tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post2394968676130560632..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: A Short Drive to a Mid Mid Life CrisisBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-59221666203380745542010-08-04T19:08:16.139-05:002010-08-04T19:08:16.139-05:00Tom--Now, was that supposes to make me feel better...Tom--Now, was that supposes to make me feel better, or worse? Misery loves company, I suppose. Always the same generation to generation, we're just too solipsistic to notice.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-77874498866582482752010-08-02T17:08:03.551-05:002010-08-02T17:08:03.551-05:00the last generation c.bukowski
it was much easier...the last generation c.bukowski<br /><br />it was much easier to be a genius in the 20's<br />there were only 3 or 4 literary magazines and if you got into them you could end up in Gerties parlor<br />you could possibly meet Picasso for a glass of wine<br />or maybe only Miro<br />and yes if you sent your stuff post marked Paris chances of publication became much better<br />most writers tom ehrhardtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53008518150880286752010-08-02T15:52:41.953-05:002010-08-02T15:52:41.953-05:00Rob--Almost human? Hmmm? More human than human.Rob--Almost human? Hmmm? More human than human.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-24476397262202796432010-08-02T14:49:11.289-05:002010-08-02T14:49:11.289-05:00Alright Benjamin?
For a moment there you almost s...Alright Benjamin?<br /><br />For a moment there you almost sounded human.<br /><br />Cheer up fella, mr_subjunctive needs to get off the fence.Rob (ourfrenchgarden)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05087218232138304239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-41736559410604472372010-07-31T11:10:22.606-05:002010-07-31T11:10:22.606-05:00Mr. S. -- Would like that dime mailed or sent in a...Mr. S. -- Would like that dime mailed or sent in a wireless transaction?<br />DG--I know happiness is a made up word or contruct in our society, but being balanced and content is the way to go, and it seem simpossible. I've been fed up for some time, so something more than a vacation--which I can't begin to afford--is what's needed, I think. I don't know how to prepare for it, Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-76344007416353235832010-07-31T09:36:15.154-05:002010-07-31T09:36:15.154-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Folding Tableshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03360385049497239795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-43988751860970495492010-07-30T18:43:58.788-05:002010-07-30T18:43:58.788-05:00Hi Benjamin, this does sound like a midlife crisis...Hi Benjamin, this does sound like a midlife crisis to me, and it sounds like you are emotionally exhausted. Here's the thing:The importance of what you do isn't necessarily measured in how much money or happiness it brings you. Your family, your writing, your teaching all contribute to the world, and who knows what the ripple effect takes from there out into the world. Feelings are debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-35904458432075670892010-07-30T15:56:15.607-05:002010-07-30T15:56:15.607-05:00Alternate plan: perhaps planting a bush of some ki...Alternate plan: perhaps planting a bush of some kind would make you feel better? Something in a non-tree, woody perennial bush, perhaps?mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-6193445700064071032010-07-30T15:49:56.395-05:002010-07-30T15:49:56.395-05:00And gosh darn it some people like me, occasionally...<i>And gosh darn it some people like me, occasionally, if I pay them.</i><br /><br />Then I think we need to have a conversation about some money you owe me.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-70742930031502878522010-07-30T15:21:07.866-05:002010-07-30T15:21:07.866-05:00Mr. S.--Had I not followed the link I'd think ...Mr. S.--Had I not followed the link I'd think you were flirting with me. I AM hot, darn it. And smart. And gosh darn it some people like me, occasionally, if I pay them.<br />Ginny--That is a great story about the novel! I have more than once though about writing something in the style I know is hot right now, just to see if I can get it published and have a nice journal on my byline. I stillBenjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-8360200116874198542010-07-30T12:10:31.590-05:002010-07-30T12:10:31.590-05:00Benjamin,
Thanks for your comment on my blog entr...Benjamin,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment on my blog entry about the Jewel Basin. Perhaps you will get a chance to design massive Oudolf drifts when Monarch Gardens is up and running? At times like this, I like to remember Woddy Allen's quote "Eighty percent of success is showing up." Hang in there. Ordered your book today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-50438269537975845022010-07-30T10:11:06.692-05:002010-07-30T10:11:06.692-05:00Have you heard the story, told some years ago by j...Have you heard the story, told some years ago by journalist Bob Greene, about the writer who, frustrated and discouraged by all of his rejection slips, copied word for word the National Book Award winner's novel from a previous year and submitted it as his own? The reply he received was that it was "reminiscent of (the award winner)" but wasn't up to their standards. The point Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949235207762990894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-2566815879768398232010-07-29T20:48:12.882-05:002010-07-29T20:48:12.882-05:00YOU ARE A MOTHERFUCKING FORCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, YO...YOU ARE A MOTHERFUCKING FORCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU ARE BRILLIANT, AND YOU ARE REALLY FUCKING HOT. <br /><br />(<a href="http://www.therejectionist.com/2010/07/what-form-rejection-means-to-you.html" rel="nofollow">q.v.</a>)mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.com