tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post5808263197432819238..comments2023-10-26T02:08:37.015-06:00Comments on Every Day I Write the Book: Real Ira Glasskacy faulconerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690060274994621199noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-74485012012258169842011-07-08T21:23:00.499-06:002011-07-08T21:23:00.499-06:00I am eating my heart out. Did you hear last week&#...I am eating my heart out. Did you hear last week's episode with the prisoners and the Hamlet and the . . . oh, man. My husband and I were listening and we both cried. And we both hate Spaghetti-Os so I guess we're straight up pretentious.Melanie Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489615939726209573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-27124991713126904982011-07-07T20:56:35.252-06:002011-07-07T20:56:35.252-06:00Great post. I also went to see Ira. I also clapped...Great post. I also went to see Ira. I also clapped at the Mormon stuff cause he said it nicely and cutely (I had also read The Post article & was thinking about it, but it seemed different. He seemed respectful and on our side). My only question: What was up with his outfit?Heidinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-87873386530159042932011-07-07T20:14:52.336-06:002011-07-07T20:14:52.336-06:00I like Ira Glass too. I wonder if he's relate...I like Ira Glass too. I wonder if he's related to the Glass family? (That's a joke!)<br /><br />I read up on the Book of Mormon musical flap in case someone asked me about it, but no one has. I heard enough clips to know that I don't want to see it. But I'm ready for a "discussion!!"grannybabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640154807725541703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-77387693742704102752011-07-06T03:01:41.970-06:002011-07-06T03:01:41.970-06:00I don't know. The same people that sent me for...I don't know. The same people that sent me forwards about the Book of Mormon play last month sent me forwards about Barack Obama's birth certificate. <br /><br />I am going to see it before I decide if I'm offended or if I should applaud them. (I liked the South Park episode about Mormons, so there is that.)jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005460268290465753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-27289978268455384502011-06-30T11:45:16.403-06:002011-06-30T11:45:16.403-06:00To My Imaginary Blog:
I promise, I wouldn't h...To My Imaginary Blog:<br /><br />I promise, I wouldn't have pulled the trigger. But without some kind of dire threat, your older brother would still be standing there at the sink, making bubbles.<br /><br />- DadTracy Hall Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718499621475544183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-45203150936591061382011-06-30T08:50:55.330-06:002011-06-30T08:50:55.330-06:00I'd like to thank Christian F. for his comment...I'd like to thank Christian F. for his comment, because now I can just say: Yes, exactly.<br /><br />But also: Loved this post, absolutely loved it (he already said that too, but felt the need to repeat).Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543385560164099748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-7513902004734600252011-06-30T01:31:19.147-06:002011-06-30T01:31:19.147-06:00Some more of my response is here. Also, tell Carin...<a href="http://myimaginaryblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/i-fill-my-bucket-with-imaginary-blog-bunnies/" rel="nofollow">Some more of my response is here.</a> Also, tell Carina that of course she should read Harry Potter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-39826616963154366212011-06-29T12:58:17.675-06:002011-06-29T12:58:17.675-06:00Have you watched the videos? Instant on Netflix. A...Have you watched the videos? Instant on Netflix. Always a good way to kill an hour or two. I wonder if the BofM musical references were part of his act in other places too. He seems like he's genuinely interested in Mormons. I have heard (and watched) several episodes involving Mormons or ex-Mormons.<br /><br />Anyway, great post. Also I wish I had gone to see Ira when he came to GWU a few months ago but I was feeling too pregnant. Also I never had any of these morbid fantasies that apparently a lot of people had. But I guess it's good you were thinking about what you would do? It makes me think of the book "Silence" by Shusaku Endo. You might like it if you haven't read it already.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943126446575413050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-75671288894156670542011-06-29T09:01:12.008-06:002011-06-29T09:01:12.008-06:00What is the deal with trek? When I was a youth, r...What is the deal with trek? When I was a youth, refused to go, and I thank my lucky starts I stood firm, because there was dehydration and hospitalization involved with those who went.. I fully understand that one day I will be called in to the Young Womens and be forced to do the trek, but until that time, I think it's just pure insanity. Furthermore, if I was a pioneer living in NYC and I was asked to go to Utah, I think I would have said "Probably not. I'll stay here in my house thank you very much."Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244221715268767665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-36770691943402722692011-06-28T19:01:49.048-06:002011-06-28T19:01:49.048-06:00Kacy, I'm biased, but I loved this post. I kno...Kacy, I'm biased, but I loved this post. I know you know that because I already told you. <br /><br />I love how you talk about the points you are NOT making because those points are interesting points but not the crux of what you are trying to say. <br /><br />Here are two thoughts based on your post and the comments: <br /><br />1. The "would I stand up for Jesus" question is a silly thing that most people do in some way or another in their youth. I don't think you are making a statement about standing up or not standing up. I think you are saying that whatever you do in that situation (stand or sit) you aren't forsaking your religion because it is more than that. Applauding the Book of Mormon musical isn't forsaking your religion, but if you agree with the Washington Post article (and I do) then applauding the musical is forsaking your a bit of your dignity as a mormon who deserves to be treated as an equal. That is not to say that there isn't room for satire. There is and we are good sports about it but I still agree with you and the Washington Post. <br /><br />2. Empathy is not <i>merely</i> a secular concern and call it what you want, it <i>is</i> sacred. To label empathy as secular demeans it. Empathy is more than that. In fact, it is everything. It is the core of the atonement and I think that is the point you are making. <br /><br />But I'm just a reader. What do I know.Christian Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572926578322777883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-21048841599529711342011-06-28T15:47:27.704-06:002011-06-28T15:47:27.704-06:00I'm finally having the chance to comment after...I'm finally having the chance to comment after reading this yesterday and Beeswax beat me to my comment.<br />I don't think secular does have to be the opposite of sacred, and I certainly don't think empathy is owned by the non secular.<br />But I do love Ira Glass & a good burger, but not pioneer stories. I just can't believe that nobody was complaining and bitter during that whole thing, and yet that is what all the stories make you think. You can bet I would have been whining the WHOLE time.dedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365425661578749758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-21066384191112497002011-06-28T08:58:20.201-06:002011-06-28T08:58:20.201-06:00But must the secular the opposite of the sacred? I...But must the secular the opposite of the sacred? Is that what he meant? Perhaps he just meant ( and i'm just looking at the one line you quoted, I could be way off here) that by presenting it in a non-religious (not anti-religious) way, he can reach more people. <br /><br />My childhood fantasy involved me being a secret princess being raised in middle America so I wouldn't become a spoiled brat. I practiced my ballet a lot, somehow believing that dancing was going to figure big in my future life as a national leader (or figurehead. I didn't much care which).Beeswaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418719062005209787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-28330083953636313722011-06-28T08:10:14.570-06:002011-06-28T08:10:14.570-06:00So I should really read the Harry Potter books?So I should really read the Harry Potter books?Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13859567470814286102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-13163203273014973912011-06-27T20:37:28.010-06:002011-06-27T20:37:28.010-06:00I saw you guys tweeting about this and I would hav...I saw you guys tweeting about this and I would have invited myself to come on Saturday if I could have possibly torn myself away from other very important commitments like laundry. Instead I settled for seething envy.<br /><br />I have SO MANY responses to this post that I could easily make one of my post-length comments--but I won't. Maybe I'll write a response on my own blog (if I can tear myself away from laundry).<br /><br />One of my childhood fantasies was: what if someone held a gun to my head and told me he'd kill me if I didn't finish doing the dishes in 10 minutes? I was going to die for sure. (I'm pretty fast at dishes, though. And I'm just now realizing that my siblings must have had very different fantasies.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-4059554963449732232011-06-27T18:43:02.389-06:002011-06-27T18:43:02.389-06:00PS: @ Kerri, I watched "The Winds of War"...PS: @ Kerri, I watched "The Winds of War" when I was 9 (because I was Nazi-obsessed)and my mom casually mentioned, as the "Juden" with their yellow stars were being hauled off to camps, "That might happen to all the MOrmons someday, and if they ask you if you're a Mormon, you have to have the courage to say yes, even if they take you away." Scarred. For. Life.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981388823737554845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-89682727397134702222011-06-27T18:39:29.354-06:002011-06-27T18:39:29.354-06:00loved this, every whit.
AMEN, and AMEN (especiall...loved this, every whit.<br /><br />AMEN, and AMEN (especially to the never going on trek and being weirded out by pioneer stories, and of course, the Ira/TAL love).Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981388823737554845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-86878273705611073022011-06-27T10:29:24.846-06:002011-06-27T10:29:24.846-06:00This post was truly brilliant. Loved that article ...This post was truly brilliant. Loved that article you linked to. Opened my eyes a bit. <br /><br />This American Life is a favorite of mine and I love Ira, but part of me does wonder if I could stand up to him in a debate on something important. I am sure I would have been clapping right along with everyone when they poke fun at Mormons and that makes me feel weird. <br /><br />The last line of that hymn always chokes me up! I think I need to repent.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338688515732965297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-76639122866603863522011-06-27T09:12:34.780-06:002011-06-27T09:12:34.780-06:00I love this post.
I love This American Life. (...I love this post. <br /><br />I love This American Life. (I think one of the reasons I haven't finished the Harry Potter books is because in the back of my mind I suspect I might be Ravenclaw and I don't think I want to know what that means.)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246546379295509018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-22033092216758813232011-06-27T08:39:05.823-06:002011-06-27T08:39:05.823-06:00Love the way you string things together in meaning...Love the way you string things together in meaningful (and funny!) ways. I especially love the message about empathy (and earnest Hogwarts questions between adults make me giggle).<br /><br />Just to defend "How Firm a Foundation," though, the whole song is written from Jesus' perspective. So, it's his promise not to forsake the faithful--not a zealot's clenched-teeth declaration. But I love that the last line repeats in your head often--that cracks me up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-61744256975083696592011-06-27T04:11:19.805-06:002011-06-27T04:11:19.805-06:00I, too, love this post. I loved the point you were...I, too, love this post. I loved the point you were making and the one I was making in my head. I love This American Life, and I also feel confident that you, like me, are sometimes made to squirm just a little by it. Please say that has happened at least once.Philip Lybbe Powyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642256012603661084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-2877772216217302542011-06-27T00:53:13.527-06:002011-06-27T00:53:13.527-06:00Kacy, best post ever. Love Ira, love the picture, ...Kacy, best post ever. Love Ira, love the picture, love the meta. I wish someday I could be invited to a party with a cardboard picture of you, and then the ACTUAL you would show up and I could meet you and be your friend.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12665953612970774378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-31716947133964305952011-06-26T22:12:19.339-06:002011-06-26T22:12:19.339-06:00My childhood fantasy was, would I risk my life to ...My childhood fantasy was, would I risk my life to save Jews? Would I be good and kind if I were sent to a concentration camp? My best friend (from the age of 4, 4 generation friendship now) is Jewish and lots of her parents and grandparents relatives died in the Holocaust.<br />Most (I said, most, not all) of that wretched Mormon youth propaganda went right over my head because a) my folks didn't go in for it, and b) it just sounded stupid to me. One that threw me for a while tho' was the Karl Maeser circle one (egad).<br />Anyway, this is Imaginary Blog Zina's mom Betsy, and I love Ira Glass and This American Life.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16382633714755489938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-64641662474653750422011-06-26T20:53:36.853-06:002011-06-26T20:53:36.853-06:00I would stand shoulder to shoulder with Cedric Dig...I would stand shoulder to shoulder with Cedric Diggory any day of the week. I think I'm Hufflepuff, too.kacy faulconerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690060274994621199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-59592466372721023122011-06-26T20:26:48.839-06:002011-06-26T20:26:48.839-06:00i have never had the "stand up if you're ...i have never had the "stand up if you're mormon and be shot" fantasy. does this not make me a true mormon?hannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966877767499695440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597252.post-90322492164756560172011-06-26T20:10:58.745-06:002011-06-26T20:10:58.745-06:00I think you would be Hufflepuff. I think I am trul...I think you would be Hufflepuff. I think I am truly Hufflepuff - not everyone can be Gryffindor. So we get stuck with the Fat Friar, but we do get Cedric Diggory and that is pretty cool. I guess we will really know for sure in October. Because we might also be Ravenclaw.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286940423496605473noreply@blogger.com