tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post8811535073232834370..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Angst essen Seele aufDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-5134608472617798552016-04-25T02:39:26.712-07:002016-04-25T02:39:26.712-07:00Our cheap paper writing service is the best soluti...Our <a href="http://paperwriting-services.com/" rel="nofollow">cheap paper writing service</a> is the best solution for all those who are getting their PhD in Cultural Anthropology, Biology, Ecology, and History. Thanks for sharing!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326184512615564882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-82062258492719102342008-01-14T20:27:00.000-08:002008-01-14T20:27:00.000-08:00Ah.In that case, my advice is, whatever happens, d...Ah.<BR/><BR/>In that case, my advice is, <I>whatever happens, don't let any of them move back in</I>.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, this original post was about anxiety, and it sounds like you're okay on that front...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-70407340513613209252008-01-14T15:55:00.000-08:002008-01-14T15:55:00.000-08:00No. My powers of concentration are pitiful. Whic...No. My powers of concentration are pitiful. Which is why it took me this long to start writing. The youngest moved out last summer.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-47231844554825468182008-01-14T15:07:00.000-08:002008-01-14T15:07:00.000-08:00Hi, Janet--FIVE? Yikes. Well, that which does not ...Hi, Janet--<BR/><BR/>FIVE? Yikes. Well, that which does not kill you makes you stronger.<BR/><BR/>I understand that most primitive civilizations count, "One, Two, Three, Many," and some pychologists believe that we don't inherently understand numbers above three (they claim that when we see, say four people, we count it as two twos).<BR/><BR/>If you can get through, um, mny children and still write, your powers of concentration are mighty indeed.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-42583994386136187292008-01-12T10:23:00.000-08:002008-01-12T10:23:00.000-08:00Actually, it was five kids, so I think I pushed pa...Actually, it was five kids, so I think I pushed past insanity and came out the other side... But thanks. ;o)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-79819901838049786432008-01-11T07:51:00.000-08:002008-01-11T07:51:00.000-08:00David, I think #12 is the only true one on the lis...David, I think #12 is the only true one on the list. All the others are ghosts until you're done with the first draft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-7423009942719668262008-01-10T15:03:00.000-08:002008-01-10T15:03:00.000-08:00Hi, Janet--"So I deal with my writerly insecuritie...Hi, Janet--<BR/><BR/>"So I deal with my writerly insecurities in much the same way. I will do my best. Some people will be impressed. Some won't. All I can do is my best."<BR/><BR/>That might be the sanest thing I've ever heard a writer say. But, then again, it apparently took three children to get you to that state of enlightenment. Now <I>that's</I> payin' your dues...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-85815793571532717482008-01-10T14:56:00.000-08:002008-01-10T14:56:00.000-08:00Hi, Tim--Well, good old F. Scott Fitzgerald said, ...Hi, Tim--<BR/><BR/>Well, good old F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, a) he said this in his essay "The Crack-up" and b) his first-rate mind was already falling to pieces when he wrote it. So it's not all that encouraging viewed in context, is it? In fact, forget that I quoted it.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-51602743681394859262008-01-10T14:48:00.000-08:002008-01-10T14:48:00.000-08:00Hi, Aliya.Just like you to pick only odd numbers.1...Hi, Aliya.<BR/><BR/>Just like you to pick only odd numbers.<BR/><BR/>17 is prime, too. And George Carlin claimed that--amongst numbers that weren't preposterously large and therefore funny on those grounds alone--that seventeen was the "funniest" number.<BR/><BR/>Isn't this supposed to get easier at some point? On second thought--don't answer that.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-65158300395453237152008-01-09T12:10:00.000-08:002008-01-09T12:10:00.000-08:00This was simply hilarious. Especially since I've ...This was simply hilarious. Especially since I've experienced so many of them too.<BR/><BR/>It reminds me of my experiences as a young mother. When the first one was born, I felt guilty that he had no brothers or sisters to play with. When the second one was born, I felt guilty that he wasn't getting the undivided attention that the first got. When the third one was born, I decided I'd had enough of feeling guilty. Each one was going to get a different life and that was that.<BR/><BR/>So I deal with my writerly insecurities in much the same way. I will do my best. Some people will be impressed. Some won't. All I can do is my best.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-53575022200112865332008-01-09T11:49:00.000-08:002008-01-09T11:49:00.000-08:00Considering I haven't got beyond the outline of th...Considering I haven't got beyond the outline of the current WIP, it's frightening how many of these I'm manifesting: in particular 1,2,4,6, 13 squared.<BR/><BR/>The really great insight of your post is how many mutually exclusive nightmares it's possible to have at once.<BR/><BR/>I've also got an 18: "This hasn't got enough genre elements to make it fit the genre I'm supposed to be writing" and 19: "This is too mired in genre conventions".<BR/><BR/>No-one knows how to screw up like writers...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-12478609151174162122008-01-09T11:18:00.000-08:002008-01-09T11:18:00.000-08:00I'm living 15 and 17 at the moment. It was actuall...I'm living 15 and 17 at the moment. It was actually scary to see 15 and 17 onscreen. I felt like you'd opened my head and smeared my brains on the computer. And no, seeing it there hasn't made it any better either, so thanks for that David.nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398443646324855212noreply@blogger.com