| "Let's be the _____ Clarion!" |
[Jun. 22nd, 2007|06:09 pm] |
What kind of Clarion will we be? I can't tell you, or rather I won't, and perhaps it's not for us to decide, but speculation has been rampant (as it should be, after all that's what we do), as we begin to cohere as a group and think about our identity. But this isn't the blog where I do group dynamics and identity theory, so let's leave that there (http://persistentillusionist.blogspot.com/ if you care about such things or you're having trouble sleeping...)
What a week. Tough tough tough, but also fun fun fun, and I'm not being ironic. My co-students are funny, fascinating people, and so is everyone else around here. Nancy's been a terrific instructor (I decided it's ok to name names as long as I've only got good things to say!) She's knowledgeable, perceptive, approachable and frank, and she has lots of cool anecdotes.
Today Vonda McIntyre dropped by for a couple of hours. One of the things she talked about was meeting Ursula LeGuin for the first time when she was a rookie writer. She said that sometimes it's better not to meet your heroes, but Ursula was wonderful. I'm happy to report that Vonda is one of those heroes it's OK to meet, too.
Thanks to everyone who has left comments for me, sorry I don't have time to respond individually but things are pretty non-stop around here. I really appreciate that you're checking in and keeping an eye on me, it makes things feel a little less crazy.
/hugs
Here is us all outside the sorority house:
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