Comments on: The 158th Friday Blog Roundup

By: Battynurse

Battynurse — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:38:54 +0000

So I sit here surrounded by boxes and a whole bunch of crap that I probably really don’t need and I sort of chuckle at your description of when you first moved into your house. Sitting amid all the boxes and not knowing where anything is and everything being different. I chuckled because I’m crazy enough to have done this pick up and move thing so many times my relatives no longer bother writing down my address as it will likely be a new one on the christmas card next year. And strangely as much as I hate the actually pick things up and carry them part of moving and even though I get frustrated by not being able to find something I need for several days (currently missing is my good pizza slicer but I just found my glasses) I still find it fun to have a change of scenery.
I’m glad that your move is happening even though it is stressful and scary and all that. It will be a good move.

By: JuliaS

JuliaS — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:03:30 +0000

Where would I go if I could literally, as opposed to figuratively, disappear inside a book? Oh my, my mind has been reeling with the possibilities. However, I think I have come to the conclusion that I like books so much, because they are “safe”. No matter what – just like with your “Wild Things” post, no matter how amazing, scary, exciting, treacherous or inspiring, I like that bowl waiting for me in the corner, still warm.

As many fabulous books I have read, I just can’t think of one where I think I would fit in and be very happy for long.

By: FET Accompli

FET Accompli — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:27:37 +0000

Congrats on the move to your new webhome! That song is beautiful. I think I’d choose Narnia – I see Lavendar Luz had the same thoughts.

By: Paz

Paz — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:39:57 +0000

One of the best songs ever written. I listen to it ALL the time. This raw version is especially… so real.

John Lennon did drawings for Sean that Yoko made into a children’s book. I think I’ll go there, where I can curl up with a cat napping or play with an elephant counting… (one small complaint: the colorization of his drawings S-U-C-K-S)

By: Quiet Dreams

Quiet Dreams — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:33:04 +0000

Wow. That song is amazing. I love the starkness of it.

Got nothin’ for you on the what if. All of my energy right now has be zapped by my own move, so I feel your pain, though, granted, your move has got to be a lot more difficult than mine, even though you haven’t had to go through all your posts and comments changing names/pseudonyms.

And I love your site. Love. It.

By: Half of a Duo, Raising a Duo

Half of a Duo, Raising a Duo — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:08:55 +0000

I like your having dragged my butt over here.

I love John Lennon and Beautiful Boy “life happens when you are busy making other plans” is the song of my life… the song of my sons… and my journey towards motherhood in the face of being totally barren in every way, shape and form.

On a side note, I saw Yoko and Sean on “the View” I think. I really hate saying this, but the woman cannot sing and I don’t “get” her. I usually “get” musicians but, really, she talk-sings and not well, either.

Weekly What if: What if I went to Where the Wild Things are but never met Max? How would it end up? He’s the “original Wild Thing”.

As for blog hosting… I just had to switch my friends’ yarn shop website (I am her webmaster) from geocities to a yahoo hosted blog and it took forever to change all the photos and links. I totally “get” what a PITA “moving” a website can be…..

By: Baby Smiling In Back Seat

Baby Smiling In Back Seat — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:06:50 +0000

Of course I’m crying. After 7 years of IF waiting, I’m currently doing some very literal waiting to meet, or preferably delay meeting for just a little while longer, these babies.

I don’t have an answer to the What If. There’s no world I’d rather inhabit right now than this hospital bed.

By: Chickenpig

Chickenpig — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:18:38 +0000

I want to go to Earthsea. I wouldn’t care if I never met a single character, I just want to go there. Narnia would be a close second, though.

Real Love is a beautiful song, no matter how you slice and dice it. The true love songs always make me think of my children as well as my husband, and that always makes me cry. When I think how close I came to never having them…

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:10:04 +0000

Just reading your post made my eyes well up, so I will put off the catharsis for a little longer (damn that work I have to do!). Thank you for sharing it!

By: The Steadfast Warrior

The Steadfast Warrior — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:46:47 +0000

Okay, yes I got teary. Being less then two weeks from my due date made that song even more poignant.

Hmmm, I could second Hogwarts but only without the whole Voldemort trying to take over the world bit. Too dramatic for me. But in the end I think I’d jump into the Catskill Mountains like the character from My Side of the Mountain. Anyone else have to read that book in school? If not, it’s about how this young boy runs away from his family and that life and decides to make it on his own living inside a hollowed out tree on the Mountain that I think his ancestors had lived or something like that. What kid never had a moment where they wanted to do that?