tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5957241273664759629..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Lost In TranslationAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31721279231589619922010-12-17T07:09:37.110-05:002010-12-17T07:09:37.110-05:00Hi Garce,
I'm not aware of anyone having done...Hi Garce,<br /><br />I'm not aware of anyone having done a profile for writer. Something like the Strong Interest Inventory doesn't really cover it. I like the idea though: writers who write so that can puzzle out what the rest of the world takes for granted and readers who read to find themselves reflected and explained in the text.Mike Kimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002309169478171450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-65644793531522404232010-12-17T04:31:08.567-05:002010-12-17T04:31:08.567-05:00Hi Ellen,
I think this is great time of year to u...Hi Ellen,<br /><br />I think this is great time of year to understand who you are and who you want to become. <br /><br />I took a look at your site. Nice work.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting.Mike Kimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002309169478171450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-11319181554272423952010-12-17T04:29:21.467-05:002010-12-17T04:29:21.467-05:00Hi Kathleen,
I'm glad you liked the story. I&...Hi Kathleen,<br /><br />I'm glad you liked the story. I'm going to work it up a bit and see what comes of it.<br /><br />Naughty but nice doesn't matter so much but I was surprised at how difficult I found it to generate a nice light festive piece with just a little bit of naughtiness to it.Mike Kimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002309169478171450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-43003978961198519942010-12-17T04:09:39.862-05:002010-12-17T04:09:39.862-05:00Hi Lisabet,
thank you. Actually, the sociopath la...Hi Lisabet,<br /><br />thank you. Actually, the sociopath label (while it probably isn't accurate) wouldn't bother me.<br /><br />Sociopaths have been given a bad reputation by TV shows. <br /><br />Psychopaths are the ones who are unable to evaluate the consequences of their actions by any moral code. <br /><br />Sociopaths understand morality quite well,they just don't feel any more bound by societal ethics than by rules that say that you shouldn't wear white after memorial day.<br /><br />This means that someone with a sociopath profile has to choose their morality, otherwise it doesn't take.<br /><br />I like to think that I'd have been welcome in Slytherin but chose Ravenclaw instead.:-)Mike Kimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002309169478171450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-245551369191091472010-12-16T17:53:06.079-05:002010-12-16T17:53:06.079-05:00Hi Mike
I thought the way the lady tester describ...Hi Mike<br /><br />I thought the way the lady tester described you was less the description of a sociopath and more that of a writer. Writers I think have a internal solitude and they do what - observe people and try to understand why they do what they do, and they control situations by what - creating them in their imagination and more or less controlling their outcomes.<br /><br />As far as naughty and nice, I'm not sure what it means either, other than as you say, skirting along the edges of the acceptable.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6933508275144766672010-12-16T14:48:40.463-05:002010-12-16T14:48:40.463-05:00Normal,I hate this word! It only exists in TV. I a...Normal,I hate this word! It only exists in TV. I am proud, that I'm not normal~ I was a good girl always followed the rules. I like marching to the beat of a different drum, my way! I don't want to be a cookie cutter mold.<br /><br /> Strong words, which I doubt, distracted and detached might be more like it! We need to meet our people, to allow our soul to open. Pain can cause this revolving door to open n' close. <br />Naught n' nice, mixed metaphors, that can work, like the fine line between love n' hate. <br /><br />Lost in translation, aren't we all at this time of year~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-59110799526385088842010-12-16T11:04:19.210-05:002010-12-16T11:04:19.210-05:00Mike - I enjoyed your story. Does naughty or nice ...Mike - I enjoyed your story. Does naughty or nice even matter?Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-57138877740950731552010-12-16T06:20:48.401-05:002010-12-16T06:20:48.401-05:00Hello, Mike,
I see what you mean...This is a terr...Hello, Mike,<br /><br />I see what you mean...This is a terrific riff on the hypocrisy behind the bandied-about Christmas phrase, but it's certainly not nice and would only be considered naughty by someone who was harboring even more extreme visions. <br /><br />Still, I'm not sure I believe you're a "borderline sociopath" - and I've known you a long time and read quite a bit of your work. The reason I say this is that you have a strong moral sense, which comes out in everything you write (sometimes in your characters, sometimes in the omniscient observer who presents them). <br /><br />I've always thought that normal was over-rated.<br /><br />Warmly,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com