Christine Woods

Just had the nightmare inducing experience of Luna chasing a spider the size of a miller moth that started SHEDDING ITS JILLION BABIES in my kitchen when I tried to catch it with a jar to take it outside.

It went under the dishwasher.

So I guess I'm moving.

Psst... hey you—yeah, you with the Twitch account. Do me a favor and follow my account to help me unlock interactive stuff faster? twitch.tv/florafaery

And TBH, those are the only two criteria I look for. I think audience agency, multi-sensory activation, etc, are all plus ups. But in my mind, those are bonus features that enhance the experience, but aren't necessary at the distillation of what makes an experience or production immersive or nah.

And for 2. It can't be the authentic thing. I talk frequently about going to an advertised "immersive beer tasting" to find it was just an actual tasting at a brewery.
To be capital I immersive, it should be a depiction, an experience representational of the reality being described. Otherwise, why?

For 1, I know it's not realistic that EVERYTHING the audience sees is going to be within the narrative world. That gets expensive as hell in physical works.
But the goal is that the audience believes the environment in which they inhabit is the same as exists in the narrative they are experiencing.

I've probably posted this before because I've ranted about it for years, but it's come up so frequently in conversation lately.

As far as I'm concerned, to be capital I Immersive, the production or piece must be:
1. Striving for Total Diegesis
2. Representational

Whimsy and fantasy saved my life and I think about that every day, especially in regards to my job (and how it might help others). Without escapism, there is no escape.

SOME OF US USED THESE WORDS BEFORE JFC

A screenshot of text on a website The title text says: I don’t know anything The body text says: If you’ve never made games before you have a huge advantage. If I’d have had any industry experience before making GMod I probably would have never made it. Your naivety is a huge advantage, it’s your edge. Don’t try to emulate people who are in the industry – do your own thing, make your own mistakes, find your own way. It’ll lead you down a bunch of paths that no-one will ever take because they know the ‘right way’. The world needs those paths explored.

A quote from Garry Newman [Garry's Mod] I think about often

Colorado’s Poet Laureate has died Poet Andrea Gibson passed away from cancer at their home in Boulder early Sunday morning.

Colorado’s poet laureate, Andrea Gibson of Boulder, was 49 years old.

Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died “Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary film made by the poet and their wife dealing with Gibson’s cancer diagnosis in 2021, won festival favorite at Sundance this year. Gibson was 50.

Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died

Instead of Depression by Andrea Gibson who sadly passed away today... "try calling it hibernation. Imagine the darkness is a cave in which you will be nurtured by doing absolutely nothing. Hibernating animals don’t even dream. It’s okay if you can’t imagine Spring. Sleep through the alarm of the world. Name your hopelessness a quiet hollow, a place you go to heal, a den you dug, Sweetheart, instead of a grave."

thank you, Andrea 💔

Apparently using em dashes excessively is becoming a flag that text is AI generated.

That's just how I write, with nested parentheticals and asides. 😭

I'm not using Chatgpt; I just have ADHD and interrupt my own main point constantly.

‘Antisemitic terror attack’ on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall planned for a year, FBI says; 4 new victims found Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, intended to carry out a mass shooting in downtown Boulder and only switched to an explosive plan after he was denied a gun because of his immigration status, county inve…

NEW: Investigators have identified four additional victims in the attack, bringing the total to 12, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said during a Monday afternoon briefing. https://trib.al/H9FHzEI

Multiple people injured, evacuations issued after attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall Several victims were reportedly injured in the attack, which happened near the intersection of Pearl and 13th streets in downtown Boulder, the police department said.

LATEST UPDATE: Multiple blocks of downtown Boulder were evacuated Sunday afternoon after an attack on the Pearl Street Mall that Gov. Jared Polis characterized as a “heinous act of terror.” https://trib.al/s3ZslwZ

“Act of terror” leaves several injured on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall Officers were called to an area near the intersection of 13th and Pearl streets about 2 p.m. Sunday, Boulder police department said.

UPDATE: “Act of terror” leaves several injured on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall

Officers were called to an area near the intersection of 13th and Pearl streets about 2 p.m. Sunday. Federal and local authorities are investigating.

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NEW: Organizer of Boulder event to support Israeli hostages tells 9News they were ambushed by a man throwing Molotov cocktail like devices, burning five people. www.9news.com/mobile/artic...

Multiple people injured, evacuations issued after ‘terror attack’ on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall Multiple blocks of downtown Boulder were evacuated Sunday after an attack on the Pearl Street Mall that Gov. Jared Polis characterized as a “heinous act of terror.”

UPDATE: The FBI has called the attack on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall today a “targeted terror attack.”

Boulder police investigating attack near 13th and Pearl Officers evacuated multiple blocks around the Pearl Street Mall Sunday afternoon.

What we know about the attack in Boulder— updating as we learn more:

“Act of terror” during Israeli hostage demonstration leaves several injured on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall Officers were called to an area near the intersection of 13th and Pearl streets about 2 p.m. Sunday, Boulder police department said.

Several people were set on fire in an “act of terror” Sunday afternoon on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder during a gathering to raise awareness about people taken hostage during Hamas’ 2023 attack on Israel, authorities said.

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Giant fireball and a bunch of people lit on fire across the street from where I was working about an hour and a half ago.
So fucking awful.

I don't really know what you're supposed to do after you see people get set on fire and get evacuated by the cops, but if anyone wants to have a drink with me about it in Boulder, I just got to Dark Horse.

Case Western Reserve University closes DEI office Ohio’s largest private university cited concerns over potentially losing federal funding among the reasons behind the decision.

I am extremely disappointed in my alma mater for complying and closing it's diversity office. Shame on you, #CWRU 🤬

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I routinely break Dunbar’s number — it’s part of my charm — but this is absurd

A message from NaNoWriMo, shutting down

Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :

A picture of David Lynch with the caption Fix your hearts or die

Happy Trans Day of Visibility

I find it fascinating (& endearing) that Sir Terry wrote an entire book where he said trans rights but also he wrote several other books where he said trans rights way more forcefully just between other bits of the story.

that rooster is art. me and the bear are an omen

For me, fighting fascism has nothing to do with thinking I’ll win. I don’t fight because there’s an inevitable outcome, I fight because I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do something.