Rehearsal Times Over: It's About Time

Rehearsal Times Over

I was on the phone with a friend the other day, following the same loop of conversation that our weekly chats do: touch on family, marital relationships, child rearing issues, general malaise and frustration with waking up every day in the same old rut. . .and she cut me off mid-sentence with, "This isn't a dress rehearsal you know. This is it." She got me to thinking and you know what? She's right. This is it. Lot's of parts of the picture may not be from "The Life I Am Supposed to be Living" or even many from "The Life I Imagined I would be Living" but this IS the Life I am Living! So. Rehearsal Times Over and we're already mid act!

Sunday, December 16, 2007

It's About Time

Well, after months and months of feeding off the creativity of other bloggers out there I have finally gotten around to (or in more embarrassing truth, figured out how to) add a side bar that lists my favorite blogs! These are the poor individuals whom I hover under like a starving bird, clicking their site meters through the sky with my incessant visits, always hoping to find something new to read and ponder. If anyone has been added who does not wish to be added, simply drop me a line and I'll fix that for you. If you don't know these bloggers already, check them out!

6 comments:

Gina said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; December 17, 2007 at 7:44 AM
Gina said...: Btw, thanks for linking me! I love it! And if I ever figure out how to link! I'll link ya! : ); December 17, 2007 at 7:46 AM
Sara said...: I need to update my links as well!!
:( I have all the blogs I read stored in my computer history so I just have to type in a few words..

I really enjoy your blog so hopefully when I get around to it you won't mind if I link you :); December 18, 2007 at 9:47 AM
Sarah@mommyinjapan said...: Arg! I thought that was me who commented above except that I KNOW that I didn't comment already. Please other Sarah, can you add something else to your name so I know who you are? I get confused easily...

Laura, thanks for adding me to your list. It's an honor. I'm looking forward to see what you write about for the letters "Q", "X" and "Z". I think those would be tricky letters.; December 18, 2007 at 10:14 PM
Sara said...: Sarah@mommyinjapan -

Sorry for the confusion.. its hard having such a popular name! :( Espicially since we both spell it the wrong way.

I don't know how to change the name on my blogger account, but I'll drop the H off my name and sign on the bottom!

-Sara(h) :)

PS sorry to CGG for using this comment as my "coming out"; December 19, 2007 at 9:33 AM
Kelly said...: Thanks for the link! I feel very honoured :)

I always enjoy reading your posts and was very happy to find two newies!! :); December 21, 2007 at 1:09 AM

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Why I Choose to Blog (semi) Anonymously

Because I write creative non-fiction prose. And because I always write from only one perspective: mine. So think of the poor helpless material--er, I mean my family. My eldest daughter is 9, my youngest 4. Neither one can read English, so they presently haven't got even the slightest chance of logging on and setting the record straight. You know, the youngest can't write a stinging retort to my description of her as a "crying worm", the eldest can't sneak up and after reading quickly over my shoulder say, "hey, Mom, that's kinda personal isn't it? Do you have to tell people everything? About me?"

Then there is my husband. Albeit I never worry for even a fraction of a second that he might log on and read my blog. Why? Well, he considers reading my writing torture, because I write in English. This as opposed to reading my writing in Japanese which he finds amusing because of the mistakes I make, like using the word "carrot" (ninjin) for "person"(ningen). Reading English is part of his job, not part of his down time. So unless my blog's URL ever ends up on an interdepartmental memo as prioritized reading. . .

However, I will use my own name, Laura. I'm the one behind the words, me, Laura. But my husband, here he is Masa because I love the sound of that particular Japanese man's name, but not because it is his. And my daughters are Reno (for the American city in which she was born) and Saki Because that is actually the name I wanted to name her. Except Americans pronounce sake (Japanese rice wine)--"saw-key"-- which is the same pronounciation as the Japanese girl's name "Saki". And I didn't want people thinking that I was naming my kids after alcoholic beverages, but I still really like the name.

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