tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8543227553596466538..comments2024-03-28T16:10:19.842-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Do-OversJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62376969939134686862013-11-18T03:49:38.585-05:002013-11-18T03:49:38.585-05:00Why does autocorrect change so to do on me all the...Why does autocorrect change so to do on me all the time?? (It also changes Mom to Kim & this is the only reason I ever use Kim.) :P<br />Pen MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16118803370472521992013-11-18T03:46:13.476-05:002013-11-18T03:46:13.476-05:00Started researching family before so many were gon...Started researching family before so many were gone. Not fight with my father about my career path do I could go to college out if high school instead of in my forties. I could've done what I wanted as electives. Even with a degree I wouldn't have had to teach. Couldn't have anyway, too shy. So stupid in some ways about some things. But then maybe I wouldn't have gotten the grades and as much out of it back then??? You just can't know. :P<br />Pen MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72003470342615473992013-11-17T18:49:23.174-05:002013-11-17T18:49:23.174-05:00Ah, such a hard question . . . even Frost's p...Ah, such a hard question . . . even Frost's poem can be interpreted multiple ways, a sigh . . . of contentment? or regret?<br />"What if?" seems such a useless phrase, unless one had Hermione's time-turner to back it up. There are some decisions or accidents I might want to redo, but on the whole, I'm happy where I am, and the journey's side trips got me here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50266877743948766962013-11-17T14:30:34.635-05:002013-11-17T14:30:34.635-05:00I've looked at a lot of different choices I...I've looked at a lot of different choices I've made and been satisfied with how they turned out. Hindsight has showed me the decisions I made as a new adult after a sheltered life turned out to be pretty good. As Hank said, there've been times when I wish I'd taken more time to think about what I said. Unlike Hank, I can be flip and glib and think I'm helping when I'm not. Rhonda Lanehttp://www.thehorseyset.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57556083047834105732013-11-17T13:37:43.616-05:002013-11-17T13:37:43.616-05:00Liz is right-- without what I've done, I would...Liz is right-- without what I've done, I wouldn't be the person I am today. But there are a bunch of things I've considered (if I knew then....): A different college (maybe UCLA or USC for screenwritng?); taking the writing courses that Barnard didn't offer across the street at GS or even for no credit at, say, the New School; not going to law school; moving to LA when I ALMOST did in 1978 (my friends there talked me out of it because they were afraid of "The Big One") <br /><br />None of those would have wrought any real changes, though. I needed to make my mistakes in order to learn. And I would NOT give up some of the people (and pets) in my life for all the trouble that the route to meeting them (i.e., law school, law practice) gave me. Ellen Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43978568579092524822013-11-17T12:59:12.783-05:002013-11-17T12:59:12.783-05:00I look back over my life and I cannot imagine chan...I look back over my life and I cannot imagine changing anything. If I change anything, I would not be the person I am today. Do I have things I don't particularly like in my past, of course. Do I wish things had been a bit different in some case, of course. But some things were not mine to change. In college our minds are not fully developed and we don't always make the brightest choices, yet my best friend is a person I met the first day in my dorm. We see each other all the time, talk to each other constantly. We are members of each other's families. <br />I have had great experience when I was young and bad experience, both have molded my character and I am a character. :) I find it is always amazing how when we get home we think of the most amazing lines we could have said to someone, then again it is probably better at times we did not say them. I have put my feet in my mouth enough. I like me just as I am and I don't care if anyone else likes who I am or not. <br /> Liz Strawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12981072108931064506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39089275810061308382013-11-17T12:33:39.014-05:002013-11-17T12:33:39.014-05:00Sandi, you are absolutely right about that--it is ...Sandi, you are absolutely right about that--it is hard not to have regrets when younger people die...<br /><br />And Jack wow, that is a fascinating story about the Enquirer--a huge fork not taken!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82912224749474129162013-11-17T12:23:01.203-05:002013-11-17T12:23:01.203-05:00I'm not thrilled with where I am in my life no...I'm not thrilled with where I am in my life now, so I suppose the better answer would be to say I'd like to learn how to move forward instead of look back. But honestly, I have a few big moments I'd change. I'd finish college instead of taking a job with a regular paycheck. I'd flirt with the best friend I had a crush on. I'd try to understand the 8th grade queen bee. I'd tell my dad to see a doctor when my cousin commented that he looked unwell. One died at 25, the next at 13, and my dad at 51. When people die young, you tend to have regrets.Sandinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5585070285486583552013-11-17T11:33:26.435-05:002013-11-17T11:33:26.435-05:00If I went back, it wouldn't be to change anyth...If I went back, it wouldn't be to change anything. But I would want to TAKE NOTES!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79094610133307192612013-11-17T11:19:52.840-05:002013-11-17T11:19:52.840-05:00I'm with Hank. I've made mistakes, but I d...I'm with Hank. I've made mistakes, but I don't regret anything. If anything, I've learned and grown as a person, and that's always valuable.<br /><br />I do like the idea of do-overs for characters, though - has anyone read Life after Life by Kate Atkinson? It's amazing... I'm on the last CD right now.Carihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17089762130217570280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60515962368432841212013-11-17T10:22:53.833-05:002013-11-17T10:22:53.833-05:00Back in the 1970s I wrote a funny story about bank...Back in the 1970s I wrote a funny story about bankers, a feature for The L.A. Times. The next day I got a call from the Editor of The National Enquirer, who offered to fly me to Florida for an interview. He wanted to hire me, he said. I said I'm a reporter for the L.A. Times. Why would I want to work for the Enquirer? He said, Are they paying you $100,000 a year? I should have taken that flight. That job would have tripled my salary and maybe made me a better fiction writer quicker.Jack Getzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516237388744739669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53269899405023953372013-11-17T10:16:58.788-05:002013-11-17T10:16:58.788-05:00Having just watched the Hugh Jackman production of...Having just watched the Hugh Jackman production of Oklahoma, I have had one of the songs running through my head, and it directly correlates to this topic: Many a New Day:<br /><br />Many a light lad may kiss and fly,<br />A kiss gone by is bygone.<br />Never've I asked an August sky<br />Where has last July gone?<br /><br />Many a new day will dawn before I do.<br /><br />Words to live by, no?Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50457862231175672532013-11-17T09:14:47.595-05:002013-11-17T09:14:47.595-05:00Given that I'm now a happily married man writi...Given that I'm now a happily married man writing in a field that I love with a job I enjoy, I actually would hesitate to change a thing. Granted that we all have pains and heartaches that we wish we'd been spared, but if they all built to make you the person you are today (and presuming that you're enjoying your life) then perhaps they were worth it. Jeffrey Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422459407138331707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53263449817134760782013-11-17T08:58:04.626-05:002013-11-17T08:58:04.626-05:00Winners of the bandanas are Liz Straw and Lynn in ...Winners of the bandanas are Liz Straw and Lynn in Texas. Please send an email with your address to Krista:<br /><br />KristaD@kristadavis.comLucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59012697231091848262013-11-17T08:57:14.333-05:002013-11-17T08:57:14.333-05:00Yup, Karen, exactly. xoYup, Karen, exactly. xoHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64428381856101012502013-11-17T08:53:48.040-05:002013-11-17T08:53:48.040-05:00Like Hank, I have regretted words that spilled out...Like Hank, I have regretted words that spilled out of my mouth, but I don't play the wrong road game. My first marriage was every kind of disaster, and it changed the course of my life as much as any dam in any river could have. But I don't regret any of that. My wonderful oldest daughter came from that time, and I would certainly never have fallen for Steve. He is the opposite of the kind of man I used to be attracted to, but he is and always has been a perfect match for me. It would be downright churlish to want anything else.<br /><br />Call me Pollyanna, but everything happens for a reason, and our experiences make us who we are.Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11070117734937351502013-11-17T01:16:05.556-05:002013-11-17T01:16:05.556-05:00Is there a moment, a choice I wish I could do over...Is there a moment, a choice I wish I could do over? Oh my, yes . . . and I’m sure that’s true of all of us. But thinking in that vein is pretty much like slamming yourself into a brick wall, wishing to be able to change what has already happened. Often that hurts far too much, so it becomes a contemplation to avoid . . . .Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.com