tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post8625744429438390941..comments2023-10-16T05:38:36.161-04:00Comments on Making a home in Kabul: Dear DiaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-35026874505779932202007-08-22T06:03:00.000-04:002007-08-22T06:03:00.000-04:00I'm fine with being melodramatic. But I did hesita...I'm fine with being melodramatic. But I did hesitate about sharing the 1988 diary entry. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments & support!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-27005787095971458282007-08-20T13:56:00.000-04:002007-08-20T13:56:00.000-04:00I think your journal is not melodramatic. It is pe...I think your journal is not melodramatic. It is perfectly honest and that is what a journal is for: Pour it all out! It's good to get it out...Alessandra Cavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942170876244975735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-61943439380045088892007-08-20T13:55:00.000-04:002007-08-20T13:55:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alessandra Cavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942170876244975735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-30036984893807722762007-08-19T23:33:00.000-04:002007-08-19T23:33:00.000-04:00Yep--that's what my journal is for...a place to ju...Yep--that's what my journal is for...a place to just BE, without pretense and without (too much) censorship.<BR/><BR/>Your fears entry made my throat catch a little bit--I could feel it weaved throughout your stark words. <BR/><BR/>And your 88 entry reminded me of so many of my own...why is it we don't talk more about the pain of ended friendships? I know that those former friendships caused me more angst (and diary writing) than even my romantic ones. Hmmm...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the mind fodder. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-40410373943397108912007-08-19T18:48:00.000-04:002007-08-19T18:48:00.000-04:00If ever there was a place where it's OK to be melo...If ever there was a place where it's OK to be melodramatic, or any thing you desire, it's a diary! Thank you for sharing these two posts that expressed so much emotion at two separate points in your life.Sherri B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00834386300886224116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-82483591100452449352007-08-19T15:30:00.000-04:002007-08-19T15:30:00.000-04:00Without knowing you at all, your diary sounds to m...Without knowing you at all, your diary sounds to me more honest than melodramatic. I got a very small glimpse into that fearful place during the first Gulf War and reading your entry made that sick feeling return to the pit of my stomach. I can't imagine living it on a daily basis. I think writing through it is probably one of the healthiest things you could do.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409530202277375625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-75497897734087658902007-08-19T14:30:00.000-04:002007-08-19T14:30:00.000-04:00it's absolutely true what frida said--diaries are ...it's absolutely true what frida said--diaries are FOR melodrama. <BR/><BR/>especially about broken friendships--there's no one you can talk to about that. everyone understands romantic breakups, but not female friendship breakups. i sympathize with your 1988 self.moonrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294151043419378509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-53072710167084999772007-08-19T10:23:00.000-04:002007-08-19T10:23:00.000-04:00Very daring of you to post your journal entries. ...Very daring of you to post your journal entries. I mean, you post personal things all the time, but I think people's journals must be even more private than their blogs. I think the majority of people, even anonymous ones, must censor themselves on their blogs to some extent. (Well, maybe that's just me.)<BR/><BR/>I think you may be dramatic (or melodramatic, if you insist) because you're passionate about things.<BR/><BR/>Love the entry from '88, a little HiK's little plotting mind -- a lookout on quite a prank! Hee hee. Wonder how it turned out?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing! I wasn't going to do an entry for this week's prompt, but you may have inspired me. <BR/>Heart,<BR/>omgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-21889198914372774742007-08-19T09:37:00.000-04:002007-08-19T09:37:00.000-04:00We don't change all that much over time. I think j...We don't change all that much over time. I think journals are the place to express all our emotions and fears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-63626290061817806682007-08-19T09:19:00.000-04:002007-08-19T09:19:00.000-04:00With our diaries, why can't we be what we want? If...With our diaries, why can't we be what we want? If we are melodramatic, so be it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-18774968921593506592007-08-19T00:21:00.000-04:002007-08-19T00:21:00.000-04:00i don't see anything out of the normal here. i did...i don't see anything out of the normal here. <BR/><BR/>i did not click on sunday scribbles, but still, wow, you shared two diary entries with us. <BR/><BR/>i feel so privileged. even if it's a sunday scribbles creative writing diary entry... still... privileged to peak into your mind. more so than the normal peek you offer us. yah, i don't know why i think this is so much more private than all your other fairly expose writings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-24619409477333024632007-08-18T22:55:00.000-04:002007-08-18T22:55:00.000-04:00I think our diaries, sorry, journals are the place...I think our diaries, sorry, journals are the place to be melodramatic, no? I let it all rip there: I am afraid, I am angry, I am sad, I am in love, I am filled with joy and wonder. It's not the way I talk day to day but it really feels good to let it all out sometimes. <BR/><BR/>If you weren't having any fears about coming back to Kabul I would wonder whether you were either: a) in denial, selectively forgetting the worst of last winter; or b) a danger junkie - which I'm pretty sure you are not.<BR/><BR/>Kabul is a tough place, it is not safe, not comfortable and not easy. People get sick and they get hurt, although the latter nowhere near as often as the former. There are risks and you are coming this time with eyes very wide open. You know the challenges facing you and you've learned where your limits are. I am absolutely confident that you'll discover that you learned a lot about how to live well in Kabul.<BR/><BR/>Email me your arrival date - I think I'll get to see you either on my way out to leave or on my way back. <BR/><BR/>xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com