http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Unsalted surfer girl easily amused by the strange and unusual. en-us 2005-12-15T01:20:47-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/034235.html I decided to take on even bigger constraint with my movie line project. First, I tried using only movie lines from sports movies or movies containing sports, to make my paragraphs. I had a lot of fun with this, and... 34235@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Essay Two 2005-12-15T01:20:47-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/034232.html "The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees oneself of the chains that shackle the spirit... the arbitrariness of the constraint only serves to obtain precision of execution." - Igor Stravinsky This is a quote on top of http://www.nous.org.uk/oulipo.html,... 34232@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Essay Two 2005-12-15T00:47:17-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/034230.html Build this house with me. Only straw. If you build it, he will come. Come out, come out, wherever you are. I bet you can squel like a pig. This is my house, I have to defend it. Little pigs!... 34230@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Dayna's Constraint 2005-12-15T00:04:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/034217.html You want to know what I want? I'll tel you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared. If you build it, he will come. According to Greek mythology, the titans were greater... 34217@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Dayna's Constraint 2005-12-14T22:18:48-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/033768.html A fellow classmate brought in a book by Daniel Nussbaum titled "PL8SPK". The entire book is stories made using only personalized license plates from the state of California. It's actually quite amazing. Talk about someoen who is using an Oulipian... 33768@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Essay Two 2005-12-08T01:05:22-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/033750.html Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac…It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! Excuse me while I whip this out. You’ll shoot your... 33750@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Dayna's Constraint 2005-12-07T22:39:12-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/033748.html We came. We saw. We kicked ass. Don’t mess with the bull, young man. You’ll get the horns. Be afraid. Be very afraid. First rule of Fight Club—you do not talk about Fight Club. You can’t handle the truth. Life... 33748@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Dayna's Constraint 2005-12-06T22:37:40-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/033581.html I tried my first OuLiPo-type constraint entry tonight. It was interesting to see how my mind responded to this. It was honestly hard at first. I just stared blankely at my computer screen for a while. My brain was not... 33581@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Essay Two 2005-12-05T23:01:45-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/033580.html Constraints can free you from the tyranny of infinite possibilities by channeling you into the form and meaning of a constraint; it can make you aware of the rules you are following. Benjamin Perec wrote a novel without using the... 33580@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Essay Two 2005-12-05T22:52:57-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/033579.html Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? Houston, we have a problem. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley. We’re on a mission from God. They... 33579@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ Dayna's Constraint 2005-12-05T22:42:12-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/033002.html I am now almost obsessed with the weird news link on the Duluth News Tribune site. This week has a few good ones. Check it out. http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/weird_news/... 33002@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ 2005-11-29T09:50:22-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/032999.html Well....I met my nemisis on Saturday morning at 8am. They are little bubbles that you fill in with your stupid #2 pencil. It's a teacher licensing test. I had to take two and they were two hours long. I HATE... 32999@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ 2005-11-20T09:37:50-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/032395.html Sometimes under the wild ricing moon there will be people who still complain about its structure. I, on the other hand, will bitch at them because they are too ignorant to even know what it stands for. Sometimes under the... 32395@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ 2005-11-17T10:32:52-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/032391.html …there will be people who still complain about its structure. I, on the other hand, will bitch at them because they are too ignorant to even know what it stands for. Sometimes under the wild ricing moon, I will try... 32391@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ 2005-11-17T10:05:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/032222.html So, I already forgot to put up a quote yesterday. What a plan...it lasted one day. Well here's today's quote: Nice Set of Pipes. - Headline in the Duluth News Tribune 11/14/05 Here's the story if you wish to see... 32222@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/groo0018/test/ 2005-11-15T09:22:42-06:00