Comments on: into the wild discussion http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155 Laura Crossett on the LIS domain Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:38:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: wordvarc http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-32526 wordvarc Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:10:25 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-32526 All of us have a "McCandless Syndrome:" personal adventures or 'rites of passage' to formulate our identity and leave a secondary narcissism behind. It's the experience of the "Quest for the Holy Grail." At some point after adolescence we have to leave the prescriptions of others to become responsible adults. Some join the military, go on a mission, or backpack in Europe or the Wild. If not, we at best turn into Walter Middys with a fascination with aberrant behaviors, feeling controlled by our parents and the existence of others different from ourselves. At worse is the failed journey of living our lives finding success in aggression while desperately hiding our ‘weaknesses” in some sado-masochistic form. If you know nothing of "Steppenwolf," "Walden," or even “death and resurrection” please do not condemn this boy’s spirit, our youth, or even John Lindh who use their heart, mind, soul, and feet to attempt reconciliation of their being with the stagnant atrocities ignored every day in order to survive a desultory existence. All of us have a “McCandless Syndrome:” personal adventures or ‘rites of passage’ to formulate our identity and leave a secondary narcissism behind. It’s the experience of the “Quest for the Holy Grail.” At some point after adolescence we have to leave the prescriptions of others to become responsible adults. Some join the military, go on a mission, or backpack in Europe or the Wild.

If not, we at best turn into Walter Middys with a fascination with aberrant behaviors, feeling controlled by our parents and the existence of others different from ourselves. At worse is the failed journey of living our lives finding success in aggression while desperately hiding our ‘weaknesses” in some sado-masochistic form.

If you know nothing of “Steppenwolf,” “Walden,” or even “death and resurrection” please do not condemn this boy’s spirit, our youth, or even John Lindh who use their heart, mind, soul, and feet to attempt reconciliation of their being with the stagnant atrocities ignored every day in order to survive a desultory existence.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-3019 Jessica Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:38:11 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-3019 I cruised over here from Jessamyn's site and was thrilled to see this entry on Into the Wild. I read this book when it first came out. At the time I was working at a small independent bookstore, and read it while working - the customers wanted to know why I was crying! I found that book very moving - much more so than Into Thin Air (though I felt badly for the families of those who were lost, I found most of the characters to be foolish and self-absorbed). I live your blog - I'll be adding it to my list! Jessica I cruised over here from Jessamyn’s site and was thrilled to see this entry on Into the Wild. I read this book when it first came out. At the time I was working at a small independent bookstore, and read it while working - the customers wanted to know why I was crying! I found that book very moving - much more so than Into Thin Air (though I felt badly for the families of those who were lost, I found most of the characters to be foolish and self-absorbed).

I live your blog - I’ll be adding it to my list!

Jessica

]]> By: maggie http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-1658 maggie Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:20:21 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-1658 We had the oddest 2.0 Christmas last year. We have a wireless room in our house (c.1873) and three of our guest brought their laptops. We have two laptops ourselves. We looked like a group of campers around a fire, but we had our legs proped on the coffee table and laptops in laps. The cat was never so confused. ;P We had the oddest 2.0 Christmas last year. We have a wireless room in our house (c.1873) and three of our guest brought their laptops. We have two laptops ourselves. We looked like a group of campers around a fire, but we had our legs proped on the coffee table and laptops in laps. The cat was never so confused. ;P

]]> By: Michael Flessas http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-1647 Michael Flessas Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:05:02 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/155#comment-1647 I see every generation has it's way with words. You wrote about sitting in a circle being "more 2.0" rather than, say, "politically correct" or even the old "touchy-feely." I think, however, the phrase "politically correct" will have to stand instead of "2.0" because people have been sitting in circles for centuries. When folks break out the wireless laptops to communicate with one another while sitting just a few feet from one another in the same circle then one can say they have gone "2.0." I know that I used want to send e-mail to an ex-wife and she was sitting just in the other room. Perhaps this partially explains why she is an ex-wife. LOL. I see every generation has it’s way with words. You wrote about sitting in a circle being “more 2.0″ rather than, say, “politically correct” or even the old “touchy-feely.” I think, however, the phrase “politically correct” will have to stand instead of “2.0″ because people have been sitting in circles for centuries. When folks break out the wireless laptops to communicate with one another while sitting just a few feet from one another in the same circle then one can say they have gone “2.0.”

I know that I used want to send e-mail to an ex-wife and she was sitting just in the other room. Perhaps this partially explains why she is an ex-wife. LOL.

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