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posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on July 24, 2006 at 1:57 AM
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Azur been there done that.Blogit allows us 2 go back & forth.If u have TIME
then come and play anytime. Otherwise, please know your blogs have made a difference. Here's my 2 cents worth of Let & Let Live philosophy: God wants some of us to be healers on the small stage, away from TV land; he sends others to TV land because they could do other things that way. Everyone has his or her value, place & worth, however much we push ourselves to another goal. Keep trying for th stars, but do validate yourself and your work. I know you make me feel its a better world with someone with your views in it. Shalom
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 22, 2006 at 1:51 PM
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Take care
posted by
_Symphony_
on July 21, 2006 at 4:20 AM
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Hi Azur
Thanks for your encouragement a few days ago - I sent an article in to Oprah today, so here's holding thumbs.
posted by
fionajean
on July 20, 2006 at 12:54 PM
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Goals to aim at
often seem so far away but I often get the sense we're nearer than we think; the trick is to take hold of the ball rather than blaming others for the bad tackles.
posted by
malcolm
on July 20, 2006 at 9:28 AM
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posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on July 20, 2006 at 8:36 AM
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Azur till I got married, the only connections I had is someone who could
fit sparkplugs to your car 33% cheaper than most other garages.
Himself has a Vice Rear Admiral first cousin in the navy. His cousin through marriage has done sets on Sopranos, and Queer Eye, and is married to Kim Basinger's first cousin who works with whales and seals for a renowned water park. I met them all during Christmas, and for people who are so accomplished, they were all really down to earth and really nice.
I was expecting to feel twee, but I didn't.
I know what you mean, if I'd hung around with people who turned out being quite famous, I would be kicking myself for not making the most of my past friendship with them at the time, or hanging around them enough for the good luck to rub off!
Besides Azur, I reckon you're very happy and satisfied with what do. I would be if I were you!
posted by
Cringe
on July 20, 2006 at 6:05 AM
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Azur
I hope you won't give up blogging. We would miss you around here.
posted by
bel_1965
on July 19, 2006 at 5:46 PM
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Cringe, I think I am jealous
of my younger self and the connections I didn't know I had at the time. Mind you in a strange way even in this quiet place I am still connected. Not a day goes by when I don't hear or read about someone with whom I've had a connection. For example I just had an email to say that a top investigative reporter will give a lecture at the university where I'll be teaching. He started his career making coffee for me!
posted by
Azur
on July 19, 2006 at 3:46 PM
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Azur, I really hope that is not necessary for either of us to completely
give up blogging to proceed on other work. I get a lot of strength and support here, so if I can keep the window open and flip to other work, I'd rather not withdraw completely.
I don't move the same circles that you do, and have never seen anyone I know on Oprah, but I am getting more and more hungry to see my own work fulfilled, and reach an audience. I cannot even buy a book in a bookstore anymore because I don't want to influenced, do not have the concentration, and I am impatient to do my own.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 19, 2006 at 1:54 PM
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Avant, I wish I had your advice on tap, you're so damned level-headed.
posted by
Cringe
on July 19, 2006 at 1:53 PM
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Azur
As successful as they sound, I'm sure they have moments of comparing themselves with others who do better, too. I've done it much of my life and it's often the excuse for not trying, much less creating and enjoying being myself.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 19, 2006 at 1:48 PM
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I'm just plain jealous of you and your friends!
posted by
Cringe
on July 19, 2006 at 1:01 PM
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you are really quite
You are really quite angle
posted by
Rosetree
on July 19, 2006 at 11:51 AM
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A_and_B, THANK YOU, I will go and
smell them.
posted by
Azur
on July 19, 2006 at 6:31 AM
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In times like these, these are useful:
posted by
A-and-B
on July 19, 2006 at 5:29 AM
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Azur
I understand how you feel but I don't understand why
you, who work so hard, feel that way.
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 19, 2006 at 4:33 AM
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Azur,
When Blogit mushrooms into the finest blogging site in the world and its top writers start earning megabucks, you and I will be sitting on a chat show with all our boondoggling pals explaining how we thought it was all just a waste of time and how glad that we stuck with our pioneering ways in the modern world of ethereal entertainment.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on July 19, 2006 at 4:12 AM
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Hi,
I know exactly how you feel. It's amazing how much time blogging takes up, isn't it?
posted by
fionajean
on July 19, 2006 at 3:02 AM
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disciplining ourselves is the biggest hurdle toward our goals. we know how
to do our chosen fields, it's how we apply ourselves that determines the outcome. perhaps blogit will have to be your reward for finishing some piece you're working on the way some writers have a cigarette and drink waiting for them.
follow your heart, azur.
posted by
fourcats
on July 19, 2006 at 12:27 AM
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Benzinha, as much as I miss your presence
I think you are very wise. I was probably more addicted than you but I am slowly but surely pulling back and reaching for my goals.
posted by
Azur
on July 18, 2006 at 11:39 PM
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azur, I have pulled away from blogging to Make Myself fulfill some
promises made to myself. I actully move forward on them now, much too slowly, but moving. I am not blogging, which was a hard addiction to walk away from, but it has been good for the rest of my insides.
May your brain and heart collide in joy and provide you with what you truly want.
posted by
benzinha
on July 18, 2006 at 11:35 PM
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Mademoiselle
Are you a sortee of supercomputers or something? You're frickin' amazing!
posted by
mysteria
on July 18, 2006 at 11:17 PM
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Well, that's one way to look at things, anyway ...
However, I honestly do not believe it is natural (or, even, possible) to be truly happy for others. Especially if his or her success arises in one's own chosen field.
"Every time a friend succeeds, a little piece of me dies."
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 18, 2006 at 11:15 PM
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A lot of greatness stems from singular circles
Places in time capture them like butterflies and release them all at once... you stand on the shoulders of giants I'll have you know.
posted by
mysteria
on July 18, 2006 at 11:11 PM
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