tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post8295669774003619480..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Christmas Deconstruction and SignifiersElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54657784891693524632014-12-29T14:41:11.200-08:002014-12-29T14:41:11.200-08:00Some people write it down. Others road rage. Still...Some people write it down. Others road rage. Still more stuff it and swallow it and do other unspeakable things. Whatever.<br /><br />That said, I felt the tears well up as I read about the sundae and the massage. Why is it that those disappointments slay us so fiercely? When I was on retreat last October, I was on a phenomenal hike with a new group of fabulous friends and had to turn back to make my massage appointment at the spa (the first one I'd scheduled in over a year). When I got back to the spa, I discovered that they had double-booked the masseuse and the other lady showed up a split second before me. I missed the rest of the glorious hike (everyone raved about it at dinner), and the masseuse was fully booked for the rest of my stay. Even though I got a full refund, I still ugly-cried at the receptionist desk in front of a group of people who were checking in. Yup. Not my finest moment. kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-25067082630118361952014-12-24T15:36:48.049-08:002014-12-24T15:36:48.049-08:00It's the time of year. You needed the energy -...It's the time of year. You needed the energy - quickly - in order to do the baking. BTW, my own baking FAIL was precisely because I could not face buying white flour and white sugar and butter - I used whole wheat pastry flour, which clearly said on the package: "for cookies, bread, etc" and which I now know DID NOT mean Christmas sugar cookies. So I don't think you have an eating disorder - I think it's holiday time and we are among craziness. We are bound to catch a bit of it at some point. So much better to eat cheesecake than cause an international incident. XOGbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48409599193729552382014-12-22T14:09:21.279-08:002014-12-22T14:09:21.279-08:00My husband always laughs at me when I add "j/...My husband always laughs at me when I add "j/k big brother" at the end of such texts...but for real...just kidding big brother...just kidding. <br /><br />And if it means anything to you, that cheesecake would wreck my stomach in the most powerful way, but when I read your description of it, it is all I want in mah belly! <br /><br />Hope you have fun baking all your goodies!Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695982965264794769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54759990913401869152014-12-22T07:25:17.630-08:002014-12-22T07:25:17.630-08:00Writing these thoughts down, like saying them out ...Writing these thoughts down, like saying them out loud, is cathartic and essential. Better that than stuffing stuffing stuffing to the point of explosion, where a whole lot more than words erupts.rebeccalyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187748729756960905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-50503945598328234392014-12-22T03:39:42.525-08:002014-12-22T03:39:42.525-08:00You NEEDED that cheesecake, especially having been...You NEEDED that cheesecake, especially having been deprived of your earlier sundae! (I realize that was probably quite some time ago, but regardless...)<br /><br />Sometimes I am embarrassed by how quickly rage can boil up in me, set off by minor, minor things. I try not to write while enraged, though. :)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-30014413216721357372014-12-21T15:59:29.112-08:002014-12-21T15:59:29.112-08:00Oh, back in September I sent an e-mail to a friend...Oh, back in September I sent an e-mail to a friend about the crappy ESL school I was about to start working part time at. Alas, seems I accidentally sent that e-mail to the boss of that school. And so the job offer was rescinded. Yup.<br />- KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-16525968962070624092014-12-21T15:28:01.607-08:002014-12-21T15:28:01.607-08:00It will be the straw that breaks that camels back ...It will be the straw that breaks that camels back in my case. Something like not having an extra electrical socket to plug in my charger for my iPod because every socket in the house is in use for Christmas shit. Or some my husband taking the last of the Hawkin's Cheezies (a Canadian favourite; did you have them when you were here?) to music triva. I figure if Cheesecake gets you through, more power to ya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5776876859627230212014-12-21T14:30:53.552-08:002014-12-21T14:30:53.552-08:00Re: the cheesecake slice that you ate in your car,...Re: the cheesecake slice that you ate in your car, my sister and I each bought three cheese rolls at a Chinese bakery yesterday (they were 3/$2.69, how could we resist?) and we each promptly ate two of them. Two EACH. Sometimes nothing else works. Hallelujah for cheesecake slices and Chinese cheese buns with vanilla sugar sprinkled on top.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-50266179807424005232014-12-21T13:59:58.393-08:002014-12-21T13:59:58.393-08:00the way I see it is it's winter now it's m...the way I see it is it's winter now it's my job to grow a thicker coat.<br />xorRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-1283452847583488072014-12-21T13:40:42.041-08:002014-12-21T13:40:42.041-08:00I think writing it down will save us in the end.I think writing it down will save us in the end.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-49531189245510833712014-12-21T13:12:55.592-08:002014-12-21T13:12:55.592-08:00Why do any of us write it down? Because sometimes ...Why do any of us write it down? Because sometimes we need a hand to hold and it's a way to reach out. <br />Sometimes. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com