June 26, 2008
"Emotional outburst is key to the evolution of the grieving process."
I'm back home for a brief blip before taking off to the wilds of Montana for - wait for it - luxury camping. I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Apparently I will be horseback riding, fishing, repelling, and then eating gourmet meals before settling into thousand thread-count... (
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Wow. Powerful stuff. I'm so glad that woman came up and shared with you so you could really grasp how much good you are doing for people by sharing your story. |
That completely made me cry. |
How cool is that?! Makes it all worth it... |
You really are quite the most wonderful human being. Bless you. |
Wow. Even this blog post was intensely emotional to read -- but yeah, I agree with Renee. Having attended your Vancouver reading, I was mildly shocked when I finally got a chance to read the book, because there was a real disjunct between the lightness of the reading and the contents of the book. Not that it's a depressingly heavy book -- it's really not -- but rather, that it's a *serious* book, and deserves to be treated as such. So hooray for you for going there. Just another example of how far you're willing to push through this stuff for the sake of healing yourself & others. Awesome. |
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June 20, 2008
"Last time I was on tour, Sean was in jail. I guess it's my turn."
I awoke with a start this morning, courtesy of my phone jangling in my ear to tell me that my airport shuttle was going to be 15 minutes early. I peeled myself off the couch after a mere hour and a half sleep - thanks, brain, for shutting up and... (
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It's seriously that much of a hassle to visit CANADA these days? Whatever happened to showing your birth certificate and saying you were just spending a couple hours at Niagara Falls?
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Please tell me you went to the Madonna cabaret? |
I lived in Toronto from 1955 to 2003, I'm glad that you feel "home" is there. My son and sister and her family live in Toronto. |
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June 18, 2008
"That's another reason I love New York. Just like that, it can go from bad to cute."
The last time I was really, truly in New York was in fall of 2005 when I was doing the book tour for Naked Ambition. Last year I was here for a flash-in-the-pan stay en route to Finland, but that doesn't count. I remember how bitter I was toward the... (
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Yay! The NYC love is back. Now if only you could spot some chavs, you might just fall head over heels... |
That must be a great feeling. :) |
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June 17, 2008
"I'm late for a meeting with Spain and Portugal!"
Tonight is my reading at Bluestockings here in New York. I'm really looking forward to it, both because I'm going to have the opportunity to see people that I haven't seen in years and read some parts of the book that have never been read out loud before. I'm equally... (
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June 15, 2008
"What's a chav?"
Something miraculous has happened the last few times I've been away: the Internet at wherever I am has blocked my access to my website. On one hand it's frustrating, but on the other I sort of wonder if it's a sign to take a little break and disconnect for a... (
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There is (was) a similar phenomenon in Ireland when I was there in 2001. Track suits, bad jewelry, making out against walls in public places. And as a visitor, I really couldn't figure out if they were supposed to be thugs and I should feel concerned, or if they were just folks with bad sense of style. (Although, there was one fellow walking around with a syringe behind his ear, so I think he meant business.)
I wish I knew what they were called because I doubt the Irish would use a British term to describe them.
And! There were young baggy clothed thugs in Costa Rica who were called (in Spanish) grasshoppers because they walked funny.
I love international sub-culture type stuff. |
Ooo, chavs. My most hated thing about my otherwise okayish country. Research (the type that happens in my own head) says the nearest thing you have in the US to the hated and annoying chav is the wannabe gangster type - all talk and no trousers.
Chav-ness is dragging down this country so much that it makes me genuinely afraid for us. There is no hope, no joy and no substance to these idiots - when they laugh it is with cruelty, nothing touches them so they never change.
Thank God, or whatever, that the US hasn't been infested with this particular flavour of horror. |
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June 6, 2008
"So long, farewell..."
I think my moving experience can be best encapsulated by a moment I shared with Sandra just before she left on Monday. We were dismantling my bed, getting everything ready to move the next day. We'd already moved most of the little stuff... to the point where I had to... (
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Congrats. And safe travels! |
What a whirlwind! I hope you have a great trip. |
Yes, I know that walking away/walking towards feeling well. IT's something I look forward to when my relocation is settled and I'm walking out of this door for the last time.
Have a blast in Portugal. I've never been, but it intrigues me, so I want to live it vicariously through you! |
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