tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post8916367590676095611..comments2023-10-23T10:37:45.163-07:00Comments on Dr. Write: MelancholidayDr Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16408687271313205905noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-25056713470545135982007-07-07T18:00:00.000-07:002007-07-07T18:00:00.000-07:00May I have a pre-made margarita?May I have a pre-made margarita?Clint Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534333959460032669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-28953219329380622302007-07-06T19:01:00.000-07:002007-07-06T19:01:00.000-07:00Well, if it's any consolation (BTW I always feel a...Well, if it's any consolation (BTW I always feel a bit weird commenting on your blog as I seem to be the only male commenting, hmm) I'm confident that you and MB have visited more friends in nifty place over the last year or two than my wife and I have in our 15 years of marriage. We seem to be great followers, never leaders, in friendship groups but that means we are also waiters and hopers. Long-term, easy going (like putting together a last minute barbecue on the 4th) kinds of friends are far and few. So very complicated it seems. <BR/><BR/>This year we were with family for part of the 4th so that helped and then I watched Wimbledon and Venice William's amazing play made me feel quite content.Counterintuitivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137134752919050468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-27114357465931719392007-07-06T07:33:00.000-07:002007-07-06T07:33:00.000-07:00Me, too. It's definitely been one of the big chall...Me, too. It's definitely been one of the big challenges, these past few years--the moving, the unsettledness, getting close to folks who then pack up and move to god knows where. Illinois. Nevada. Kuwait, ferchrissake. I'm forever reminded of the Seinfeld episode in which Jerry tries to become friends with a Yankee. Oh, and I get all excited every time I see a Northwest license place, and want to run up and introduce myself...susansinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902873240114986043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-32250384826259298422007-07-04T22:42:00.000-07:002007-07-04T22:42:00.000-07:00I have always longed for a group of friends; altho...I have always longed for a group of friends; although I have sometimes had such a group, they ended up feeling like a kaleidoscopic effect rather than a coherent whole. Like, the pattern shifts and then there's no more whole. The holiday that makes me feel this the most is New Years. I have a fantasy about New Years that involves a really, really fun party and, preferably, dancing, and I think this hasn't happened since I was, like, seventeen or eighteen. I have historically solved the melancholy of the fourth by hating it.Lisa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10646181766775405935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-66329423762157150952007-07-04T21:58:00.000-07:002007-07-04T21:58:00.000-07:00Catchy title by the way. I know where you are comi...Catchy title by the way. I know where you are coming from except for this year we were invited somewhere but declined because we were having people over but then they couldn't make it so we just did steaks and corn on the grill with a great salad!! It was really too hot to go anywhere so we just swam and sat inside listening to our ipod. The girls were a bit disappointed that we watched fireworks on tv(is that lame??)but we did not have to deal with traffic or crowds or the heat!! Maybe next year. We rather enjoyed ourselves but it would have been nice if my family had been around but the parents are in Europe where I am sure no one is celebrating the fourth!! If I was there I would have joined you--I could belong to several of those clubs but the one I like best is the margarita one. Maybe we could start the we like margarita club. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Try not to get anymore melancholy.ErinAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697810411258174293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-38149582767087561292007-07-04T20:32:00.000-07:002007-07-04T20:32:00.000-07:00Hello my clubby friend I miss you. We would be wit...Hello my clubby friend I miss you. We would be with you if we were there. But I know 100% what you mean. It's either easy--family, obvious, tradition, or it's not--phone calls, decisions, timing, other people's plans, food proclivities and expectations, etc. <BR/>The fireworks are still going and all I'm thinking about is Z and Cleo and Box sleeping through them. And the carbon monoxide. <BR/>May the winter holidays be more satisfying.Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795554401570611521noreply@blogger.com