Comments on: Getting to Know You… and Me http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Suchmaschinenoptimierung http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-17601 Suchmaschinenoptimierung Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:26:13 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-17601 I’m actually quite shy - hence the cartoon caricature of me in my “About Me” section on my blog. I can’t imagine putting an actual picture of myself up. I would feel too exposed. I think in public, I’m pretty easy to get to know. I don’t try to frame myself to fit the person I’m talking to. I just am “me.” I’m actually quite shy - hence the cartoon caricature of me in my “About Me” section on my blog. I can’t imagine putting an actual picture of myself up. I would feel too exposed.

I think in public, I’m pretty easy to get to know. I don’t try to frame myself to fit the person I’m talking to. I just am “me.”

]]> By: Res http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15924 Res Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:37:12 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15924 I loved your description! There are very few people who know the "real" me! I am very social when I have to be and even like it sometimes - but while there are many people that think they "know" me - I don't really let that many people get that close. I happen to like it that way too! I know and like who I am after many years spent searching in my youth. Thanks for the great post and thanks to "Deb" for inspiring it! I loved your description! There are very few people who know the “real” me! I am very social when I have to be and even like it sometimes - but while there are many people that think they “know” me - I don’t really let that many people get that close. I happen to like it that way too! I know and like who I am after many years spent searching in my youth.

Thanks for the great post and thanks to “Deb” for inspiring it!

]]> By: Gunfighter http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15918 Gunfighter Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:07:42 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15918 I am fairly easy to know... except to the people that I work with. I don't want them to know me. All of the people that I work with would fall down dead if they read my blog. I am fairly easy to know… except to the people that I work with. I don’t want them to know me. All of the people that I work with would fall down dead if they read my blog.

]]> By: canadianflake http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15909 canadianflake Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:13:03 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15909 I am not as forthcoming as I used to be...for many reasons. But I think that is why blogging has been so important to me...it allows me to vent and get out what I can't in real life...if that makes any sense at all. I am not as forthcoming as I used to be…for many reasons. But I think that is why blogging has been so important to me…it allows me to vent and get out what I can’t in real life…if that makes any sense at all.

]]> By: Candid http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15899 Candid Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:14:16 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15899 I used to think that I was easy to get to know. I'm not sure any more. I think I'm timid at first, and when I feel comfortable...POW...here I am. I used to think that I was easy to get to know. I’m not sure any more.

I think I’m timid at first, and when I feel comfortable…POW…here I am.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15888 Lisa Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:29:17 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15888 I'm actually quite shy - hence the cartoon caricature of me in my "About Me" section on my blog. I can't imagine putting an actual picture of myself up. I would feel too exposed. I think in public, I'm pretty easy to get to know. I don't try to frame myself to fit the person I'm talking to. I just am "me." I’m actually quite shy - hence the cartoon caricature of me in my “About Me” section on my blog. I can’t imagine putting an actual picture of myself up. I would feel too exposed.

I think in public, I’m pretty easy to get to know. I don’t try to frame myself to fit the person I’m talking to. I just am “me.”

]]> By: Top affiliate program directory http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15887 Top affiliate program directory Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:18:20 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15887 wow charette nice long comment :) This blog post gets you thinking. I also have thought about this many times, as I'm sure many others do. I believe it was shakespeare who said life is an act? I believe those are true words for most. I think its a defense mechanism because there are specific reasons why we hold back to strangers or certain family members because we fear they will get hurt or not like us etc. wow charette nice long comment :)

This blog post gets you thinking. I also have thought about this many times, as I’m sure many others do. I believe it was shakespeare who said life is an act? I believe those are true words for most. I think its a defense mechanism because there are specific reasons why we hold back to strangers or certain family members because we fear they will get hurt or not like us etc.

]]> By: charrette http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15886 charrette Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:54:30 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15886 I've pondered this topic a lot. (Thanks for a great post, by the way). I thought I knew myself pretty well until our most recent move. I find that I am much more guarded and difficult to get to know than I was in California. I think people in general are more open and accepting there, and it's contagious. Someone else who noticed the same phenomenon wondered if it's the weather -- making the entire lifestyle there more open and inviting, with more interaction, because we don't have to hibernate all winter to survive. Who knows. Anyway, the comment I wanted to address was your description of Deb as "unremarkable" -- and yet it was that very quality that in part made her so very approachable and extraordinary. When my mom had a mastectomy, the doctors kept a portion of her breast tissue to perform a biopsy, and the test came back proclaiming it "grossly unremarkable." We kind of laughed at their medical terminology, the doctorspeak that could make anything sound horrible. And then my mom wrote a personal essay on the term "grossly unremarkable" and how she had at times thought of herself as "grossly unremarkable", shying away from the limelight and from other people. But the diagnosis in this case pronounced the examined breast tissue completely cancer-free -- and that's a good thing. Certainly no negative connotations to be found there. If "grossly unremarkable" means not necessarily boring or bland, but amazingly pure, with nothing to hide, nothing that offends, nothing to be rooted out and destroyed -- whole -- then it's an extraordinary quality and one we should all strive for...perhaps one we can't consciously develop, but that might emerge as we experience life with an open mind and an open heart. Another example I had of someone with literally no walls to tear down was my grandmother. She was remarkable inside and out. She was practically our church's poster grandma, with a look like Mrs. Santa Claus, from the long white hair twisted into a bun to the starched white ruffled apron and twinkly eyes. We all adored her, and each of us grandchildren swears we were her favorite, while every stranger who ever crossed paths with her felt like they were her new best friend. To me she was pure magic. I know she had some horrific trials in her early marriage -- their first baby was stillborn -- and she had a near-death experience when she was middle-aged where she came very close to meeting her maker. I wonder sometimes if it was through her grief that she cultivated such extraordinary humanity -- she honestly loved everyone she met. And then I wondered if perhaps some of the gut-wrenching trials you've experienced with Isaac are perhaps reshaping your soul, making you more authentic and approachable. I’ve pondered this topic a lot. (Thanks for a great post, by the way). I thought I knew myself pretty well until our most recent move. I find that I am much more guarded and difficult to get to know than I was in California. I think people in general are more open and accepting there, and it’s contagious. Someone else who noticed the same phenomenon wondered if it’s the weather — making the entire lifestyle there more open and inviting, with more interaction, because we don’t have to hibernate all winter to survive. Who knows.

Anyway, the comment I wanted to address was your description of Deb as “unremarkable” — and yet it was that very quality that in part made her so very approachable and extraordinary.

When my mom had a mastectomy, the doctors kept a portion of her breast tissue to perform a biopsy, and the test came back proclaiming it “grossly unremarkable.” We kind of laughed at their medical terminology, the doctorspeak that could make anything sound horrible. And then my mom wrote a personal essay on the term “grossly unremarkable” and how she had at times thought of herself as “grossly unremarkable”, shying away from the limelight and from other people. But the diagnosis in this case pronounced the examined breast tissue completely cancer-free — and that’s a good thing. Certainly no negative connotations to be found there. If “grossly unremarkable” means not necessarily boring or bland, but amazingly pure, with nothing to hide, nothing that offends, nothing to be rooted out and destroyed — whole — then it’s an extraordinary quality and one we should all strive for…perhaps one we can’t consciously develop, but that might emerge as we experience life with an open mind and an open heart.

Another example I had of someone with literally no walls to tear down was my grandmother. She was remarkable inside and out. She was practically our church’s poster grandma, with a look like Mrs. Santa Claus, from the long white hair twisted into a bun to the starched white ruffled apron and twinkly eyes. We all adored her, and each of us grandchildren swears we were her favorite, while every stranger who ever crossed paths with her felt like they were her new best friend. To me she was pure magic. I know she had some horrific trials in her early marriage — their first baby was stillborn — and she had a near-death experience when she was middle-aged where she came very close to meeting her maker. I wonder sometimes if it was through her grief that she cultivated such extraordinary humanity — she honestly loved everyone she met. And then I wondered if perhaps some of the gut-wrenching trials you’ve experienced with Isaac are perhaps reshaping your soul, making you more authentic and approachable.

]]> By: Karlene http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15885 Karlene Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:42:16 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15885 I feel like I'm pretty much me in most situations, but then I hear other people describe me or tell me how they see me, and I think, "Who the heck are they talking about?" I feel like I’m pretty much me in most situations, but then I hear other people describe me or tell me how they see me, and I think, “Who the heck are they talking about?”

]]> By: Luxusimmobilien http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15883 Luxusimmobilien Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:35:34 +0000 http://www.twas-brillig.com/2008/04/10/getting-to-know-you-and-me/#comment-15883 Something same happen with me..I feel something different. Something same happen with me..I feel something different.

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