Monday, February 25, 2008

Bolter and Grusin, 160-195

First, I enjoyed Megan's response to this reading, about her grandma and Aerosmith. That rocks!

Second, this portion is hitting home right now because one of my high school classmates and his wife (who also attended our high school, but who's younger than us) are dealing with their 7-year-old son being diagnosed recently with a brain tumor, and they spent last week at Disney World through the services of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The sad(der) part is, the family had just visited Disney World in October, but little G. (the patient) does not remember much of his visit, so one is left wondering how the experience was remediated for him. Surely he remembers parts of it; are they the same? Is it a completely different experience? Is it more or less fun for G.? Is it dampened by the fact that it may be his last visit (he's aware of his situation).

So sad.

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