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Hey quirky, have you seen myddrin, tell her to email me if you talk to her please........hope everything is well with u.
posted by
Star5_
on August 14, 2004 at 2:20 PM
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Whammie,
You must have slept good, hehe--look what came out after getting a few zzzzz's!!
posted by
Julia.
on August 12, 2004 at 12:08 PM
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Quirky, I could not answer the first time I read......
I had to sleep on it as it was a question that required some thought!
posted by
WHAMENATOR
on August 12, 2004 at 11:59 AM
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whammie,
that's a huge list! It exhausts me just to read it--but you go, girl!! ;-)
posted by
Julia.
on August 12, 2004 at 11:56 AM
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Jemmie,
So then the next question is, "What would my book be about?"
posted by
Julia.
on August 12, 2004 at 11:54 AM
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whim,
good attitude to have.
posted by
Julia.
on August 12, 2004 at 11:52 AM
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Evangeline,
rejection is a natural part of a writer's life. You got lucky in that almost no one has their "first" submission accepted. But then this set up false expectations for future submissions. Keep at it, obviously you have talent!!
posted by
Julia.
on August 12, 2004 at 11:51 AM
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SS,
If you're not getting an answer, my hunch is that fear is getting in the way of letting it come through.
posted by
Julia.
on August 12, 2004 at 11:49 AM
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belle, awesome!
posted by
Julia.
on August 12, 2004 at 11:48 AM
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I would love to be a professional entertainer (NOT THAT KIND, you perverts)
I wish I could carry a tune, sing and make beautiful music.
Sing and dance like in the old musicals. Perform on the stage. Make movies. Act, dance, croon, sing the blues. Wear fabulous, glamourous clothes (with great shoes 
). I wish I were so well-rounded as a performer, that I could also excel as a stand-up comic and make sure that people leave with a big smile and a sense of gladness.
I would also like to use my fame to be a motivational speaker, to help people to learn to be positive, to love themselves and one another, and to believe in themselves.
I would want to use my fortune to not only enjoy an over-indulgent lifestyle, but also to be able to engage in philanthropic activities, where I not only lend my time as so many of these celebrities do, but also dig in the wallet and help in that regard, too.
That's what I would want to do.
Whammie 
posted by
WHAMENATOR
on August 12, 2004 at 11:34 AM
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Tough question
Just a couple of thoughts that came to my mind instantly after reading your post.
I'd write a book--non-fiction or fiction. I've always dreamed of publishing a book.
I'd be a perfect mommy to my future children
posted by
Jemmie211
on August 12, 2004 at 11:24 AM
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Umm . . . I'm already doing what I want to be doing. I am pretty sure I will fail at some of it, but it goes with the territory. I'm willing to take the gamble and be proved wrong.
posted by
Whim
on August 12, 2004 at 10:50 AM
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My first submission (literary fiction) was accepted...
so I was devastated when the next few stories were rejected and it really took away what little confidence I had. I would love to write fiction with the same freedom and comfort with which I write here, at Blogit.
posted by
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
on August 12, 2004 at 10:41 AM
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umm...
What happens if you ask yourself that question, and get no answer whatsoever? Not one smidgen of a thought about it? Am I defective or just dis-passionate? I have asked myself that question repeatedly over the years and have never found anything resembling an answer. Hmm... time for some more intropsection...
posted by
SanitySlipping
on August 12, 2004 at 8:54 AM
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I think I just asked myself this question and acted on it
Failure is not an option
posted by
beachbelle
on August 12, 2004 at 6:32 AM
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Talion,
I have trouble picturing you as the quiet type...but if you say so, okay, I believe you!
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 10:31 PM
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Quirk
I'm the quiet type, a planner, a plotter. My younger brother is outgoing and charismatic, the kind that could get people to follow him into a burning building. He's also a schemer. When we get together, it's better to be with us than against us. If we were a little more ambitious and a little less scrupulous, Mario Puzio would've been writing about us.
posted by
Talion
on August 11, 2004 at 10:25 PM
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probably not!
tg
posted by
tbgroucho
on August 11, 2004 at 10:19 PM
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groucho,
yeah but has it answered you?
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 10:19 PM
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i've asked it every day!
tg
posted by
tbgroucho
on August 11, 2004 at 10:17 PM
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Talion, lol.
Nothing wrong with high aspirations...lofty goals...But maybe you're right, with a mind like yours, it's treading on dangerous ground to assume automatic success.
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 10:16 PM
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Quirk,
Yeah, I know. shadow
posted by
Keshet
on August 11, 2004 at 10:15 PM
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shadow,
no, but if you don't have that option anymore, then you really need to look hard for another passion.
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 10:13 PM
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Quirk
This was deep, maybe a little deeper than I'm willing to go. Automatic success would lead to power, and power corrupts. I'd end up The Dark Lord Talion, ruling from on-high, watching my minions doing my bidding from atop my great tower. All would be well for me, but maybe not so for everyone else, until that little Hobbit bastard throws the ring into the volcano...Naw, we'd better not takr failure out of the equation. The risk of failure keeps me grounded.
posted by
Talion
on August 11, 2004 at 10:12 PM
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Quirk,
Lets just say my back and leg won't allow me to do the archaeology anymore. Unfortunately, life does not always give you sweet lemonade. shadow
posted by
Keshet
on August 11, 2004 at 10:09 PM
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shadow,
well that does present a problem if you can't do the archaeology anymore.
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 10:06 PM
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Kay, that's great!
Why not start them young!
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 10:03 PM
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Quirk,
Mmmmm. I don't know about that. I've been the archaeology for a long time now. Not much of anything else really interests me. I am being sincerely honest when I say that. shadow
posted by
Keshet
on August 11, 2004 at 9:55 PM
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This is a great question and I've been struggling to narrow my answer down to one thing. Sometimes it sucks being a Gemini. The best thing about being a writer is I can be all the things I wanted to be. Thanks for all the story ideas.
On a side note, I like this so much that I'm going to start asking my kids to asnwer it occasionally. Thank you. Super post!
posted by
Kay-Ren
on August 11, 2004 at 9:33 PM
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anaerie, thanks.
About that book...actually I did not make up the word...and the woman who coined the term has a website and wrote a book. So many people have asked me, though, that I'm going to write a post for tomorrow about that!
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 8:28 PM
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Absolutely great advice! And by the way I was just at the book store and
do you have a book out called QuirkyAlone? Saw it and thought of you and
just thought I'd ask..
posted by
anaerie
on August 11, 2004 at 7:36 PM
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Groucho, lol.
You must not be answering it to her satisfaction, then!!
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 5:24 PM
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my shrink
makes me ask it every single frickin time i see her! tg
posted by
tbgroucho
on August 11, 2004 at 5:22 PM
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shadow,
I'm sure you can have more than one passion.
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 5:20 PM
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groucho, thanks,
Have you asked yourself that lately?
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 5:20 PM
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Ariala,
what's that quote, "nothing worth having is without some risk." Or maybe, no pain, no gain, hehe.
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 5:19 PM
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Quirk,
Excellent advice here. Now to try and figure out if I have another true passion since archaeology is no longer available. shadow
posted by
Keshet
on August 11, 2004 at 2:34 PM
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great advice for all of us
thanks, quirky tg
posted by
tbgroucho
on August 11, 2004 at 2:12 PM
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Yeah, but it's getting over the friggin risks...usually FINANCIAL in nature
posted by
Ariala
on August 11, 2004 at 2:10 PM
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Ariala, thank you.
Well, you've got half of it down at least, now work on the follow through!
posted by
Julia.
on August 11, 2004 at 2:06 PM
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Quirky, good post! I ask myself this often, but I don't always follow
through...
posted by
Ariala
on August 11, 2004 at 1:55 PM
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