http://siquecountry.com/blog Welcome to my world....online and off Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:53:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en     I turned 36 years old on the 20th. And as it is her tradition, my mom contacts me to remind me that I am a year older. The restrictions of her religious beliefs  prevent her from actually saying "Happy Birthday", but the sentiment is there.   For the last 18 years my ... http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=68 It’s in the Cards. On Tuesday, the 10th of march, I had a tarot card reading. It was after a presentation on Digital Literacy at the Austin Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. I had planned to do a live demo and Q & A, but the WiFi was MIA, ... http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=65 I was reading PostSecrets. I found many insightful messages that people send to strangers to be published as catharsis.  But... Does it really help if they don't know it's you? I thought I would take a stab at it my way... I will confess somethings out here. I feel safe doing this because I'm sure many ... http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=61 I’m afraid of sucking at Grad School, my writing and eventually podcasting. I know, I know it’s good to suck until you don’t suck and it’s really not sexy to whine to the whole interwebs about how much you do. But I found that there was no other way to get ... http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=56 The more I listen to podcast novels, the more I feel that they should be studied on an academic level. Delivery aside, the level of storytelling and the aural dimension (sound effects, voice acting, etc), lifts podcast novels above from mere audio books in an area of study all it's ... http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=53 I thought that being home would be freeing, an in a way I was right. I get up when I want to do some things about the house, do some things outside the house if I have the money and spend time with the kids and the 360. What I have ... http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=49 I dream in waves and colors mere mortals cannot understand. they wave and wobble, taunting and tormenting me like a lover who brings you to the edge....and leaves you there. http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=39 the year, 2009 the first full year as a grad student 3.0 the GPA so far 10,000 was the magic number that started it all. I'm getting the time and the subject matters to wrote again and I will talk to you soon. Sique http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=38 The picture above is an illustration of the subtle things we lose as we go forward into the age of digital literacy. For those who don’t know, the piece of paper is nothing more than my name on a piece of paper, written by a former professor I will from here ... http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=35 Obama jacking a tank? Hell's Yeah! Palin popping the colla of a chopper pilot? You Betcha! New downloadable content makes the already awesomely nofail game Mercenaries 2 even more badazzzz http://siquecountry.com/blog/?p=32