Comments on: Written from the Road http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Patrick Shepherd http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84351 Patrick Shepherd Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:35:17 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84351 Don't know about cool, but satisfying, yes. After 35 years of working at it, I finally qualified for and joined the PBA (Professional Bowlers Association). Of course, I then promptly proceeded to bowl absolutely terribly in my first PBA regional tournament. Don’t know about cool, but satisfying, yes. After 35 years of working at it, I finally qualified for and joined the PBA (Professional Bowlers Association). Of course, I then promptly proceeded to bowl absolutely terribly in my first PBA regional tournament.

]]> By: Rachel http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84349 Rachel Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:43:38 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84349 Cool things about me: I don't really have any. I can read and walk... that's like my only special talent... Cool things about me: I don’t really have any. I can read and walk… that’s like my only special talent…

]]> By: Zoe http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84340 Zoe Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:12:52 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84340 I have a massive herd of sheepy curls on my head that gets so big it sometimes requires a zoning permit. Also, being bi-racial, I love that, on the cover of Liar, I get to see (FINALLY) someone who Looks Like Me in Popular Culture. Now mebbe I can stop shouting, "But why can't the little black boy ride the dragon? Why can't the little Asian girl find a mythical sea creature egg?!!" at movie screens and go back to contentedly watching whilst holding a lollipop stick in the gap between my front teeth. (Look Ma! No hands!) So thanks :) I have a massive herd of sheepy curls on my head that gets so big it sometimes requires a zoning permit. Also, being bi-racial, I love that, on the cover of Liar, I get to see (FINALLY) someone who Looks Like Me in Popular Culture. Now mebbe I can stop shouting, “But why can’t the little black boy ride the dragon? Why can’t the little Asian girl find a mythical sea creature egg?!!” at movie screens and go back to contentedly watching whilst holding a lollipop stick in the gap between my front teeth. (Look Ma! No hands!) So thanks :)

]]> By: Rhiannon Hart http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84337 Rhiannon Hart Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:23:53 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84337 I got an agent recently :) Hopefully soon I'll be able to join the ranks of writers who talk about themselves. Look at that! I'm doing it already. I got an agent recently :) Hopefully soon I’ll be able to join the ranks of writers who talk about themselves.

Look at that! I’m doing it already.

]]> By: capt. cockatiel http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84335 capt. cockatiel Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:59:17 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84335 Mmmmm, cool thing: I'm part of the youth advisory board at a writing nonprofit in Seattle. Just wanted to say thank you, Justine, for writing a note to my teacher. (: Other half of my project turns out to be a 3D representation of the night, which should be... interesting. Other time when it begins to get weird talking about yourself: college interviews. O_O Everything you say sounds like "Hello, I am going to brag to you about my life now." Mmmmm, cool thing: I’m part of the youth advisory board at a writing nonprofit in Seattle.

Just wanted to say thank you, Justine, for writing a note to my teacher. (: Other half of my project turns out to be a 3D representation of the night, which should be… interesting.

Other time when it begins to get weird talking about yourself: college interviews. O_O Everything you say sounds like “Hello, I am going to brag to you about my life now.”

]]> By: Benjamin Solah http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84334 Benjamin Solah Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:32:57 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84334 Something cool? I'm asking people to sponsor me for NaNoWriMo this year as I attempt 50,000 words, and I'm raising money for the same-sex marriage campaign in Australia. Something cool? I’m asking people to sponsor me for NaNoWriMo this year as I attempt 50,000 words, and I’m raising money for the same-sex marriage campaign in Australia.

]]> By: Ariel Cooke http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84333 Ariel Cooke Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:59:51 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84333 Something cool about me: I can walk into a yard sale or a thrift shop and immediately spot the most valuable things being resold. It's like I see a silvery halo around the Coach bag or the entire set of Fiestaware for $10 or whatever and I can't miss it. I think I must have a thrift shopping fairy. Something cool about me: I can walk into a yard sale or a thrift shop and immediately spot the most valuable things being resold. It’s like I see a silvery halo around the Coach bag or the entire set of Fiestaware for $10 or whatever and I can’t miss it. I think I must have a thrift shopping fairy.

]]> By: Mary Elizabeth S. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84332 Mary Elizabeth S. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:32:20 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84332 Well, one unusual thing about me is that I keep pet mice. They're wonderful, really, people underestimate them. They rarely bite, they won't jump out of your hands (their depth perception is quite good, although they are near sighted), and they are active during the day as well as at night. Really smart, too; you can even train them! Look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txq_BogA1NM Hmm ... those are all cool things about mice, not about me. Oh well. That's okay. The meecers need them some love. :) Well, one unusual thing about me is that I keep pet mice. They’re wonderful, really, people underestimate them. They rarely bite, they won’t jump out of your hands (their depth perception is quite good, although they are near sighted), and they are active during the day as well as at night.

Really smart, too; you can even train them! Look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txq_BogA1NM

Hmm … those are all cool things about mice, not about me. Oh well. That’s okay. The meecers need them some love. :)

]]> By: Shalonda http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84331 Shalonda Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:30:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84331 Being a basketball fan, you'll appreciate this one. Funny thing that happened to me: Today I stopped a student who was screaming down the hallway. In the middle of my request that he lower his voice level, he stares at me and says, "You look like Candace Parker!" (I totally don't, but would love it if I did). Needless to say, even 12 year olds know that flattery will get you far. I let him continue on his merry way and I stood at my doorway greeting the other students with a good morning! Being a basketball fan, you’ll appreciate this one.

Funny thing that happened to me: Today I stopped a student who was screaming down the hallway. In the middle of my request that he lower his voice level, he stares at me and says, “You look like Candace Parker!” (I totally don’t, but would love it if I did).

Needless to say, even 12 year olds know that flattery will get you far. I let him continue on his merry way and I stood at my doorway greeting the other students with a good morning!

]]> By: Malissa http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84330 Malissa Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:25:38 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84330 @Jessica My hair is the exact same way. I was red for a while but it was so much trouble to keep the color that I just gave up and went back to natural. The color just *drains* out of it. @Jessica

My hair is the exact same way. I was red for a while but it was so much trouble to keep the color that I just gave up and went back to natural. The color just *drains* out of it.

]]> By: Jessica http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84329 Jessica Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:15:44 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84329 I tend to be horrendous at making myself sound interesting, which is a shame because I really *am* fascinating and cool and all those things. Okay, something random, although I don't know if it's cool: My hair is blonde naturally, but it doesn't hold dye very well. I loooove to dye my hair crazy colors, so I bleach it to damage it! So I am both a natural blond and a bottle blond. :D I tend to be horrendous at making myself sound interesting, which is a shame because I really *am* fascinating and cool and all those things.

Okay, something random, although I don’t know if it’s cool: My hair is blonde naturally, but it doesn’t hold dye very well. I loooove to dye my hair crazy colors, so I bleach it to damage it! So I am both a natural blond and a bottle blond. :D

]]> By: Caitlin http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84327 Caitlin Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:01:06 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84327 I read Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem to about 12 4 year old kids and I'm wearing hot pink knee socks today. So, glad I got a chance to meet you again -- I'm halfway through Flygirl -- so good -- thanks for the recommendation. I read Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem to about 12 4 year old kids and I’m wearing hot pink knee socks today. So, glad I got a chance to meet you again — I’m halfway through Flygirl — so good — thanks for the recommendation.

]]> By: Sabrina http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84326 Sabrina Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:56:37 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84326 Hmm, well, I don't know if anyone else will thinks it's cool, but I thought it was pretty keen that I convinced a professor who was completely unfamiliar with fantasy (and sci fi) to be the advisor for my Master's Thesis. Of the other two committee members, only one liked sci fi, but neither read or studied fantasy/UF. (The non-sf/f professors actually seemed to enjoy my thesis more than the sci fi professor.) In fact, there is no fantasy person at all on staff at my university, which is sad, but in my graduating class, half of the creative writing people wrote fantasy. Hmm, well, I don’t know if anyone else will thinks it’s cool, but I thought it was pretty keen that I convinced a professor who was completely unfamiliar with fantasy (and sci fi) to be the advisor for my Master’s Thesis. Of the other two committee members, only one liked sci fi, but neither read or studied fantasy/UF. (The non-sf/f professors actually seemed to enjoy my thesis more than the sci fi professor.)

In fact, there is no fantasy person at all on staff at my university, which is sad, but in my graduating class, half of the creative writing people wrote fantasy.

]]> By: Rebekah http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84325 Rebekah Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:55:40 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84325 Because of my magnet program, I get to do (minor) research in cognitive neurobiology at the local research university. So that's pretty awesome Because of my magnet program, I get to do (minor) research in cognitive neurobiology at the local research university. So that’s pretty awesome

]]> By: Harry Connolly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84323 Harry Connolly Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:07:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84323 The only cool thing about me is that I just had a book published, from Del Rey. It's my first. And I live in Seattle, but I couldn't attend the reading last night for a bunch of very minor personal reasons. The only cool thing about me is that I just had a book published, from Del Rey. It’s my first.

And I live in Seattle, but I couldn’t attend the reading last night for a bunch of very minor personal reasons.

]]> By: Allison http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84322 Allison Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:40:54 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84322 Something cool that HAPPENED to me: Maureen Johnson replied to my @reply last night! Something cool ABOUT me: I read novels instead of doing my homework. Kind of cool, because I love to read, but kind of not cool, because I want to actually graduate from college :) Something NOT COOL: My library doesn't have ANY of your books! NONE! But I live in a relatively small city, so the library is somewhat lacking... Something cool that HAPPENED to me: Maureen Johnson replied to my @reply last night!

Something cool ABOUT me: I read novels instead of doing my homework. Kind of cool, because I love to read, but kind of not cool, because I want to actually graduate from college :)

Something NOT COOL: My library doesn’t have ANY of your books! NONE! But I live in a relatively small city, so the library is somewhat lacking…

]]> By: Laurel http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84321 Laurel Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:34:53 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84321 Something cool not about me, the BBC has just started a short series on design and culture in the 1920s and 1930s, if you're still researching the period. It's called Glamour's Golden Age. I haven't seen it yet, I have to torrent it as I'm outside the UK, but it sounds interesting. Something cool not about me, the BBC has just started a short series on design and culture in the 1920s and 1930s, if you’re still researching the period. It’s called Glamour’s Golden Age. I haven’t seen it yet, I have to torrent it as I’m outside the UK, but it sounds interesting.

]]> By: Autumn http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84320 Autumn Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:11:16 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84320 I got my first spinning wheel a month ago, and I'm producing some decent yarn. And this weekend I knitted up the very first swatches from my handspun. There are some very poor pictures up on my blog if anyone's interested. I got my first spinning wheel a month ago, and I’m producing some decent yarn. And this weekend I knitted up the very first swatches from my handspun. There are some very poor pictures up on my blog if anyone’s interested.

]]> By: cyborgsuzy http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84318 cyborgsuzy Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:56:05 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84318 Me and my dog got 6th place at our first ever agility trail on Sunday. Me and my dog got 6th place at our first ever agility trail on Sunday.

]]> By: wandering-dreamer http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84317 wandering-dreamer Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:45:03 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84317 Um, I learned to crochet last night? And this now means I can crochet, knit, sew, kinda know how to weave, and will possibly learn how to spin thread soon? I think that's kinda cool... Um, I learned to crochet last night? And this now means I can crochet, knit, sew, kinda know how to weave, and will possibly learn how to spin thread soon? I think that’s kinda cool…

]]> By: Saints and Spinners http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84316 Saints and Spinners Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:36:20 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84316 I started playing guitar when I was 33, after years of thinking I wasn't musical. I love the guitar. I started playing guitar when I was 33, after years of thinking I wasn’t musical. I love the guitar.

]]> By: King Rat http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84314 King Rat Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:20:33 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84314 Cool things about me: 1) Every few months I hold Pie Night for everyone who wants to come to enjoy PIE. No cake. No cookies. Just PIE. The most recent was <a href="http://www.kingrat.us/2009/10/pietoberfest-october-17th" rel="nofollow">Saturday</a> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatkingrat/sets/72157622481570995/" rel="nofollow">photos</a>). Next will be December or January. 2) I'm starting my 5th year mentoring high school students. I don't know if I'm doing any actual good, but it's a hell of a lot of fun. 3) I can lick my nose. It's more gross than cool, but the reactions I get are cool. Cool things about me:

1) Every few months I hold Pie Night for everyone who wants to come to enjoy PIE. No cake. No cookies. Just PIE. The most recent was Saturday (photos). Next will be December or January.

2) I’m starting my 5th year mentoring high school students. I don’t know if I’m doing any actual good, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun.

3) I can lick my nose. It’s more gross than cool, but the reactions I get are cool.

]]> By: Shveta Thakrar http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84313 Shveta Thakrar Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:41:27 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84313 I have a Master's in German (and can speak fluently). This gave me a chance to study the Romantics and their fantastical texts, which occasionally incorporate bits of Hindu folklore. (Yay, 'cause I love the Indian fey!) I have a Master’s in German (and can speak fluently). This gave me a chance to study the Romantics and their fantastical texts, which occasionally incorporate bits of Hindu folklore. (Yay, ’cause I love the Indian fey!)

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84312 Justine Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:09:21 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84312 Malissa: Weird <i>is</i> cool. Malissa: Weird is cool.

]]> By: Malissa http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/10/20/written-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-84311 Malissa Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:04:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=6543#comment-84311 @Megan, I have Unshelved's T-shirt that looks like a college one but says "Library" in block letters =) Up with nerdy clothes! @the other Q, I have two webbed toes on each foot! Not sure if that's weird or cool! Malissa @LibraryBlondie @Megan, I have Unshelved’s T-shirt that looks like a college one but says “Library” in block letters =) Up with nerdy clothes!

@the other Q, I have two webbed toes on each foot! Not sure if that’s weird or cool!

Malissa
@LibraryBlondie

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