Comments on: Question of the Week: Masks http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/ LitPark Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rachel F http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5873 Rachel F Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:15:54 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5873 If I had my druthers, I'd hug Rachel Kramer Bussel every single day. Also, more people would say druthers. If I had my druthers, I’d hug Rachel Kramer Bussel every single day. Also, more people would say druthers.

]]> By: Aurelio http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5872 Aurelio Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:19:59 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5872 Awww, thanks Kimberly. My childhood was such a mix of hijinks and tragedy. As a writer it is a goldmine, but living it was... well, a different story. A favorite line my brother used on me once when he was really REALLY mad at me was, "If you wake up with a knife in your belly, you'll know who did it!" My immediate reaction was to burst out laughing, because I pictured myself yawning awake, then glancing down at my belly, surprised to see a knife protruding out. Like, I wouldn't notice it at all until I was awake? When I stopped laughing, I explained this to my brother. What could he do? He laughed too. Awww, thanks Kimberly. My childhood was such a mix of hijinks and tragedy. As a writer it is a goldmine, but living it was… well, a different story.

A favorite line my brother used on me once when he was really REALLY mad at me was, “If you wake up with a knife in your belly, you’ll know who did it!” My immediate reaction was to burst out laughing, because I pictured myself yawning awake, then glancing down at my belly, surprised to see a knife protruding out. Like, I wouldn’t notice it at all until I was awake? When I stopped laughing, I explained this to my brother. What could he do? He laughed too.

]]> By: robinslick http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5871 robinslick Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:37:36 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5871 I started to answer the question and got so wrapped up in the church story I don't even want to answer the question now. Wow, Sue. That kind of took my breath away. But okay, how can I not play. I hope people think I am confident and self-assured. But oh my God, that's so not true and probably the only person more neurotic is Woody Allen. I started to answer the question and got so wrapped up in the church story I don’t even want to answer the question now. Wow, Sue. That kind of took my breath away.

But okay, how can I not play. I hope people think I am confident and self-assured. But oh my God, that’s so not true and probably the only person more neurotic is Woody Allen.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5870 SusanHenderson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:12:54 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5870 Just a heads up about tomorrow, folks. My advice to writers hoping for a break is always to look for the side doors and the bathroom windows. I'm running a contest tomorrow that you should really consider entering. If you've been standing in the big line you've been told to stand in and knocking at the big door people told you to knock on (and nobody's answering), please, please enter the contest. See you tomorrow. And thanks for all these notes. I'm reading them all, and then I'm bunkering down with my book edits. xo Just a heads up about tomorrow, folks. My advice to writers hoping for a break is always to look for the side doors and the bathroom windows. I’m running a contest tomorrow that you should really consider entering. If you’ve been standing in the big line you’ve been told to stand in and knocking at the big door people told you to knock on (and nobody’s answering), please, please enter the contest.

See you tomorrow. And thanks for all these notes. I’m reading them all, and then I’m bunkering down with my book edits. xo

]]> By: Erin http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5869 Erin Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:59:52 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5869 I want people to think I'm a unique, bona fide, irreplaceable human being. The reality is, I'm just a forgery of qualities I find admirable in others; counterfeit to the core. There is nothing genuine here. I want people to think I’m a unique, bona fide, irreplaceable human being. The reality is, I’m just a forgery of qualities I find admirable in others; counterfeit to the core. There is nothing genuine here.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5868 Kimberly Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:49:33 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5868 Now that I've read "FT" I get so giggly when I hear stories about you & your brothers... Now that I’ve read “FT” I get so giggly when I hear stories about you & your brothers…

]]> By: aimeepalooza http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5867 aimeepalooza Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:38:24 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5867 I love this story. I love the idea of a little boy in church wearing clip on earrings and wanting blue polka dot panties. I love this story. I love the idea of a little boy in church wearing clip on earrings and wanting blue polka dot panties.

]]> By: Heather_Fowler http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5866 Heather_Fowler Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:49:15 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5866 P.S. And you see, I already failed in my New Year's resolution for using spellcheck and making sure I don't drop words... Ah well. A missing "what" before "was" in a poem--double offense for screwing up the the meter, and a typo--life goes on! Love your church piece, Susan! Hope those edits go well. Much love to all, H P.S. And you see, I already failed in my New Year’s resolution for using spellcheck and making sure I don’t drop words… Ah well. A missing “what” before “was” in a poem–double offense for screwing up the the meter, and a typo–life goes on! Love your church piece, Susan! Hope those edits go well. Much love to all, H

]]> By: Aurelio http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5865 Aurelio Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:56:05 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5865 "You're sitting in a pew," was all it took for me to get my little brother to laugh out loud in church. I once saw a deaf couple signing and thought it was so cool because they could yak all during Mass without being shushed. All day I'll be thinking about snot drawings and blue polka dots. “You’re sitting in a pew,” was all it took for me to get my little brother to laugh out loud in church. I once saw a deaf couple signing and thought it was so cool because they could yak all during Mass without being shushed.

All day I’ll be thinking about snot drawings and blue polka dots.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5864 Kimberly Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:46:21 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/02/18/question-of-the-week-masks/#comment-5864 Awww... Personally, I think it matches my "go-get-'em" personality way better than dark champagne blonde... But what does it say about me that I openly tell people that I mask the blonde??? Awww…

Personally, I think it matches my “go-get-’em” personality way better than dark champagne blonde…

But what does it say about me that I openly tell people that I mask the blonde???

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