Loved the piece, Teppy. I especially like how you worked in bits of info like
a sport that was the precursor to ballet,
and
fencing is a competition that requires the participants to think ahead, to try to anticipate their opponent's next move.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Calli - Mar 26, 2004 8:20:11 am PST #3781 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Amy - Mar 26, 2004 9:00:07 am PST #3782 of 10001
Because books.
My favorite is the line near the end about the swords, but I also liked the reference to chess and the "limber brain" bit. And I don't think the end is too cheesy at all. Congratulations! On both the article and the fencing, as a matter of fact.
Deb, I'd love to read it, all of it. And if you want me to wait to comment about pacing, no problem.
Never read Perfect Storm or Into Thin Air, but my husband did, and I think he liked Into Thin Air better, as well.
deborah grabien - Mar 26, 2004 9:10:26 am PST #3783 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
AmyLiz, the thing about Krakauer's book is that he was, as the phrase goes, on his knees to the event. It begins early on, before the disaster, when he's flying over the Himalayas and looks down and they're just under him. And he suddenly realises, he's about to try and walk up to the cruising altitude of a 737. He lays no blame, although it's obvious he feels the professionals, like Anatoli Boukreev, should have known better and done more.
It's really an uncanny book. And following Into Thin Air by reading Anatoli Boukreev's The Climb, another look at the same events, it staggering. Also heartbreaking; Boukreev died in an avanlance on Annapurna in 1997.
Why yes, I am a high altitude climbing freak. Weird, I know.
AmyLiz, I'll send it along, as soon as I can get back on the office computer; all my stuff is on that hard drive, and even with the d-link I can't attach it.
Kessie - Mar 26, 2004 10:20:06 am PST #3784 of 10001
The thing about life is :You can rehearse it all you want,
But nobody else ever sticks to the script. So why bother?
erika: resent! tried another email addy this time - hope it´ll work! Oh btw if there is something you want to know in german just tell me and i´ll tell you!
erikaj - Mar 26, 2004 10:33:59 am PST #3785 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Got it this time...sometimes my spam filter is overzealous. I'll start tomorrow probably.
Kessie - Mar 26, 2004 11:07:37 am PST #3786 of 10001
The thing about life is :You can rehearse it all you want,
But nobody else ever sticks to the script. So why bother?
Have your time .. still have to write three papers for university anyway *sigh* So it will take a while till I can write on on my projects.
Anne W. - Mar 26, 2004 2:00:10 pm PST #3787 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Deb, send away! The length isn't a bother.
deborah grabien - Mar 26, 2004 2:03:33 pm PST #3788 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Anne, will do, but I need to do it once Nic is off the main computer. I can access my stuff and work on it through the wireless setup, but for some reason, none of my email programs have attachment functions that recognise the interoffice link.
Buggeration.
Anne W. - Mar 26, 2004 2:10:09 pm PST #3789 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
No hurry, Deb. I'm currently "busy" making rubber ducky icons for my livejournal account.
Susan W. - Mar 26, 2004 3:16:32 pm PST #3790 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Way back in April or May of last year, I submitted a little devotional meditation to one of the Christian magazines that publishes such things. In July, I got a postcard saying they were holding it for further consideration. Today, I got a letter saying they'd accepted it.
They pay on publication.
It's scheduled to run in the March/April 2005 issue.
I guess that'll be a first birthday present for the Player....