First blog ever. Exciting.
The bar has been set high.
Creativity, insightfulness, inspiration, explanation, narrative.
But... where is the humor? I wish I was one adept at causing laughter. Albeit, I am not! I hope that you can enjoy my blog in spite of this fact.
Work Work. File File. Sleep. Eat. What is it exactly we do here? We learn!! Living and learning communities. We field trip - can that be used as a verb? yes - to many fanciful places in Atlanta and Georgia - or if we want to refer to it as the Place name, Piedmont. (for tier 2, I believe that one of the initiatives we are focusing on here in tier 1 is "Emory is Place." It is one of the initiatives that Bobbi Patterson has been working with and Vialla is now teaching us about. I believe it can be found in certain Wheel articles.)
Did you know that the Piedmont has its own traditional style of music? Yes it does. The piedmont blues.
Also, if only we were living in the central piedmont, then tobacco and not cotton would be our primary crop- what a wonderful crop. I believe it was called the "Great Civilizer" once by an Englishman - but I have absolutely no reference, so you probably shouldn't quote me. In the North we could diverse with orchards and dairy and such, but what is civilized about milk cows?
Now my favorite, in the piedmont we have a traditional style of dance known as the cakewalk which is an old African American slave dance that parodies the style of old European ballroom dancing. I think in fact that all tier 1 folks should learn the cakewalk and when tier 2 returns, we will teach it to you! (I attribute all of this to Wikipedia - academics will hate me - but it is so marvelous)
Obviously, I kinda enjoy the Emory is Place initiative.
Well, I believe that it is actually time for me to go; I have a project to finish before work tomorrow and I am kinda getting a late start. If you're curious about where I work, then I guess you will have to wait til the next time I must share myself with my digital interface to the internet!
Have a good week all you tier 2 folks!
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I wanted to say that I am only grudgingly blogging because I am unused to using the internet as my journal and my way of processing thoughts. I have no desire to not share my innermost thoughts and character traits with you, I just am unsure of the medium. I believe that it will in fact grow on me.
I also planned on tying in a funny last remark to show that when I said grudgingly i didnt mean it in a - "grrr" pissy face "i can't believe we have to do this" way, but in a more of skeptical thoughtful desiring close personal interaction "i love talking to you, but I don't think you can truly know me by just talking to me" kinda way. I just pushed publish blog before I remembered to come up with the funny comment.
oops
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