Mediocrity
A ramble...20 total reviews
Comment from Espresso momma
Yes it certainly does my friend! I'll take the whatever age that comes along as long as I can keep walking anyway. You did a great job on this one, thank you for a great fun read.
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2012
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Yes it certainly does my friend! I'll take the whatever age that comes along as long as I can keep walking anyway. You did a great job on this one, thank you for a great fun read.
Comment Written 15-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2012
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Of course we all strive to be in that top 50 % and I suspect you've always been there.
Comment from Realist101
Hi Ingrid! I think the stores need to go by whether or not we have a disability card for parking. That way anyone who even FEELS old can get discounts! And whether we know it or not most of us are mediocre, many are legends only in their own minds. :) This tho, is a heartfelt, true to life essay on reality. Nice work! hug, Susan
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2012
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Hi Ingrid! I think the stores need to go by whether or not we have a disability card for parking. That way anyone who even FEELS old can get discounts! And whether we know it or not most of us are mediocre, many are legends only in their own minds. :) This tho, is a heartfelt, true to life essay on reality. Nice work! hug, Susan
Comment Written 15-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2012
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You should make that suggestion to your favourite stores. It's a good one.
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Hi Ingrid! Oh, I would if they'd listen! No one ever listens to me! It's ok tho. I prefer the sidelines. x. S.
Comment from DALLAS01
I love this because I have often pondered my middle of the road philosophy. Wondering if it is the golden path to compromise which I used to tell myself was (fair) or if I chose to live in the gray area to avoid conflict and ridicule?
I tried to find some pride in mediocrity, giving myself the latitude to decide that my being average likely meant that I was the worst of the best. Being the best of the worst was too damn depressing (this says it all)
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2012
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I love this because I have often pondered my middle of the road philosophy. Wondering if it is the golden path to compromise which I used to tell myself was (fair) or if I chose to live in the gray area to avoid conflict and ridicule?
I tried to find some pride in mediocrity, giving myself the latitude to decide that my being average likely meant that I was the worst of the best. Being the best of the worst was too damn depressing (this says it all)
Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 15-Nov-2012
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A few years before Ivan died we were remodeling parts of ur kitchen and he insisyed on a mauve countetop. It cost $1700 and I was paying and hated it. I didn't have enough conviction to argue. I was worn down. Is that compromise or defeat. f you stay silent enough you tend to tread water. It didn't seem worth the effort to be overpowered by his will. It was only an example of how one stops thinking, having an opinion. After awhile...well you know.
Comment from HeavenlyDreads
I think you think too much. Lol! I'm not quite middle aged yet, but I've had similar musings; a lot after thirty. Sometimes I take comfort in being a "thinker", but sometimes it's just downright depressing. Anyway, I really like and enjoy how you express yourself. I tend to lean toward fiction, but I really enjoyed your commentary.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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I think you think too much. Lol! I'm not quite middle aged yet, but I've had similar musings; a lot after thirty. Sometimes I take comfort in being a "thinker", but sometimes it's just downright depressing. Anyway, I really like and enjoy how you express yourself. I tend to lean toward fiction, but I really enjoyed your commentary.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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Amazingly, my fiction gets less attention than my snapshot essays of everyday life. thanks for a very generous review.
Comment from BethShelby
There is something to be said for the middle of the road and I guess it is sort of like the optimist vs. pessimist. Half-empty or half full. I'm always pleased to take my senior discount too but I tend to compare myself to those I'm sure are much older. I might be shocked to know the truth.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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There is something to be said for the middle of the road and I guess it is sort of like the optimist vs. pessimist. Half-empty or half full. I'm always pleased to take my senior discount too but I tend to compare myself to those I'm sure are much older. I might be shocked to know the truth.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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Bad girl, tsk, tsk. When I was 60 lbs heavier I always tried to stand beside people that were bigger then me...lol...who was I kidding?
Comment from EMB
No, my friend. This was not a ramble at all. LOL I was gripped by your observations and musings. Really. You made me ponder more than one thing with this piece. I do want to point out that thinking IS the "exercise" for the brain. :) And at middle-age, I'll hold to being at the bottom rung of being an elder. There's nothing great about calling myself young nowadays, especially when, at forty-five, I have to search high and low for a kid who can keep up with me on a basketball or tennis court. (They don't make youth like they used to.) LOL
Nice one, my friend.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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No, my friend. This was not a ramble at all. LOL I was gripped by your observations and musings. Really. You made me ponder more than one thing with this piece. I do want to point out that thinking IS the "exercise" for the brain. :) And at middle-age, I'll hold to being at the bottom rung of being an elder. There's nothing great about calling myself young nowadays, especially when, at forty-five, I have to search high and low for a kid who can keep up with me on a basketball or tennis court. (They don't make youth like they used to.) LOL
Nice one, my friend.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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You sound like a regular stud muffin, but at 45...in my books you're just hitting your prime. Your athletic attitude only enhances my picture of a confident man.
Comment from Cumbrianlass
Interesting essay, Ingrid. I would not consider you average, personally. No. Not at all. From what I've read about you, you've achieved far more than the average Joe, or Joan.
I think, quite frankly, you kick ass.
Love Av
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reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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Interesting essay, Ingrid. I would not consider you average, personally. No. Not at all. From what I've read about you, you've achieved far more than the average Joe, or Joan.
I think, quite frankly, you kick ass.
Love Av
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Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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I couldn't afford to be average, but wanted to be. I had to work twice as hard and give up much to survive.
Interesting that when I post non-fiction essays to chatter within I get ten times the attention than any of my fiction.
Snapshots were always my first love, like a public diary.
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Hmm. You do write some pretty mean fiction too. Are you editing the book? Don't you dare let it languish.
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I'm not sure why I am avoiding it. But I have, almost as if my brain says 'acccept your loss' some form of grieving, I suspect, but I'll go back to it this weekend.
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I'm almost dreading finishing mine. It's almost like a bereavement.
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That's exactly how it feels. I've never stayed with characters in a long work for such a period of time. I couldn't write about anything else during that time. They were permanent residents in my brain.
It is only in the last week that I've surfaced with blips of prose. And, I feel like I am being 'unfaithful' by moving into anything else before I finish with 'them.'
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I know exactly how you feel. Time to create new characters, Ingrid.
I've been through it with my other books. This one will be worse, I know it. These characters are so much a part of my life.
*sigh*
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This book will break the hearts of thousands of readers who will experience the same amputation when the back cover is closed.
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Why don't you write a prequel to it? The meeting of Jake and Celia, their love affair, his meteoric rise, her writing, the loss of their child - it's a tragic story.
Comment from AprilShower
I like your ramble, spiritual Echo. My complaint is 'not being able to make it to homeplate'. So far, its just been 'third plate'. Homeplate is the best, and I always wanted to be the best. I guess the striving part is more fun, though. We can get lost in the 'average'.
Good writing. :o)
April
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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I like your ramble, spiritual Echo. My complaint is 'not being able to make it to homeplate'. So far, its just been 'third plate'. Homeplate is the best, and I always wanted to be the best. I guess the striving part is more fun, though. We can get lost in the 'average'.
Good writing. :o)
April
Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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Don't get so focused on the result that you miss the fun along the way...balance is sometimes 80/20 both ways.
Comment from c_lucas
Some of our most creative, inventive, socially functionable people had a hard time in school. I can relate to this because in high school I was in that Half that supported the upper half. This is very well written.
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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Some of our most creative, inventive, socially functionable people had a hard time in school. I can relate to this because in high school I was in that Half that supported the upper half. This is very well written.
Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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Thank you. I graduated by penning up the answers on the top of my thighs and hiking up my skirt during exams. I was shameless. Now more reticent. Thanks for the read.
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Most of our exams were bubble exam. I would whisper 1, a friend would whisper, B. We had a group of about 8 of us. Got away with it the entire semester. The teacher was suspicious, but never called us down on it.
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And perhaps that's where our imaginations took seed and we learned how to solve soceity problems with our own rules...lol...thanks for sharing.
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you're welcome.
Comment from Spitfire
A rambling good write-- above average for sure! It's true the word isn't the most complimentary one. I envy the people who find comfort in the label. I wish I could!
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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A rambling good write-- above average for sure! It's true the word isn't the most complimentary one. I envy the people who find comfort in the label. I wish I could!
Comment Written 14-Nov-2012
reply by the author on 14-Nov-2012
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They likely couldn't possibly compete, in their own minds, so they take what they get dished out...and in many parts of my life I've done the same.
