Comments for Reaching for Nonsense

Comment on it makes me mad by lisa

lisa — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:32:46 +0000

Just stopping by your blog to see if you’d restarted posting. Hope all’s well, blog or no blog. Have a good rest of the week!

Comment on it makes me mad by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:13:58 +0000

Well, it’s certainly not the only community I’m part of. My friends, family, coworkers and neighbors are also my community. I’m not discounting that. But I am a part of the gay community, and more specifically, the lesbian community. There are experiences and points of view that I share only with them, regardless of how understanding and supportive my straight friends and family are. I recognized that I shared a bond with those women when I saw them. But I didn’t get that same recognition back, and that’s what makes me sad.
(Sorry for my delay in approving the comment and in responding–I’ve been away from internet for a whole week. We’re back now, yay!)

Comment on it makes me mad by Greta Jane

Greta Jane — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:16:29 +0000

I guess on some level, I just don’t understand this feeling, mostly because I want to say, but total strangers aren’t your community. I am your community. And T, and your co-workers, and your parents, and your bridesmaids, and such. I would be interested in hearing more about why you think of lesbians who are strangers as your community. I am not objecting, mind you, to your feeling that way. But I can’t think of a group about whom I feel like that, unless it is New Englanders, but even then…

Comment on finishing things by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:15:42 +0000

I’m glad I’m not alone on this. I did just now bring myself to actually start reading, and I’m enjoying it so far (ten pages or so). We’ll see if I can get through it. I’m actually usually okay once it’s over. It’s mainly anticipating the unknown level of stress that is to come that gets me.

Comment on finishing things by lisa

lisa — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:01:26 +0000

I was going to say more about your previous posts (congrats on the job offer, btw! I will stay tuned for more….) but this one falls into the “I know exactly how you feel category.” I’ve been talking about dreading the end of HP all weekend. It took me several months–five, six?–to finish the final season of Six Feet Under when I had all the last dvd’s right at the video store or days away by Netflix, and when we did finish it, I think it would be fair to say I mourned for days (maybe I’m still not over it). The Sopranos, too. I feel ya on this one!

Comment on the waiting game by brain splat « Reaching for Nonsense

brain splat « Reaching for Nonsense — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:04:25 +0000

[...] needed, because I was burned out. But now I’m better, and now I’m bored. That other job I applied for was my first attempt at finding something more to my liking and ability. But I didn’t get [...]

Comment on timing by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:46:13 +0000

You’re more than welcome to comment. It makes me feel like I’m not just talking to myself out here. I like the idea of starting something new in the fall, too. I no longer live by an academic calendar, although I did for quite a long time, but there’s still that back-to-school feeling of starting everything fresh. I like that.

If we code-name our donor Mr. October, he sounds like he belongs in some kind of pin-up calendar. That would be funny. Especially since we’re pretty unlikely to have one of those calendars in our house. Just not our style.

Comment on timing by Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:15:06 +0000

Fall is a great time to start things, says one who lives by an academic calendar and has trouble conceiving of a yearly cycle any other way. Ah, sorry for the conceiving pun. Along those lines, though, you could code name the donor October and make all sorts of Clancy-esque bad jokes about the Hunt therefor.

I hope it’s ok that I comment from time to time–your blog is now one I drop by during the workday. Have a good vacation!

Comment on sad by Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:52:32 +0000

I’m sorry you didn’t get the job. That stinks. But as you say at the end, something better WILL come along. I just got a temporary, new level of responsibility in my job, and today’s one of those days I’m regretting having asked for it, counting the months until we go back to the buck’s stopping elsewhere, or at least counting the hours until Friday afternoon! One thing I notice about job and house hunting is that once you get in the mode, it’s easy to keep going, even after you land one. So maybe you already have a stack of resumes ready to send out and a list of places to send them to. Good luck!

Comment on feeling blue by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:59:55 +0000

Thank you both for your kind comments. This is new for me–making connections online–and it’s so warm-feeling to sit by myself at my computer and end up having people I’ve never met respond and understand. Thanks.