tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post115758325774510450..comments2023-10-10T12:17:54.548-04:00Comments on One Life, Take Two: Sketch PadJeffersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01133275691982057440noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-23492957354947943142008-01-20T21:28:00.000-05:002008-01-20T21:28:00.000-05:00I know this is an old post, and I apologize for co...I know this is an old post, and I apologize for coming so late to the party; I'm working my way backward through your blog, and this was just......really, truly lovely. It made me cry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158217368381226692006-09-14T03:02:00.000-04:002006-09-14T03:02:00.000-04:00Jefferson...I'm so sorry for your loss.I'm so happ...Jefferson...<BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry for your loss.<BR/><BR/>I'm so happy for your fun and exhilerating youth.<BR/><BR/>This is probably one of my favorite posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157848414014869152006-09-09T20:33:00.000-04:002006-09-09T20:33:00.000-04:00Jefferson, although you are naked in the greater m...Jefferson, although you are naked in the greater majority of the scenarios about which you blog - this is by far the most revealing of them all. Thank you for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157767033078263202006-09-08T21:57:00.000-04:002006-09-08T21:57:00.000-04:00This brought tears to my eyes. Your writing was of...This brought tears to my eyes. Your writing was often touching, but this was exquisite. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry for for the loss of your friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157763350075059732006-09-08T20:55:00.000-04:002006-09-08T20:55:00.000-04:00Jefferson, this is one of the most intimate posts ...Jefferson, this is one of the most intimate posts you have ever written. After reading it, I feel more...human.<BR/><BR/>Thank you. <BR/><BR/>Your writing style has changed little over the last 20 years, ( Of course, neither has anybody elses, sorry prof) , and if it had, I for one would doubt its veracity.<BR/><BR/>I have just realised that you and I are the same age. I wonder....are you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157682623337365102006-09-07T22:30:00.000-04:002006-09-07T22:30:00.000-04:00Probably one of your most moving posts, ever.I am ...Probably one of your most moving posts, ever.<BR/><BR/>I am gratified to see what 3 days in the mountains, and the solitude to write can produce. That, and a honking big bottle of bourbon.Vivianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815279146655404243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157682509088903682006-09-07T22:28:00.000-04:002006-09-07T22:28:00.000-04:00Prof,I have no idea where you're pulling your assu...Prof,<BR/><BR/>I have no idea where you're pulling your assumptions and allegations, but as an adolescent in the age groups you described as having poor articulate skills, I copiously resent your statement on that matter. <BR/><BR/>From a very young age, many young adults are finding increasing talent among their writing skills. It is a true art for someone to accurately justify their thoughts Nuellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631251266333311332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157656519039423542006-09-07T15:15:00.000-04:002006-09-07T15:15:00.000-04:00aw, shutcho mouth! your effusive handwriting was p...aw, shutcho mouth! your effusive handwriting was pretty then, too.<BR/><BR/>the line drawing was a bit rough, but then, you were a baby.<BR/><BR/>thanks for sharing it.Madeline Glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17063151094649083933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157647936508143192006-09-07T12:52:00.000-04:002006-09-07T12:52:00.000-04:00One thing that surprised me, once I typed and post...One thing that surprised me, once I typed and posted the transcript, was its consistency with my stylistic preference to frequently use short paragraphs in the blog. In the sketch pad, a paragraph, or even a word, might be given its own page. <BR/><BR/>Dang, maybe this isn’t a stylistic preference at all—it may be the only way I know how to write.Jeffersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133275691982057440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157646683092856142006-09-07T12:31:00.000-04:002006-09-07T12:31:00.000-04:00I hear ya, Prof. But you’ll have to take my word o...I hear ya, Prof. But you’ll have to take my word on it: I’m not clever enough to invent this stuff. <BR/><BR/>When I received the sketch pad and began to read it, I was, at first, a little dreading the insight into my teenage psyche. What if my memories of being a good letter writer proved unfounded? I have saved all the letters I received in those years—my friends and I traded notes frequently Jeffersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133275691982057440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157644360128537322006-09-07T11:52:00.000-04:002006-09-07T11:52:00.000-04:00For whatever reason, this post doesn't ring true t...For whatever reason, this post doesn't ring true to me at all. Its uncanny how Jefferson has exactly the same writing style as when he was nineteen, and also, how ALLAN writes in largely the same voice. I don't know any nineteen year olds who are HALF this articulate! (I am a university professor and spend a lot of time with this age group, so i do know from where I speak) I enjoyed the story-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157637369493746392006-09-07T09:56:00.000-04:002006-09-07T09:56:00.000-04:00Sometimes, when I'm wearing my baseball jersey and...Sometimes, when I'm wearing my baseball jersey and jeans I like to lean against the wall and hook my thumbs into my pockets.<BR/><BR/>Just because.Madeline Glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17063151094649083933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157609787205510492006-09-07T02:16:00.000-04:002006-09-07T02:16:00.000-04:00wonderful writing, and what a sweet, smart boy-man...wonderful writing, and what a sweet, smart boy-man you were (and still are sometimes?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157599700881845072006-09-06T23:28:00.000-04:002006-09-06T23:28:00.000-04:00I could cry too...damnI could cry too...damnBeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729592098127325913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157597423809779442006-09-06T22:50:00.000-04:002006-09-06T22:50:00.000-04:00this is lovelythis is lovelyAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18092936064704896901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157594927274903702006-09-06T22:08:00.000-04:002006-09-06T22:08:00.000-04:00and for so many reasons, it made me smile and wish...and for so many reasons, it made me smile and wish to cry. sometimes, jefferson......rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902827566671404649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157587852660290732006-09-06T20:10:00.000-04:002006-09-06T20:10:00.000-04:00For so many reasons, this makes me want to cry.For so many reasons, this makes me want to cry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com