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For one moment, I was my own shining star
Aug. 26th, 2010 11:24 amI ran 4 miles this week. Why yes, I *am* a bad ass. I'm going to run that far again tonight. Because? I *am* a bad ass. :D
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So, Viggo.
Ummm, his new movie has him cast as Sigmund Freud.
It probably says something about my psyche how I reacted to that. Just saying...
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I'm hungry, but lately everything I eat feels like it gets stuck in the base of my throat, where it lies in wait to choke me to death. This is most displeasing.
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I interviewed Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor about their new book today. Sue Kidd wrote The Secret Life of Bees. We got into a fascinating discussion of what myths mean to modern audiences, how the Persephone and Demeter myth can be taken in so many ways, what the purpose of travel for spiritual enlightenment is, why women in particular seem to be gravitating towards this idea now, rather than generations ago, and the complexities in a mother/daughter relationship, as well as what it means to figure out what you want from your life, and what it means about going to get it.
It was really interesting. I'm going to write an article about it, but I may end up writing a blog about some of the things it made me think about my own life.
This is one of those days where I really, really love my side job. I love people and fascinating people are, well, fascinating. Not because they're better, but because they somehow do something that I want to do, or seem to have figured out something that I'm struggling with.
This also leads me to some thoughts about cultural appropriation, but I'm not sure that most people I know would agree with me. In the end, I'm not sure taking something you've learned and making it your own in some way is a bad thing. Dismissing the original is a bad thing, yes, but no man is an island and if we don't learn from each other, we'll kill each other eventually.
Okay, stopping this point before I blog too much.
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So, Viggo.
Ummm, his new movie has him cast as Sigmund Freud.
It probably says something about my psyche how I reacted to that. Just saying...
*************
I'm hungry, but lately everything I eat feels like it gets stuck in the base of my throat, where it lies in wait to choke me to death. This is most displeasing.
*************
I interviewed Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor about their new book today. Sue Kidd wrote The Secret Life of Bees. We got into a fascinating discussion of what myths mean to modern audiences, how the Persephone and Demeter myth can be taken in so many ways, what the purpose of travel for spiritual enlightenment is, why women in particular seem to be gravitating towards this idea now, rather than generations ago, and the complexities in a mother/daughter relationship, as well as what it means to figure out what you want from your life, and what it means about going to get it.
It was really interesting. I'm going to write an article about it, but I may end up writing a blog about some of the things it made me think about my own life.
This is one of those days where I really, really love my side job. I love people and fascinating people are, well, fascinating. Not because they're better, but because they somehow do something that I want to do, or seem to have figured out something that I'm struggling with.
This also leads me to some thoughts about cultural appropriation, but I'm not sure that most people I know would agree with me. In the end, I'm not sure taking something you've learned and making it your own in some way is a bad thing. Dismissing the original is a bad thing, yes, but no man is an island and if we don't learn from each other, we'll kill each other eventually.
Okay, stopping this point before I blog too much.