Comments for Tiptoe Is Tiptoe http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com and that's good enough. Fri, 08 May 2009 10:50:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on How fannish before it’s fandom? And falling in love with Brooklyn long-distance by Scclejbo http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/how-fannish-before-its-fandom-and-falling-in-love-with-brooklyn-long-distance/#comment-74 Scclejbo Fri, 08 May 2009 10:50:36 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-74 Qy0ySL comment6 , Qy0ySL comment6 ,

]]> Comment on Talkin ’bout my generation… oh wait, our generation’s too young for that song. by Alice http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/talkin-bout-my-generation-oh-wait-our-generations-too-young-for-that-song/#comment-73 Alice Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:21:44 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=182#comment-73 I certainly don't think I'm entitled ... :-P I certainly don’t think I’m entitled … :-P

]]> Comment on In a moment of panic by Alice http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/in-a-moment-of-panic/#comment-67 Alice Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:02:50 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-67 Well, I'm way to late to offer timely advice, but I must say that having met you in something of a social situation, I can promise that you do not come across as annoying, or any more self-involved than the average person. Everyone in the world primarily wants to talk about themselves. Really. Interacting with people is <i>hard</i>, especially when the only thing you share with them is jobspace. I have a difficult time with it myself, because my interests and favored entertainments don't often coincide with the population at large. It makes chitchat difficult. Socializing is a skill - the more you do it, the better you get. But I think it's more important not to beat yourself up about it. It's OK that it's not easy for you - it's not easy for a lot of people. Well, I’m way to late to offer timely advice, but I must say that having met you in something of a social situation, I can promise that you do not come across as annoying, or any more self-involved than the average person. Everyone in the world primarily wants to talk about themselves. Really.

Interacting with people is hard, especially when the only thing you share with them is jobspace. I have a difficult time with it myself, because my interests and favored entertainments don’t often coincide with the population at large. It makes chitchat difficult.

Socializing is a skill – the more you do it, the better you get. But I think it’s more important not to beat yourself up about it. It’s OK that it’s not easy for you – it’s not easy for a lot of people.

]]> Comment on In a moment of panic by tiptoewrites http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/in-a-moment-of-panic/#comment-66 tiptoewrites Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:25:37 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-66 Thanks Kethni. :squeeze: I can't wait to get back on the elljay. I have such exciting ideas for stuff we can do in the new year while we're waiting for vol. iv. And memes, dear god, memes are killing me with not being able to sign up for them! To think that I could have known what superpower i'd have and who would play me in a movie, had I just been there to sign my name! :tortured sigh: Anyhoo, the point is... oh, wait, there is no point. You have always been deeper than me. :sigh: Oh, yeah, there is a point: It's good to know I'm not alone. Huggles. Thank you. Well, back to work... Thanks Kethni. :squeeze: I can’t wait to get back on the elljay. I have such exciting ideas for stuff we can do in the new year while we’re waiting for vol. iv. And memes, dear god, memes are killing me with not being able to sign up for them! To think that I could have known what superpower i’d have and who would play me in a movie, had I just been there to sign my name! :tortured sigh: Anyhoo, the point is… oh, wait, there is no point. You have always been deeper than me. :sigh:

Oh, yeah, there is a point: It’s good to know I’m not alone. Huggles. Thank you.

Well, back to work…

]]> Comment on In a moment of panic by Kethni http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/in-a-moment-of-panic/#comment-65 Kethni Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:26:58 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-65 I doubt you're any more selfish than anyone else. We all want to be heard, it's one of the most basic drives. It's why blogs, and journals, and all that stuff is so huge - because the world is full of people screaming out to connect with others. And mostly failing. Because it's hard work and we've been programmed to think that it's easy and that there's something wrong with us if the skill doesn't come as easily as breathing. It doesn't, it's hard and scary, and sometimes really, really boring. Yeah boring, I said it. Boring for me and boring for them, because, damn, I'm no more interesting than they are. And I'm at least as selfish if not more. Anyway, that was no help at all. But I hope you know that you're not alone <3 I doubt you’re any more selfish than anyone else. We all want to be heard, it’s one of the most basic drives. It’s why blogs, and journals, and all that stuff is so huge – because the world is full of people screaming out to connect with others. And mostly failing. Because it’s hard work and we’ve been programmed to think that it’s easy and that there’s something wrong with us if the skill doesn’t come as easily as breathing. It doesn’t, it’s hard and scary, and sometimes really, really boring. Yeah boring, I said it. Boring for me and boring for them, because, damn, I’m no more interesting than they are. And I’m at least as selfish if not more. Anyway, that was no help at all. But I hope you know that you’re not alone <3

]]> Comment on In a moment of panic by tiptoewrites http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/in-a-moment-of-panic/#comment-64 tiptoewrites Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:57:21 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-64 Hi old boss, and yes it is posted publicly - I have no qualms about broadcasting my entire life as you might have noticed! The poetic justice to this is, I didn't go to my company's party and I went to my husband's party, but the power went out at the restaurant! we had to change restaurants, and we finally left at 11, when it became apparent that we were not going to get dinner until midnight. We went to bed hungry. Booo! Hi old boss, and yes it is posted publicly – I have no qualms about broadcasting my entire life as you might have noticed!

The poetic justice to this is, I didn’t go to my company’s party and I went to my husband’s party, but the power went out at the restaurant! we had to change restaurants, and we finally left at 11, when it became apparent that we were not going to get dinner until midnight.

We went to bed hungry. Booo!

]]> Comment on In a moment of panic by Stephi Meyer http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/in-a-moment-of-panic/#comment-63 Stephi Meyer Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:29:02 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-63 Don't despair! You are definitely not alone in how you feel. Even though you think everyone else is having a ball, they're not. Since I don't know if this is being posted publicly..... I'll end and say Keep the faith, baby! Fondly, Your first "boss" Don’t despair! You are definitely not alone in how you feel.
Even though you think everyone else is having a ball, they’re not.
Since I don’t know if this is being posted publicly….. I’ll end and say Keep the faith, baby!
Fondly, Your first “boss”

]]> Comment on Burning questions left over from last night’s Heroes by Baka http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/burning-questions-left-over-from-last-nights-heroes/#comment-61 Baka Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:05:54 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=143#comment-61 Re: Sylar. Was chatting with someone online during the show last night, and we both came to the conclusions at about the same time that glass melts. Then again, I'm still wondering why Arthur Petrelli didn't get up seconds after the Haitian left the room. Assuming Adam had the same weekness Claire and Sylar do, I don't that bullet woulda done it. Re: Sylar. Was chatting with someone online during the show last night, and we both came to the conclusions at about the same time that glass melts.

Then again, I’m still wondering why Arthur Petrelli didn’t get up seconds after the Haitian left the room. Assuming Adam had the same weekness Claire and Sylar do, I don’t that bullet woulda done it.

]]> Comment on “It’s beautiful, but…” and the secret language by Alice http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/its-beautiful-but-and-the-secret-language/#comment-59 Alice Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:26:00 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-59 <i>And the psychological effect is the same regardless of the history.</i> That's so. The issue seems much more complex on your end of it. I just hope you figure out a way to navigate it in a not-too-angsty way. <i> And it sounds like you had a very inclusive school compared to some. :-)</i> Oakland County, Michigan = large Jewish population = much Jewish cultural information in elementary school. And the psychological effect is the same regardless of the history.

That’s so. The issue seems much more complex on your end of it. I just hope you figure out a way to navigate it in a not-too-angsty way.

And it sounds like you had a very inclusive school compared to some. :-)

Oakland County, Michigan = large Jewish population = much Jewish cultural information in elementary school.

]]> Comment on “It’s beautiful, but…” and the secret language by tiptoewrites http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/its-beautiful-but-and-the-secret-language/#comment-57 tiptoewrites Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:03:10 +0000 http://tiptoeistiptoe.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-57 Dani, A lot of my replies to Alice are applicable to you as well. It's not the intent, it's the effect. Wherever they came from and whatever they mean to you or your parents or anything has nothing to do with the effect it has on the societal consciousness. That effect is very plain: If you have a Christmas tree, you're "normal," and if you don't, you're "different." And unfortunately, the cumulative effect of differentness is often prejudice. So Jews fight against it by making sure that the symbols of the season AS THEY APPEAR (not where they come from or what their inner meaning is) are distasteful to them. If they can pass on that contempt, their children are less likely to want to assimilate, and they will maintain their numbers. Judaism knows that the smaller their numbers, the more likely they are to be discriminated against or God forbid wiped out. So they fight annihilation with the tool of racial identity, which unfortunately goes past "I'm Proud of Who I Am" and heads into "I Want My Kids to Know This is Right and Your Way is Wrong." It has nothing to do with your beliefs inside your head; it has to do with a race trying to maintain its existence and status in the world. Unfortunately, I think it goes somewhat past the line into abrasive territory sometimes, and that's when a long-term survival strategy becomes poisonous in the short term. Oh, my God, I'm babbling. Somebody stop me. Dani,

A lot of my replies to Alice are applicable to you as well. It’s not the intent, it’s the effect. Wherever they came from and whatever they mean to you or your parents or anything has nothing to do with the effect it has on the societal consciousness. That effect is very plain: If you have a Christmas tree, you’re “normal,” and if you don’t, you’re “different.” And unfortunately, the cumulative effect of differentness is often prejudice. So Jews fight against it by making sure that the symbols of the season AS THEY APPEAR (not where they come from or what their inner meaning is) are distasteful to them. If they can pass on that contempt, their children are less likely to want to assimilate, and they will maintain their numbers. Judaism knows that the smaller their numbers, the more likely they are to be discriminated against or God forbid wiped out. So they fight annihilation with the tool of racial identity, which unfortunately goes past “I’m Proud of Who I Am” and heads into “I Want My Kids to Know This is Right and Your Way is Wrong.” It has nothing to do with your beliefs inside your head; it has to do with a race trying to maintain its existence and status in the world. Unfortunately, I think it goes somewhat past the line into abrasive territory sometimes, and that’s when a long-term survival strategy becomes poisonous in the short term.

Oh, my God, I’m babbling. Somebody stop me.

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