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lydamorehouse) wrote2024-07-02 01:56 pm
lydamorehouse) wrote2024-07-02 01:56 pm
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Brain, Brain... What is Brain?
Today, I spend a startlingly large amount of my time queueing up social media posts for my new podcast, which no one will interact with. This, my dear readers, is not a complaint directed at you in any way, but at the universe at large. It is a capital-t Truth in the era in which we live that podcasts and authors and artists and such like are supposed to have SOME KIND of social media presence and that people are mostly supposed to ignore them. It's white noise advertisement. The idea is that you might just pop-up in someone's feed as they scroll by and perhaps, by chance, the name of the product will get lodged in someone subconscious and that then spits-out into a click through or whatever.
Honestly, it's all very cyberpunk when you think about it that way.
I am not convinced it works.
Probably because I'm not very good at it.
Yet, my co-host is doing a lot of the technical hard work of our podcast, so I agreed to be in charge of social media. Which, if you've met me online, you're probably thinking..... "Hmmm, Dreamwidth grrl, are you really suited for this?" NO. No, I'm really not, but I'm doing my best. I'm finding (and attributing!) a lot of really lovely cyberpunk art. I've good Goodreads quotes about androids and cyborgs and the nature of intelligence and souls from various authors. I point people to things I'm reading, things I want to read, and all that.
At any rate, how are you?
For myself, I'm currently waiting to see if Mason will ever return from St. Louis. He flew down to visit a friend there almost two weeks ago and was supposed drive back with his friend last Wednesday. It just hasn't happened. I mean, he's an adult? If he wants to stay there until it's time to fly back to Connecticut in August, it's his prerogative. It's more a case of Shawn and I starting to lay bets every morning whether or not today is the day they will finally be headed this way... or if, at this point, this going to end with his friend staying in St. Louis and Mason booking a return flight by himself. It really doesn't matter to us (except in terms of should we have a room prepared for said friend or not?) But, you know, it's a daily question.
The grant project that I took part in several years ago, Bee the Change (from Lawns to Legumes) was soliciting photos and stories of our gardens are growing. Due to all the rain we've been having, mine is having a bumper year. But, at this point I'm not sure how much of it is actually native anymore. I guess, technically, the plan was "a pollinator" garden and we were allowed a few non-natives, but I swear that all the native plants I invested in are dead, with the sole exception of the native grasses. I have a bunch of beebalm that is flourishing, but it might be a non-native strain. It looks nice, though.
Image: beebalm and fleabane.
At any rate, I did send them back a few pictures. They wanted little stories so I mostly focused on the fact that I have somewhat of a black thumb--my gardens grow, but they grow WILD--and that if I can plant natives and have them thrive (mostly?) then anyone can. I'm not sure how inspirational I was. We'll see if they actually use my comments and photos in their newsletter or not.
Honestly, it's all very cyberpunk when you think about it that way.
I am not convinced it works.
Probably because I'm not very good at it.
Yet, my co-host is doing a lot of the technical hard work of our podcast, so I agreed to be in charge of social media. Which, if you've met me online, you're probably thinking..... "Hmmm, Dreamwidth grrl, are you really suited for this?" NO. No, I'm really not, but I'm doing my best. I'm finding (and attributing!) a lot of really lovely cyberpunk art. I've good Goodreads quotes about androids and cyborgs and the nature of intelligence and souls from various authors. I point people to things I'm reading, things I want to read, and all that.
At any rate, how are you?
For myself, I'm currently waiting to see if Mason will ever return from St. Louis. He flew down to visit a friend there almost two weeks ago and was supposed drive back with his friend last Wednesday. It just hasn't happened. I mean, he's an adult? If he wants to stay there until it's time to fly back to Connecticut in August, it's his prerogative. It's more a case of Shawn and I starting to lay bets every morning whether or not today is the day they will finally be headed this way... or if, at this point, this going to end with his friend staying in St. Louis and Mason booking a return flight by himself. It really doesn't matter to us (except in terms of should we have a room prepared for said friend or not?) But, you know, it's a daily question.
The grant project that I took part in several years ago, Bee the Change (from Lawns to Legumes) was soliciting photos and stories of our gardens are growing. Due to all the rain we've been having, mine is having a bumper year. But, at this point I'm not sure how much of it is actually native anymore. I guess, technically, the plan was "a pollinator" garden and we were allowed a few non-natives, but I swear that all the native plants I invested in are dead, with the sole exception of the native grasses. I have a bunch of beebalm that is flourishing, but it might be a non-native strain. It looks nice, though.
Image: beebalm and fleabane.
At any rate, I did send them back a few pictures. They wanted little stories so I mostly focused on the fact that I have somewhat of a black thumb--my gardens grow, but they grow WILD--and that if I can plant natives and have them thrive (mostly?) then anyone can. I'm not sure how inspirational I was. We'll see if they actually use my comments and photos in their newsletter or not.
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I have no idea how many listeners we have, either.
At any rate, I have subscribed and rated it 5 stars and plugged it to my little collection of readers, FWIW. It's excellent.
Also, have I asked you if you wanted to be on W&S? Maybe our three listeners would also like yours?
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okay, i apologize, though i can't promise it won't happen again. the plants do look nice!
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;-)