Wow! I'm invisible!

[salin]

seem to be good at speaking/posting and killing threads or just getting no responses. Thought that it might be cool to look at the bright side... invisible - just like in the movies...

what mischief should I do first in this invisible state?

[Fridays Child]

1. Hijack some of the popular kids' threads?

[salin]

10. evil grin and tapping finger tips together

ah what a glorious idea... oh where to start...

[genieroze]

2. Go to the freeper site and harass them. lol eom

[salin]

11. but for that to be satisfying...

one has to be heard - not invisible...

[stevedeshazer]

3. .

[brainshrub]

6. What does "." mean?

[stevedeshazer]

7. As close to invisible as a subject line can get

:)

[salin]

12. heh... good way

to be invisible - and be noticed simultaneously... good job!

[Cerridwen]

4. I see you found your way into my world.

Welcome.:hi:

I've taken to "lurking." It's less painful when no one responds.

::D:

[GOPisEvil]

5. PERSECUTE ME!!!!

:P

[ulysses]

9. NO! PERSECUTE ME!

<biff><pow><argh>

[salin]

14. No can do

public educators are persecuted enough... can't add on to that pile up. :hi:

[ulysses]

17. yeah, but I asked for it.

:hi:

[salin]

20. but one urban educator

just can't persecute another (unless you assist the pushout (institutional pushout - forcing dropout) of students.) Its part of the "code". :D

[ulysses]

26. hell, tell that

to the infighters at my school. :D

[salin]

29. don't need to ... would guess that some of the infighting

results in the pushout I describe above...

If you want to read something that explains the concept (and rings true to my work in various cities with various schools) read Michelle Fine's "The Framing of Dropout" (I think that is the title, written either in the late eighties or early nineties... a description how school politics leads to policies that lead to even "well intended" educators to actually lead to pushing kids out of school. Lots of unintended consequences/tragedies unfold daily in urban schools :cry:

[edzontar__]

67. I am an urban educator

My name is edzontar... and I lead an alternate lifestyle...

[salin]

13. I heard about the snickers and conversations

the "admit" committee were having at your expense... think they were cooking something up... ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

15. Oh no! A committee? Snickering?

:scared:

[salin]

18. snickering while plotting

the committee you said was waiting to approve your status as nonperscutable.. they are real good at planning a righteous persecution...

[GOPisEvil]

19. Well...I am a state employee in Texas.

That should be persecution enough for one man. :D

[salin]

21. only if your fellow employees

are devotees of Tom DeLay.

[GOPisEvil]

22. My boss' boss is a direct appointee of our Governor.

Who is a serious Tom DeLay, George Bush lackey. :scared:

[salin]

25. but to turn the table

does he have any dirt on the alleged impending Perry divorce, and root cause?

[GOPisEvil]

28. I haven't heard squat about that lately.

Although...a couple of folks are lining up to run against ol' Rick in the primaries. I'm guessing it will resurface again, since these are Republicans we're talking about. :evilgrin:

[salin]

31. ooh - any dirt to dish

on these prospective challengers... am just assuming dirt given the track record of current Texan republicans.

[GOPisEvil]

34. Oh, no secret...

One of our wonderful Senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison, might run. Also our illustrious Comptroller, Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander Strayhorn Cougar Mellencamp, mother of Snotty, will run, too.

[salin]

36. Whoa Nelly

an Ex of Mellancamp - seriously? His ex used to live in my Mom's neighborhood in Indiana... can't be the same person.. can it?

[GOPisEvil]

38. LOL...no no...my little nickname for her.

She gets married and divorced and married a lot. I just added the Cougar Mellencamp for humorous effect.

Her father was Dean of the U of TX. Her first husband (Snotty and his FDA brother's dad) was one of LBJ's lawyers, and was the source of the History Channel piece stating LBJ was part of JFK's assassination. She was mayor of Austin also. She's a hoot to be sure.

[salin]

41. so she could be the incarnate of the

"threat to the sanctity of marriage" - cute...

[GOPisEvil]

She's also...

..."one tough Gramma". Yes, that was her campaign slogan a few years back. :eyes:

[salin]

44. "gramma who threatened

the sanctity of marriage..." hard sell - but possible... and she wants to take on Goodhair in the primaries?

[GOPisEvil]

49. Yep...apparently she thinks he's vulnerable.

He's a crappy leader for sure.

[salin]

51. well he did get stuck

with the mire and muck that bush left in his wake. Amazing to me that the state hasn't yet recognized that the woes at hand are directly related to the GOP.

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. What? Who said that?... I don't see anyone..

[salin]

23. *silently putting a blindfold on Revolutionary_Acts04*

and waiting to watch the interesting typos that ensue

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. HAHA! I cant type already, no blindfold needed, but that is why spellcheck

was invented right? :7

[salin]

33. spell check?

what is that? (have to mask for my laziness somehow...)

[Sanity Claws]

16. Peek a boo

I see you.

Look up --- here I am !!

[salin]

24. an idea...

maybe we can tagteam... go find a thread and invisibly hijack it... noone will notice...

[Sanity Claws]

30. But I can see you!

Others can see you too! Look at all of these messages. Think of something we can do in broad daylight.
:toast:

[salin]

37. okay.. lets just pick a thread

and do a visible and righteous thread jacking... pick the thread and lets go!

[Sanity Claws]

39. I have this old sweater

It's black and white and has several loose threads. I'll take one of the loose black threads and let you pull one of the white ones. I wonder if we'll end up with two piles of yarn.

Ready, set, go!!

[salin]

43. ewwwwwwww lots of

lint sticking to the white threads... achooo!

[Sanity Claws]

46. Nighty-night

;-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Go visit the White House ASAP!

Just think of all the possibilities!

[salin]

35. good call... scribbling in the margins of Rove's cheat sheets to Bush

"remember to emphasize the 'accountability' aspect of social security privatization - people who invest poorly, - even if they worked all their adult life - should suffer the consequences if they make poor investment choices and bet on things like ENRON"

[Zomby Woof]

40. You're still hot

I can see invisible beauties. :P

[salin]

45. good thing that even corners

are invisible in this thread... ;-)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

42. no you're not!

i see you! :hug:

[salin]

47. Maaaaaaagggggggggieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

:hug:

Time is flying... I feel like an old aunt when asking the following question... but... are you a junior or senior this year? (time flies when you get older).... starting to think about colleges?

It is ALWAYS a pleasure to "see" you!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

48. I feel like I haven't seen you around lately!

I'm a senior. I have most of my college applications sent out except for one! I am getting really anxious to hear back, but that won't be for a few months still. :(

[salin]

50. WOW!

dang time flies... months from graduation...WOW! So spill - if you will - to where are the applications sent out?

I swear I remember when you were barely in highschool - I think you have been around here since I have (late 2001/early 2002). I so look forward to following how things go with you - you are such an intelligent - and full of heart young lady... it is always a pleasure to intersect with you hear at DU. :hi:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

52. Aw, thanks for your kind words.

I have been here since about October 2001, didn't start posting until December of 2001 though :)

I've applied to BU, NYU, Northeastern, Art Institute of Boston, RIT, and Corcoran School of Design for Photojournalism (some for just journalism). Now I'm sending out another application to GWU. I applied to a lot of places because I had a lower SAT score than I anticipated and was afraid I wouldn't be able to get into BU, NYU, etc. Now that is all resolved, I retook them and scored 130 points higher than the first time. So, I think that I will be able to get into most of the schools I applied to. Boston University is definitely my first choice now.

[salin]

53. Sounds like an excellent range of choices

and per test scores - "they say" that one can't change scores through preparation. I think that is due to the silliness of many test prep courses. When I was aiming for grad schools I decided to go for the best program in the world in my field (educational policy) - and bought a gazillion books and raised my scores by about 250 points (comparable to the 130 raise inthe SATS). Good job Maggie - I know it was tough in my case to do it - but it paid off (I got into the program I was aiming for.) For what it is worth - we have a pretty good journalism school at IU - and one of its former students is now doing incredible work against the bush regime in TAP, the Nation and other progressive periodicals. Started out by writing for the progressive/independent local papers while in school (hint, hint...) that lead to a number of contacts that paid off later.

Since I am not able to be around here that much anymore - I hope that you don't mind if I "thread jack" when I run into you - to ask for updates. Just count me as a supporter who enjoys watching you blossom as an intellectual young woman (guess it is the educator within me...) To you a big :thumbsup:

[FizzFuzz]

60. Hey pardon me for swooping in here, but I work at RIT!!

If you end up there, PM me or something! RIT rules for Photo.

:hi:

[DrGonzoLives]

54. This is a great opportunity

Time to start oppressing people. You know what to do.

Also, start sneaking into the locker rooms of people playing the Hoosiers and do something to them to make them lose, because otherwise it looks like the Cream & Crimson is going to suck donkey dick this year...

[salin]

55. bully on you - as I type

the Hoosiers are beating up on other hoosiers (ballstate)... though that is getting to be a very scarce experience *sigh*

:hi:

btw - when did you decide to go back to docgonzo (a name I love and recognize!)?

[DrGonzoLives]

61. Recently

I don't know why, maybe because I first used it when I lived up near Chicago and am moving up there again.

[salin]

64. Sounds like good news...

moving for "prospects"... or for a solid prospect? Either way - congrats!!!!!!!!

[DrGonzoLives]

68. No, I have the job

I just need to move there.

[Mabeline]

56. Sorry, but ths post seems to be invisible...

was there an invisible person trying to post...


J/K

[salin]

57. the posts seem to be in invisible ink...

put them over a heat source - and they might appear (old trick of writing in lemon juice... which only becomes fully visible after putting the paper over a heat source - even a toaster...)

[Mabeline]

59. OOoh, sneaky....

[salin]

62. what fun, eh?

[WillyT]

58. Invisibility Is A Powerful Tool, No ???

:evilgrin:

:loveya:

[salin]

63. the repubees use it well...

time for us to use it as well :D

:loveya:

How are things in my very missed bay area? We are still digging out of snow in southern Indiana.

[WillyT]

66. There May Be Snow On Top Of Mt. Diablo Later This Week...

But I'm pretty sure the valley floor will be mainly moist.

The freezing cold just sorta floats right over the tops of us!

Careful shoveling that snow please!

:hi:

[lateo]

65. Maybe you could...

come spy on me...tell me what I am wearing...or not wearing...:)