Comments for Jessica Rosevear http://jessicarosevear.com Writer, Teacher, Woolfian Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:11:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Summertime by Jessica http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=473&cpage=1#comment-1408 Jessica Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:11:10 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=473#comment-1408 Thanks, Carlos!! Thanks, Carlos!!

]]> Comment on Summertime by Carlos http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=473&cpage=1#comment-1397 Carlos Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:13:27 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=473#comment-1397 many times i was tempted to inquire/write, 'where you at?' missed you. but i see you've been busy with more important work. smart. many times i was tempted to inquire/write, ‘where you at?’

missed you.

but i see you’ve been busy with more important work. smart.

]]> Comment on The David Foster Wallace Connection by Jessica http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=444&cpage=1#comment-1149 Jessica Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:46:27 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=444#comment-1149 Yeah... I'm interested to see how it goes... Yeah… I’m interested to see how it goes…

]]> Comment on The David Foster Wallace Connection by paul http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=444&cpage=1#comment-1146 paul Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:43:54 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=444#comment-1146 that was my second attempt at reading it and i could get through it.... couldn't even come close to the quarter mark... maybe when you start i will try again but i don't know if i can bear the shame of a third failure... in the mean time, consider the lobster is much more digestible ha-ha that was my second attempt at reading it and i could get through it…. couldn’t even come close to the quarter mark… maybe when you start i will try again but i don’t know if i can bear the shame of a third failure… in the mean time, consider the lobster is much more digestible ha-ha

]]> Comment on The Close Enough Phenomenon by Emma http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=424&cpage=1#comment-947 Emma Fri, 28 May 2010 13:52:34 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=424#comment-947 Amen! Well said. Amen! Well said.

]]> Comment on The Close Enough Phenomenon by Carlos http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=424&cpage=1#comment-946 Carlos Fri, 28 May 2010 12:53:22 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=424#comment-946 Let me be the furst to toast your poast. Let me be the furst to toast your poast.

]]> Comment on Happy Mother’s Day by Emma http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=408&cpage=1#comment-822 Emma Sun, 16 May 2010 03:48:28 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=408#comment-822 Bravo, Jessica! And what a cute picture of you with a particular cute thesis! Bravo, Jessica! And what a cute picture of you with a particular cute thesis!

]]> Comment on How To Go On a Literary Pilgrimage by Kate http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=391&cpage=1#comment-555 Kate Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:44:18 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=391#comment-555 YES! YES!

]]> Comment on 10 Reasons Not to Buy a Kindle by Katie http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=356&cpage=1#comment-458 Katie Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:08:38 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=356#comment-458 1) Put the Kindle in a zip lock bag. 2) The battery lasts for 2 weeks, so the chances of that happening aren't very high. 3) I read at coffeeshops ALL the time. Sure, people can't see what you're reading, but that's not why you read, anyway. I also go to bookstores often and take pictures of the covers of books I'm interested in. 4) You underline words to remember to look them up, right? The Kindle has a built-in dictionary. Just navigate to the word in the text, and the definition shows up at the bottom of the screen. You can also highlight passages you want to remember, and make notes on them if you want. These notes are synced across all devices and can be accessed online as well. 5) You can "dog-ear" pages on the Kindle too. 6) Who, specifically? 7) Do you display all your books, or just the ones you like? I buy physical copies of the ones I love, and now my bookshelves are filled with only books I'd actually recommend to people. (This is similar to the way I treat music.) 8) I think you're scraping the bottom of the barrel now, if that's a real factor in your decision-making. 9) A little power does a lot to charge the Kindle. I find mine is mostly charged after just an hour. 10) I love books too. But I don't love all books. I enjoy seeing Murakami on my shelves, but I'm glad I could read a Twilight book without anyone knowing what I was reading. And now that I've finished it, I don't need to think about it ever again. 1) Put the Kindle in a zip lock bag.
2) The battery lasts for 2 weeks, so the chances of that happening aren’t very high.
3) I read at coffeeshops ALL the time. Sure, people can’t see what you’re reading, but that’s not why you read, anyway. I also go to bookstores often and take pictures of the covers of books I’m interested in.
4) You underline words to remember to look them up, right? The Kindle has a built-in dictionary. Just navigate to the word in the text, and the definition shows up at the bottom of the screen. You can also highlight passages you want to remember, and make notes on them if you want. These notes are synced across all devices and can be accessed online as well.
5) You can “dog-ear” pages on the Kindle too.
6) Who, specifically?
7) Do you display all your books, or just the ones you like? I buy physical copies of the ones I love, and now my bookshelves are filled with only books I’d actually recommend to people. (This is similar to the way I treat music.)
8) I think you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel now, if that’s a real factor in your decision-making.
9) A little power does a lot to charge the Kindle. I find mine is mostly charged after just an hour.
10) I love books too. But I don’t love all books. I enjoy seeing Murakami on my shelves, but I’m glad I could read a Twilight book without anyone knowing what I was reading. And now that I’ve finished it, I don’t need to think about it ever again.

]]> Comment on 10 Reasons Not to Buy a Kindle by admin http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=356&cpage=1#comment-395 admin Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:45:29 +0000 http://jessicarosevear.com/?p=356#comment-395 Hi Meg!! Those definitely are good reasons, especially the grad school part of it. I made way too many trips to NJ Books in college! My students always complain about how heavy their textbooks are, so that would be better health-wise if it got to the point where we were using them in schools. But yeah, ultimately I could see it leading us down a horrible path. How long will it take for ads to appear on the side of your book if it's an eBook? And will that, then, affect which books publishers take risks on, in the way that corporate sponsors have large says in what happens in the organizations they represent? An article I recently read said that some people like the kindle because it's easier to eat and read. The multitasking culture is a dangerous thing, I think--not to get all transcendental, but it's better to focus and absorb (savor a meal, savor a chapter) than spread our attention out on several things at once. Hi Meg!! Those definitely are good reasons, especially the grad school part of it. I made way too many trips to NJ Books in college! My students always complain about how heavy their textbooks are, so that would be better health-wise if it got to the point where we were using them in schools. But yeah, ultimately I could see it leading us down a horrible path. How long will it take for ads to appear on the side of your book if it’s an eBook? And will that, then, affect which books publishers take risks on, in the way that corporate sponsors have large says in what happens in the organizations they represent? An article I recently read said that some people like the kindle because it’s easier to eat and read. The multitasking culture is a dangerous thing, I think–not to get all transcendental, but it’s better to focus and absorb (savor a meal, savor a chapter) than spread our attention out on several things at once.

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