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 Sometime near the beginning of class, we talked about blogs and the annonymity they provide.  Pro and con opinions were shared.  Then we continued discussion from Tuesday's class esercise about Bryn Mawr's Engish department and what classes they currently offer and what SHOULD be offered.  There was dicussion about "a center," and as usual the U.S. was found to be the center of the focus.  The class found that relationships within different literatures need to be more of a focus; on that note, Anne brought up the idea that the English department had at one of its meetings about finding new faculty that's able to make English interdisciplinary.  Then Anne moved to talking about her idea to "rework class performance."  We decided to make a transition from raising hands to more of a conversation.  Anne then mentioned the guest bloggers she's going to have come speak to the class.  Played a name game.  Went around and talked about each of our own blogging experiences.  We heard how fun it is to have fake identities online.  Someone said it's nice to complete your own viewpoint by hearing someone else's view on a blog.  They're "a good outlet."  They're "angry people complaining."  We talked about the contempt out there for people who like to be recognized online.  The Iranian blogosphere was mentioned, then Anne scolded us for reading mostly personal blogs and told us there were a lot more possibilities than what we've experienced.  Is blogging changing the way we interact with one another?  Narcissism rules personal blogs.  Candle image from George Eliot, we are organizing events around ourselves.  is blogging intensfying our egos or helping us?  Then Anne spoke of her desire to change how academics talk to each other.  What might we gain/lose by putting our papers online?  What happens to our writing when we write online?