twoberry I don’t know you but I’ve seen you around and I usually agree with your comments.
Ashes_2_Ashes_Words_2_Words I’m just getting to know you but you’ve described yourself exactly as I would, and so far you’re the only one.
BoureeMusique this is a young woman who might have been my child. Exhalted, has good values, versatile, loving, secure.
vexations This is a man who might have been my father. Spiritual, funny, unhappy, good values, sees life accurately.
anonymouswish This young woman is fascinating. I’m just getting to know her but she makes a strong impression. Wise, smart, real, open, strong.
writer_within There’s a special place in my heart for this woman. She lives world’s apart and her culture colors my impression of her. Private, restrained, brilliant writer, huge heart, responsible.
jerjonji generous, tireless, I tried to think of a word for this but she has an unusual capacity to see beyond her world. Maybe the word’s futuristic and, finally, loyal.
Thanks ydurp, you have been very kind to me. I see you as excellent writer, intuitive, gentle, kind, sensitive.
jerjonji I need to add something here because this woman knows her shit. I have learned more about writing from her than I can list and I need to add selfless.
I missed the last one, so I’ll comment on it here:
Curious, creative, unsatisfied, loving, lost. *
*List changes daily.
maggie70 I suspect I have known this woman in a past life. Intuative, tactile, comfortable, strong, moral,
live_from_offcenter I’ve been to his site once but I’ve been reading his comments. What little I’ve observed is: smart, open, funny, great writer, science-based.
MyKi_Whatzerface I don’t know this woman well, yet I do. Natural writer, I’m having a hard time here because I feel like I know her intimately but there is no reason I should have much impression at all. I find her to be fun, honest, what’s that word for guts?, open, flippant.
Corbow This is the second person who described herself exactly as I saw her. And I did see her, at her jewelry show, here in Portland.
I, too, have learned a lifetime’s lessons already from Miss Prudy. I love when she tells me exactly what she thinks. Especially when it feels as if I have been thwacked in the head. Do you people know how valuable and rare that is?
Prudy, thanks for the post…I have been stalking your site all day. As usual.
Wow. Interesting that my self-perceptions match your impression of me.
RYC: I subbed to officeconfidential after you told me she lives here. I think I’ll wait to read her phone story until after our new line is set up; otherwise I’ll be even more anxious.
Shahrazad1973 I am completely confused by this woman. I have had three very different impressions. The first was while she was minding — I think it was called the Creative Writing Challenge, though I might have that wrong — a friend’s site as a favor. It was a lot of work and she did an incredible job. Then I lost track of her but started reading her comments at Rabookie’s site. Last night I read her post about a late night foray into the backyard. Had no idea what a talented writer she is. This is one complex woman.
Different, outgoing, creative, strong willed, faithful. A day late, but thanks for the fun!
Interesting you do not know me since I have been coming here and commenting for months daily. Judi
pearlbamboo To read her list — Well, let’s just say I agree with everything on there except unfocused. But this woman is so exceptional and you really don’t see that, looking at her list. So I would say rare, delicate/indestructable, brilliant poet, exacting, sophisticated. And by sophisticated I mean that she can move in and out of many worlds and communicate on all levels. This woman was born with more potential but bigger chains than anyone I know. Oh, and I’m adding protecter. I think she protects those the way she should have been.
Anam I have this odd sort of bond with this woman. She tells it to me straight. And I agree totally with her list except for “lacks ambition.” Because I am hoping one day there will be a shift and then look out world.
yamamori This is a young woman who lives in a place I love and she is my daughter’s age. I think I live vicariously through her posts. Brave, competent, she has spirit, supportive, secure.
rabookie I am rooting for this woman, big time. Because someday I’m going to own one of her books. It’s like she’s some kind of tropical fish trying to live with goldfish in a little, dirty, dimestore bowl. [This is not about your home] If I were an agent I’d whisk her off to a warm, sunny place near some water, set her up in a hotel room and let her write for a summer, bringing her food and whatever else she needs
She’s all heart, gorgeous, hurt, hard-working, but mostly she’s real. I just have to add one more thing because of all the people who write on here I think she is the most able to identify with the human condition, never holding back, capturing it with intensity, humor, and grace.
I don’t know – I’m still on the learning curve with my job which is very absorbing so I feel I am repositioning and recreating myself as I go along. I was kinder to myself when I was younger in describing myself. I am childlike but an old soul, elitist, opportunistic, optimistic verging on naive, obsessive yet undisciplined.
That put such a smile on my face. Jeff asked me a question at the very moment I read your response and he’s all, why are you all happy?
I don’t really have any goals, just lots of dreams of nothing in particular. And you, inspire me. I hope you know this, if not, now you do. Maybe one day I can really write all thats in my head.
brendaclews I know this woman pretty well, as I’ve read her closely for about as long as I’ve been on here and I’ve talked with her several times. I was surprised by her description and she’s the first one to do so. There isn’t anything this woman can’t write. I prefer her in first person but she is stubborn. And I know I’m supposed to pick five words and then shut up but this one is going to take some time. She gets the most generous commenter award, I think we’d all agree. I once told her I waited for her to tell me what I’d written. When I first read her she was writing poetry. I think it became more prose poetry. Rich is what I called it. Then she started a book. Then she started doing Podcasts of essays and some of her poetry. The minute her voice hit the words they became jewels. What I liked just as much were the extemporaneous preludes she charmed us with, her voice lilting, laughing. I don’t know why but I was surprised by her keen intellect and academic prowess. I think she must have toned it down for me:)
All along she’d been painting. She does amazing work with vibrant color and with subjects to my taste as she is similarly spiritual and sensual. Okay. Lyrical, brave, open, compassionate, joyful.
InkStainedFingers This woman has two girls, each at an age I found difficult. Plus she is working with children. Her true calling is writing. You’d know that if you read the story of the boy across the street. This woman can write and she is another one I know will be published. I find her to be patient, strong, resolved, private, and hopeful.
scraggle This young woman and I barely know each other. I think she’s commented twice, maybe three times. But I remember the first night she did and I’m not sure why. It was like there was this beam of energy, late one night, that reached all the way from Toronto. I like reading about her life because it’s so different. I also believe her culture makes her seem more traditional than my daughters. Again my impression is nothing more than a guess. Professional, isolated, warm-hearted, committed, refined.
You’re more than welcome to get to know me. That was a very nice comment you made about my comments, upstairs. C’mon over and say hi. I’m pretty easy to get to know, through my blogs, and I’ll answer any questions truthfully (or you’ll know why not
drunkpunches The first time I read this guy I think I clapped. Salivating, I read it again. Then I had to get the dictionary out, always fun. Today I didn’t bother going to the dictionary, though I was familiar with only one of the five. It would have been a smoke-screen anyway.
Guess what, I was wrong. He’s exactly as he described himself.
He’s published, he’s a master of his craft, and he’s always pushing to be better. I’m very fond of this man and he’d be right next door to Rabookie at that hotel, if I had my way.
ellen234 This woman and I have a lot in common and she is someone I emulate. She strikes me as being very well-adjusted:) I have a lot of respect for the way she parents her two girls and balances a love life, much the way she manages her career, infusing it with hobbies she’s passionate about. I suspect she is one of those blessed people who works off the left brain and right brain, equally. An unusual mix of down-home and highly educated, I could talk to her four hours and I have. I find her to be pragmatic, warm, sharp, alive, sexual.
drunkpunches I was reluctant to speculate about this man because he’s a hard read and I didn’t want to get him wrong. The first time I talked to him I was shocked at how mellow he was. I have learned more from him than all those writing classes put together. He is fascinating, patient, funny, sane, diplomatic, he makes a minimalist look extravagant, passionate, underground, tender, removed… I could go on and on because he is one of my very favorite people.
thank you!!!
interesting exercise..How are you girl? It has been awhile… I hope you are fine..there was a belly dancer who danced at my girls school, she was 11 and so very talented! I really want to take lesons after the baby is born..
woo hoo I double dipped!
Now that I’ve read the comments I realize that I’m pretty hot. I’m so into me. And I got dibs on the room next to the ice maker.
drunkpunches I’ll do like you do and comment on my own turf:) How would you get any work done, next to the ice maker? Come to think of it maybe you and Rabookie should be in different hotels. With all your comments, which exceed the total you’ve left on my site, to date, I’m gonna have to remove “removed.”
Is it just me, that RYCs in unrelated threads feel random? I’m trying to comment more often in more places but it always seems like someone’s already said something better. And what kinda agent are you anyway that I had to share a hotel in the first place? And I told you that I wanted all of the Brown M&Ms removed from the bowl. What am I not paying you for?
Pru, no we don’t have four dogs in our house, four dogs live at the ranch, two of them, Carry the mom, and Deek the baby lab go into the house, two others live outside,…I have Max and Jenny here in town with me…but I take all 6 on my walks…marilyn
drunkpunches Not leaving a comment says I’m not interested in you. It says there’s nothing in your post I found worthy of comment. It says I didn’t read you if you don’t have a tracker, which I don’t. If all you did was to copy the last guy’s comment, I’d be happier than if you left nothing. And about those M & Ms, of course I left them out, they were stale.
eneventure I have a lot of respect for this woman and her description of herself is right-on. I mean in terms of my perception of her. But I would add some things because she is unique. I feel a certain simpatico because of her earthiness. She’s sultry, creative, loving, entrepreneurial and fun and I have to add brave because she really goes with the flow.
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jassmine I don’t know you.
NYCJOYCE professional, political, funny, insecure, smart
twoberry I don’t know you but I’ve seen you around and I usually agree with your comments.
Ashes_2_Ashes_Words_2_Words I’m just getting to know you but you’ve described yourself exactly as I would, and so far you’re the only one.
BoureeMusique this is a young woman who might have been my child. Exhalted, has good values, versatile, loving, secure.
vexations This is a man who might have been my father. Spiritual, funny, unhappy, good values, sees life accurately.
anonymouswish This young woman is fascinating. I’m just getting to know her but she makes a strong impression. Wise, smart, real, open, strong.
writer_within There’s a special place in my heart for this woman. She lives world’s apart and her culture colors my impression of her. Private, restrained, brilliant writer, huge heart, responsible.
buyit fun, energetic, excellent writer, resolve, strong
jerjonji generous, tireless, I tried to think of a word for this but she has an unusual capacity to see beyond her world. Maybe the word’s futuristic and, finally, loyal.
Thanks ydurp, you have been very kind to me. I see you as excellent writer, intuitive, gentle, kind, sensitive.
jerjonji I need to add something here because this woman knows her shit. I have learned more about writing from her than I can list and I need to add selfless.
I missed the last one, so I’ll comment on it here:
Curious, creative, unsatisfied, loving, lost. *
*List changes daily.
maggie70 I suspect I have known this woman in a past life. Intuative, tactile, comfortable, strong, moral,
live_from_offcenter I’ve been to his site once but I’ve been reading his comments. What little I’ve observed is: smart, open, funny, great writer, science-based.
MyKi_Whatzerface I don’t know this woman well, yet I do. Natural writer, I’m having a hard time here because I feel like I know her intimately but there is no reason I should have much impression at all. I find her to be fun, honest, what’s that word for guts?, open, flippant.
Corbow This is the second person who described herself exactly as I saw her. And I did see her, at her jewelry show, here in Portland.
I, too, have learned a lifetime’s lessons already from Miss Prudy. I love when she tells me exactly what she thinks. Especially when it feels as if I have been thwacked in the head. Do you people know how valuable and rare that is?
Prudy, thanks for the post…I have been stalking your site all day. As usual.
Wow. Interesting that my self-perceptions match your impression of me.
RYC: I subbed to officeconfidential after you told me she lives here. I think I’ll wait to read her phone story until after our new line is set up; otherwise I’ll be even more anxious.
Shahrazad1973 I am completely confused by this woman. I have had three very different impressions. The first was while she was minding — I think it was called the Creative Writing Challenge, though I might have that wrong — a friend’s site as a favor. It was a lot of work and she did an incredible job. Then I lost track of her but started reading her comments at Rabookie’s site. Last night I read her post about a late night foray into the backyard. Had no idea what a talented writer she is. This is one complex woman.
Different, outgoing, creative, strong willed, faithful.
A day late, but thanks for the fun!
Interesting you do not know me since I have been coming here and commenting for months daily. Judi
pearlbamboo To read her list — Well, let’s just say I agree with everything on there except unfocused. But this woman is so exceptional and you really don’t see that, looking at her list. So I would say rare, delicate/indestructable, brilliant poet, exacting, sophisticated. And by sophisticated I mean that she can move in and out of many worlds and communicate on all levels. This woman was born with more potential but bigger chains than anyone I know. Oh, and I’m adding protecter. I think she protects those the way she should have been.
Anam I have this odd sort of bond with this woman. She tells it to me straight. And I agree totally with her list except for “lacks ambition.” Because I am hoping one day there will be a shift and then look out world.
yamamori This is a young woman who lives in a place I love and she is my daughter’s age. I think I live vicariously through her posts. Brave, competent, she has spirit, supportive, secure.
rabookie I am rooting for this woman, big time. Because someday I’m going to own one of her books. It’s like she’s some kind of tropical fish trying to live with goldfish in a little, dirty, dimestore bowl. [This is not about your home] If I were an agent I’d whisk her off to a warm, sunny place near some water, set her up in a hotel room and let her write for a summer, bringing her food and whatever else she needs
She’s all heart, gorgeous, hurt, hard-working, but mostly she’s real. I just have to add one more thing because of all the people who write on here I think she is the most able to identify with the human condition, never holding back, capturing it with intensity, humor, and grace.
I don’t know – I’m still on the learning curve with my job which is very absorbing so I feel I am repositioning and recreating myself as I go along. I was kinder to myself when I was younger in describing myself. I am childlike but an old soul, elitist, opportunistic, optimistic verging on naive, obsessive yet undisciplined.
That put such a smile on my face. Jeff asked me a question at the very moment I read your response and he’s all, why are you all happy?
I don’t really have any goals, just lots of dreams of nothing in particular. And you, inspire me. I hope you know this, if not, now you do. Maybe one day I can really write all thats in my head.
brendaclews I know this woman pretty well, as I’ve read her closely for about as long as I’ve been on here and I’ve talked with her several times. I was surprised by her description and she’s the first one to do so. There isn’t anything this woman can’t write. I prefer her in first person but she is stubborn. And I know I’m supposed to pick five words and then shut up but this one is going to take some time. She gets the most generous commenter award, I think we’d all agree. I once told her I waited for her to tell me what I’d written. When I first read her she was writing poetry. I think it became more prose poetry. Rich is what I called it. Then she started a book. Then she started doing Podcasts of essays and some of her poetry. The minute her voice hit the words they became jewels. What I liked just as much were the extemporaneous preludes she charmed us with, her voice lilting, laughing. I don’t know why but I was surprised by her keen intellect and academic prowess. I think she must have toned it down for me:)
All along she’d been painting. She does amazing work with vibrant color and with subjects to my taste as she is similarly spiritual and sensual. Okay. Lyrical, brave, open, compassionate, joyful.
InkStainedFingers This woman has two girls, each at an age I found difficult. Plus she is working with children. Her true calling is writing. You’d know that if you read the story of the boy across the street. This woman can write and she is another one I know will be published. I find her to be patient, strong, resolved, private, and hopeful.
scraggle This young woman and I barely know each other. I think she’s commented twice, maybe three times. But I remember the first night she did and I’m not sure why. It was like there was this beam of energy, late one night, that reached all the way from Toronto. I like reading about her life because it’s so different. I also believe her culture makes her seem more traditional than my daughters. Again my impression is nothing more than a guess. Professional, isolated, warm-hearted, committed, refined.
You’re more than welcome to get to know me. That was a very nice comment you made about my comments, upstairs. C’mon over and say hi. I’m pretty easy to get to know, through my blogs, and I’ll answer any questions truthfully (or you’ll know why not
drunkpunches The first time I read this guy I think I clapped. Salivating, I read it again. Then I had to get the dictionary out, always fun. Today I didn’t bother going to the dictionary, though I was familiar with only one of the five. It would have been a smoke-screen anyway.
Guess what, I was wrong. He’s exactly as he described himself.
He’s published, he’s a master of his craft, and he’s always pushing to be better. I’m very fond of this man and he’d be right next door to Rabookie at that hotel, if I had my way.
ellen234 This woman and I have a lot in common and she is someone I emulate. She strikes me as being very well-adjusted:) I have a lot of respect for the way she parents her two girls and balances a love life, much the way she manages her career, infusing it with hobbies she’s passionate about. I suspect she is one of those blessed people who works off the left brain and right brain, equally. An unusual mix of down-home and highly educated, I could talk to her four hours and I have. I find her to be pragmatic, warm, sharp, alive, sexual.
drunkpunches I was reluctant to speculate about this man because he’s a hard read and I didn’t want to get him wrong. The first time I talked to him I was shocked at how mellow he was. I have learned more from him than all those writing classes put together. He is fascinating, patient, funny, sane, diplomatic, he makes a minimalist look extravagant, passionate, underground, tender, removed… I could go on and on because he is one of my very favorite people.
thank you!!!
interesting exercise..How are you girl? It has been awhile… I hope you are fine..there was a belly dancer who danced at my girls school, she was 11 and so very talented! I really want to take lesons after the baby is born..
woo hoo I double dipped!
Now that I’ve read the comments I realize that I’m pretty hot. I’m so into me. And I got dibs on the room next to the ice maker.
drunkpunches I’ll do like you do and comment on my own turf:) How would you get any work done, next to the ice maker? Come to think of it maybe you and Rabookie should be in different hotels. With all your comments, which exceed the total you’ve left on my site, to date, I’m gonna have to remove “removed.”
Is it just me, that RYCs in unrelated threads feel random? I’m trying to comment more often in more places but it always seems like someone’s already said something better. And what kinda agent are you anyway that I had to share a hotel in the first place? And I told you that I wanted all of the Brown M&Ms removed from the bowl. What am I not paying you for?
Pru, no we don’t have four dogs in our house, four dogs live at the ranch, two of them, Carry the mom, and Deek the baby lab go into the house, two others live outside,…I have Max and Jenny here in town with me…but I take all 6 on my walks…marilyn
drunkpunches Not leaving a comment says I’m not interested in you. It says there’s nothing in your post I found worthy of comment. It says I didn’t read you if you don’t have a tracker, which I don’t. If all you did was to copy the last guy’s comment, I’d be happier than if you left nothing. And about those M & Ms, of course I left them out, they were stale.
eneventure I have a lot of respect for this woman and her description of herself is right-on. I mean in terms of my perception of her. But I would add some things because she is unique. I feel a certain simpatico because of her earthiness. She’s sultry, creative, loving, entrepreneurial and fun and I have to add brave because she really goes with the flow.