tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post2904445487579797691..comments2023-10-21T11:44:45.588+01:00Comments on ResidentAlien: Two Bimbos and a Noisy DrunkMary Witzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-83929956379154034672007-07-12T16:53:00.000+01:002007-07-12T16:53:00.000+01:00Thank you, Carolie. It is wonderful to have the c...Thank you, Carolie. It is wonderful to have the chance to spout off and actually get praised for sharing my stories.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-31785879330256839552007-07-12T15:50:00.000+01:002007-07-12T15:50:00.000+01:00I loved this story...thank you for sharing it! It...I loved this story...thank you for sharing it! It's a perfect pearl of a story. I'm sending my mother a link.Caroliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11637418089860927715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-64800291000973837672007-07-11T12:14:00.000+01:002007-07-11T12:14:00.000+01:00Carole -- For various complicated reasons, I grew ...Carole -- For various complicated reasons, I grew up in a family where conversation was often difficult. So you are right -- from an early age, I learned how to watch. People watching and non-pernicious eavesdropping are just about my favorite activities. I'm not a gossip and I don't delight in finding out others' secrets and spreading them around; I just love watching people and listening to them interact.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your feedback and encouragement -- they mean a lot to me.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-3518722435134626072007-07-10T13:06:00.000+01:002007-07-10T13:06:00.000+01:00I love your title. You have the ability to see in...I love your title. You have the ability to see into other people. Which makes me wonder, how long have you been a watcher? Did you start out as a little tyke watching everything, learning by watching, and is this a talent you have learned. Every single time I read your posts, I tell myself to start being more aware of what is going on around me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-9750025194712026622007-07-10T10:27:00.000+01:002007-07-10T10:27:00.000+01:00Katie -- I feel so old every time I see some skimp...Katie -- I feel so old every time I see some skimpily clad young woman and have the urge to throw a burqua over her. With these two particular girls, I could not help but think that if I looked as good as they did, I'd look better. Catch me bleaching jet black hair or tweezing my eyebrows into arches 1-mm thick...<BR/><BR/>Paul -- Now that I'm not on the same train with him, I can feel compassion for that drunk. But at the time he was seriously intimidating. During my years as a commuter I witnessed some awful things on the trains, a few of which I'm not even sure I ought to write about in this blog. Most of them involved men who were too drunk to know what they were doing.<BR/><BR/>I do wonder what happened to him...Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-490316845374068362007-07-09T20:13:00.000+01:002007-07-09T20:13:00.000+01:00Yes, but what happened to the drunk . . . ?Yes, but what happened to the drunk . . . ?Snapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264727614993748146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-30538203555723096772007-07-09T19:21:00.000+01:002007-07-09T19:21:00.000+01:00Really great story, Mary. There must be tons of y...Really great story, Mary. There must be tons of young women like that, who put their bodies out for the world and somehow keep their minds for themselves. I just wish we could put some clothes on them!Katie Alenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210222751354931694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-35719991839147641462007-07-09T19:14:00.000+01:002007-07-09T19:14:00.000+01:00Jewell -- My first impressions of people are so se...Jewell -- My first impressions of people are so seldom accurate that you would think I would just give up judging by appearances. And yet, I find myself still doing this. Dumb, eh?<BR/><BR/>Kim -- 'Normal' is an interesting idea, isn't it? Throughout my youth I always strived to be normal but consistently fell very short of the mark. Now I wear my weirdness with pride and yet I sometimes recoil at the weirdness of others. Go figure.<BR/><BR/>Kanani -- I just wish I'd told those girls how much I admired their bravery! They went from looking like the world's most vapid bimbos to highly admirable young women in about thirty seconds flat, and I wish they'd known how high they climbed in my estimation. <BR/><BR/>I have heard of El Leon Literary Arts, but I am beginning to think that my memoir will simply be my legacy to my children. Oh well, I could leave them worse things I suppose...Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-49542317268276897772007-07-09T18:28:00.000+01:002007-07-09T18:28:00.000+01:00Well, you said it now!I like these little vignette...Well, you said it now!<BR/>I like these little vignettes. You should put them all down in a book, then send it off to someone like Thomas Farber at El Leon Literary Arts.<BR/><BR/>He reads esoteric stuff like this.<BR/>Anyway,<BR/>you're the only person who was brave enough to enter the IKEA palindrome contest. That makes you the winner!<BR/><BR/>email me your snail mail and I'll send you one of Chester's books on garlic.<BR/>easywriter101@gmail.comKananihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317494343177263398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-32221180549436131742007-07-09T16:23:00.000+01:002007-07-09T16:23:00.000+01:00There are 2 phrases that often spring to mind. One...There are 2 phrases that often spring to mind. One is "Everyone appears normal until you get to know them" and the other is "Everyone seems weird until you get to know them"<BR/><BR/>Strange how both can be so true.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-15552232713254990082007-07-09T01:52:00.000+01:002007-07-09T01:52:00.000+01:00I am always amazed when women, and men for that ma...I am always amazed when women, and men for that matter, are not what they seem. <BR/><BR/>You see someone at the coffee shop decked in dark extravagant clothing, dreads, piercings, a few tattoos. Then one day, you find out this gent is a school teacher or a youth leader of some kind.<BR/><BR/>I love it! I strive to be that person.Jewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836495803973972768noreply@blogger.com