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Comment on “blowin’ in the wind…” by T

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:31:16 +0000

I’m very excited for Rabidoux’s congressional run. And I do enjoy his columns in The All State. Haven’t read his book yet. Great post

Comment on war is terrorism… by Kim Salerno

Kim Salerno — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:36:50 +0000

Well said Steph and chilling. We are so jaded here that we rarely, or never look at issues from the other perspective. We are all human and neither oceans nor country boundries should make us forget so easily. Keep blogging…it’s infectious in a great way!

Comment on war is terrorism… by Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:43:08 +0000

Great post. Have you read The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini? The things you wrote about are things that actually happened in Afganistan from the 1970s through 2001, from the last days of the Afghan monarchy through the taliban reign and near present. The effects of war are devastating, and it astonished me to get that real, down-to-earth, inside glimpse of living not only in a war-torn country, but on a war-torn street … to hear the missiles day and night, bracing each time, wondering if you or your neighbor is the next to die. And you’re right … These things happen every day around the world. And we look the other way. We’re sheltered and naive, and we like it that way.

Comment on war is terrorism… by T

Mon, 18 May 2009 03:14:21 +0000

It’s like the the old saying, it’s better to get them before they get us. It’s absolutely sickening when you look at it from the other side of the fence. We Americans, however, prefer to look the other way and ignore the reality that others do face. We flip the channel when we see a bombing in the Middle East, we throw away letters from charitable organizations and just let a homeless man as for spare change; we are so far detached from the world around us and have allowed the material, fairy-tale-esque world called “America” shelter us from what our fate could be. But I can’t blame us for we could never relate. 9-11 was a wake-up call for America, but for other countries, this sort of thing happens all the time.

Great post.

Comment on i thought i was a writer… by April Mc

April Mc — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:17:06 +0000

I feel you on a lot of the things you said; but I think you’re still a writer, and a darn good one at that. You just need to learn to ignore or turn off the phone, tv, and computer once in a while (my house has been in an uproar lately because I complain about the tv). I was supposed to write a book in November, and I made a good start, but I was doing 10 times better when I disconnected from the rest of the world for awhile. Knowing you I know it will be hard, but perhaps you’ll find that award winning writer that you’ve hidden behind all the technology. I understand about the blog thing, I love to see high counts, and freaked out about my poor updating, until I realized that it would still be there when I got back to it the next time, and yours will too!

Comment on i thought i was a writer… by Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:52:24 +0000

I totally get you. Seriously, like I told you before, I shut off my blog because it stressed me the heck out when I didn’t update it. Unlike you however, I never considered myself a writer. I’m not much good at poetry. I can’t write creatively to save my life. All those fluffy adjectives that I fall in love with when I read … they they slip through my fingers like sand when I try to fold them into my writing. I’m definitely a reader; I appreciate good writing. But it takes me way too much effort to do it myself. I created some brochure copy for work last week, and it took me the majority of the day. And that was BROCHURE copy! Haha.

The urge to be constantly connected is something with which a lot of people in our generation probably struggle. I think I’m actually getting better. I shut down my blog. I had a twitter account for about a day (Way too much connection, if you ask me). I have a regular ol’ phone (but I’d love and iPhone; I’m not gonna lie). I haven’t been on MySpace in over a year. I probably need to delete my account. I’m actually trying to get on facebook more because I do want to keep in touch with people somehow and facebook seems to be the most prolific.

Well, this has been a pretty long comment … I probably should have written you an e-mail instead. I just want to let you know that you’re not alone. …Now I gotta go so I can check my e-mail.

Comment on reflection… by Stephanie Coward

Stephanie Coward — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:37:40 +0000

I agree completely Danica. It’s so easy to forget to live b/c life just gets in the way. 25 was a rough one for me. But you’re doing so much as of late, really taking control that I know you won’t have any problems!
Society does try to mold us into this one life when in fact there are infinite possibilities and we shouldn’t be afraid of them. And no one should judge another who decides to throw preconceived notions out the door.

Comment on dear dubya… by April Mc

April Mc — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:06:03 +0000

I couldn’t have said it better.

Comment on reflection… by criticallyyours

criticallyyours — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:22:39 +0000

I am realizing more and more everyday how true these words are. Even though we are conscious of it and try to avoid it, unattainable stereotypes are beaten into our heads everyday. We feel like we fail if we can’t get to that point where we have “everything.” Where we have the husband, the lucrative and fulfilling job, the 2.5 kids with a dog and a gorgeous house that’s never messy coupled with a big fluffy bed to have mind-blowing sex in every single night. Does anyone have that? Are we being left behind?
I’ll be turning 25 this year and for me that’s something to pay attention to. When I was younger, I thought 25 was old. And like you’ve said about turning 29, I never could’ve imagined what 25 would look like. Am I where I want to be? Have I accomplished enough? My mother has told me since I was old enough to understand words, that you will wake up one day and be 45 and wonder where your life has gone. For this reason I am ultra-aware of what I do each day. I’m aware that this is the only life we get, and there are no do-overs. It’s a struggle to get through the day-to-day and remember to stay focused on living, as odd as that sounds.
Just a long comment here really to say: I feel you. Good post!

Comment on 25 years ago, Dr. King “had a dream”… by lisakristine

lisakristine — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:44:32 +0000

Agreed. As Dr. King also said – “Peace is not the absence of tension, but the presence of justice.”

And to some degree, I think that has happened. We are still walking forward…