Off the Cuff / My Blog Book (Book)

Get Started | Writing.Com 101 | F.A.Q. | News | Need Help?

Sign up now for a
Free Email Account &
your own Online
Writing Portfolio!

Blog Calendar

<< February >>
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29
Complete archive \| RSS

More Blogs

Reading |

Authors |

Writing

Reviews

Things To Do & Read

Browse By Type

Browse By Genre

Writing Resources

Who's Online?

Members: 196
Guests: 1506

Total Online Now: 1702

View Members

Writing.Com Time

Wednesday
February 15, 2012
5:35am EST

>> Book >> Personal >> ID #932976 | Show Details

Off the Cuff / My Blog Book

Impromptu writing...whatever comes...

Rated:
13+

Joy--Happy ♥ Day

Avg Rating:

(12)

Members With Expired Upgrades
Are you an ANGEL? Here's a list of Members who could use a tiny bit of your magic touch!

Poetry Contest - Win $1000
Free Entry, Possible Publication. 116 Prizes. Ends Soon. Enter Now!

Writing.Com Sponsored Links

I've been blogging all through my days without knowing that it was blogging; although, this isn't necessarily the only thing I do without knowing what I'm doing.

Since I write on anything that's available around me, my life has been full of pieces of scribbled paper flying about like confetti. I'm so happy to finally have a permanent place to chew the fat.

So far my chewing the fat is on and off.

Maybe, I lack teeth.

Feel free to comment, if you wish.

Thank you very much, Cindy, for this honor and the beautiful graphic.

Show most recent blog comments.

10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

5 Days 19 Hours ago, in response to "“Who in your life told you, you were worthless?”"

Joy--Happy ♥ Day

said:

(((Alfred)))
It is a curse. It needs a lot of anti-hex power to undo it.
Surely, "knowing who" doesn't help in itself, but it is the first step.
In your words, "no longer trying to attain their approval" must be achieved whether they are dead or alive.
But I am looking at it this way. You were very young, very vulnerable, and very impressionable. It left huge scars that still bleed. Yet, you still disproved them. You made something of yourself, and IMHO, something great and very valuable. You must hang on to your successes, not your failures and not other people's opinions/words.
After all, parents, when they talk to you about their children's sensibilities, can be wrong, too. I know I have been wrong in assessing some of my children's negatives and positives, and believe me, I tried my hardest raising my two kids. What is inside a human being is impossible to detect.

6 Days 1 Hour ago, in response to "“Who in your life told you, you were worthless?”"

alfred booth, wanbli ska

said:

Knowing the answer to that question has never helped me.

Now both of my parents harboring those statements are dead. I feel a certain relief at no longer trying to attain their approval, but the inherent insecurity, especially as a man incapable of truly loving, is a real part of who I am.

I know I am a competent piano teacher, but all it takes is one parent who tells me I'm not in tune enough with her child's sensitivities to be an efficient teacher for the doubt to return at a fortissimo. And that's enough to make me forget that for the other 30 students this year, I am sufficiently in tune with their personalities to do what's necessary to help them learn.

48 Days 14 Hours ago, in response to "Jane Eyre is a pushover!"

Joy--Happy ♥ Day

said:

Thanks, Alfred.

I don't like hiding things if the relationship is a true one, especially if those things have to do with the relationship. Unsaid things, yes, maybe, and only if not to hurt the significant other's feelings. Even in such a case, I can't stand for or forgive any meticulous effort to conceal those.
Being upfront is healthier for our relationships and our bodies, as deception requires too much effort to maintain, and it drains energy away from our immune systems, according to Robert Trivers, and evolutionary biologist.
Btw, the dream was for real and it surprised me because the idea of muse was always foreign to me.

49 Days 1 Hour ago, in response to "Jane Eyre is a pushover!"

alfred booth, wanbli ska

said:

This is such fun, Joy. Well written, contemporary and there's the mildest hint of a morale. We all have spouses hidden in secret gardens; sometimes they are ex-spouses, sometimes they are the dreams we had for our actual spouses, or regrets that we chose wrong.

63 Days 11 Hours ago, in response to "Life Force"

Katya in Lurv

said:

What a wonderful thing!--the bean, your experience of it, and the poem!

I had a brief, lovely chat with a woman named Summer this weekend, about this energy and life force! She uses it to make her art, painting on silk. Silk, she says, contains lots of energy because of how it is made, the silkworms, etc. Fascinating!

65 Days 5 Hours ago, in response to "Life Force"

njames51

said:

If I put a pinto bean in a little pot, it will develop into a vine? God is awesome. Will try that tomorrow.

65 Days 5 Hours ago, in response to "Uber local?"

njames51

said:

Asymmetrical - I do agree, as English (olde English) had to develop from olde European or even Prussia, the eastern countries. Where the "unlaten" dots over some letters, I have no clue. Except for leaders who wished to emphasize their strength and use of power in words. Hitler, especially screamed his phonicular sometimes off syllbles diatribes. Normal modern German yourth are quite subdued and soft-spoken in their language; and indeed incorporate American slang within their sentences. Any idea from Nietzche even now turns my stomach. I am glad America dropped the umlaten from these radical hate field terms. Those punctuations are used now merely for German words like "gummy bears" Where the unlaten is prounounced above the letter "u".

But I totally agree with you Asymmetrical.

65 Days 7 Hours ago, in response to "Life Force"

Asymmetrical

said:

I agree; these things are quite wonderful. A simple bag of lentils will produce a month's worth of tasty sprouts.

65 Days 7 Hours ago, in response to "Uber local?"

Asymmetrical

said:

Hmm, the usage in English would seem to be related to both "hyper-" and "super-". Urban-wiki-something-or-other says its usage in English originated with Nietzche's Übermensch. I'm sure we use the prefix in ways Germans wouldn't dream of. But as the saying goes, "Anything that works!"

71 Days 8 Hours ago, in response to "Writers Need Editors or Good Editing (IMHO)"

njames51

said:

I cannot tell you how many times I have found errors, not only in spelling, punctuation, but in just awkward, wacky sentence structure, in best selling books edited and published by major houses. I doubt it's the type-setter...it's the EDITOR. Either they speed read, or they assume Grisham, King, or even Erma Bombeck know how to do a great job. WRONG!

#333. “Who in your life told you, you were worthless?”
---->> ID #746661 entered on 02-08-12 @ 7:20 pm EST

#332. Writing Resolutions
---->> ID #743249 entered on 01-03-12 @ 6:36 pm EST

#331. Jane Eyre is a pushover!
---->> ID #742632 entered on 12-27-11 @ 1:40 pm EST

#330. Jane Eyre is a pushover!
---->> ID #742631 entered on 12-27-11 @ 1:49 pm EST

#329. Life Force
---->> ID #741525 entered on 12-11-11 @ 12:42 pm EST

#328. Uber local?
---->> ID #740758 entered on 11-30-11 @ 2:28 pm EST

#327. NaNo 2011 - Done!
---->> ID #740436 entered on 11-26-11 @ 11:27 am EST

#326. Writers Need Editors or Good Editing (IMHO)
---->> ID #735267 entered on 09-29-11 @ 1:51 pm EDT

#325. Hats Off to All Teachers
---->> ID #731970 entered on 08-19-11 @ 3:56 pm EDT

#324. Is literature (reading) dead?
---->> ID #731611 entered on 08-16-11 @ 12:06 am EDT

#323. Being Asked for Advice…
---->> ID #731162 entered on 08-10-11 @ 1:03 pm EDT

#322. WdC is Writer’s Montessori School !
---->> ID #730689 entered on 08-04-11 @ 5:02 pm EDT

#321. E-Mail "Noncommercial, nonfat, and gluten-free"
---->> ID #729844 entered on 07-27-11 @ 11:39 am EDT

#320. John Truby
---->> ID #729081 entered on 07-19-11 @ 1:58 pm EDT

#319. Writing 110 years ago...We're so, so lucky!
---->> ID #728569 entered on 07-13-11 @ 3:51 pm EDT

#318. Commenting on Quotes
---->> ID #728367 entered on 07-10-11 @ 7:40 pm EDT

#317. Pottermore: Harry Potter+Reader on web and for free
---->> ID #726904 entered on 06-23-11 @ 10:48 am EDT

#316. Steph's book: The Wolf's Torment
---->> ID #726470 entered on 06-17-11 @ 6:14 pm EDT

#315. Talk of the Town
---->> ID #726292 entered on 06-15-11 @ 4:41 pm EDT

#314. Sherri Gibson's Book
---->> ID #726053 entered on 06-17-11 @ 6:43 pm EDT

#313. Ben's Book
---->> ID #725967 entered on 06-17-11 @ 6:46 pm EDT

#312. "We Got Him!"
---->> ID #723439 entered on 05-03-11 @ 12:47 pm EDT

#311. You couldn’t make all this up!
---->> ID #721753 entered on 04-07-11 @ 1:25 pm EDT

#310. Notes and Thoughts
---->> ID #721436 entered on 04-03-11 @ 6:40 pm EDT

#309. Odyssey...What's in a name?
---->> ID #721011 entered on 03-31-11 @ 12:50 am EDT

#308. Main Street and the Irony
---->> ID #720570 entered on 03-26-11 @ 1:04 pm EDT

#307. Just a writer...
---->> ID #720348 entered on 03-23-11 @ 1:44 pm EDT

#306. Cooking...
---->> ID #720024 entered on 03-18-11 @ 4:23 pm EDT

#305. Cooking...
---->> ID #720025 entered on 03-18-11 @ 4:13 pm EDT

#304. From the Left Side of Life
---->> ID #719717 entered on 03-13-11 @ 7:39 pm EDT

#303. Mourning for the Fall of a Titan - Borders
---->> ID #718145 entered on 02-19-11 @ 7:01 pm EST

#302. Really Old Stories
---->> ID #717161 entered on 02-03-11 @ 2:52 pm EST

#301. Passion for Reading and Pat Conroy
---->> ID #716567 entered on 01-26-11 @ 6:36 pm EST

#300. Ghosts Haunting Characters
---->> ID #716170 entered on 01-22-11 @ 7:08 pm EST

#299. Happy 172nd Birthday, Paul Cezanne!
---->> ID #715948 entered on 01-19-11 @ 5:06 pm EST

#298. End of November
---->> ID #712504 entered on 11-28-10 @ 12:23 am EST

#297. End of November
---->> ID #712503 entered on 11-28-10 @ 12:23 am EST

#296. Chapbook opportunity for Poets-in Nov.
---->> ID #708801 entered on 10-19-10 @ 10:39 am EDT

#295. On Creativity
---->> ID #706357 entered on 09-17-10 @ 4:14 pm EDT

#294. Reading, Writing, E-Readers and such…
---->> ID #700104 entered on 06-25-10 @ 10:19 pm EDT

#293. "Re:Joyce" and The African Queen
---->> ID #699975 entered on 06-24-10 @ 1:15 am EDT

#292. "Re:Joyce" and The African Queen
---->> ID #699974 entered on 06-24-10 @ 1:15 am EDT

#291. Proverbs
---->> ID #699488 entered on 06-17-10 @ 2:34 pm EDT

#290. Fiction Writer's Mantra
---->> ID #699340 entered on 06-15-10 @ 7:31 pm EDT

#289. Reading...
---->> ID #699092 entered on 06-13-10 @ 7:26 pm EDT

#288. Story Templates?
---->> ID #697954 entered on 06-02-10 @ 3:44 pm EDT

#287. EeeewWW! A two-year old smokes?
---->> ID #697489 entered on 05-27-10 @ 5:04 pm EDT

#286. Order of Adjectives before a Noun
---->> ID #696785 entered on 05-21-10 @ 11:56 am EDT

#285. WdC’s weekly writing goals on FB
---->> ID #695860 entered on 05-11-10 @ 3:22 pm EDT

#284. WdC’s goal setting on Sundays on FB & my labor pains
---->> ID #695003 entered on 05-02-10 @ 8:29 pm EDT

#283. May Day, May Day! Have a Happy May Day!
---->> ID #694881 entered on 05-01-10 @ 3:29 pm EDT

#282. A Story A Day in May 2010
---->> ID #694668 entered on 04-29-10 @ 1:43 pm EDT

#281. On the Web
---->> ID #694197 entered on 04-25-10 @ 1:36 pm EDT

#280. April, the poetry month
---->> ID #693261 entered on 04-15-10 @ 1:46 pm EDT

#279. Prius and cosmic rays...
---->> ID #691349 entered on 03-25-10 @ 8:23 pm EDT

#278. Computers vs. GM cars
---->> ID #691251 entered on 03-24-10 @ 5:15 pm EDT

#277. Fox News Poll
---->> ID #691079 entered on 03-22-10 @ 11:32 pm EDT

#276. Wind
---->> ID #690207 entered on 03-13-10 @ 11:50 pm EST

#275. Stephen King on Short Stories (video)
---->> ID #690123 entered on 03-13-10 @ 12:39 am EST

#274. Rain
---->> ID #690109 entered on 03-12-10 @ 8:02 pm EST

#273. Pat Conroy interview (youtube)
---->> ID #689667 entered on 03-08-10 @ 11:45 am EST

#272. Writing/Reading: Just for Today (My mind may change later)
---->> ID #688942 entered on 02-28-10 @ 7:29 pm EST

#271. Gunning the Writers
---->> ID #687493 entered on 02-14-10 @ 1:12 pm EST

#270. Pet Peeves
---->> ID #687327 entered on 02-12-10 @ 6:57 pm EST

#269. Sestina
---->> ID #682708 entered on 01-06-10 @ 5:42 pm EST

#268. Dean Koontz Video Link
---->> ID #681311 entered on 12-28-09 @ 5:19 pm EST

#267. Love Thy Errors --NOT!
---->> ID #680276 entered on 12-17-09 @ 11:00 pm EST

#266. Phew!
---->> ID #678067 entered on 11-29-09 @ 6:43 pm EST

#265. NaNo...and then again!
---->> ID #676432 entered on 11-16-09 @ 6:14 pm EST

#264. NaNo, once more; what else?
---->> ID #676075 entered on 11-13-09 @ 9:01 pm EST

#263. Again, NaNo!
---->> ID #675931 entered on 11-12-09 @ 6:23 pm EST

#262. More of Nano and stuff.
---->> ID #675756 entered on 11-11-09 @ 12:54 pm EST

#261. Ida and NaNo
---->> ID #675326 entered on 11-08-09 @ 4:30 pm EST

#260. Paradox
---->> ID #675077 entered on 11-06-09 @ 5:13 pm EST

#259. A Bit of NaNo Fun...
---->> ID #674723 entered on 11-04-09 @ 2:16 pm EST

#258. Nov. 3, 2009 - NaNo update
---->> ID #674529 entered on 11-03-09 @ 11:35 am EST

#257. October 31--Oh, oh!
---->> ID #674020 entered on 10-31-09 @ 1:33 pm EDT

#256. Halloween
---->> ID #673903 entered on 10-30-09 @ 1:57 pm EDT

#255. Nano Schedule
---->> ID #673659 entered on 10-28-09 @ 4:45 pm EDT

#254. Weird News
---->> ID #673057 entered on 10-23-09 @ 11:38 pm EDT

#253. NaNo? Me? I'm shocked!
---->> ID #672399 entered on 10-19-09 @ 1:09 pm EDT

#252. Writing and Influence
---->> ID #671433 entered on 10-12-09 @ 1:05 pm EDT

#251. Nobel gone haywire?
---->> ID #671073 entered on 10-09-09 @ 2:35 pm EDT

#250. 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature
---->> ID #670984 entered on 10-08-09 @ 7:31 pm EDT

#249. WdC on the Windowsill
---->> ID #669970 entered on 09-30-09 @ 11:51 pm EDT

#248. Ragweed
---->> ID #669326 entered on 09-26-09 @ 9:36 am EDT

#247. Clouds
---->> ID #669005 entered on 09-23-09 @ 7:54 pm EDT

#246. Have they been wrong or what!
---->> ID #667686 entered on 09-14-09 @ 11:04 am EDT

#245. Visionary Fiction
---->> ID #664343 entered on 08-19-09 @ 7:16 pm EDT

#244. Less is more and other axioms…or?
---->> ID #663517 entered on 08-13-09 @ 7:55 pm EDT

#243. Spur-of-the-moment Ideas on Writing and Reviewing
---->> ID #663394 entered on 08-12-09 @ 11:25 pm EDT

#242. Music!
---->> ID #662732 entered on 08-08-09 @ 1:16 pm EDT

#241. In Public Service,,,
---->> ID #656120 entered on 06-25-09 @ 11:03 am EDT

#240. Voices -- high on finance
---->> ID #655881 entered on 06-23-09 @ 8:36 pm EDT

#239. More lessons from reading
---->> ID #654545 entered on 06-15-09 @ 10:03 pm EDT

#238. Reading for Writing
---->> ID #654080 entered on 06-11-09 @ 4:01 pm EDT

#237. Crabby
---->> ID #653373 entered on 06-06-09 @ 12:03 am EDT

#236. 77 Sunset Strip
---->> ID #651157 entered on 05-29-09 @ 6:45 pm EDT

#235. Water DD
---->> ID #650137 entered on 05-16-09 @ 5:28 pm EDT

#234. Books Once Loved
---->> ID #642246 entered on 03-25-09 @ 10:10 pm EDT

Previous ... -1- 2 3 4 ... Next

© Copyright 2012 Joy--Happy ♥ Day (UN: joycag at Writing.Com). All rights reserved.
Joy--Happy ♥ Day has granted Writing.Com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work.

Advertise With Us * Linking To Writing.Com * Frequently Asked Questions
Privacy Statement * Copyright Policy * Online Creative Writing * Terms of Service * Close An Account
Resources: Genre Listing, Copyrights, Self Publishing, Web Hosting, Writing Classes, Writing Prompts, Newsletters

Copyright 2000 - 2011 21 x 20 Media
All rights reserved. This site is property of 21 x 20 Media
All Writing.Com images are copyrighted and may not be copied / modified in any way.
All other brand names & trademarks are owned by their respective companies.
Writing.Com is proud to be hosted by INetU Managed Hosting since 2000.
Please post questions in our support forum. Site Archive

Places of Interest: Unique Wedding Invitations for wedding needs. Fax Machines and Color Copiers found here.
Baby Names can be hard to pick. Finally - Clean, hygenic toilet seats covers. Body Piercing anyone?
Memories in your hand with photo book printing. Dramatic Music rocks. Vampires are people to. Astronomy for star searchers.
A Mortgage Calculator for those refinancing. Scrapbooking is fun! Write Poetry here. Try this Stock Market quiz.
Teaching is a noble job. Everyone loves Pets. Information on Tax Refunds. Appetots is all about Kids Food. Wiggly is a worm.

(This page generated in 0.856 seconds.)