tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post6635429156760104654..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Liebster II: New and ImprovedThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-11327063956732252202013-04-26T06:48:34.683-04:002013-04-26T06:48:34.683-04:00My pleasure! I eagerly await your responses.My pleasure! I eagerly await your responses.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-53354895636111462862013-04-26T05:22:47.066-04:002013-04-26T05:22:47.066-04:00Wow! Thanks so much for passing this award on to m...Wow! Thanks so much for passing this award on to me, I am flattered you have chosen my blog. I will also wait until after A-Z to post my answers to your questions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678216576112327332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-29231160754086733472013-04-25T22:14:02.898-04:002013-04-25T22:14:02.898-04:00My pleasure. I eagerly await!My pleasure. I eagerly await!The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-67242452823971130312013-04-25T22:05:23.457-04:002013-04-25T22:05:23.457-04:00Thanks for the nod! I've written my quick answ...Thanks for the nod! I've written my quick answers but will wait to post proper until after the A to Z challenge...I wonder if my answers will stay the same!!!MOCK!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02854497329647596811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-75720371010949737762013-04-25T21:57:34.750-04:002013-04-25T21:57:34.750-04:00My current tech interests also stem from a desire ...My current tech interests also stem from a desire to make myself more useful. Right now, a lot of responsibility falls to my colleague - the drama guy - simply because he knows more about all of that stuff than I do. If he teaches me some of it, we can share the burden more equally.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-52048143678514351922013-04-25T21:23:28.440-04:002013-04-25T21:23:28.440-04:00I can completely relate to that. I think most peop...I can completely relate to that. I think most people probably can.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-72265031318983249872013-04-25T19:22:14.174-04:002013-04-25T19:22:14.174-04:00It's situational. There are instances in whic...It's situational. There are instances in which I am quite shy, and others when I thrive on the crowd. If I feel like I know what I'm doing, I'm usually fine.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-39445430360687308432013-04-25T18:18:33.018-04:002013-04-25T18:18:33.018-04:00OOOOOOOOOOh. Okay. Well, gosh, I'm framing you...OOOOOOOOOOh. Okay. Well, gosh, I'm framing you differently all of a sudden because the whole Binkley thing has been at the forefront of my imagination with your personality. Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-80508463217279614182013-04-25T15:19:49.196-04:002013-04-25T15:19:49.196-04:00I've done cross-country and enjoyed it. Snowsh...I've done cross-country and enjoyed it. Snowshoeing is even better.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-9779376394758187072013-04-25T15:17:57.372-04:002013-04-25T15:17:57.372-04:00A minor in geography sounds wonderful.A minor in geography sounds wonderful.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-80123115759406450732013-04-25T15:15:40.134-04:002013-04-25T15:15:40.134-04:00It was not the attention I minded. I am a singer, ...It was not the attention I minded. I am a singer, after all - vanity in ample supply. I resented direction (the particular director may have been the problem) and truly hated the stress. My relationship with my girlfriend at the time suffered greatly.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-88870853821149210672013-04-25T14:53:42.509-04:002013-04-25T14:53:42.509-04:00I've lived in Maine and Colorado now, and I do...I've lived in Maine and Colorado now, and I don't ski. I would prefer cross-country skiing, because it isn't insane.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-45509810153454095782013-04-25T14:45:15.527-04:002013-04-25T14:45:15.527-04:00Congrats on the Liebster! I've lived in Color...Congrats on the Liebster! I've lived in Colorado most of my life and only been skiing twice. Totally get you on that one. I also studied cartography in college as part of my minor in geography. I love maps and probably have National Geographic to thank for that as well. :)Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-91224564346084382552013-04-25T14:20:35.100-04:002013-04-25T14:20:35.100-04:00As a teen, I loved the limelight. Particularly whe...As a teen, I loved the limelight. Particularly when I had a funny role. Senior year, I relished playing Cecily Cardew in Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'<br /><br />As a teacher, I had two students, 8th grade boys named John and Gary, would have sooner come to school in purple underwear and a Navajo headdress than be on stage in the play. Well. Bad comparison. I'm sure they would have been deeply averse to both scenarios. In any event, *they* were my sound and light boys (I taught at a very small private school) and they astounded me with their capacity for timing. You know how you say, 'I brought my hand down and people sang' ? Well, dropping my hand and having this incredibly shy brace-faced kid who, above all things, loved 'Ender's Game' and *not* being called on in class start the 'Kids in America' intro the microsecond my hammy Cleopatra finished her jokey crying babies and cell phone schpiel as the curtain came up behind her was unspeakably satisfying. It's all in The Moment.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm pretty sure you would have made a perfect John or Gary. :)Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-8370799903091253222013-04-25T13:54:47.473-04:002013-04-25T13:54:47.473-04:00I might have known you were a techy!
There were g...I might have known you were a techy!<br /><br />There were good reasons for why I only did one show in high school. I really did NOT enjoy it, despite the fact that I had a pretty good part. The stress leading up to a show really was not for me. I wonder, though, if I might have felt differently about the whole operation if I'd gone the tech route instead. I had a lot of good friends who did tech.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-11934235336553436842013-04-25T13:12:17.198-04:002013-04-25T13:12:17.198-04:00Obviously.
Squid, I love your goal for the next s...Obviously.<br /><br />Squid, I love your goal for the next six months. Sound and light were one of my absolutely favorite aspects of putting on a show when I taught Drama. I have long wanted to write a novel in which my characters were drama geeks and to explore the back-stage dynamics specifically. A part of me wants to go back to teaching drama in particular, or perhaps being involved in community theatre, so that I can properly write this story that's been quietly gestating for years.<br /><br />Incidentally, one of the last plays I put on with my students was Tim Kelly's, <a href="http://www.fringefestival.org/2011/show/?id=1499" rel="nofollow">'While Shakespeare Slept.'</a> I remember using 'Walk Like an Egyptian' for Cleopatra's entrance into the dream. We used smoke machines, too. Man, it was fun.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-24514364341246059642013-04-25T13:00:29.822-04:002013-04-25T13:00:29.822-04:00My pleasure!My pleasure!The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-38198230609129535372013-04-25T12:59:27.296-04:002013-04-25T12:59:27.296-04:00Thanks for presenting me with the award!Thanks for presenting me with the award!Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-52516848374883616092013-04-25T12:57:02.891-04:002013-04-25T12:57:02.891-04:00Well, obviously since he brought it up, I had to k...Well, obviously since he brought it up, I had to know for sure!The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-27518373462994364332013-04-25T12:55:58.623-04:002013-04-25T12:55:58.623-04:00'A Google search reveals the proper word is ca...'A Google search reveals the proper word is cartophile.'<br /><br />:)Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-9062831172227106212013-04-25T12:55:57.306-04:002013-04-25T12:55:57.306-04:00My pleasure. Enjoy!My pleasure. Enjoy!The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-77975545318770928112013-04-25T12:52:18.437-04:002013-04-25T12:52:18.437-04:00Whoa. Thank you. Very cool. And weird, which makes...Whoa. Thank you. Very cool. And weird, which makes it all the better! millvallison: mary allison tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614797353805689894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-8732572226561507012013-04-25T12:50:20.755-04:002013-04-25T12:50:20.755-04:00My pleasure - and I understand. It's a lot of...My pleasure - and I understand. It's a lot of work for this one, though you are most worthy.<br /><br />A Google search reveals the proper word is cartophile.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-24150606727259718552013-04-25T12:43:47.604-04:002013-04-25T12:43:47.604-04:00Thanks for the shout out, Squid! I did this one a ...Thanks for the shout out, Squid! I did this one a long time ago, but I'll just add that I'm a love of maps myself. A real Cartographile, and if that's not a word, it should be. My own love started with Lord of the Rings.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-75903295756587711652013-04-25T12:43:14.529-04:002013-04-25T12:43:14.529-04:00I love so much of his work but for me, "Moons...I love so much of his work but for me, "Moonshadow" is truly magical.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.com