Why I’m retro (and not in a good way)
1.I still play on text-based games (muds, mux, etc.). Most of the gaming world has moved onto MMORPGs.
2. My cellphone is the one they sell to senior citizens. Big digit buttons, no keyboard for texting. I don’t text. I don’t surf. I don’t even download ringtones. In fact, I don’t even keep my cellphone on. I just turn it on to call out.
3. Until my new computer this week, I didn’t have the capacity to play DVDs on my computer.
4. Until this week, I was using html frames instead of CSS for my website.
5. I would rather play D&D 3.5 than move to 4.0. Partly because I don’t like 4.0 and partly because I just don’t want to bother to learn a new system.
6. Teaching public speaking. I have long thought that public speaking organized around the standard informative, commemorative, and persuasive schtick was utterly -wrong-. Speeches don’t work like that in the real world. Yet I have never motivated myself to revamp my approach.
7. I still like Mary Daly (even though I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess).
8. I still like Rebecca Walker even though she’s gotten flaky over the past few years.
9. I still get a little teary-eyed when I play Reagan’s Challenger speech for my students.
10. I like George Michael/Wham’s version of Careless Whisper much much better than Seether’s.
