From Twitter 06-30-2010

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You know what's the really ironic thing?

Someone commented on my last post (in reference to the last line where I repeated Fiona's remark that she was glad the thieves jumped her, and not the young woman she had just passed carrying a baby:

You know, her concern for the mother and her baby, doesn't this make her a "official" warrior? (Or a knight, or a samurai, or a saint?)

Fiona has been flailing and flailing to come up with a paper topic for her Extended Essay, which is a twenty page researched paper that she has to do a first draft on this summer. It's one of the requirements for the International Baccalaureate degree.

I had a discussion with her this week about it, trying to help her come up with something that was at the intersection of her passionate interests (karate, fantasy, and characters like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mulan, Xena, and some from Firefly) I suggested she should do a paper on The Woman Warrior. She'll have to narrow the topic, but I suggested perhaps taking at look at books like Maxine Hong Kingston's book The Woman Warrior, or Kij Johnson's Fudoki.

She liked the idea and got preliminary approval from her thesis advisor on this just a couple of days ago.

If you have any suggestions for a paper on The Woman Warrior, either books to suggest or thoughts on refining the topic, send 'em our way.

Edited to add: She'll be at Convergence this weekend. If you see her, feel free to say hello.

A comment from Delia that needs wider circulation

Delia (ooh_pretty_mine) left this comment here that I would like to highlight:

Well, I for one had a hard time getting over this, and it didn't even happen to me. I couldn't imagine anything happening to my sister. I don't know what I would do if something serious happened to her.

I consider us lucky, thinking about what could have happened, and I look back at how we all took the news. When I came downstairs, Fiona crying and my dad calmly telling me what happened, and I think about how I tried to stay strong, for her, for my parents, especially for my mom later, on the phone who was legit freaking out inside but trying to stay calm. I realize now that we all handled it pretty much as well as anyone could. And that's why I'm proud to be in my family. I will admit, it's annoying sometimes, but my sister is always there for me, and I feel like I tried to be there for her yesterday.

I am so glad that my family has such good friends in this community, and that you all feel proud of Fiona, after what she went through. Well I'm proud too, but not just of her, but of my whole family.

Mom, you helped so much and you kept us going. I love you and I know we'll bounce back fast and things will be pretty much back to normal.

Thanks to all the good wishes!
Delia