I've been thinking of the interview in terms of collecting data for what I want to do my research on. What I discovered about myself during the interview is that I have this kind of "formal" (school format) writing block. When I write for fun, like in letters, or as LM for my fantasty football page I feel like I have a lot of freedom and so there aren't any obstacles in my writing, but when I'm writing for a class, even a writing class I put certain pressures on myself that might interefere with the creativity or maybe with a sincerity in my writing. I think I have an idea about what writing is supposed to be like. When I did the MacCurdy activity I just sat down and tried to "write the details" and without thinking about it at all it all came back to me. What came out was so much more natural than what would have come out if I had sat down with the intention of writing a story about my grandmother. I had to resist the urge to go back and "fix" some of those impulsive decisions made during writing. This might be an obstacle I need to deal with. I had no agenda when I sat down to write my last blog. There is something for me in a more natural/less formal setting where I feel a level of comfort to write. It's hard to think about this in light of the Gergen stuff because the Gergen stuff is really confusing. All I understand is there is no bad writing (and that's good).