tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123673175206096526.post7542611291861706302..comments2023-05-12T05:16:24.072-04:00Comments on Matthue Roth, author of My First Kafka, Never Mind the Goldbergs, and a bunch of other books: 12 Steps to a Better Matthuematthuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091862925316117002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123673175206096526.post-86322420427716495382011-10-09T21:32:14.950-04:002011-10-09T21:32:14.950-04:00"2) Appreciate the parts of myself that I fea..."2) Appreciate the parts of myself that I fear."<br /><br />Similarly and recently: "What it is, is a sense of discomfort, perhaps, not measuring the actual reality of discomfort, but there's no question that people were relatively calm during the global Revolts of the 1960's, when the bifurcation really began, whereas today everybody is fearful, and, in many ways, have every right to be fearful of violence." ~ Immanuel Wallerstein<br /><br />Been quantifying the parts of myself that I fear and have neglected in past incarnations, by embracing them in micro-diary format of sorts for awhile now, entries which have left my body out of sorts, achey and, as a former German gf with flaky skin used to say about me, "pained" (she's Married with Kids, now). I'm not sure if that's how an autumn leaf is supposed to fil. Or what older age means. Or does it just dive into pronounced fatalism like clockwork, apart from its tree branch with greater abandon and Risk? I'm realizing that being responsible for a spouse and kids is the only way to a more pleasant landing. Otherwise, it's a Lorca fate a dedicated, unencumbered Artist is compelled to safeguard at all costs. It's a burdensome substitute for child-rearing, Inquisitory Karma. Pine Trees are really just closeted Cacti decor. For sticker books.בְּשֵם יְהוָֹה וְיֵשׁוּעַ וְרוחַ מִרְיָםhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944036746444807053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123673175206096526.post-1370330423296360122011-09-14T10:08:03.809-04:002011-09-14T10:08:03.809-04:00HA. "Been in Jersey way too long" should...HA. "Been in Jersey way too long" should be a new TV sitcom. Or a horror movie.matthuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091862925316117002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123673175206096526.post-91646069700838171512011-09-14T08:39:57.286-04:002011-09-14T08:39:57.286-04:00Hey, at least you're swimming. I read this and...Hey, at least you're swimming. I read this and I'm thinking, "surely there's some way to fold laundry on the subway" which is probably totally missing the point, and a dead give away that I've been Jersey way too long.Reb Yudelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475293471910146749noreply@blogger.com