Comments on: First Grade http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/ Deities. Dogma. Dating. Diapers. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:43:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Allison http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2041 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:13:35 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2041 *shimmy shimmy shimmy* sashay, skip, spin around Here you go (handing Dorsey something cold and refreshing). *shimmy shimmy shimmy*

sashay, skip, spin around

Here you go (handing Dorsey something cold and refreshing).

]]> by: Dorsey http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2039 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:05:31 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2039 Ooohh, I think I just threw my hip out. No problem. That'll me on the floor, doing jazz hands. Somebody get me a drink. Ooohh, I think I just threw my hip out.

No problem. That’ll me on the floor, doing jazz hands. Somebody get me a drink.

]]> by: Allison http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2034 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:25:28 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2034 <b>Dorsey & Mermade</b>: I'll put on the tunes. Right now, I'm leaning toward Kirsti MacColl with a salsa feel and more than a little attitude. Then again, IRL, I have Frank Sinatra on the stereo, so maybe I should just run with that. Nah. It's too tame. Cubanisimo or the like would better suit my current mood. <b>Amanda</b>: I'm glad that this meant something to you. What's weird is that halfway through that year in school, we transferred to another town, and in my new (public, rather than magnet) school, I made straight As without even breaking a sweat. From then on, my confidence was set. Still, I wish that I'd understood the value of being oneself at a younger age. In a family of <a href="http://www.4temperaments.com/guardian.html" rel="nofollow">Guardian</a> parents...not so easy to do for an <a href="http://www.4temperaments.com/idealist.html" rel="nofollow">Idealist</a> such as myself. Dorsey & Mermade: I’ll put on the tunes. Right now, I’m leaning toward Kirsti MacColl with a salsa feel and more than a little attitude. Then again, IRL, I have Frank Sinatra on the stereo, so maybe I should just run with that. Nah. It’s too tame. Cubanisimo or the like would better suit my current mood.

Amanda: I’m glad that this meant something to you. What’s weird is that halfway through that year in school, we transferred to another town, and in my new (public, rather than magnet) school, I made straight As without even breaking a sweat. From then on, my confidence was set.

Still, I wish that I’d understood the value of being oneself at a younger age. In a family of Guardian parents…not so easy to do for an Idealist such as myself.

]]> by: Why Monday’s post didn’t surprise *me* at Oh, for the love of God… http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2032 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:28:05 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2032 [...] Like I wrote the other day, I was made to dance. If I&#8217;d just remember that (and stop trying to run), I&#8217;d be a much more relaxed human being, don&#8217;tcha think? My feelings about Christianity are still rather ambivalent, but that doesn&#8217;t change the message. Whether words like these come from God, from The Great Spirit, or merely from my higher self, they&#8217;re just as meaningful to me. [...] […] Like I wrote the other day, I was made to dance. If I’d just remember that (and stop trying to run), I’d be a much more relaxed human being, don’tcha think? My feelings about Christianity are still rather ambivalent, but that doesn’t change the message. Whether words like these come from God, from The Great Spirit, or merely from my higher self, they’re just as meaningful to me. […]

]]> by: Mermade http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2024 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:39:52 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2024 If only I had the right music... :-) If only I had the right music…

:-)

]]> by: Amanda http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2023 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:17:23 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2023 That is so very reminiscent of my grade school experience. I almost cried after I read it. That is so very reminiscent of my grade school experience. I almost cried after I read it.

]]> by: dorsey http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2020 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:01:38 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2020 Hell, yes. I'm tired of running. I wanna dance, too. Hell, yes.

I’m tired of running. I wanna dance, too.

]]> by: Allison http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2019 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:56:07 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2019 What's beautiful is that this wasn't where I expected the story to go at all. I fully expected encouragement, tutoring...maybe a hand up. What’s beautiful is that this wasn’t where I expected the story to go at all. I fully expected encouragement, tutoring…maybe a hand up.

]]> by: Mike http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2017 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:36:00 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2006/08/first-grade/#comment-2017 I am astounded at how simple and profound this is. This is amazing. I think it could really be a completely new understanding of yourself in front of others. If you have let go of that pain and let the fear stay with the lie, you will probably find yourself making decisions based on truth instead of this lie that you will be dumped. I am astounded at how simple and profound this is. This is amazing. I think it could really be a completely new understanding of yourself in front of others. If you have let go of that pain and let the fear stay with the lie, you will probably find yourself making decisions based on truth instead of this lie that you will be dumped.

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