I have been away for a short while and I want to thank Anne Dickens for holding down the fort with her epic franchise about one of her trips to China. The truth is, I have been working as technical director for a play that opens this Friday ["Almost Maine"]. This is hell week and the tech rehersals go quite late so my play time has been at a minimum. It has been fun...but I'll be happy to get my quiet life back. Anne has another installment of the China trip coming, but in the meantime I offer you my monthly kudos to fellow bloggers.
I will start by saying that the ONLY reason I started this blog was because I was chastised by Joslyne Decker for not sharing the scary things that go on in my tiny brain with the rest of the world. A little more than a year later I wonder if it really was good advice on her part. I will say this! Joslyne is at the top of my list – first page of people I have had the privilege of becoming friends with. She is bright, hard working, and the very best cheer leader anyone could ask for.Jos is a beautiful writer, a wonderful mother/wife, and now she is busy with a new home in a new state, and hopefully she will get back to writing regularly soon herself.
I will start by saying that the ONLY reason I started this blog was because I was chastised by Joslyne Decker for not sharing the scary things that go on in my tiny brain with the rest of the world. A little more than a year later I wonder if it really was good advice on her part. I will say this! Joslyne is at the top of my list – first page of people I have had the privilege of becoming friends with. She is bright, hard working, and the very best cheer leader anyone could ask for.Jos is a beautiful writer, a wonderful mother/wife, and now she is busy with a new home in a new state, and hopefully she will get back to writing regularly soon herself.
So now, here we are. I have grown a following that I am proud of, but more than that I have had the honor of meeting, reading, and corresponding with bright minds from all over the world, and from all walks of life through the blog thingy. It has been my practice every month to feature people who write blogs, not because I am somehow qualified to deem them “worthy” of mention, but more because you are all good people, with diverse ideas and I think you should ALL get to know each other.The point is this. I have recommended 2-3 people each month for a year now, and frankly, there is a list of blogs I follow in the right column of this blog and each and every one of them is important, diverse, and of value to us all. Many of the people on that list follow me, some don’t, but I follow them because I love what they have to say and offer. You should too!
Now that I have said that…I have an observation. :)
Purely by coincidence, many of the blogs I follow are written by women. I love getting a bird’s eye perspective on a mindset I am not capable of. What I have noticed among these women, some of whom are married, some in relationships…is that the significant other is referred to as “The Husband Him”, “The His”, “The Hunter (vs. the Gatherer)” and so on. I stepped back from this to wonder where the male autonomy had gone…but then I remembered, Mariann on many occasions introduced me as “My oldest child…by adoption”. Okay, I get it. In the words of Red Green (my mentor), “I am a man…but I can change…if I have to…I guess.”
Okay, I distracted you for a moment…no excuse. Run down the “A” list on the right column and give them ALL a visit. If you are on the list it is because you are good people and I can’t broadcast it loud or far enough! You MUST visit them all…oh yes, there will be a test…so prepare.
I’m just saying.
6 comments:
To comment on the above tidbit concerning male stereotypes, I would like to offer my father as an exception to the rule. Uncle Ron, you know what I'm saying so I will not bore you with dull details about the Tidy-Heidi-Homemaker stuff. Just thought I could give you a little something from my brain to chew on, and I promise it tastes better than my occipital or parietal lobes.
Hey! I made the A list! I humbly thank.
Male stereotypes...why does everyone think it's, like, omgsuperfunny to joke about how men are idiots who don't, like, get it. Like women are a special, superior clique that comforts each other when they fight with their husband or whatever, and eat ice cream and watch Sandra Bullock movies. And men are in another room, drinking beer and watching porn and playing fantasy football.
Or whatever.
*thud* Yes, that was the sound of this person of the womanly variety fainting dead away that you have finally appeared from under the ruins of the stage! =) Hail! Hail! He liiiiiiives! =) *snort*
BTW - you are a man....change is futile! =-p
Jewell =) xo
BA - Your Dad is indeed an exception...and it is in our blood (we have to stick together). Your Dad and I are part of a secret society of a-typical males and proud of it! Say, there's another topic for a sociology paper :)
Simon - Thank you! Stereotypes are a funny animal with a life of thier own despite reality. But frankly, sometimes it is a good excuse :).
Jewell - After many years away from theater I got tricked into a return. I love live theater and especially the tech side. The only way I would ever get ON stage is if I fell onto it from the catwalk :). Thanks for the welcome back xo.
Annie did a great job! So what would you ideally be referred to as if you could pic your own significant-other-bloggy-pet-name? I refer to my husband as Obi Wan Kenobi, or just Obi for short. He's wise, handsome, and well, he's no spring chicken... Plus he's good with his saber.
FourJedis - I follow your blog and I enjoy the Star Wars pet names for your family members :) As for a pet name for me...I'm not sure...hmmm. I will say though that my favorite (which appears on my badge - lower right on the blog) is the Indian name Mariann gave me years ago "Runs With Scissors" :)
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