tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903638.post114130466368311962..comments2023-04-11T05:13:17.028-05:00Comments on Quasi-Philosophical Ruminations of the Wayward Mind: "I'm like a shark. I've just got to... keep making analogies."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903638.post-1141911586949685682006-03-09T08:39:00.000-05:002006-03-09T08:39:00.000-05:00Pascal, you can lower the pom-poms... The Devine M...Pascal, you can lower the pom-poms... The Devine Mrs B is a good friend of mine at work. :P Thanks for the thought, though. Almost everyone I've spoken to thinks (nay, KNOWS) that I'll be coming back with a Japanese wife. PERISH THE THOUGHT! Perish it!Wayward Mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748177842702713403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903638.post-1141712499444351552006-03-07T01:21:00.000-05:002006-03-07T01:21:00.000-05:00Patrice? OK, Mrs. B, whoever you are, I need to kn...Patrice? OK, Mrs. B, whoever you are, I need to know more... Does Patrick have a little French side he has been hiding????<BR/><BR/>GO PAT GO! It will be fun!<BR/><BR/>PGPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512128697965734548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903638.post-1141606858265787362006-03-05T20:00:00.000-05:002006-03-05T20:00:00.000-05:00You know my feelings on this Patrice - you'd be mi...You know my feelings on this Patrice - you'd be missed dearly by your fellow Northsiders - we've got a nice little community carved out in the corner - but I will be thrilled to shits and giggles to see you make a change like this. Your entire expression changes when you talk about it, you're completely animated...The Devine Mrs. Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916777484000205313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903638.post-1141550691341193292006-03-05T04:24:00.000-05:002006-03-05T04:24:00.000-05:00Everyone's life is different, so I can only speak ...Everyone's life is different, so I can only speak from my own experiences, but I have taken two huge risks in the last few years (Oxford, and then Australia), and while not everything has been sweetness and light, look how it has all turned out. I am the happiest I have ever been. And if you had said to me back in 2002, "Hey, do you know by 2006 you'll be living in Australia, teaching English, as good as married, and you'll have your horse", I would have laughed and laughed and laughed and then we would have gone to get pizza.<BR/><BR/>I have to cut this short as dinner is ready (Ben cooked- aren't I the spoiled one), but I think the benefits of shaking up your life far outweigh the risks. And I find that the really important friends- the ones who really really matter- they end up staying in your life, regardless of how often you see them.<BR/><BR/>(and you SO have to come see us!)<BR/>love,<BR/>me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13903638.post-1141442993032679502006-03-03T22:29:00.000-05:002006-03-03T22:29:00.000-05:00Well, technically speaking, you're heading to the ...Well, technically speaking, you're heading to the Far East... In a backward sort of way. You're not even 30, no kids, no house. Nothing to worry about. Go there and have the experience of your life, man!<BR/><BR/>Good luck. Keep in touch. Glad to see Dark Age of Camelot didn't swallow you! I was getting worried.<BR/><BR/>PGPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512128697965734548noreply@blogger.com