Comments on: Weekly Wish List

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:04:22 +0000

Replace judgement with curiosity

Yes, this.

I’m really enjoying your writing, snarkysmachine :)

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:45:35 +0000

hey, thanks for the list suggestion. i like your blogs, welcome to shapely prose!!!

By: Maura

Maura — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:37:13 +0000

Snarkysmachine – thank you for “Replace judgement with curiosity.” It truly bent my mind in a very good way.

aliciamaud – I can so relate to your experience in the nia dance workshop, and your depiction of the pleasure you denied yourself made me cry. I’ve always had a lot of body shame (hated gym class, etc) but when I was in high school I got to attend a residential summer arts program and was forced to take a “Creative Movement” class. Me, a dancer? I loved it, though, when I could quiet the self-hating thoughts for a moment. More than 20 years later, I long for another opportunity to dance like that. Wish there were size-diverse dance opportunities in the DC area.

By: RigPixie

RigPixie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:33:51 +0000

Wishes for the week:

Please let me get through my quarterly review without puking. That would be excellent :(

Please let me get into that therapist I need to see so I can get back to offshore and back to myself and deal with shit that shouldn’t bother me anymore.

Please let me realize that I’m not going to get fired.

@Snarkysmachine, I put up “Replace Judgment with Curiousity” as my fb status 2 minutes ago; after 30 seconds, someone liked it.

By: anna

anna — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:14:26 +0000

This is so lovely, and couldn’t have come at a better time. Thank you for posting this.

By: aleks

aleks — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:43:39 +0000

The last several posters have some of the most phenomenal monsters I’ve ever seen anywhere.

By: aleks

aleks — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:42:44 +0000

Hi, I don’t think we’ve met, my name is Aleks and in a respectful and post-centric way, I love you.

By: Another Sara

Another Sara — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:50:46 +0000

Oops. Clearly I can neither pronounce nor count properly! (I’d been pronouncing it SHAY-den-froyd previously.) But it is, indeed, not always about me.

So I’ll shut up and instead say thanks, Snarky’s Machine. So glad that you’re here, and I look forward to more great posts.

By: class factotum

class factotum — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:58:02 +0000

Oh yes!

1. Stop assuming the worst about people. Maybe the reason she glared at me is because she just found out that she lost her job. Or the woman who cut me off in traffic? Is rushing to her friend who just found out she has breast cancer. It’s NOT ALWAYS ABOUT ME.

2. It is possible for me to be nice first. I don’t have to wait for someone else to make the first move. I can smile at a stranger.

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:42:50 +0000

A little off topic… If you haven’t seen this, I think you’ll enjoy it. http://www.operationbeautiful.com

You are beautiful inside and out! <3