I need to pause and take a breath. This is shaping up to be a gut-wrenching week of deadlines and mixed emotions. Listening to too much Low (+ Dirty Three), as I am doing right this very moment, is probably not the best idea. But I have managed to look beyond my self-involved bubble long enough to unearth a few choice oddities. Let’s start with the impostors / usurpers / evil twins:
- The other Sharyn Morrow out there seems to be some sort of Baptist Evangelist musician. I doubt we have much in common, aside from our shared name.
- I’ve been aware of one other Mass Distraction, but have just found another .org, only with a hyphen. I have to admit, they have an interesting concept:
Mass Distraction is a series of three jackets (the Coin Jacket, the Hood Jacket and the Game Jacket) intended to provoke thought and discussion about the idea of presence: physical presence no longer guarantees a person.s availability and attentiveness. Nowadays the user of a mobile communication device often splits his attention between the people in his surroundings and the person to whom he’s linked remotely. Often, in order to remain connected the people both near and far, the mobile phone user multitasks between the two communication channels. Whether disguised or not, this practice degrades the quality of the interaction with the people in his immediate presence.
Moving along to the WTF? category we have a few gems:
- Tonight I’m going to be your Watermelon Love. So sweet? So bizarre.
- Safer than Prozac (best when played with accompanying sound).
- This season I will mostly be wearing…a BAG on my head.
- And the perfect Halloween costume for that hottie in your life. Eww.
Lastly, via Jessamyn, an excellent resource devoted to Rethinking Columbus and Columbus Day. Now it’s time, once again, to bid you all a good night. Hey, let’s be careful out there.