I am a homeschooling mom...

[agilebrit]

And I will not wank. No, I won't. Not there, anyway. Eh. *grabs a tissue and cleans up* Seriously, I couldn't let that go.

However, all you have to do is look at the "quality" of fic at FFN to see the sort of "education" that public schools are churning out. Semi-literate snowflakes who bristle at the merest hint of criticism? Pretty much.

Yeah, not in my house. Da Boy already gets corrected if he doesn't capitalize "I" or the word at the start of a sentence, and he's seven. And I don't think I'm stunting his creativity.

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Hihi

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

Totally off topic here, and I apologize. You're a Utah writer, I'm a Utah writer (and a friend of Paul and Ken). We ought to friend each other, yah? :) I'm pretty liberal on a lot of issues, conservative on lots of others, so posts about conservatism don't bug me, even if I disagree.

Back on topic: I'm a public school graduate and I think I turned out alright. However, I was in mostly honors courses, and I took a very active part in my own learning. I suspect I'm in the minority on that last part.

Re: Hihi

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

We should TOTALLY friend each other! *does so* And if you're friends with Paul and Ken, does that mean you live in the West/South Jordan area? Because if you do, we should get together for coffee some time. :)

Are you going to CONduit?

Re: Hihi

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

I live closer to Midvale, but that's not very far from you. At least, I can get to Ken's place in about 10 minutes on a non-traffic day.

Sadly, no conduit for me. I have a standing commitment to do WisCon every year (http://www.wiscon.info if you're curious). But with how costly it's getting to go to Madison every year, I may skip it next year and stay for CONduit. And I do every other Utah con, so I'm sure I'll see you at something.

Are you coming to MountainCon maybe? Or do you like anime? Because I think I'm going to go to Anime Banzai this year, just for fun.

Re: Hihi

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I'll be at MountainCon, but I don't do anime. And Midvale is really close to me too. Yay!

Re: Hihi

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

Oh great! I'll see you at MountainCon! :) I'll have a table again this year, I think, as I did well sales-wise last MC and had a lot of fun running the table.

Do you attend LTUE as well?

Re: Hihi

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't miss it! You know, we probably know each other, at least in passing...

Re: Hihi

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was thinking that maybe we do, too.

This is my picture in the icon. Do I look familiar to you?

Re: Hihi

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

... vaguely familiar?

I don't have a photo of me, I don't think. I don't photograph well, and I'm the family picture-taker, so we don't have many of me in any case.

Re: Hihi

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

We have probably seen each other around for sure :). I'm usually hanging out with Paul and Patrick or with Rebecca Shelley. I've got really long brown hair that's usually pulled back or messily flowing all around my face , and I'm usually wearing a really long dress and clunky self-made jewelry. Donno if that helps.

Re: Hihi

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I just noticed that your name is Joselle. Would be be Joselle Vanderhooft (apologies if I butchered the spelling)? Because, yeah! I know you!

I'm Julie Frost. I don't know if the name will ring a bell. :)

Re: Hihi

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

LOL I should've just said my name is JoSelle (you got it right, but for the capital S which is no big deal).

Mmh. Julie. Yes, yes it does. But I'm not sure why. Are you married to a fella named Bruce? And/or did you lead the workshop at LTUE on weather and geography in world-building?

Re: Hihi

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

No, my Hubby doesn't come to Cons (we kind of freak him out a little, I think. Hee). I wasn't on any panels at LTUE, but I was on the Firefly panel and one other (how to get published, I think--I had the spreadsheet) at MountainCon last year and hung around with Ken, Dan, Paul, and Eric a lot there.

Re: Hihi

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

(hehehhe)

Hmmmm. OK, then I must have seen you at the publishing panel as I didn't attend the one on Firefly. I'm not recalling a spread sheet though... but it has been several months, so maybe I'm just forgetful.