tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post3487340938652813928..comments2024-03-04T10:57:46.240-05:00Comments on this girl called automatic win: The Night Starts Hereriesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088087483121384868noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-13103531052750763032009-03-05T13:52:00.000-05:002009-03-05T13:52:00.000-05:00I know this post is old, but I've somehow come acr...I know this post is old, but I've somehow come across it and felt the desire to relate to what you said:<BR/><BR/>"And when that rare person comes along to make me realize all they want is for me to be happy and true to myself, I realize I don't know what to do with that ... besides find someone else to tell me what to do, how to be happy, what my truth is.<BR/><BR/>When you're told all your lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-85632916394201745782008-05-14T01:51:00.000-04:002008-05-14T01:51:00.000-04:00I know, so behind the curve on this one, I should ...I know, so behind the curve on this one, I should start checking my feedreader again.<BR/><BR/>Lovely and profound and heart-rending, as always.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you in the memory category, apparently I make up memories all the time, sometimes nobody remembers things like I do. Its like how did that happen? Were we even at the same event?!? I have a feeling I'm really going to be be in The Spazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258133099165186959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-32898673028677695542008-05-09T18:41:00.000-04:002008-05-09T18:41:00.000-04:00i wonder if "best posts of 2008" is like "best art...<B><I>i wonder if "best posts of 2008" is like "best article in this month's issue of Cosmo"? probs.</I></B><BR/><BR/>No. No no. And no. (Do you see what I'm doing here? Standing in front and behind my opinion of your writing.) <BR/><BR/>Are you shitting me? Never again mention my words in the context of a Cosmo reference —— even in jest.<BR/><BR/>I'm only on page 186 ... so catch up dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-35000552718147461192008-05-09T16:27:00.000-04:002008-05-09T16:27:00.000-04:00i have no idea if i'm related to pochahantas, but ...i have no idea if i'm related to pochahantas, but for the sake of conversation we can go with that if you'd like.<BR/><BR/>that whole "inventing memories" thing is like what my grandma does. except she tells these memories to other old fokes who still think i'm seven. so you may or may not be distantly related to the crazy alcoholic known as my grandmother.Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538089804083625239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-38432785134225175582008-05-09T14:29:00.000-04:002008-05-09T14:29:00.000-04:00You seriously didn't enjoy Tommy Boy? Who are you?...You seriously didn't enjoy Tommy Boy? Who are you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-90092500801082562032008-05-08T23:17:00.000-04:002008-05-08T23:17:00.000-04:00i'm pretty sure only 14 percent of that is true.i'm pretty sure only 14 percent of that is true.frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508236221261282480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-22025680434181574522008-05-08T22:24:00.000-04:002008-05-08T22:24:00.000-04:00after writeing this do you get it??confusion and c...after writeing this do you get it??<BR/>confusion and clarity show up alot!! was there an end result?jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869089297622929251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-23707632158078145682008-05-08T21:46:00.000-04:002008-05-08T21:46:00.000-04:00I hope that you know that every time you write wit...I hope that you know that every time you write with this kind of raw emotion, you are setting the bar higher and higher for yourself. Also, when I’m reading the comments posted by your readers here, it appears to me that your blog it’s no longer a planet but a constellation, a place where wonderful creative forces converge. <BR/><BR/>It will certainly suck not to be on the same time zone as you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-73674035666388039092008-05-08T19:58:00.000-04:002008-05-08T19:58:00.000-04:00i wrote all these in random stages, um, it's rando...i wrote all these in random stages, um, it's random. random random. randomosity. if i missed someone, it was a total accident, promise promise.<BR/><BR/>jersey: the <I>truth</I> is, of course ... something. i hope at the very least, i've messed up your sleep schedule forevs and evs. just wait 'til i'm on pacific time.<BR/><BR/>stef: you go crazy, i go crazy, let's all go crazy together.<BR/><BR/>riesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088087483121384868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-12440544776782233372008-05-08T18:45:00.000-04:002008-05-08T18:45:00.000-04:00I got half way through this post and assumed it wo...I got half way through this post and assumed it would be ending soon, because really, how much wisdom/deepness can one blog post contain? But then it just kept going.<BR/><BR/>Just keep going.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997675796129139307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-77242999500739518622008-05-07T23:41:00.000-04:002008-05-07T23:41:00.000-04:00tink is such a cutie.and your blog is a big deal o...tink is such a cutie.<BR/><BR/>and your blog is a big deal on SO many levels for me, so I won't get sentimental and sappy...but its the best and has become a daily ritual for me to check it.<BR/><BR/>p.s. if your in LA and Hav is and Ronnie and I move there I feel like a TV deal may need to get made....i'm just saying.eric mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768653319105163220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-61122682484540163102008-05-07T23:10:00.000-04:002008-05-07T23:10:00.000-04:00I've been reading your blog for a while now, and h...I've been reading your blog for a while now, and have never had the nerve to comment before, but I just wanted to say that I really admire your honesty. You're complex and real and that's wonderful. And for what it's worth, I think you underestimate the effect your words have really had on your audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-33848736579526504122008-05-07T22:53:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:53:00.000-04:00I have stuff to say but there's already so many co...I have stuff to say but there's already so many comments - which is good! obvs. everyone la-la-loves you. Well...I enjoyed reading this. Happiness! what a crazy ideaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-33852892602799709702008-05-07T21:01:00.000-04:002008-05-07T21:01:00.000-04:00Sorry, this is going to be LONG!I feel the urge to...Sorry, this is going to be LONG!<BR/>I feel the urge to share with you just a few words/long story from two books I recently became slightly obsessed with, Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan both by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. These might not really be your style, but I just figured that since I relate to a lot of what you write about and I have read and liked some of the books you have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-19882578326914330692008-05-07T19:45:00.000-04:002008-05-07T19:45:00.000-04:00ooh all the anonymous people!loved it, riese, obvs...ooh all the anonymous people!<BR/><BR/>loved it, riese, obvs. also, we're aparently in an early spell of what lala-landers call "june gloom." because of global heat, etc, it came early?<BR/><BR/>in any event, its grey and cloudy. but everyone is still cruising around in their gym clothes, drinking their non-fat, no-foam lattes. And talking about how ridiculous they/we/everything are.Havilandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004764292580316149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-41941768983973630412008-05-07T18:14:00.000-04:002008-05-07T18:14:00.000-04:00That Dawson's quote is really the icing on the cak...That Dawson's quote is really the icing on the cake. Also, I'm glad I was forewarned. <BR/><BR/>The last talk I had with my father was about how he wanted me to become a Land Economist. I wish he'd speak to me in my dreams and tell me he was kidding. I'm not being being flippant here, the guilt is a lot. Sometimes being told what to do and who to be is nice, but at other times it just isn't DHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211311298443231193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-77392230052745014232008-05-07T17:29:00.000-04:002008-05-07T17:29:00.000-04:00I should have said this before, but I got scared. ...I should have said this before, but I got scared. I think you should move to California. You're happy for reals there, and I think everyone should live somewhere that makes them happy. Yes, I'll miss you, but that's what American Airlines is for.. Plus Tinkerbell really needs to be a star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-74106833073070718942008-05-07T16:07:00.000-04:002008-05-07T16:07:00.000-04:00Three cheers for overrated happiness.Rah, rah, rah...Three cheers for overrated happiness.<BR/><BR/>Rah, rah, rah.Mercuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13386391513306145997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-52792468603457619242008-05-07T15:06:00.000-04:002008-05-07T15:06:00.000-04:00That gave me a headache, then I got loopy. But, f...That gave me a headache, then I got loopy. But, fcuk, this is brilliant.<BR/>--<BR/>California does that to people.<BR/><BR/>The game always changes. If you can't learn to anticipate the changes, just keep punching. Reacting is never the preferred option.<BR/><BR/>Resolving the best for me/best for other people conundrum will involve a fundamental change to who you are. Pay attention when it Bokolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597135316320749668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-41592882126312331012008-05-07T14:34:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:34:00.000-04:00I'm glad you posted but also glad that you're taki...I'm glad you posted but also glad that you're taking a break. <BR/><BR/><I> Where do we draw the line? Between who we are and the stories we tell about ourselves? </I><BR/><BR/>Such an important question. <BR/><BR/>I have a lot of thoughts about this but can never successfully articulate them here in comment form. There was a lot of truth and beauty in this. I think I'll just leave it at that.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799427587432482909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-30760748534990209952008-05-07T13:31:00.000-04:002008-05-07T13:31:00.000-04:00Im not gonna tell you to 'be happy' or 'make your ...Im not gonna tell you to 'be happy' or 'make your own path in life' or 'do what you feel is right'. You are familiar with cliches. Im sure you have mantras you live by, as I do. I found mine on the ground the other day, actually. As a young and mentally unstable girl in college I heard the ever-popular yet simple "This Too Shall Pass". Not that profound or deep, but it meant something to me.Lady Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952198158361778698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-56076646622733308802008-05-07T12:30:00.000-04:002008-05-07T12:30:00.000-04:00when you write like this, it makes the cockles of ...when you write like this, it makes the cockles of my heart spin in unison as if a ballet of love was taking place in my soul.<BR/><BR/>there are also 50 states.<BR/><BR/>and we're watching Tommy Boy. i think me quoting as it's on will make it funnier for you.frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508236221261282480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-31024670889055970462008-05-07T12:06:00.000-04:002008-05-07T12:06:00.000-04:00So I'm stealing this quote from Shantaram (this bo...So I'm stealing this quote from <I>Shantaram</I> (this book fucking rocks; best I've read in years):<BR/><BR/><I>There's a truth that's deeper than experience. It's beyond what we see, or even what we feel. It's an order of truth that separates the profound from the merely clever, and the reality from the perception. We're helpless, usually, in the face of it; and the cost of knowing it, like theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-34139353384612101472008-05-07T09:55:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:55:00.000-04:00Hi.Yeah...what Jaime said.I didn't know I was thin...Hi.<BR/><BR/>Yeah...what Jaime said.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know I was thinking it until she said it, and you said it, and yeah.<BR/><BR/>The past couple of weeks have been very. What's with this-week this week? Doesn't it know it's only Weds?Adam Tillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15253185837878588311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-21400822233841471892008-05-07T09:29:00.000-04:002008-05-07T09:29:00.000-04:00Holy shit that's beautiful, and so exactly what I ...Holy shit that's beautiful, and so exactly what I needed exactly right now.<BR/><BR/>Is it bad to love someone because they love you?<BR/><BR/>I'm getting on the subway now and probs won't be able to read (okay, lying, book addict here, but for the first few stops) because you're making me think about the shit I need to think about. Or making me face it, because all the thinking is maybe the Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963931779920699803noreply@blogger.com