tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post111158733331046782..comments2023-10-20T09:43:39.318-04:00Comments on Frumpter: In Search for Nevernever Land...Zoe Strickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07940789852735669214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1111689733991878512005-03-24T13:42:00.000-05:002005-03-24T13:42:00.000-05:00All this is good advice. I will write about it no...All this is good advice. I will write about it now in the next blog.<BR/><BR/>If not now, when?: Please explain your comment.<BR/><BR/>ariaknek: 1) Thank you for your compliment about my writing. I credit that to my mom for years of attention to the details while I was growing up, and more recently, to the grammar books I've been reading. <BR/>2) When I am writing about "proper values" in referencing "The Village", I am talking about none other than my subjective view of how I would like to see the world, and what I understand proper to mean. Of course I am guilty of generalizing.<BR/><BR/>victoria: It's always interesting getting a message from you specifically because of the life you chose for yourself. I spoke to two professors last night and they said that China might be a valuable experience. BTW, I still see a little bit of "New York" in your writing.Zoe Strickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940789852735669214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1111655400533256162005-03-24T04:10:00.000-05:002005-03-24T04:10:00.000-05:00two things: first, try WNYC (QXR)...I've lived in ...two things: first, try WNYC (QXR)...I've lived in japan for a while now, but I think its 80 something on the dial. Way better than 1010WINS. Sundays usually have some very strange programs too. <BR/>second, If you want to live a quiet life not dealing with the craziness of everyday life in a city, why are you becoming a lawyer? They don't need lawyers in tiny towns in the woods because people all know each other and solve their own disputes without bringing the law into it. Maybe I'm wrong though. I live in a tiny farm town in Japan and threw away my watch months ago and I know many people, but no lawyers. I know farmers and teachers and farmers and farmers and a doctor and a dental assistant, but the people here don't need lawyers. Dental assistants are way more important to a rural town. <BR/>Maybe you should try the summer program in China and see if you really are cut out to live in a small town. Many people in the city SAY they want it, but once they get there they're bored or anxious. Give it a try and then get on with spending all that money on law schoolVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484654935243574664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1111652260768846402005-03-24T03:17:00.000-05:002005-03-24T03:17:00.000-05:00When you mention the movie "The Village", you say ...When you mention the movie "The Village", you say that they are living by "the proper values"...what makes these values "proper" versus ??? values? Proper is a relative term, defined, on a global level, strictly by perspective...Kileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798217022980718278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1111622143226041422005-03-23T18:55:00.000-05:002005-03-23T18:55:00.000-05:00Re: the rat-race and the search for serenity.As I ...Re: the rat-race and the search for serenity.<BR/><BR/>As I wrote in my comment to "peter pan," religion may help, but only if you know what you're looking for - you need the question before you can find the answer.<BR/><BR/>look for the wonder in the world around you, let yourself be awed by it; that's the first step.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1111609027618739662005-03-23T15:17:00.000-05:002005-03-23T15:17:00.000-05:00Incidentally: sorry to be bombarding you with yet ...Incidentally: sorry to be bombarding you with yet <I>another</I> comment...and I'm definitely NOt trying to be intrusive, but I was thinking about your post again a few minutes ago, and I wanted to ask you if you had every considered writing as a career (or even a side-career). You write <B>exceptionally</B> well here in your blog about many ideas (both standard and controversial), and your writing is incredibly thought-provoking. Please give some thought to exploring an avenue like this; it would suit you and also contribute to the serenity which you seek. :-)<BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/>ariKKileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798217022980718278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890885.post-1111604524865629262005-03-23T14:02:00.000-05:002005-03-23T14:02:00.000-05:00Ooops...I have 2 cousins that are lawyers, they ag...Ooops...I have 2 cousins that are lawyers, they agree (and as an observer I have as well) that it is AMAZINGLY exciting, interesting and fast-paced, but: peaceful and serene? You will be working much harder once out of law school than you are now. however, <I>most</I> jobs are like that. Serenity is something that, as I think you already suspect but may be hesitant to face at this stressful time, something that must come from faith within. Given the ever-at-the-front of your mind devotion to your religious practices, I see someone with the kind of faith it will take to find that serenity. :-) Just don't let the trees obstruct your view of the forest.Kileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798217022980718278noreply@blogger.com