Another Day

Trying to shake the latest onslaught of rhinovirus, I consider a new direction for this tired, web-beaten path. No more personal crap, no more senseless, irrelevant ranting.... how about something equally meaningless, but which people might actually (pretend) to care about?

How about cultural literacy? How about words that really matter? How about campus slang?

So, I'll need a little help from current campus denizens... folks who are fluent in the dialect.

What are the current terms for... let's see... tired? slammed with work? ready to go out? in trouble? dancing? broke? having sex? Can I say that here?

How about the latest terms for good-looking guy/girl? stupid person? bitch-who-backstabbed-you? funny friend? best friend?

And, more seriously, what's the current language of violence? fighting?

Send me an e-mail: rashworth@vcu.edu

Day One

A day like any other day in this digital paradise. A knock on the (virtual) door. Then another, sharper, more insistent. "Come in," I say, the edge of yesterday's web-induced headache still evident in the tone of my audio, still partially visible on my soft screen. And did he ever, crashing through the implied geometric order of my doorway like an ill-conceived algorhythm, throwing fractals with every glance. He looked through me like electricity through an acrylic block. I felt another headache starting... I could already see the amber glow...