

Night!  

[Fiddlers Green]

Enjoy your food coma. 3nodding

I danced a couple times back when I was in the Army.
It pays okay, depending on the area, but really, it's not for everyone.  

[Autumnal Light]

I'm not sure about stripping, but I'd certainly bellydance for money. 3nodding  

[Autumnal Light]

I want to make every fluffy-bunny nature-worshiper in the world read William Cronon's "The Trouble With Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature". As far as environmental essays go, it is made of much win.

heart heart heart  

[TheDisreputableDog]

//Wanders back in...//  

[Wrath of Ezekiel]

mute_coyote

I want to make every fluffy-bunny nature-worshiper in the world read William Cronon's "The Trouble With Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature". As far as environmental essays go, it is made of much win.

heart heart heart

How relevant is to environmental studies?

I should go read it for background material. ninja  

[Autumnal Light]

SpaceTerminal Destiny

mute_coyote

I want to make every fluffy-bunny nature-worshiper in the world read William Cronon's "The Trouble With Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature". As far as environmental essays go, it is made of much win.

heart heart heart

How relevant is to environmental studies?

I should go read it for background material. ninja

Well, I am reading it for a class in the core series for my Environmental Studies major. wink

The main concept is how the modern romantic ideas of nature and wilderness can actually be harmful on a lot of levels. For example, the impossible standard of purity for wilderness ("a place untouched by man") devalues smaller tracts of land, reclaimed areas, and ecosystems woven into human communities. Then there's the cruel irony of setting indigenous people up as idealized "noble savage" figures while removing them from their ancestral lands to create wilderness areas ("places untouched by man" again XP ) and labeling their previous land uses as inappropriate and/or illegal.

It's some pretty good stuff. I'm reading it off of a PDF from my prof. From the scanned images, it looks like this copy of the essay was from a compilation entitled Uncommon Ground. I highly recommend you check it out. 3nodding  

[TheDisreputableDog]

mute_coyote

SpaceTerminal Destiny

mute_coyote

I want to make every fluffy-bunny nature-worshiper in the world read William Cronon's "The Trouble With Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature". As far as environmental essays go, it is made of much win.

heart heart heart

How relevant is to environmental studies?

I should go read it for background material. ninja

Well, I am reading it for a class in the core series for my Environmental Studies major. wink

The main concept is how the modern romantic ideas of nature and wilderness can actually be harmful on a lot of levels. For example, the impossible standard of purity for wilderness ("a place untouched by man") devalues smaller tracts of land, reclaimed areas, and ecosystems woven into human communities. Then there's the cruel irony of setting indigenous people up as idealized "noble savage" figures while removing them from their ancestral lands to create wilderness areas ("places untouched by man" again XP ) and labeling their previous land uses as inappropriate and/or illegal.

It's some pretty good stuff. I'm reading it off of a PDF from my prof. From the scanned images, it looks like this copy of the essay was from a compilation entitled Uncommon Ground. I highly recommend you check it out. 3nodding

Is this the article you're talking about? http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Trouble_with_Wilderness_Main.html  

[Autumnal Light]

TheDisreputableDog

mute_coyote

SpaceTerminal Destiny

mute_coyote

I want to make every fluffy-bunny nature-worshiper in the world read William Cronon's "The Trouble With Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature". As far as environmental essays go, it is made of much win.

heart heart heart

How relevant is to environmental studies?

I should go read it for background material. ninja

Well, I am reading it for a class in the core series for my Environmental Studies major. wink

The main concept is how the modern romantic ideas of nature and wilderness can actually be harmful on a lot of levels. For example, the impossible standard of purity for wilderness ("a place untouched by man") devalues smaller tracts of land, reclaimed areas, and ecosystems woven into human communities. Then there's the cruel irony of setting indigenous people up as idealized "noble savage" figures while removing them from their ancestral lands to create wilderness areas ("places untouched by man" again XP ) and labeling their previous land uses as inappropriate and/or illegal.

It's some pretty good stuff. I'm reading it off of a PDF from my prof. From the scanned images, it looks like this copy of the essay was from a compilation entitled Uncommon Ground. I highly recommend you check it out. 3nodding

Is this the article you're talking about? http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Trouble_with_Wilderness_Main.html

That's it! surprised Oooh! It looks like they have more of his writing here. *dives in* Nice discovery! heart