tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post6530292022226766543..comments2023-08-15T06:09:11.024-04:00Comments on Motherhood in NYC: Blog AngstMarinkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489592695993949578noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-24248890373476223772008-08-21T17:36:00.000-04:002008-08-21T17:36:00.000-04:00First of all, thanks for the mention. Second of al...First of all, thanks for the mention. Second of all, I don't read many blogs. But I read yours because your voice is accessible and witty. Now knock off the navel gazing and go broil some ice cubes.LTYMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159310767768024662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-4417568802265274552008-08-17T11:02:00.000-04:002008-08-17T11:02:00.000-04:00what you said. exactly.what you said. exactly.MsPicketToYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304288663203185972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-77890887913336201952008-08-14T02:28:00.000-04:002008-08-14T02:28:00.000-04:00If it is any consolation, my blog jumps from humor...If it is any consolation, my blog jumps from humor to photography to children to travel and even to bad poetry. :) I like it that way. I'm a bit all over the place, too- so it works.<BR/><BR/>And as far as feeling intimidated goes, I get that way every now and then. I see so many amazing photographers out there and sometimes it feels overwhelming to be lumped into the middle of all of them. <BR/><BR/>But I remind myself that there are always people out there that are going to be better- and that's okay! They aren't me. They haven't lived in my shoes. They don't have the same vision or story or spirit that I have. <BR/><BR/>If anything, it just inspires me to figure out who I am even more and how I can make better art for myself. Because <I>that</I> is when I feel happiest. Not when I am comparing myself to others.180360https://www.blogger.com/profile/02440839854732725686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-10047576590371743372008-08-13T22:18:00.000-04:002008-08-13T22:18:00.000-04:00This is my first time visiting and I love your voi...This is my first time visiting and I love your voice. Keep blogging chica there are folks out here like me clamoring for more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634096295956313230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-61163036114133688162008-08-13T20:19:00.000-04:002008-08-13T20:19:00.000-04:00Hey, you beat me to this blog. I have been thinki...Hey, you beat me to this blog. I have been thinking the same thing for weeks, feeling like the unpopular girl in high school. But people actually <I>read</I> your blog. It is a great blog and very entertaining and funny. Don't change a thing. As for the ice cream, in Florida we leave it on the counter for 10 seconds and it's perfect.binkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892145759857437371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-21287317714349681282008-08-13T18:19:00.000-04:002008-08-13T18:19:00.000-04:00I microwave my ice cream. Totally normal.I microwave my ice cream. Totally normal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-81558705077781484642008-08-13T15:26:00.000-04:002008-08-13T15:26:00.000-04:00I could have said the exact same thing. Except if...I could have said the exact same thing. Except if I had said it, you'd be on the list of blogs that I feel humbled by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-72465990226138859642008-08-13T12:12:00.000-04:002008-08-13T12:12:00.000-04:00Oh, dear.Allow me to share one of my favorite quot...Oh, dear.<BR/><BR/>Allow me to share one of my favorite quotes, by my own personal Flannery O'Connor, Ms. Barbara Kingsolver.<BR/><BR/><I>"Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer."</I>Maggie, Dammithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471019955310537571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-22535286332433312502008-08-13T11:58:00.000-04:002008-08-13T11:58:00.000-04:00What Jenny said. I think I could always write tha...What Jenny said. I think I could always write that and it would be appropriate and I could leave behind the pressure to be witty and original and amaze with my razor sharp commenting skills. <BR/><BR/>I love your blog, your voice and your humor. You are on my 'almost too intimidated to write anything after reading her awesome writing' list. So, the fact that I'm any where near yours is just astonishing.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your break. You're going to email right? Because otherwise, I might shrivel up from lack of contact...anymommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870033179328734404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-33208477891297434912008-08-13T10:15:00.000-04:002008-08-13T10:15:00.000-04:00Whatevs! (as the kids are saying).I love your writ...Whatevs! (as the kids are saying).<BR/><BR/>I love your writing. And, for the record, I am laughed at in our house for putting ice cream in the microwave, but hard ice cream ain't right with the Lawd.Marmite Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008928254219278262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-7556260918366464132008-08-13T10:14:00.000-04:002008-08-13T10:14:00.000-04:00Every time I post something, I think people are go...Every time I post something, I think people are going to think I'm totally boring and never come back here.Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026884443452060916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-85811591261013627072008-08-13T09:50:00.000-04:002008-08-13T09:50:00.000-04:00Oh my gosh. I could have written this post. Excep...Oh my gosh. I could have written this post. <BR/><BR/>Except you did.<BR/><BR/>I feel this way all the time. I think of something to write, then I get discouraged because I start reading all the fabulous bloggers out there that do it so much better than I do. I have a love/hate relationship with your blog. I love reading it, but it makes me feel so unfunny. I enjoy your humorous posts and your serious posts. But neither are as good as your tweets. <BR/><BR/>I'll just stop now because there is no way I can make this funnier than Jenny, the Bloggess' comment.<BR/><BR/>Just please don't take an actual vacation, I'd miss you. And don't ever stop tweeting.Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259169109945001406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-79817924645783481482008-08-13T09:29:00.000-04:002008-08-13T09:29:00.000-04:00I can totally relate to "I worry that my blog doe...I can totally relate to "I worry that my blog doesn't have a focus--I don't concentrate on parenthood, I don't concentrate on humor and I don't concentrate on New York." Except for the New York part.<BR/><BR/>I didn't intend to be a mommy blogger - but that seems to be the group that I'd most relate to. But I don't do this very well (no Wordless Wednesday photography, no etc.). And then trying to be all designy and fashiony and ironic so I can hang out with the 20 something bloggers won't work because I talk about my kids too much. And also that would be kind of pathetic. <BR/><BR/>And even though I think I'm really funny - I am well aware that I'm often the only one laughing at my jokes...<BR/><BR/>Want to start a new blogging genre? Let's come up with a really catchy name for ourselves - and maybe a mission statement. And hats would be good (t-shits are so over now).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-39742876378948974282008-08-13T07:40:00.000-04:002008-08-13T07:40:00.000-04:00I think blog angst is normal... Or at least it is ...I think blog angst is normal... Or at least it is for me. And yeah, I worry about my focus, too - I skip around, talk about this and that, jump topics, etc. My voice? What voice? It's just random words spilling onto the page. <BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I love your blog, your voice, and your topics. Yours is one of the first I check every day (well... honesty here... it's in my reader, and when it shows up with a new post, I immediately check that) I hope you enjoy your vacation, and come back refreshed. Because I'd hate to not have your voice to read!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607474600318564658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455477065088022337.post-9191106029217891072008-08-13T06:18:00.000-04:002008-08-13T06:18:00.000-04:00It shocks me that anyone would put me on this list...It shocks me that anyone would put me on this list because I hate all my writing. I look at it and go "WTF, me? What's wrong with you?" and am convinced I'm the William Hung of blogging...popular for how bad I am. I think everyone feels like that.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I think you are amazing and hysterical and I would buy space on your brain.<BR/><BR/>I'll be here until you come back...later this afternoon.Jenny, the Bloggesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718481135182612620noreply@blogger.com