tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post114707539794093693..comments2024-02-16T11:15:19.089+01:00Comments on living in a second language: I spy with my mind's eyeNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147542377386040572006-05-13T19:46:00.000+02:002006-05-13T19:46:00.000+02:00Tom - ah, I see. Young and décalé? Wow, L is ver...Tom - ah, I see. Young and décalé? Wow, L is very lucky.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147508831282535492006-05-13T10:27:00.000+02:002006-05-13T10:27:00.000+02:00oh, i think you mistook my thinking of just what w...oh, i think you mistook my thinking of just what would surprise you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147420519682433942006-05-12T09:55:00.000+02:002006-05-12T09:55:00.000+02:00Umm, I see how this works.Umm, I see how this works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147347974280618242006-05-11T13:46:00.000+02:002006-05-11T13:46:00.000+02:00Tom - I don't think you would, I think you've been...Tom - I don't think you would, I think you've been looking forward to being an old man your whole life, or at least since I've known you. You're not there yet, by any stretch of the imagination, but the grey on your temples helps.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147244000426085222006-05-10T08:53:00.000+02:002006-05-10T08:53:00.000+02:00the point really seems that your body ages and you...the point really seems that your body ages and your spirit may well represent a time from your child hood or your 20's, by all measures a manifestation of a time long before the present and certainly far younger than the body appears to know or at least others that see you or perhaps even know you could imagine. These days Nicole I am sure I would surprise even you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147194107254571352006-05-09T19:01:00.000+02:002006-05-09T19:01:00.000+02:00Pat - yes, they are, as long as that's what they w...Pat - yes, they are, as long as that's what they want to be. I guess that was really my thing - being able to be whatever regardless of whatever.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147181332424053592006-05-09T15:28:00.000+02:002006-05-09T15:28:00.000+02:00As an REI dad, I just felt I should put in a good ...As an REI dad, I just felt I should put in a good word for REI moms. They are, to those of us who appreciate comfortable shoes and baggy hemp culottes, quite hot.Lex Latahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368512728895523199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147168509511842552006-05-09T11:55:00.000+02:002006-05-09T11:55:00.000+02:00Christi - oh yes, you are.Beth - I think your Gran...Christi - oh yes, you are.<BR/><BR/>Beth - I think your Grandma would be very pleased if you started thanking Mary for something.<BR/><BR/>Grish - Not forever young, just forever hot.<BR/><BR/>Charlie - Alias Lycra Man - I wasn't talking about beauty, just about the way we see ourselves and how that is effected by things like age and parenthood and culture.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147130076700642822006-05-09T01:14:00.000+02:002006-05-09T01:14:00.000+02:00Forever young without Botox? Better hope the pharm...Forever young without Botox? Better hope the pharmaceutical companies don't find out or they'll start bottling you all up and shipping you back to the states...Grishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675610749827837950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147125788435908332006-05-09T00:03:00.000+02:002006-05-09T00:03:00.000+02:00Zeb and Nicole - maybe you could have Christi have...Zeb and Nicole - maybe you could have Christi have a talk with my sister about dressing her age! And, Nicole, thanks for the compliment - I really did luck out with a fantastic matabolism and I should start thanking Mary for it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147120055212403602006-05-08T22:27:00.000+02:002006-05-08T22:27:00.000+02:00Thanks for the snaps, babe, but ironically, whatev...Thanks for the snaps, babe, but ironically, whatever "stylish mom" thing I have going on owes entirely to my inner French girl who made me swear a solemn vow that just because I had become a mother didn't mean I now had to have "soccer mom" hair and wear sweat pants all the time.Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130321823549477784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147113330140498862006-05-08T20:35:00.000+02:002006-05-08T20:35:00.000+02:00Eric - that's because time stopped in the Pacific...Eric - that's because time stopped in the Pacific Northwest when I left. Seriously though, I remember that blouse too - and I remember thinking she seemed so comfortable wearing something so sexy which just blew me away given her age. (oh god, I think she was only like 49 at the time.)<BR/><BR/>Beth - you've always had a fabulous bod and I'm sure you always will. You'll be a hot granny one day.<BR/><BR/>Zeb - I cannot wait until the princess hits 30. I'm going to have so much fun. PS I'm not obsessed.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306228378745291912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147109370276272122006-05-08T19:29:00.000+02:002006-05-08T19:29:00.000+02:00You need to let your age obsession go it is not he...You need to let your age obsession go it is not healthy. It causes you undo stress which adds to your crows feet. <BR/><BR/>Not that you are getting older maybe Christi will give you the same talk she gave Denise and I, we are not allowed to shop at American Eagle, Ambercrombe, ect. She even says things like act your age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147100350856906982006-05-08T16:59:00.000+02:002006-05-08T16:59:00.000+02:00I agree - in my mind I am somewhere around 24. I a...I agree - in my mind I am somewhere around 24. I agree with the French way of thinking - although I wear my "mom" clothes often, I can still dress them up a bit to feel a bit of sexiness - except for now because I am 8mths pregnant! But, I was one of the few who actually liked my body better after having a baby (of course the same may not be true after having my 2nd baby - give me a few months to get back to you on that one - and please keep you fingers crossed for me)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806401.post-1147099802742734622006-05-08T16:50:00.000+02:002006-05-08T16:50:00.000+02:00Wow has it been that long? How the time flies. Y...Wow has it been that long? How the time flies. You are right of course. I remember during your wedding Therese was wearing a Seethrough blouse with a black bra for some occaision. Lorraine commented that it was so very cool that a woman who in the states would have been far more matronly did not lose the sensuality of her womanhood. And she pulled it off with out so much of a blink of an eye. You know it wasn't pathetic like clutching after lost youth. It was styling and cool.<BR/>I agree with your friend though. I still see you as being in your mid 20s.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604955846191230905noreply@blogger.com