tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post4434872292632065754..comments2023-11-02T02:39:31.982-06:00Comments on What will I ever do with my life?: A non-humorous home-rant. What!?!?Extranjerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13972708570414496825noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-84793460430056585292009-05-01T11:15:00.000-05:002009-05-01T11:15:00.000-05:00spiros - Go ahead, thieve away. It is already stol...spiros - Go ahead, thieve away. It is already stolen property... ;o)<br />I'm definitely fleeing from my worst nightmare - routine and familiarity.Extranjerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972708570414496825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-39516139300945985762009-05-01T10:49:00.000-05:002009-05-01T10:49:00.000-05:00Reading your entry about home made me think about ...Reading your entry about home made me think about that too (maybe steal your subject for a future blog entry in my blog :).<br />Having been born and raised in Greece and lived in the US for the past 11 years home is a very fluid thing for me. Even in the US, I have gone from one area to another during that period, living a basically nomadic life. Home as you said is where you are comfortable, but i have noticed that some people dont like that. My parents hate it and are visibly upset if i say that my place in the US is my home, because for them they want me to say that their house is home...My friends here dont want to hear that Greece is home and my friends there dont want to hear that US is home (each for their own reasons i guess). But not having a home, does that make us dettached from our surroundings? When do we settle in a place? Is the nomadic lifestyle a way of running away and not dealing with things about ourselves and others? Is being a "citizen of the world" the modern day version of the flight part from the "fight or flight" instinct?spiroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119978897123056463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-26540485059373017452009-05-01T02:41:00.000-05:002009-05-01T02:41:00.000-05:00corticoWhat - I don't know whose blog you've been ...corticoWhat - I don't know whose blog you've been reading. The only thing lithe about me is.. uhm.. actually I don't think there is anything. <br /><br />An Open Heart - Heart and dirty tissues.<br /><br />Amanda - I don't think there'll ever be a home for me that is in one place, permanently. I think I'm just going to live out of my purse (the dumping groung of all things disgusting and mysterious) for the rest of my life. <br /><br />julochka - so looking forward to your rant (and more dirty secrets of course)!<br /><br />B - I think you should move somewhere really far away and slightly dangerous. My mom has gone from 'what is wrong with living in Finland?' to 'why can't you live in Copenhagen?'. Now she would be okay with me being on the same continent.<br />Oh, and thanks so much for the idea!Extranjerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972708570414496825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-68999375103197903602009-04-30T18:18:00.000-05:002009-04-30T18:18:00.000-05:00Glad you "stole" this topic from me! :) It's inter...Glad you "stole" this topic from me! :) It's interesting to see how another extranjera sees this. I brought back some more books from Spain last weekend, so I guess England is closer to being home now. <br />I hate it, hate it, hate it when people in Spain ask me when I'm coming back as in "When are you going to stop this madness of living somewhere else? Stop being a naughty child and come back already?"<br />Most of my friends cannot believe that I'd actually choose to live outside Spain, and truly think I'm crazy. Maybe I am! Is that such a bad thing?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371082850268120153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-3438363095210703672009-04-30T14:00:00.000-05:002009-04-30T14:00:00.000-05:00p.s. of course blogosphere is a word. i invented i...p.s. of course blogosphere is a word. i invented it. :-) (and al gore invented the internet.)julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-30149841020118810632009-04-30T13:57:00.000-05:002009-04-30T13:57:00.000-05:00B's post has me thinking about home too, so i'm no...B's post has me thinking about home too, so i'm no doubt likely to post one of these myself soon (quite possibly including a mild rant against the inhospitabilty of the danes as well). i try to remain haughty and snobbish towards them and use their own sarcasm and irony against them whenever possible. oh, and the swearing. i do love that about them, tho'. anyway, i'll go on and on about that on my own blog.<br /><br />i too agree that my home is where my books are. and where no one complains about how much i drink and of course, it's where i keep the hendrick's (loved by a small handful of people, all over the world). and for me, it's an ancient orange chenille robe with a rather shocking hole in the back of it that i really should fix. oh, and my blankie. yes, i have a blankie. it's in such bad shape, i am able to travel with a small piece of it. so i can sleep.<br /><br />wow, i'm not even drinking and i'm admitting my darkest secrets here for all to see on your blog (usually i only do that on my own).<br /><br />anyway, good post and has me thinking, as B's did, about my own conceptions of home. it's something one thinks about when one is living far from where one grew up. even if it's by choice.julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-87967782391464982922009-04-30T11:53:00.000-05:002009-04-30T11:53:00.000-05:00As a person who grew up in this town and now have ...As a person who grew up in this town and now have moved back to it, home is also an interesting subject for me.<br /><br />Is home the place where my highschool bedroom was (but is no longer where my parents live); is home where my parents have since moved (in this same town); is home where I now live with my own family (right dowmn the road from my parents' old and new homes)?<br /><br />I feel like my home is in this community where I am. I don't LOVE my house, I will move from it someday, but I will stay right here, in this same community, my home.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090184398267603913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-67677297166044173052009-04-30T10:38:00.000-05:002009-04-30T10:38:00.000-05:00Hmmm....so home is where the heart is, fits. I'm ...Hmmm....so home is where the heart is, fits. I'm at home reading your blog.....Thanks!An Open Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581361716412644419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-37270067503675891032009-04-30T10:31:00.000-05:002009-04-30T10:31:00.000-05:00Reading your blog has forced me to create a mental...Reading your blog has forced me to create a mental image of you. I now must never meet you lest you fail to be the lithe goddess in the lacy french apron I imagine you to be. Cheers! :)corticoWhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559817788925682627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-90892313091120214702009-04-30T09:44:00.000-05:002009-04-30T09:44:00.000-05:00Dutcbaby - Welcome. Hope my advice is worth anythi...Dutcbaby - Welcome. Hope my advice is worth anything.<br /><br />iasa - Welcome also. I think I've arrived to the conclusion now that my home just is. Can't really find a better definition. <br /><br />Always wanted to go to Belize, but went to Guatemala and Panama instead, and now the distance is no longer doable for a weekend getaway...Extranjerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972708570414496825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-14725640007505333462009-04-30T09:12:00.000-05:002009-04-30T09:12:00.000-05:00I'm back in roughly the same area I started life i...I'm back in roughly the same area I started life in. I never consider Texas my home. I am here because my boys father is and I would never take them away from him. But my home is in Belize. only 43 days until i get to go home for a visit, but i'm not counting the minutes or anything.iasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199686429685990360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-85876943029706821072009-04-30T07:31:00.000-05:002009-04-30T07:31:00.000-05:00"Home is where my books are." I love that! Home is..."Home is where my books are." I love that! Home is Palo Alto and I have no intention of leaving. I've lived in many places and I'm elated here. <br /><br />I love your writing style - so natural. I can't believe English is not your native tongue. <br /><br />I would love to ask you some questions about Jo'berg offline. Could you please give me a jingle at my e-mail? godutchbaby at yahoo dot com. Thanks.Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.com