tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post7022713518797907609..comments2023-11-10T17:50:44.236+00:00Comments on Crow's Feet: Slippery MomentsMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-49566472304122789922008-12-06T09:53:00.000+00:002008-12-06T09:53:00.000+00:00DaisyUs bloggers... all word junkies! :-)AmelOh go...Daisy<BR/>Us bloggers... all word junkies! :-)<BR/><BR/>Amel<BR/>Oh gosh yes, you've done amazingly well. I was so 'wobbly' my first two years here. I felt utterly lost and it was only my online friends and online connection to old friends/family, that kept me sane. You should go make a BIG gold star and stick it on your mirror with the words "Winner of surviving first year in a new land/culture"Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-13418377613882752112008-12-05T15:22:00.000+00:002008-12-05T15:22:00.000+00:00HE HE HE HE...it's not easy NOT to take ourselves ...HE HE HE HE...it's not easy NOT to take ourselves so seriously since we'd been doing it for...decades, eh? I also find that I have to REALLY control my thoughts sometimes so that they don't "run away" to being obsessive about something, especially when it comes to making mistakes he he he...<BR/><BR/>Moving to Finland has really been a HUGE adventure for me...the biggest risk I've ever taken in Amelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792921371964029469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-76901240635271262752008-12-05T13:13:00.000+00:002008-12-05T13:13:00.000+00:00Michelle, you sound a great deal the way I was whe...Michelle, you sound a great deal the way I was when young. I was then, and still am now, always either reading something or writing something. The last part of your post offers very good advice. I especially have learned for myself how important it is to not take myself too seriously and to remember to keep my sense of humor about me.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-53924442261178684582008-12-05T12:39:00.000+00:002008-12-05T12:39:00.000+00:00AmelIt's a big adventure moving countries - it's l...Amel<BR/>It's a big adventure moving countries - it's like you get to see yourself through a new foreign mirror. I think you've done amazingly well and I agree completely with what you said. Oh gosh, I still take myself too seriously at times, but at least I do realise fairly quickly nowadays and can take action to lighten up. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Pete<BR/>Thank you. :-)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-20556942568210267682008-12-04T23:30:00.000+00:002008-12-04T23:30:00.000+00:00I'm glad you keep going.I'm glad you keep going.PVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168061872452394929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-22381320747032692292008-12-04T18:02:00.000+00:002008-12-04T18:02:00.000+00:00Hey, M!THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for the pack...Hey, M!<BR/><BR/>THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for the packageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! :-))))) <BR/><BR/>I can't say it enough he he he...anyway, as you know I was always serious, as well, and only after moving to Finland did I learn to laugh at myself. Before that, I would curse myself for days on end for the mistakes I made (or at least a whole day) he he he he...<BR/><BR/>LOVE this post as Amelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792921371964029469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-26661826983791475992008-12-04T08:44:00.000+00:002008-12-04T08:44:00.000+00:00DerikI love dictionaries. :-) My dad had this huge...Derik<BR/>I love dictionaries. :-) My dad had this huge old Websters one (with tiny ink sketches here and there) that I'd sit and page through as a kid. <BR/><BR/>Genie (and Derik)<BR/>It's true - boring jobs/classes really seem to energise the creativity. I find it frustrating that I can't write in a vaccuum ofcomplete peace and silence, yet being with my family is distracting too. I write best Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-7462080911407579802008-12-02T19:45:00.000+00:002008-12-02T19:45:00.000+00:00#5. Don't show people your stuff until you've fles...#5. Don't show people your stuff until you've fleshed it out a bit otherwise you've set yourself up for criticism before what you've written is ready for it.<BR/><BR/>Your high school writing reminds me of mine. I wrote like that a lot in high school, passing chapters between classes and writing in moments between my friends and their favorite celebrities--who were usually the heroes of my novelGeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035732790904857758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147432312120227172.post-50774840622568408752008-12-02T18:05:00.000+00:002008-12-02T18:05:00.000+00:00Life's lessons it is, then? You are not alone in y...Life's lessons it is, then? You are not alone in your word frenzy--I don't know if I've mentioned this, but I had a very boring job once, and it gave me plenty of free time in which I read parts of the dictionary. But now I know a bunch of 'p' and 's' words!Derikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168261297670606489noreply@blogger.com