Jane's comments (member since Oct 19, 2008)

Jane's comments from the Terminalcoffee group.

#1-#3 Wasn't born yet, but in #3 I may have been a glimmer in my parents eye. They were married that year.

#4 & #5 Still a youngin'

#6 I don't remember where I was when it started, but I was seven and living in Atlanta when it was going on. I remember almost missing the school bus one morning, because my mom was watching coverage of it and lost track of time.

#7 I was ten and with my older sister at my dad's house in Kansas, where we spent our summers. We had a daily ritual of watching Days of Our Lives, and the footage of the car chase interrupted the programming, which kind of pissed me off.

#8 No memories of this one.

#9 I was in the fifth grade on my way home from school, and my best friend's mom told me to be careful, because this building in Oklahoma City had been bombed. (I was in Boulder, CO, so really there was no danger.) The thing I remember about this one, besides the really gruesome pictures, was that before they found out who did it, everyone thought Muslim terrorists were responsible. Go figure.

#10. Thirteen & starting eight grade. I was up late watching tv when the story broke. She was alive when I went to bed, but when I woke up she had passed. I wasn't a big Di fan, but it was still pretty shocking.

#11 I was a junior in high school, and I couldn't figure out for the life of me why people had voted for that dimwit.

#12 No memory.

#13 Senior in high school and I was starting my first period class when I found out that a plane crashed into the Pentagon. I absolutely did not believe it, because I thought "They wouldn't let that happen." Second period I had off, so I went to the Senior Balcony, where we had a tv with cable to watch the news and see what was what. That's when I found out about the towers. At the beginning of the period the first plane had already hit, and by the end of the period the towers didn't exist. We went around in a daze on that day. The whole thing was so unfathomable.

Ohhh, poor Piglet.

A local newspaper in Portland (and someone posting here) referred to it as the "Heinie"/"Heiny" (sp? anyone?) Flu, which sounds WAY better than swine flu. Really, "swine"? Is that the best they could come up with?

Cosmic Sher wrote: ""But Michael Jackson's death is not a Where were you moment for me. JFK and Lennon will always be."

Ditto. When I heard he had died my response was "Good." I may have loved his music as a kid bu..."

Don't worry Cosmic Sher. I laughed, too.

I heard it from the UPS guy. I was like, Ooh my shelves came, and he was like, "Michael Jackson died!" Poor guy...MJ I mean.

I can see why people like it for the convenience element. It's like the iPod but for books. Still, I don't know that I could get used to reading a book off a screen versus a printed page. I stare at a computer screen at work all day, and it's the last thing I want to do when I come home at night. How do you reconcile that?

Nools wrote: "RE: 15
Thank you, RA!

I think it's really limited and... ignorant, really, when people draw an uncrossable line between humanities and pure sciences. Does NO ONE remember that for most of human h..."


Well said, Nools. I think Pink does make a good point when he says that certain skills, such as creativity and empathy, can't be shipped overseas. Anybody can learn computer programming, but empathy and creativity really depend on the individual. That said, I don't buy his argument that we're in something called the "Conceptual Age." If creative people are becoming more prominent in our society, then how come art classes in our schools are always in danger of being cut? I'd like to hear a line of argument and see some evidence on that one. From reading this interview, it feels like he makes that claim just because it's convenient with his argument.

I don't drive and live in a city, so every day I'm walking somewhere; to the bus stop, store, coffee shop, library, lunch, when I'm out on the weekends. I really enjoy it, for the most part. Even though it's not intensive exercise by any means, I definitely feel healthier for it. I agree with BunWat, too. Walking is a great way to see the seasons changing.

It has it's downside though. Once in a while, I'll get a co-worker who said they saw me walking somewhere. Not driving makes me more ubiquitous, and it makes me feel kind of on the spot

Cosmic Sherrie wrote: "Holy crapola! As I was reading this thread I was listening to Pandora, clicked the link above and paused my song which was 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor. My jaw dropped. Can you say synergistic c..."

What are those? I think I've had them before.

I love how into the song they are, and kudos to that teacher for his creativity and teaching something that really connects with the kids.

I wish music class was more like this when I was a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL0aDXekf...

Jessica wrote: "I feel sad for him too. He was a child musician, he was manipulated and probably molested.
He's fucked up but he's also a brilliant musician, and he never got to have a quote unquote normal childho..."

Well put, Jessica.

Yeah, he needs some meds bigtime:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQLfJG1hm...

Gotta love that mural.

William wrote: "Randomanthony wrote: "I agree with Jane in that the first thing I thought was, "really? A whole movie on this short book?"

I'd like to be excited but part of the coolness of this book, in my eyes..."

William, watching the preview made me wonder that. In a way it kind of looked like they were trying to throw in a subplot with the boy's real life, but if it relied primarily on visuals to tell the story, I think that would be fascinating.

Plus - and maybe I'm wrong - but it's doesn't really look like he's using SGI or whatever it is the special effects kids are using these days. I get so tired of that crap sometimes.

I was skeptical at first - I mean how can you stretch that book into a feature length film? - but it looks promising and you can never go wrong with Spike Jonez.

David wrote: "It's an historic thread here in the outer lanes at Terminal Coffee. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the weather is fine and it's a great day for writing.

AND THEY'RE OFF...

It's RA taking a strong lead..."

Now that's a parody! Brilliant David.

I kind of think that this person, whoever they are, isn't just mocking TC but Goodreads in general. Something about the way Brenda! wrote the posts made me wonder that.

In any case, I don't think Brenda! should be mocking TC members for their supposedly tedious discussions. The amount of time Brenda! took creating that profile and writing those posts is equally a useless waste of time, if not more so. I like hearing what other people have to say about cheese and underpants, because these are topics that every one deals with daily, so why not talk about them? And I can't think of any other medium that allows complete strangers from all over the country to come together and connect and in some cases become friends. Screw Brenda!

Holy crap. Yeah, an apology is in line here. It was pretty stupid, but I would buy an apology from him. I agree with Randomanthony on this one; I'm more worried about the "habitual message" than the one stupid thing he said. Though I think if it had been Bush, Fox News would be telling those liberal PC types to stop their bitching.

I've only read the first book. I can see why teenage girls are crazy about it, and it is an engaging story, but I still didn't think it was spectacular or anything. It's just a great escapism read.

I can't stand the girl, though, she makes me want to throw up. If I had a teenager reading this, I'd want them to read a book with a female protagonist that is slightly stronger than the one here. I talked to a friend of mine, who has read the whole series, and she explained some of the Christian themes that were in the book. (The author is Mormon.) That kind of interests me, so I'll try to finish the series for that.

I think if you can claim Irish heritage, you're exempt from wearing green. Sometimes being Irish is enough.