Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following people and organizations for making this paper possible: Anne Radovic for lending me The Body Electric; The Last Straw for providing the initial inspiration for the abstract; NECSI for providing the impetus to write the paper; Stephen Shaw, Michael Robbins, Daniel Hayward, Shane, Emmie, Scotland Island Players, Chris Gilbey and anyone else in Australia who was missing me while I was here; Danica Reno, Meredith White, and Sundance for letting me crash at their places when I was in Boulder; Ali Rayl for giving me access to the Ugrad Lab; Cleo Parker Robinson, Dance Home, Frequent Flyers, and Dance West for keeping me sane while in Denver; Michelle Goldhaber for being a wonderful, unexpected surprise in my life; Geo Homsy for his incisive comments and critiques; Daniel Coore and the rest of the Amorphous Computing Group for welcoming me back with open arms; and most especially, my family.