tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post5627847711922559183..comments2023-07-05T05:16:54.735-05:00Comments on Chuck Masterson’s Actual Blog: Nathanael Do ByselfChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03918675492238901083noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post-7108313653567311762011-08-17T12:25:35.175-05:002011-08-17T12:25:35.175-05:00MLJordan says
I enjoyed your blogspot and I hope K...MLJordan says<br />I enjoyed your blogspot and I hope Korea-teaching is all you hope it to be.ElizabethRingenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315573554336719034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post-35536244014613621252011-01-09T13:57:54.279-06:002011-01-09T13:57:54.279-06:00I know something that you can make.....MONEY ........I know something that you can make.....MONEY ..... Just don't try it on the xerox machine. Ha! Ha!. JFL G.PaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post-78038582128673265612011-01-09T08:47:21.983-06:002011-01-09T08:47:21.983-06:00Oh. Well, I also have a series of dates that I'...Oh. Well, I also have a series of dates that I'm planning on making over the course of the year. These are dates that I can't move, and they'll keep me on track for the year. I am a little wary of scheduling it too tight, though, in case, say, I hear about something really cool that I want to do when I'm at the Rainbow Gathering, but that time is already blocked off on my schedule for the year. I suppose I can always schedule over things if I need to. Another thing is that I feel like it'll be hard to make really firm plans for the year while I'm in Korea, and I might have to find out what I'm going to do as I go along. But nonetheless, here's approximately what I'm thinking right now:<br /><br />Summer: Gatherings, like the Rainbow Gathering, Hobo Convention, and wild foods get-togethers.<br />Fall: WWOOFing, since this is harvest season. I'll get in touch with a WWOOFing farm ahead of time, of course.<br />Winter: Building houses in New Orleans or Galveston. I hope this is a thing I can actually do. My roommate Hannah did an internship at such a place last year (and loved it and never stops talking about all the cool people she met*), so I'm going to talk to her all about it.<br />Spring: Some self-directed time spent living off the land as much as I can in a National Forest or something comparable, since I want experience like that.<br /><br />*Here's one such person: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot-inf5zkvw" rel="nofollow">the frontwoman for Dr. Something and the Pipin' Hot Love Engines.</a>Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918675492238901083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post-4764471481288567052011-01-09T00:11:39.343-06:002011-01-09T00:11:39.343-06:00Wait a minute... I never said you wouldn't get...Wait a minute... I never said you wouldn't get anything done if you travel and adventure. Actually I support that 100%. I just said that "loose plans" can also be a cover for not having a plan at all.<br /><br />When I was 1 semester away form graduating I took 3-4 weeks in the summer and traveled the west. Part of what helped me make my destinations was planning and deadlines. I had 5 dates over the weeks where I had to be somewhere to meet up with people. that kept me on track and I was able to see tons of fun stuff over the 8,000 mile journey. Driving up the west coast from San Diego to Seattle was something I will never forget.<br /><br />Kudos to you on your projects, they all look really good. I like the stamp, the design is not too complicated and that makes it better to me.<br /><br />I stand behind my comments about the stink-laden hippies of the rainbow gathering. I'm sure many of them are nice enough people, but damn they need to get a life.Oxtroxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800474244706029389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post-83337670507604666022011-01-08T19:44:20.054-06:002011-01-08T19:44:20.054-06:00Sometimes the most learning is connected with a pe...Sometimes the most learning is connected with a persistent lack of success with something. So the family dynamics can be a real learning experience, no matter if your mom quits smoking or not. Ditto Micah.<br />Perspectives can be changed. Only much later do you realize what a difference you had been making.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post-48690218624810137722011-01-08T18:00:31.103-06:002011-01-08T18:00:31.103-06:00I did leave my Chicago Manual of Style up there. I...I did leave my <i>Chicago Manual of Style</i> up there. I may have to take you up on that... if I do, I promise to let you know in enough time to bake ginger snaps.<br /><br />I need to add about 9 days to the adventure total, because I somehow forgot about Oregon—I guess because it happened so early in the semester. The number is still low, but I did do some interesting stuff. I don't think I can really count the "lessons in family communication". Partly because I haven't managed to solve anything around here. Micah's set in his ways for the time being, until he figures out what his best interests really are, and Mom's still smoking. But I guess I have learned a little about that.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918675492238901083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044648.post-61566664225025072392011-01-08T16:21:59.324-06:002011-01-08T16:21:59.324-06:00Have you realized yet that you did way more advent...Have you realized yet that you did way more adventuring this semester than you had planned? You'd planned long train trips and bike trips. And what did you get instead--short bike trips, luxury plane trips to Oregon, lessons in family communications, a JOB, a boring job that should be everyone's first lesson in adult life, and lastly, YOU MADE STUFF! Neat stuff! Stuff that no one knows how to make well. Or badly, for that matter. Do you realize how well rounded that makes you, instead of some hippie type who just managed to jump on a train? You are a work in progress, and it is wonderful to watch how you make something out of nothing, time after time after time. And I'm not just talking Scrabble, although you always clean my clock. <br />Speaking of which, why don't you come up here soon and play with me on the new Scrabble board. It's luxurious. If you do, I promise to make you a batch of ginger cookies. GrandmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com