tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post6441582331154812052..comments2024-01-01T08:56:57.641-08:00Comments on Periphery: Of Blogs and Frogs and One More ElephantTangledLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-82746068957468953662012-01-19T21:19:39.204-08:002012-01-19T21:19:39.204-08:00It's amazing we all didn't die from the to...It's amazing we all didn't die from the toxic chemicals dumped on our heads. Pained expressions, indeed. You should leap blog.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-70798244024327344342012-01-16T20:52:08.696-08:002012-01-16T20:52:08.696-08:00I also spent much of my youth sporting a perm and ...I also spent much of my youth sporting a perm and a pained expression. The pained expression was probably a result of the perm, but I didn't know that then.<br /><br />This leap blog thing looks fascinating! I might have to check it out. Who would ever forget about you?! Not possible.<br /><br />bunakess - that has to mean something, right?Margihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380912871792176901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-7419117777914714942012-01-16T11:18:16.497-08:002012-01-16T11:18:16.497-08:00Ooh! I'm so jealous. I wanted a mohawk, but th...Ooh! I'm so jealous. I wanted a mohawk, but the closest I was allowed to get was a sort of spiky mullet.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-20817159077713936832012-01-16T10:22:44.751-08:002012-01-16T10:22:44.751-08:00I sported a mohawk and a pained expression through...I sported a mohawk and a pained expression through much of my youth. But then, I rarely left Wyoming so it was probably understandable *laughing*.Just Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02861216483398553225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-4908841336691630662012-01-15T22:22:53.930-08:002012-01-15T22:22:53.930-08:00Aww... Zoos make me sad, too.
Living in China mus...Aww... Zoos make me sad, too.<br /><br />Living in China must have been a challenge for you as a teenager...<br />I was there for a month in August of 1991. It included a Yangtze River cruise from Wuhan to Chonqing & was before the Three River Gorges Dam project destroyed all those cities in the Chonqing municipality.<br />I was in my early twenties & loved the trip, but I couldn't even drink the bottled water in China, it tasted of sulfur to me & the soft drinks & juices were unpotable... so sweet. God! I drank beer the whole time because it seemed the safest bet, plus every town was so proud of their brew, haha, but prior to that trip I had never had beer before. Made for interesting times...Lori Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569806921410155798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-57998325983765435312012-01-15T19:54:04.187-08:002012-01-15T19:54:04.187-08:00I knew a man when he was 94 years old who didn'...I knew a man when he was 94 years old who didn't know when he was born, so he chose February 29th so he could hit on women 1/4 his age.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-24587276497302688862012-01-15T19:53:14.856-08:002012-01-15T19:53:14.856-08:00Everyone was a rotten teen in one way or another. ...Everyone was a rotten teen in one way or another. I doubt I "deserved" them, either, I just had no choice but to go where my family went. There were times that my spoiled-y rotten self would rather have just hung out in my friends' basement "like a normal person".TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-88109855000682209332012-01-15T19:51:19.818-08:002012-01-15T19:51:19.818-08:00Mine, too. Here we are at the Great Wall, with Chi...Mine, too. Here we are at the Great Wall, with Chinese perms. Here we are in London, with fresh perms. Here we are at summer camp, with grown-out perms AND sunburns. So hot. Why did we do that to our hair?!TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-9626907420406992402012-01-15T19:49:54.506-08:002012-01-15T19:49:54.506-08:00You should really relish those pregnant photos. Be...You should really relish those pregnant photos. Being pregnant is beautiful. Pregnant and atop a camel? Nigh unto divine.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-39936842369652185752012-01-15T19:48:53.576-08:002012-01-15T19:48:53.576-08:00I agree. We should always ride the elephant. I did...I agree. We should always ride the elephant. I did ride a camel a little later on in the trip. Sadly, the photos of that have been lost, too.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-50212450219209460162012-01-15T19:48:10.244-08:002012-01-15T19:48:10.244-08:00Well, I did go to the zoo this past week and stopp...Well, I did go to the zoo this past week and stopped by the elephants to say hi. It was cold and they were unhappy. The she-elephant just kept shaking her head back and forth. Imagine! Being scolded by an elephant.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-72546865528292367972012-01-15T19:46:46.888-08:002012-01-15T19:46:46.888-08:00Yay! Have fun with Leap Blogging!Yay! Have fun with Leap Blogging!TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-70934795924870895602012-01-15T19:46:09.341-08:002012-01-15T19:46:09.341-08:00Hey, thanks! I think by following those two rules,...Hey, thanks! I think by following those two rules, you could get through just about anything.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-88301573434140797532012-01-15T19:26:48.686-08:002012-01-15T19:26:48.686-08:00I have ridden an elephant at the Sonoma County Fai...I have ridden an elephant at the Sonoma County Fair, with my three sons, and it was as good as it gets, the fulfillment of a life's ambition. And being born in 1952, one of my best friends in high school, who accompanied me on my voyage of discovery upon graduation, was born February 29th. He managed to survive the excitement of it all.Mark O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295762252612104201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-43721952295221216302012-01-15T19:00:11.434-08:002012-01-15T19:00:11.434-08:00I have a picture of myself sporting a perm and pai...I have a picture of myself sporting a perm and pained expression... I was such a rotten teen, I would never have deserved any of the amazing experiences you all have mentioned.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684796666362470158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-52350301224992939082012-01-15T17:52:24.164-08:002012-01-15T17:52:24.164-08:00I would like to speak of riding elephants, both li...I would like to speak of riding elephants, both literal and figurative. Alas, the pharse, "sporting perms and pained expressions" is a much more accurate description of whole stretches of my youth.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-18975568586173733752012-01-15T17:31:43.943-08:002012-01-15T17:31:43.943-08:00I agree with Word Nerd- we should ALWAYS ride the ...I agree with Word Nerd- we should ALWAYS ride the elephant. I was a bit terrified of riding a camel when in Egypt last year, but I am so glad I did. It's kind of hard to get a flattering shot of oneself on a camel, especially when one is 5 months pregnant but trying to hide that fact because of political unrest and tension toward foreigners, so I made those photos disappear. I hope to one day not care what I looked like so I can show my kids, in case they are hesitant:)cdnkarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300104667616840616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-11702228507778084132012-01-15T11:35:52.488-08:002012-01-15T11:35:52.488-08:00We should all always ride the elephant. I rode a c...We should all always ride the elephant. I rode a camel once while vacationing with my family the summer before 6th grade. We'd gone to Spain and Africa (which was the only time the family vacation wasn't a U.S. road trip) and my older sister had to pretty much drag my up on the thing, but I did it. I still have the pic and just as I'd envisioned when she was trying to talk me into getting up there, I looked like an idiot. Nerdy girl in a weird, ill-fitted cowboy hat, perched on a camel. Yep. But I'm glad I did it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-76789652468537345602012-01-14T21:19:37.359-08:002012-01-14T21:19:37.359-08:00Haha
Your little sister must have had a premonit...Haha <br /><br />Your little sister must have had a premonition <br />that one day you'd be a brilliant blogger and <br />wanted to spare herself any future embarrassment. :)<br /><br />I had no idea this was a leap year.<br />Imagine being born on that day...<br /><br />Talk about getting rooked.<br />That's probably even worse than being born on Christmas.<br /><br />Elephants are wonderful majestic creatures, so gentle until stirred.<br />I rode one once.. in Orlando of all places! <br />This is why you keep writing about elephants...<br />You must ride one prontissimo & get it out of your psyche. Haha<br />xoxLori Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569806921410155798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-28118545441403023752012-01-14T20:26:20.456-08:002012-01-14T20:26:20.456-08:00I am writing this down: (1): Always ride the eleph...I am writing this down: (1): Always ride the elephant; and (2): Take pictures. That is great advice both literally and figuratively. Nice blog by the way!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-7839463342047091492012-01-14T17:47:48.990-08:002012-01-14T17:47:48.990-08:00Here I go, I'm about to write a post of a comm...Here I go, I'm about to write a post of a comment, please bear with me: <br />1st, I can't wait to check out the frog link. <br />2nd, I can't wait to check out The Linguist link because I can sooo relate. My father ends up picking up on people's accents (unconsciously) but obviously it doesn't sound natural, and he also tries to Englishize Portuguese words, (much to my horror). <br />3rd. I rode an elephant once. In a zoo. It was..weird. <br />4th. Going to go check out what the whole Leap Blog is about!Larissa T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18054129254135419707noreply@blogger.com