tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post3796483372042574132..comments2023-10-26T05:43:54.865-05:00Comments on Screed: stuck on amtrak, i think about relationshipsDelia Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-76239570096966178582010-03-11T16:00:13.245-06:002010-03-11T16:00:13.245-06:00who knows, depending on when in the summer, we may...who knows, depending on when in the summer, we may well be back in W. LA...lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130872448723729911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-46324872803007996432010-03-11T15:21:14.249-06:002010-03-11T15:21:14.249-06:00ha! and we *would* totally take you up on that if ...ha! and we *would* totally take you up on that if you guys were in LA, too!<br /><br />i hope i never get that fatalistic.Delia Christinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-39444108016658220952010-03-10T21:21:47.890-06:002010-03-10T21:21:47.890-06:00Eesh. I don't think your dad's mentality i...Eesh. I don't think your dad's mentality is that strange, sadly. Part of it is resentment and I think part of it is a kind of fatalism. The satisfaction in seeing things fall apart is in the confirmation that one's own worldview is true: that you have in fact figured it out. Straying from that model threatens the whole episteme.<br /><br />And you could stay with us if we were lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130872448723729911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459857.post-77730980015483300862010-03-10T17:25:42.396-06:002010-03-10T17:25:42.396-06:00I'm sorry you have to hear that from your fath...I'm sorry you have to hear that from your father. Even if/though you have that perspective on where he's coming from, it's a horrible and hurtful thing to say. <br /><br />(I don't think it's just black Baptists, either, not by a long shot.. that same sentiment sells millions of magazines a day.)-k-noreply@blogger.com