tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post2556927768521431272..comments2023-10-26T02:08:37.015-06:00Comments on Every Day I Write the Book: The Mechanics of Becoming Lamekacy faulconerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690060274994621199noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-38280850053159026232013-10-28T12:36:49.935-06:002013-10-28T12:36:49.935-06:00Thanks greenhorn!Thanks greenhorn!kacy faulconerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690060274994621199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-85420594158260989842013-10-27T19:07:10.234-06:002013-10-27T19:07:10.234-06:00I just found you and may I please just say, I love...I just found you and may I please just say, I love you :)thegreenhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209915212471034823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-60136964153178666132012-04-03T21:27:01.887-06:002012-04-03T21:27:01.887-06:00Hilarious! I am dying right now :)Hilarious! I am dying right now :)Alycia Grayce (Crowley Party)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16438358678220412938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-57399162784435848072012-03-03T11:18:54.244-07:002012-03-03T11:18:54.244-07:00I've read this four times now. It's perfec...I've read this four times now. It's perfect. <br /><br />Especially the part about the falsetto cheeriness. There's something totally uncool and absolutely honest about being cheerful to your children's faces when they are being buttheads.Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13859567470814286102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-54640080261393242932012-02-19T00:13:41.456-07:002012-02-19T00:13:41.456-07:00I think you can also get to a point where trying t...I think you can also get to a point where trying to hold onto your coolness makes you even more lame than those of us who are already happily lame. Like the moms that dress way too young or grandma's that follow every youth fashion trend. It's just awkward...and lame :)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186756579164820985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-56243849439710342732012-02-17T22:25:57.285-07:002012-02-17T22:25:57.285-07:00Earlier this week, I turned on the Curious George ...Earlier this week, I turned on the Curious George move for my 15 month old son thinking he would like the monkey. He got bored after a few minutes. I sat and watched the WHOLE thing while my son played. My husband came in the room and got sucked into the movie, too. <br /><br />My 25 year old brother was in the other room but could hear what we were watching. He came in at the end and pointed out that we had just watched "Curious George" even though we didn't have to. I jumped to our defense with "It's a pretty cute show and we've never seen it before." <br /><br />I am definitely LAME.Lexiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264139662666769575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-75314214491579082402012-02-17T19:58:56.942-07:002012-02-17T19:58:56.942-07:00Hilariuos! I laughed out loud while reading this....Hilariuos! I laughed out loud while reading this...or should I say, lol'd? I've traded my pink-before-it-was-mainstream-to-dye-your-hair-pink hair in for pink....wait for it......mom Crocs. Eew...AND to add insult to injury, they have Mickey Mouse head cutouts on them because I had to make an emergency purchase at Disney World to ease the pain of my aching feet that was caused by my cool yet totally un-padded Vans...which haven't been worn since. Yep...laaaaame.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043501042511336952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-38669920614946753382012-02-17T09:26:30.204-07:002012-02-17T09:26:30.204-07:00Amen. And your observation about cottage cheese i...Amen. And your observation about cottage cheese is so right on. Sadly.Jane Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964472582462386661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-75893960473557982342012-02-17T09:12:26.323-07:002012-02-17T09:12:26.323-07:00Thank you for brightening my day! And Marie, your...Thank you for brightening my day! And Marie, your comment about the sportier car made me laugh. After test driving the Denali, Toyota Sequoia, 4-runner, and (my favorite)-- the Honda Pilot (black, of course), I stuck my tail between my legs, had a soft cry to myself and bought the (most practical) mini-van. Which now I love and happily drive everywhere and those automatic doors and trunk.....love. Yes, becoming lame seems inevitable. Something I didn't understand about my parents. . . Until now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-62679712780915977792012-02-17T08:15:49.213-07:002012-02-17T08:15:49.213-07:00I totally relate. I just bought a lame mom car and...I totally relate. I just bought a lame mom car and the salesman kept asking me if I wanted something "sportier." I lost my cool (like I had any to begin with) and said: "Do you see my current car? (a station wagon) "Do you see the two car seats in back? Do you see the goldfish crumbs all over everywhere?" Car salesmen should read this article so they know moms already feel lame enough buying lame mom cars - they don't need to add insult to injury by asking us if we want something sportier. That ship has sailed!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086052386193773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-35276367399934768842012-02-15T09:48:10.435-07:002012-02-15T09:48:10.435-07:00This is FABULOUS!This is FABULOUS!Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07507798052054313896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-19794633655277084052012-02-14T10:36:01.240-07:002012-02-14T10:36:01.240-07:00Slippery slope, indeed! I'm only 26 and alread...Slippery slope, indeed! I'm only 26 and already on my way DOOOOWWWWNNNN!!!! Posh date nights at trendy restaurants with my husband have been traded for Happy Meals at McDonald's play place with our daughter. While we still enjoy our time together as a family, we've come to the conclusion that we're no longer as hip as we think...or maybe we never were?? I dunno, we do wear Toms, skinny jeans, and cardigans. That makes you cool, right?Schoenstarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02817141298678379339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-54012595975438215992012-02-14T10:25:51.485-07:002012-02-14T10:25:51.485-07:00I was such a young mom, I didn't even have tim...I was such a young mom, I didn't even have time to be cool before being lame. My lameness is quite overwhelming.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00003378912998394588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-13196111248067568482012-02-14T07:02:00.509-07:002012-02-14T07:02:00.509-07:00Genius. Love your writing.
Here's one way to ...Genius. Love your writing.<br /><br />Here's one way to keep from becoming "lame": don't be cool in the first place. I have always thought I could be cool, but it never worked out. To my credit I did listen to Beck in high school, but I enjoyed N*SYNC just as much. <br /><br />So when I talk about buying a minivan and friends ask how I could do such a thing, my answer is: because I'm not that cool. What about me is so cool that driving a minivan would somehow diminish it? No one has ever given me an answer. I already have the 3 screaming kids. Squeezing them into a Highlander: really not doing anything for or against my image that a minivan wouldn't do.<br /><br />My kids still think I am pretty awesome though, so, I think I have a few years before they realize the truth. Maybe a year. Theo's not in kindergarten yet.<br /><br />Also for the record, I think I may have called my mom something like "lame" at times during my teenage years but I don't think I actually thought she was lame. <br /><br />Old--maybe. <br /><br />Definitely charming.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943126446575413050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-381590734514403442012-02-13T16:29:46.490-07:002012-02-13T16:29:46.490-07:00I just plan on holding once/month FHE about how co...I just plan on holding once/month FHE about how cool I used to be. I will show pictures, read excerpts from my journal, and even coach my husband's testimony of my formal coolness if necessary. Each time, we will end with a rousing home-spun song about how it is their fault/my choice/because of my selfless sacrifice that I am now lame. I think this will inspire in them a real sense of gratitude and awe.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798681298828623888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-83419758934848914572012-02-13T14:12:20.579-07:002012-02-13T14:12:20.579-07:00Oh man ... I've only got one little kiddo and ...Oh man ... I've only got one little kiddo and I'm already to cottage cheese level lameness. I dread the day I'm called to be in scouts.Kimberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15022839403054954228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-14206774854027454382012-02-13T13:43:15.123-07:002012-02-13T13:43:15.123-07:00I'm not my Mom. My Mom is cooler than I am. Ma...I'm not my Mom. My Mom is cooler than I am. Maybe because she had three kids and I've got five? Is that how it works? More kids= even more lame?Beeswaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418719062005209787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-20992878698179669442012-02-13T12:15:01.043-07:002012-02-13T12:15:01.043-07:00Man, this post SPEAKS TO ME today, and I can just ...Man, this post SPEAKS TO ME today, and I can just SEE my teenager rolling his eyes at me for using the phrase "speaks to me" and/or for pretending that I connect to other human beings in any meaningful way.<br /><br />Disheartened sigh.Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-40614452199724799152012-02-13T11:26:39.385-07:002012-02-13T11:26:39.385-07:00I think you're a pretty awesome writerI think you're a pretty awesome writerQuinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512501774211026082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-63905100386201952462012-02-13T11:03:20.439-07:002012-02-13T11:03:20.439-07:00oh my stars, when will I learn to check WHO IS SIG...oh my stars, when will I learn to check WHO IS SIGNED IN before I leave you a comment. I'm not the PTO today, I'm RICH. And also still Jamie.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981388823737554845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-41762886055054413452012-02-13T11:01:40.550-07:002012-02-13T11:01:40.550-07:00Are you spying on me? Because I was thinking about...Are you spying on me? Because I was thinking about this scenario that played out here when eldest daughter revealed her first "crush" (she's 10 1/2, not a huge deal, but I get that it is to her and I've been pretty cool about it). My husband was being super dorky and making wise cracks and I laughed (and she did, too, begrudgingly)and I thought to myself, "We are SO on the fast track to becoming those totally dorked-out parents in every John Hughes film!" Hopefully we pull off the ending part where the parents turn out to be wise, kind, and human, too. [oh PS: we also went on youtube when Whiteny died to show her the "I Wanna Dance" video which unfortunately led to The Hammer Dance, which I didn't even like, all in the name of her 80s education. See? We are kicking your tail at this lame game.]Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957113503396408601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-50266497235742049692012-02-13T10:48:27.890-07:002012-02-13T10:48:27.890-07:00oh babs, if it's any consolation, i never thou...oh babs, if it's any consolation, i never thought you were lame. :-) and my kids think you are super cool. you can sew and play cards better than i ever could.bonny with a Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01476532546756304939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-69484011977498136322012-02-13T10:47:31.611-07:002012-02-13T10:47:31.611-07:00See, you are doing it all wrong. You have to inst...See, you are doing it all wrong. You have to instill in them from birth that you are the be all end of all of all awesomeness and cool. Then they think EVERYTHING you do is cool.<br />That's totally what I did. I'm totally pulling it off.dedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365425661578749758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-34455715456335286582012-02-13T10:27:19.213-07:002012-02-13T10:27:19.213-07:00Okay guys - hate to break it to you - it's not...Okay guys - hate to break it to you - it's not becoming lame - it's becoming old - or maybe in your case middle-aged!!<br /><br />Becoming old, though, makes your "lameness" almost charming - at least to your grandchildren!grannybabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640154807725541703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-51154143989313101732012-02-13T10:00:08.755-07:002012-02-13T10:00:08.755-07:00This is hilarious.This is hilarious.Justin Hackworthhttp://www.justinhackworth.comnoreply@blogger.com