tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post5495140147763201958..comments2023-11-02T08:26:17.556-07:00Comments on Nonlinear Girl: The things she likesnonlineargirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05414675024101618604noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-28083715187800984512008-01-25T10:42:00.000-08:002008-01-25T10:42:00.000-08:00Growing up on the Canadian prairies, or as we call...Growing up on the Canadian prairies, or as we called it The Gap, there were no children focused entertainment activities.<BR/><BR/>So now I've been a little too zealous in trips to the Science Centre, Zoo, Early Years programs and too many theatre performances and concerts for toddlers. It is expensive and great fun but there is something to be said for going for a hike or to view the pretty lights that is completely magical.ms bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997925420763913039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-41959824747863945362008-01-24T18:09:00.000-08:002008-01-24T18:09:00.000-08:00Sweet. I stay away from the mainstream most of th...Sweet. <BR/><BR/>I stay away from the mainstream most of the time too.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-71869864603349757352008-01-24T10:16:00.000-08:002008-01-24T10:16:00.000-08:00We're only just now (at ages 9 and 11) passing out...We're only just now (at ages 9 and 11) passing out of the phase when every piece of schlock is still so very beautiful. I'll miss it a bit. <BR/>There's something to be said for having someone remind you that the plastic figurine of a fairy (part of a drugstore display of many many plastic fairy figurines) has its own loveliness.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10880833775257352426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-8617836093732740102008-01-23T19:39:00.000-08:002008-01-23T19:39:00.000-08:00The pictures are fab! And I adore the whole "I yuv...The pictures are fab! And I adore the whole "I yuv it" stage (dudelet's also going through it!) And aren't children the great levelers and strange-makers?<BR/><BR/>My parents also had a peculiar attitude to pop culture - it had completely passed them by (for one thing it wasn't religious) but equally, they had no great connection to 'high' culture either. So I largely grew up in a cultural vacuum of either kind. My first year at college was correspondingly intense! Unlike MetroDad and his friend though, I do find a lot in popular culture to treasure (most people live there, after all). Though admittedly, a great deal of it sets my teeth on edge.<BR/><BR/>Of course, we'd all have to agree what it is we mean by popular culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-51299255108523429982008-01-23T19:23:00.000-08:002008-01-23T19:23:00.000-08:00Also, is that a Sally sweater she's wearing? It's ...Also, is that a Sally sweater she's wearing? It's REALLY cute!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350513605913924754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-78564819365743244712008-01-23T06:23:00.000-08:002008-01-23T06:23:00.000-08:00I've always thought that the typical "kid entertai...I've always thought that the typical "kid entertainment" was more about parental laziness and cheap thrills. I don't think anyone can go wrong erring on the wide of not knowing enough about pop culture.<BR/><BR/>Your post reminds me of a friend I had in college. Her parents were Northern California hippie academics. Everyone in the family was amazingly brilliant. Growing up, the kids never watched TV. They literally never watched a single minute of television. Yet, they occupied their time going on these amazing family treks to museums, indian reservations, mountain passes, etc. <BR/><BR/>When my friend got to college, she started learning about pop culture. It was very much like the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy." At first, she was overwhelmed by it all but pretty soon she realized that she wasn't missing a thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-80631460406219995742008-01-22T23:08:00.000-08:002008-01-22T23:08:00.000-08:00We have this in common... When my peers went to th...We have this in common... When my peers went to the mall I was watching my Mom duke it out over the camel saddle at an antiques auction. Neither of us have been to Disney-place thingy.. but for the kid's sake Uncle Wi volunteered to take them right away.mo-wohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934156423936866994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-63207555253120802622008-01-22T18:34:00.000-08:002008-01-22T18:34:00.000-08:00The train ride sounds and looks like a really fun ...The train ride sounds and looks like a really fun day. I was raised that way too and have just decided that if it sounds like fun to me we will go. I don't think there is any harm in avoiding child-related amusement chaos.Texashollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982077447405220888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-36802848014809173112008-01-22T17:36:00.000-08:002008-01-22T17:36:00.000-08:00I was gonna say the say thing. We yuv Ada.Then, I ...I was gonna say the say thing. We yuv Ada.<BR/><BR/>Then, I was gonna say that my parents sound similar to yours in this regard. I never had a Chuck-E-Cheez birthday party, for example, and I think I came out OK. And we didn't listen to whatever the 70s and 80s equivalent of The Wiggles was, because we had a kick ass Commodores record that we played until it died. We yuved us some Brickhouse.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350513605913924754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-64873990546109862562008-01-22T06:23:00.000-08:002008-01-22T06:23:00.000-08:00Ada is just delicious. I yuv her.Ada is just delicious. I yuv her.Lumpyheadsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448242506597812607noreply@blogger.com