Comments on: Called Out http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/ Musings and Ramblings from a Not-So-Average Girl Next Door Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elisa Doucette http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Elisa Doucette Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:17 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-1109 Patrick - Thanks for stopping by and adding me to your Reader. Tall order to fill, hope I continue to engage and entertain you! What you wrote was so nice, but yes, as you said we put people on pedestals and it's hard to reach people there when you're on the ground. I never would have known what you said if YOU weren't such a great writer that I voted for you and then went to your blog. And how sad would that have been, for you to write such kind things and then have it slip away unnoticed (for anyone wondering what I'm talking about check out the post linked in Patrick's comment http://www.dmbosstone.com/2009/12/patrick-pho-brazen-careerist-blogger-of-the-year-2009/) I told James Moreau, I don't care that I didn't win, cause the way things worked out I feel like I got something even better than an award to hang on my site. :) Patrick – Thanks for stopping by and adding me to your Reader. Tall order to fill, hope I continue to engage and entertain you!

What you wrote was so nice, but yes, as you said we put people on pedestals and it’s hard to reach people there when you’re on the ground. I never would have known what you said if YOU weren’t such a great writer that I voted for you and then went to your blog. And how sad would that have been, for you to write such kind things and then have it slip away unnoticed (for anyone wondering what I’m talking about check out the post linked in Patrick’s comment http://www.dmbosstone.com/2009/12/patrick-pho-brazen-careerist-blogger-of-the-year-2009/)

I told James Moreau, I don’t care that I didn’t win, cause the way things worked out I feel like I got something even better than an award to hang on my site. :)

]]> By: Patrick http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 Patrick Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:40:29 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-1108 I recently added your blog to my reader and I took Xmas day to catch up with my reader- and I got around to reading some of your recent posts. As I read this one I thought about what I wrote about you earlier and how we sometimes but our heroes and role models on pedestals- no matter how big they really are in life. This is a great post, and I am happy to have discovered your blog! .-= Patrick´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.dmbosstone.com/2009/12/patrick-pho-brazen-careerist-blogger-of-the-year-2009/" rel="nofollow">Nominated: Brazen Careerist Blogger Of The Year 2009</a> =-. I recently added your blog to my reader and I took Xmas day to catch up with my reader- and I got around to reading some of your recent posts. As I read this one I thought about what I wrote about you earlier and how we sometimes but our heroes and role models on pedestals- no matter how big they really are in life.

This is a great post, and I am happy to have discovered your blog!
.-= Patrick´s last blog ..Nominated: Brazen Careerist Blogger Of The Year 2009 =-.

]]> By: mugs http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 mugs Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:14:55 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-1065 really really interesting read .-= mugs´s last blog ..<a href="http://gormano.blogspot.com/2009/12/wake-up-with-me.html" rel="nofollow">Wake Up With Me</a> =-. really really interesting read
.-= mugs´s last blog ..Wake Up With Me =-.

]]> By: Elisa Doucette http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Elisa Doucette Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:36:09 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-910 Thanks so much for stopping by! Yes, I'm always a little surprised to see us all as adults playing out fights from high school. But I guess some things just stay with us (personally, I'm happy Day-Glo and wide legged jeans stayed behind though!) Glad you reached out, looking forward to interacting more in posts to come! Thanks so much for stopping by! Yes, I’m always a little surprised to see us all as adults playing out fights from high school. But I guess some things just stay with us (personally, I’m happy Day-Glo and wide legged jeans stayed behind though!) Glad you reached out, looking forward to interacting more in posts to come!

]]> By: Jocelyn http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Jocelyn Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:22:20 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-909 So maybe blogging is a lot like high school :) Great way of putting it, by the way. I only just discovered your blog, so I haven't had the chance to put you in any level of person except awesome, and that's the way it should be, I think! .-= Jocelyn´s last blog ..<a href="http://jocelynundivided.blogspot.com/2009/12/to-berlin-and-back-again-twice-part-one.html" rel="nofollow">To Berlin and Back Again, Twice: Part One</a> =-. So maybe blogging is a lot like high school :) Great way of putting it, by the way. I only just discovered your blog, so I haven’t had the chance to put you in any level of person except awesome, and that’s the way it should be, I think!
.-= Jocelyn´s last blog ..To Berlin and Back Again, Twice: Part One =-.

]]> By: Elisa Doucette http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Elisa Doucette Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:01:34 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-904 But I do love you for saying it. :) But I do love you for saying it. :)

]]> By: Elisa Doucette http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Elisa Doucette Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:01:09 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-903 I don't think that being able to take compliments goes hand in hand with the right to be on a pedastal. I don't think ANYONE should be on a pedastal. Rarely are they able to live up to the expectations we set for them. And that is what I worry is beginning to happen, when people start talking about how they never thought they could be "at my level" or that I would "ever talk to them." That's just silly. As someone who knows me so well, you KNOW how silly that is. I never said that I'm not any of those things. I actually think I'm pretty swell. But I'm a pretty swell real person. Not an amazingly inaccessible idea of a girl. I don’t think that being able to take compliments goes hand in hand with the right to be on a pedastal. I don’t think ANYONE should be on a pedastal. Rarely are they able to live up to the expectations we set for them. And that is what I worry is beginning to happen, when people start talking about how they never thought they could be “at my level” or that I would “ever talk to them.” That’s just silly. As someone who knows me so well, you KNOW how silly that is.

I never said that I’m not any of those things. I actually think I’m pretty swell. But I’m a pretty swell real person. Not an amazingly inaccessible idea of a girl.

]]> By: Mims http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-902 Mims Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:34:13 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-902 So, you think of yourself as a dork who shouldn't be on a pedestal. O.K. but you are a great person who is handling what life throws at her. Can we ask for more. I think not. Other people have their own perceptions and problems..that is their lives, not yours. You can call yourself out, because you do have the amazing ability to see clarity in most situations. As far as taking compliments, I agree with Amy. You have never taken them well and always shied away from any kind of praise. You are loving, caring honest, and funny. You are intelligent, hard working, and social when you choose. You crave alone time, but you do not shut the world out. You are human and vulnerable, but so levelheaded, it astounds me. I am not pedestaling you, I am telling you som e hard truths you need to accept about yourself. Also you can cook..... So, you think of yourself as a dork who shouldn’t be on a pedestal. O.K. but you are a great person who is handling what life throws at her. Can we ask for more. I think not. Other people have their own perceptions and problems..that is their lives, not yours. You can call yourself out, because you do have the amazing ability to see clarity in most situations. As far as taking compliments, I agree with Amy. You have never taken them well and always shied away from any kind of praise. You are loving, caring honest, and funny. You are intelligent, hard working, and social when you choose. You crave alone time, but you do not shut the world out. You are human and vulnerable, but so levelheaded, it astounds me. I am not pedestaling you, I am telling you som e hard truths you need to accept about yourself. Also you can cook…..

]]> By: Elisa Doucette http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Elisa Doucette Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:12:15 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-901 Haha, well we all just wanna be big rockstars, right? Thanks for stopping by, I've added YOUR blog to MY reader now and I look forward to seeing more in the future. :) Haha, well we all just wanna be big rockstars, right? Thanks for stopping by, I’ve added YOUR blog to MY reader now and I look forward to seeing more in the future. :)

]]> By: Matt http://www.opheliaswebb.com/2009/11/called-out/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Matt Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:52:38 +0000 http://www.opheliaswebb.com/?p=443#comment-900 A friend of mine shared this post in google reader and I have to say, this post was great. What I respect most about it is your ability to be humble. I think if I was a huge deal online, I would definitely turn into a rock star and start doing unfathomable amounts of drugs. Because thats what rock stars do. .-= Matt´s last blog ..<a href="http://publicintoxication.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/learning-to-fly/" rel="nofollow">Learning to fly</a> =-. A friend of mine shared this post in google reader and I have to say, this post was great. What I respect most about it is your ability to be humble. I think if I was a huge deal online, I would definitely turn into a rock star and start doing unfathomable amounts of drugs.

Because thats what rock stars do.
.-= Matt´s last blog ..Learning to fly =-.

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