tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post4214022482388114982..comments2023-08-25T08:48:01.101-04:00Comments on The Pagan Sphinx: Sunday Snippet: Running with ScissorsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-16701503378518778012011-06-23T10:44:26.295-04:002011-06-23T10:44:26.295-04:00Hey, U !!! I love it when you comment, dear Girl! ...Hey, U !!! I love it when you comment, dear Girl! <br /><br />You will like RWS; an easy, hard-to-put-down read. I started the first chapter of the mother's book and I don't like it, so I may just cut to the juicy parts! I can't stand it when people write auto-biographies or memoirs and begin the day they were born...*yawn*. Mark Twain was right-on in not doing this, though his auto-biography is two volumes long and I'm not sure I want to tackle it. I LOVE the idea of it from every account I've read! <br /><br />You would like Look Me in the Eye, as well. Of the three, Augusten Burroughs' (aka Chris Robison) is the best. He is, of the three, the best writer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-12441037868659646932011-06-22T13:35:58.484-04:002011-06-22T13:35:58.484-04:00Grrr, still frustrated that my comment got deleted...Grrr, still frustrated that my comment got deleted when my browser got silly with me! I told you about that. Wish I had the energy and time away from work to reconstruct a thoughtful response, but for now suffice it to say I enjoyed this very informative and thought-provoking blog post. Makes me want to read, and add to my (sadly rather untouched) list of pleasure reading, for once life calms down.<br /><br />Thanks for a good read, PS!:) I'm most interested in how their accounts reportedly differ so drastically...<br /><br />~UMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-15116543015365238392011-06-17T07:56:03.078-04:002011-06-17T07:56:03.078-04:00Olga - I'm glad that you enjoy the blog and I ...Olga - I'm glad that you enjoy the blog and I am grateful for the comments, which are the proverbial icing. That comments have picked up in recent months due to a small but wonderful set of new readers is nothing short of fulfilling for me. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-58903401611837181302011-06-17T07:51:05.638-04:002011-06-17T07:51:05.638-04:00Vincent - I've not seen Together, that I recal...Vincent - I've not seen Together, that I recall. Will have to add it to my Netflix queue. Sounds good. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-76107110758599457612011-06-17T03:25:18.842-04:002011-06-17T03:25:18.842-04:00However, there is another movie in the hippie genr...However, there is another movie in the hippie genre that I will recommend: the Swedish film <i>Together</i> about a commune in Stockholm, where self-expression, Marxism & free love are shaken together like a kaleidoscope and exposed to their children as well as to us the audience. It’s wonderfully balanced between satire, ridicule, farce and genuine affection.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-88586091995694393352011-06-15T12:45:13.096-04:002011-06-15T12:45:13.096-04:00A very interesting post. The previous ones as well...A very interesting post. The previous ones as well. I always learn something new from you.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652566920769043373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-16834177899236545432011-06-15T07:48:09.843-04:002011-06-15T07:48:09.843-04:00gfid - I enjoyed Look Me in the Eye. As an educato...gfid - I enjoyed Look Me in the Eye. As an educator and child advocate, Autism spectrum interests me a great deal. I've worked with several students "on the spectrum" and their families. One child I'm very close to has a brother who, like him, is labeled "high functioning" on the spectrum. An intriguing read by an "Aspie" who didn't and doesn't want to be one. Not all Aspies feel that way and there is a growing movement of resisting what society and the medical and educaitonal profession says about them and how they see themselves. A lot of aspies and HF autistics just want to be left alone to be themselves. I see value in what they say.<br /><br />Jack - my interest in memoirs has never been extensive until this trio. I'm finding it all so interesting. As I said, the settings are local, making it especially interesting for me.<br /><br />Vincent - thank you for commenting! <br /><br />I don't blame you. I don't think you'll be missing anything classic to avoid RWI and the film. I tend to ashew films made after books. When I do see one, it's because I read the book first. I am always prepared to be disappointed by the film.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-25076292973826353032011-06-15T03:18:43.146-04:002011-06-15T03:18:43.146-04:00I see that the film of the book is now out on DVD....I see that the film of the book is now out on DVD. I shall continue to avoid both. Had enough of all that kind of thing in earlier years!Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-10327472879355783572011-06-14T17:26:10.396-04:002011-06-14T17:26:10.396-04:00Hi, Gina. I will try to remember to take a look a...Hi, Gina. I will try to remember to take a look at one of these books, to see if I want to round out the family. My sister and I are three years apart and have completely different memories of living in the same household.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-58665134906981920932011-06-14T17:16:58.332-04:002011-06-14T17:16:58.332-04:00Becky - that's the buzz-word! Thank you!
Fran...Becky - that's the buzz-word! Thank you!<br /><br />Francis - yes, we do. I find it endlessly fascinating. Sending a hug.<br /><br />Gin - it *is* a very freaky book!!! Talk about individual experience. Had I grown up like Burroughs, I think I would have been on the brink of suicide my entire adolescence. I perhaps would have wanted to end it. Where does the resilience to overcome such tragedies come from???<br />Hugs, dear lady!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-34204964171013036672011-06-14T11:21:12.266-04:002011-06-14T11:21:12.266-04:00Gina, I read and reviewed the book back in 2000 fo...Gina, I read and reviewed the book back in 2000 for the Times Union when I worked there. It totally freaked me. I will look at the new book by Mother. Thanks for this posting. You are always so interesting~ I did not know about the Amherst connection. GinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-21294321744438177892011-06-14T05:16:30.256-04:002011-06-14T05:16:30.256-04:00Ah, Gina, we all have our own versions of the past...Ah, Gina, we all have our own versions of the past, don't we? <br /><br />Initially, perhaps, they don't diverge so much from each other, but in telling them repeatedly to ourselves and others we form them into stories - the stories which are <i>ours</i> and not necessarily anyone else's. And often, all the different stories, recounting the same events quite differently, are all true ... :-)Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-83705094241879035782011-06-13T17:04:25.473-04:002011-06-13T17:04:25.473-04:00"complexity of individual experience"
n..."complexity of individual experience"<br /><br />nuff said. a most interesting post Gina. I'm intrigued by Dr. Finch.Ms. Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775088530495290520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-86826341325614152632011-06-13T16:44:11.372-04:002011-06-13T16:44:11.372-04:00Kenju - I have similar experiences with certain b...Kenju - I have similar experiences with certain books. One of the things I'm enjoying about the memoirs are the frequent mentions of places in my community. Mr. Pagan Sphinx recalls hearing about the crazy parades the Finches sometimes organized in downtown Northampton. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry too much about missing some kind of classic, with any of these books! :-)<br /><br />Yogi - just to clarify, the author of RWC is not the author who has Asperger's. John Elder Robeson, the author of Look Me in the Eye is the Aspergian. <br /><br />I didn't know your son is an Aspergian. I personally like that better than to say that someone "has" Asperger's, though I do slip up a lot. Robeson is now a very successful person. I've heard him speak and he's brilliant. He too was on his own at a young age, but being the older brother to Augusten Burroughs, he had moved away from any personal connection with Dr. Finch, though he was his patient. Robeson actually feels that Dr. Finch saved his parents from killing each other, by persuading them to seek a divorce. <br /><br />I know several Aspergians and a couple of "high functioning" Autistic people. Some Aspergians don't acknowledge they are, others hold very strong opinions about how society should and should not treat them. Some Aspergians resent now being a part of "the autism spectrum" and not a category in and of themselves.<br /><br />I will respond to the rest of the comments later. Gotta go and use my new weed-wacker! ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-21220038400860997992011-06-13T14:11:25.900-04:002011-06-13T14:11:25.900-04:00i picked up 'look me in the eye' in an air...i picked up 'look me in the eye' in an airport last year, on a business trip. the photo of the child on the cover was compelling and impossible to resist. i thoroughly enjoyed it, and then passed it on to a friend who, coincidentally, has 2 sons w Asperger's..... it was one of those 'meant to be' things, i guess. must now follow up with 'running with scissors'.... i didn't know the connection till now. must confess that i too avoid the popular bandwagon stuff, unless it's recommended by someone with some credibility.gfidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452490194253665370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-10600374029357839222011-06-13T10:22:20.572-04:002011-06-13T10:22:20.572-04:00I have never heard of any of these people, but you...I have never heard of any of these people, but your post is intriguing, as is the title 'Running with Scissors' - which was expressly forbidden on pain of death (but not from scissors) should one disobey!<br />Let us know your final verdict on the book - please.agujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857809123531088629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-4859078157400983912011-06-13T08:49:24.623-04:002011-06-13T08:49:24.623-04:00I've never been tempted to read that book unti...I've never been tempted to read that book until now. My own mother's habit of remembering my memories for me used to drive me mad with irritation. We all have our own interpretive lenses through which we observe the world. Some are more deliberately blinkered than others.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-51588780264353401702011-06-13T07:45:59.145-04:002011-06-13T07:45:59.145-04:00I loved the book also at the same time thanking my...I loved the book also at the same time thanking my stars that our son, who has Asperger's was not like that. I'll have to catch the mother's version of the story.Yogi♪♪♪https://www.blogger.com/profile/00411274031147372579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-11534543676252053932011-06-12T17:51:34.761-04:002011-06-12T17:51:34.761-04:00I read that when it came out and I remember nothin...I read that when it came out and I remember nothing about it except that some parts were hard for me to understand. I think I ought to read her book and then read his again. <br /><br />I do understand 3 different people in a family having unique perspectives on various events and situations. My three kids are like that; each of them remembers some things differently.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.com