Comments for The Sketch Pad http://sketchiness.com The web home of Kate Carroll de Gutes Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on I’m Not Going There…#Trust30 Writing Prompt 4 by Claudia Putnam http://sketchiness.com/2011/06/07/im-not-going-there-trust30-writing-prompt-4/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Claudia Putnam Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:41:59 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=146#comment-744 Funny. Huysmans makes this case in Against Nature, also translated is Against the Grain... that no one should go anywhere, just sit and read. :D I protested against What is the What. Something about that bugged me...it seemed insulting to Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone, etc. Why not read actual accounts by actual lost boys, instead of some white boy's version? At least Gordimer has some creds. And Kingsolver I found wholly predictable. Otherwise, I'm with you. As for me, I do not want to go to Hawaii. I don't even want to read a book about it. It sounds too pretty and bland. Funny. Huysmans makes this case in Against Nature, also translated is Against the Grain… that no one should go anywhere, just sit and read. :D

I protested against What is the What. Something about that bugged me…it seemed insulting to Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone, etc. Why not read actual accounts by actual lost boys, instead of some white boy’s version? At least Gordimer has some creds. And Kingsolver I found wholly predictable. Otherwise, I’m with you. As for me, I do not want to go to Hawaii. I don’t even want to read a book about it. It sounds too pretty and bland.

]]> Comment on I’m Not Going There…#Trust30 Writing Prompt 4 by Katrina Hays http://sketchiness.com/2011/06/07/im-not-going-there-trust30-writing-prompt-4/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Katrina Hays Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:01:05 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=146#comment-723 Oh, come ON! Never to see a wild gorilla? Lions? ELEPHANTS? Clearly, I will have to go by myself. But-if you want to go to Dubai, you're on your own. Oh, come ON! Never to see a wild gorilla? Lions? ELEPHANTS? Clearly, I will have to go by myself.

But-if you want to go to Dubai, you’re on your own.

]]> Comment on I’m Not Going There…#Trust30 Writing Prompt 4 by Shelby http://sketchiness.com/2011/06/07/im-not-going-there-trust30-writing-prompt-4/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Shelby Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:55:37 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=146#comment-722 I feel this way about China, with its pollution and spitting and mobs of people in buses at every attraction. I just read Lost on Planet China. I do want to go to Africa, to see the amazing wildlife in the wild. I watched a LOT of Wild Kingdom. :-) I feel this way about China, with its pollution and spitting and mobs of people in buses at every attraction. I just read Lost on Planet China. I do want to go to Africa, to see the amazing wildlife in the wild. I watched a LOT of Wild Kingdom. :-)

]]> Comment on This I Believe…#Trust 30 Prompt 3 by Jason http://sketchiness.com/2011/06/03/this-i-believe-trust-30-prompt-3/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Jason Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:19:39 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=140#comment-697 Excellent post Kate. Excellent post Kate.

]]> Comment on I Finished My Thesis by Katrina Hays http://sketchiness.com/2011/06/01/i-finished-my-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Katrina Hays Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:53:58 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=127#comment-696 I'm joining you! And I'm proud of you for taking it on. x I’m joining you! And I’m proud of you for taking it on.
x

]]> Comment on I Finished My Thesis by Shelby http://sketchiness.com/2011/06/01/i-finished-my-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Shelby Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:49:02 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=127#comment-691 I think I shall join you. I need motivation, in some form! See you on the page. I think I shall join you. I need motivation, in some form!
See you on the page.

]]> Comment on One Sentence to Describe Today by Merry Caston http://sketchiness.com/2011/06/01/one-sentence-to-describe-today/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Merry Caston Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:08:42 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=129#comment-689 Hi there, old friend. I just spent a full rich thirty minutes reading you. Thanks for waking me up. Hi there, old friend. I just spent a full rich thirty minutes reading you. Thanks for waking me up.

]]> Comment on Caught In The Blackberry Bush by Claudia Putnam http://sketchiness.com/2010/07/20/caught-in-the-blackberry-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Claudia Putnam Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:36:43 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=103#comment-24 Very interesting. I wonder if this is why I'm getting stupider. I was just yesterday driving in circles around a town I'm thinking of moving to. I'd looked at a map of the downtown area and kept taking wrong turns. I used to be WAY above average in spatial orientation, for both men and women, could just glance at a map, or even hear directions over... See More a phone. I'd draw a little map in my head and always find my way, even if I'd never been in that town before. But now I have to pull over several times and look at the map again and again because I can't remember. I don't have a GPS, so it's not GPS that's done it, but I think it's something about instant reference that has. Or else early dementia (I don't THINK it's early-Alz because I'm pretty sure if it were I'd already be much worse, because I've been noticing this for a while). Very interesting. I wonder if this is why I’m getting stupider. I was just yesterday driving in circles around a town I’m thinking of moving to. I’d looked at a map of the downtown area and kept taking wrong turns. I used to be WAY above average in spatial orientation, for both men and women, could just glance at a map, or even hear directions over… See More a phone. I’d draw a little map in my head and always find my way, even if I’d never been in that town before. But now I have to pull over several times and look at the map again and again because I can’t remember. I don’t have a GPS, so it’s not GPS that’s done it, but I think it’s something about instant reference that has. Or else early dementia (I don’t THINK it’s early-Alz because I’m pretty sure if it were I’d already be much worse, because I’ve been noticing this for a while).

]]> Comment on From Alexandria to Winesburg, Ohio by Claudia Putnam http://sketchiness.com/2010/07/13/from-alexandria-to-winesburg-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Claudia Putnam Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:37:16 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=89#comment-13 Awesome story! And I totally agree with you. However, if this really comes out as promised, and it works as it's supposed to, here's the thingamajig we're both going to want: http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/libretto/W100 In addition to books, of course. Which I have no more room for in my house... Awesome story! And I totally agree with you. However, if this really comes out as promised, and it works as it’s supposed to, here’s the thingamajig we’re both going to want: http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/libretto/W100

In addition to books, of course. Which I have no more room for in my house…

]]> Comment on What a Body Wants… by Claudia Putnam http://sketchiness.com/2010/07/04/what-a-body-wants/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Claudia Putnam Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:41:40 +0000 http://sketchiness.com/?p=82#comment-8 I would love to see others' comments. Just got back from a trip to the backwoods of Mexico. Didn't think of anything while there. Was a great place for my particular nervous system as it's a kappha (sp?) kind of place, esp during the rainy season, and I have almost none of that humor (ayurvedic) in my makeup. In fact it was the only trip I've taken in recent memory where I wasn't dysregulated at all by the uncertainty of travel, pressures of communicating in a language I don't know, and changes in diet. The only problem is that you have to come back. What's wrong with me? Why can't I calm down? And, OTOH, why have I no energy? I know I have cortisol out of whack, I know I have all these stressors, etc etc, but nothing seems to help long term and I am tired of all the things it takes to manage it. The only thing that really seems to help is getting rid of working for a living and that's not an option. It's just a fulltime job being me, and it's boring. Okay, maybe I'll go write about this on my own blog... I would love to see others’ comments. Just got back from a trip to the backwoods of Mexico. Didn’t think of anything while there. Was a great place for my particular nervous system as it’s a kappha (sp?) kind of place, esp during the rainy season, and I have almost none of that humor (ayurvedic) in my makeup. In fact it was the only trip I’ve taken in recent memory where I wasn’t dysregulated at all by the uncertainty of travel, pressures of communicating in a language I don’t know, and changes in diet.

The only problem is that you have to come back.

What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I calm down? And, OTOH, why have I no energy? I know I have cortisol out of whack, I know I have all these stressors, etc etc, but nothing seems to help long term and I am tired of all the things it takes to manage it. The only thing that really seems to help is getting rid of working for a living and that’s not an option. It’s just a fulltime job being me, and it’s boring. Okay, maybe I’ll go write about this on my own blog…

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