Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Explanation: the three things being referred to in the Title are not the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine. At least, not directly! The three things, they are:
- participationing in one of our favorite bloghops, ‘Finish The Sentence Friday’
- promoting and trying to drum up listeners for the Return of the Wakefield Doctrine 30 Minute Radio Hour on BlogTalk Radio
- finishing the Post I started last night, pretty interesting topic, i.e. fear and clarks
The idea of participating in a bloghop with a ‘multiple purpose Post’ has me a little on edge. In the hands of a skilled writer, I believe it is a valid approach to the ‘time insufficiency principle’ of the blogosphere. The trick, in my opinion, is to write a Post that would be recognized as intended for any of the (multiple)purposes, without the need for a long explanation, like…oh I don’t know this one! lol Michelle and Lizzi are the two writers I have seen who have the skills to attempt this strategy successfully. But I seem to be ‘standing here’ in Janine and Kate and Stephanie and Kristi‘s, little Friday party, so I better put out.*
“When I was a little kid, I thought….”
” that … I was convinced that… I was sure that… I had to believe that…. I was afraid that… I was afraid that (though I was careful not to think all the words out loud) I was afraid that I would be found out. Found out by: the Adults who loomed over me with un-questionable Authority, the Teachers ( while some pretended to be kind and many did not even try) who would look at the impressive Reading Test Scores (‘why clark, you are reading well beyond your grade level, why can’t you apply yourself more…), the Big Kids who, even though I would try to show them that I understood what they were trying to do, would still push… always in front of a group (and) the Family …they were the most difficult… they seemed to want to understand but then, when I got pulled in to the ‘dark place’** and say, stayed in my room for the entire day on Christmas (despite wanting to join them, knowing that I couldn’t or if I did, they would realize how…different I was), they would get all ‘how can you be so mean to your own family.
Well, I hope that works for Readers of FTSF.
Part 2:
Today on Blogtalk Radio at 5:00 pm EST: the Return of the Wakefield Doctrine 30 Minute Radio Hour (brought to you today by: DownSpring Cyndi’s own Pictimilitude and a new sponsor joining us, Janine’s very own J9 Designs )
hey the British sounding woman just said, “7 minutes until showtime” here is what I think the direct link is: http://tobtr.com/s/5662333
I trust I will be able to come back later and paste the url for the show… but it will be on at 5 and we will be talking about… er the subject will be… what was the word… the win file , no… the whimsical wonder… wake up …Wakefield! Wakefield Doctrine that’s it (ha ha… pre-show jitters always produces stupid jokes)
Part 3: clarks and fear. We seem to be out of time, damn! Join us again when we explore the wacky world of clarks and the-personal reality-where-everything-has-a-slight-sometimes-barely-noticeable-but-always-there-if-you-look overtone of fear!! (Note: I did not say that clarks were afraid of anything, granted we are, but not the way you scotts or rogers could even begin to appreciate. I did say ‘overtone of fear’ and that is simply the …. lets try to make this sound all faux academic and high-brow and such… this ‘overtone of fear’ is best defined as: “…the individual clark’s apperception of the self-imposed gap between themselves and the world around them.”
Don’t forget tomorrow is Saturday which means the best bloghop on the planet, our own TToT!!! come join Dyanne and Christine (well, don’t know if ‘join’ is quite the right word, them being scotts ‘of the finest water’*** But everyone who participates in the bloghop on either or both days always say that they’ve enjoyed it. ***Special OFFER*** the Wakefield Doctrine SPECIAL OFFER join us on Saturday and the Doctrine will give you *One Free Thankful Item* for your list!. (yes, I know! how cool is that!)
* if you were given a choice, right here and right now, to go back in time (hint: theme for this weekend), which archetypical Friday afternoon informal party would you rather find yourself at:
- high school, at the home of a your best friend whose parents work late on Fridays….it’s 4:30 and the music is loud
- college dorm Friday, everyone has not yet commuted home for the weekend, you (and your best friend) find yourselves in a suite party with 1/3 of the room doors open, 1/2 of the doors half open, but the rooms are black-light illuminated and the rest are simply closed
- after work, stop by the cafeteria (the stainless steel serving things are all shiny under glass) but those form fit plastic chairs are not on top of the table, there is a smallish crowd gathered at some tables next to the big plate glass windows that overlook the Interstate
** if you have a predominant worldview of the Outsider, aka a clark then you know without being told what place I referred to… as a matter of fact, if you are a clark, you would prefer that we just let sleeping dogs lie, it’s been a while since you’ve been there and maybe, just maybe, if you stay real quiet you won’t end up there again… it is such an awful place.
*** yes, I did deliberately use an obscure phrase to draw you out… lol (did I mention I had a secondary scottian aspect?)
About clarkscottroger
I would go back to my early twenties now knowing what I do know now, because I literally was still young, but pretty much on top of the world at that point. And still carefree enough that I could enjoy myself. Oh those were the days, but seriously another awesome Friday post and thank you as always for linking up with us, Clark. Have a wonderful Friday now, too!! :)
Janine
but! take yourself back (to those 20’s) and remember what your friends (and you…the ’20s you’) were like… (and this is the ‘you you’ back in the 20yo body) would you want to hang out with them? (Warning! time travel fantasy ruiner! do not follow this line of inquiry and introspection if you want to enjoy the universal fun of ‘if I could go back!’)
lol
hey don’t forget to tune in today at 5 PM!
I would not go back. NO way!
OH, lord have mercy NO I would never ever go back. well….maybe….NO. Just no.
I’m vewy vewy curious about this here radio show you speak of….I might have to just tune in…I don’t even know how to begin doing that…..you will have to speak slowly….and perhaps repeat yerself…..
bethteliho
…that seems to be the consensus so far… will have to watch this
I will post the link here in the Post when I get live… it is on http://www.blogtalkradio.com if all else fails, go there search ‘the Wakefield Doctrine and that should be it up
“…you will have to speak slowly….and perhaps repeat yerself…..” ayiee!! you had to remind me! (one of the ‘exciting’ and ‘fun’ things about doing this ‘radio’ thing is the live nature of it. unlike a Post that we can edit all day long or even the video posts that I do from time to time, there is no immediate sense of being ‘on stage’… it’s funny how, when it gets to be 4:30 or so how my mood changes lol…. While I realize that there might be a thousand people (not likely) or no one at all… the fact of not knowing that is all it takes to generate the butterflies. like I said…fun
First of all, identifying the Insufficiency Principle of the blogosphere? Very perceptive of you. It’s a perfect summary of my life since blogging became a thing. Secondly, I wanted to congratulate you on the FTSF portion of your post. It totally worked. It was so honest and vulnerable and I think that putting yourself out there is another thing that blogging is all about. Thank you for today’s post and for your kindness this week :-)
Katia
I agree with you about the opportunity that blogging offers those of us who would explore (ourselves) as we write about the world and life and such. damn that Insufficiency Principle! lol
I I could go to one of your back in time places, it’d definitely be the college dorm room! You should do a post on Clarks fitting in using substances! HAHA! I need to listen to your radio show! How cool and I can’t believe I missed the live version (yes, I can because I miss everything. It’s something to do with the Insufficiency of the Blogoshphere principal thing).
Enjoyed this post :D
Kristi
remind me sometime to tell you about the plot for a really cool time travel story (that I tried to write once). See ya ’round the blogosphere this weekend.
I’m sorry to have missed the radio show today. Will have to dial in to the archives.
”…the individual clark’s apperception of the self-imposed gap between themselves and the world around them.”
I appreciate you making the distinction between “being afraid” and “fear” (having). It is a subject that not too many will stick around for, except for the “hardy” clarks lol.
Seeing as I am brain dead at this moment, I will return to expound upon clarks and our fear at a not too much later time. Really. Don’t think of me as a “beback”. I really will. Of course, I exhibit that tendency of clarks to not act in the moment, feeling the need to wander off, ponder and then return with a well thought out comment. If I were to attempt a comment at this time, my words would indubitably be thought of as that of a moron so I shall bid all a good night…….
Thanks for “putting out” today, Clark! I have to say, I frequently think about how compelling the fear/anxiety of being “found out” has been in my own life. I keep waiting to be unveiled as an imposter, or not a “real grown-up,” or for someone to realize that I have no idea what I’m doing. Do you think that fear of being found out is universal? Or more predominantly Clarkish? Do Scotts worry about being found out?
Stephanie
totally a clarklike thing, unfortunately (or not). rogers may have a sense of privacy (nothing that a clark would call privacy) and scotts well, you know what scotts are like… lol
for us who are Outsiders (predominant worldview of a clark) there is something about our efforts to learn/discover/find out whatever it is (we suspect) that we didn’t learn when very young that keeps us from being ‘a part of’… but most of us make the effort to act ‘normal’ in the belief that we will be more likely to learn what we are after…from the people who are not Outsiders and hence the fear of discovery
(imo if you are not a predominant clark, you are sportin’ a pretty significant secondary clarklike aspect)
You know…I was just thinking about how many people I know HAVE to always be doing something social: going to parties, going to theatre, going for a beer, going out in general, doing this, doing that, and then they slap it up on Facebook…such a rogerian thing.
I still like a party, but left to my own devices…here’s what my Saturday looks like so far: library for research, writing for YeRo, coursework and tidying up. The only one of those that I would prefer not to do is the coursework, part, but only three classes left after December. Yes, there will be a Stout in the picture as a reward. HAHA
But dang…I get so DREADFULLY cold sitting here at the computer just now. Do you?
Cyndi
well, (since I have only recently discovered the fun of ‘earphones’…lol yeah what a dinosaur… but, in my defence I have Avenged Sevenfold on ‘Nightmare’ at the present moment), I agree. Plus the fact that I have such poor blood flow or something that my fingers get cold from typing… hey! surely they must sell those ‘Bob Cratchit’ gloves without the fingers in them that would work!.
I know what you mean about enjoying parties, but not needing them… but it just occurred to me, part of this Doctrine experiment may entail… the party aspect (of the rogerian worldview) ayiiee!
lol (Maybe I need to start including a Disclaimer: Use of the Wakefield Doctrine may result in an un-controllable desire to ….)