tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post788565951576017084..comments2023-10-26T00:34:56.760+01:00Comments on Xtinpore: SproutXtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05284726953322709781noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-39143907840616972672007-08-18T09:24:00.000+01:002007-08-18T09:24:00.000+01:00Josh, you write tall too (inter alia). So does Kri...Josh, you write tall too (inter alia). So does Krista, but turns out that's because she actually <I>is</I> tall.Xtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05284726953322709781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-91680337582856505402007-08-18T05:22:00.000+01:002007-08-18T05:22:00.000+01:00i was always shorter than the shortest girl. stil...i was always shorter than the shortest girl. still not exactly tall, but passable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-91738214716660778362007-08-18T03:44:00.000+01:002007-08-18T03:44:00.000+01:00You write tall, and you also photograph tall someh...You write tall, and you also photograph tall somehow. <BR/><BR/>Apropos of Scriv's comment: It's interesting how those old self-perceptions persist, isn't it? Since I skipped a couple of grades, I was always the youngest in my class. And I started working young, so I was always the youngest in whatever office I was in, and so I (and everyone) called me "the littlest X." (X being pizza slinger, or rep, or writer.)<BR/><BR/>Now I am 31, 5'9", 200+ pounds, and no longer the littlest anything by any stretch of the imagination. But the title still pops out of my mouth from time to time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-1438131184026753182007-08-17T16:27:00.000+01:002007-08-17T16:27:00.000+01:00Every time I've met another blogger or someone els...Every time I've met another blogger or someone else who knows me from my photos online, I am told that I'm much shorter than they had imagined me being. I also get a little zap of pleasure at the thought that, at least in my virtual world, I come across as tall. I was always the smallest kid in any class until I got to high school, when there was one kid a little smaller than me. I kept growing well into college though and now I'm not especially short, but I still think of myself as short and slight.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-76203297365840310242007-08-17T15:47:00.000+01:002007-08-17T15:47:00.000+01:00Thanks for the lovely comments, everyone.Really, K...Thanks for the lovely comments, everyone.<BR/><BR/>Really, Krista? Brilliant. (I'm not sure why it should delight me so much that I come off tall in my writing, but it does). I'm not exceptionally tiny any more (5'4) but there was a decent period of time during which we thought I might not crack 5 feet.Xtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05284726953322709781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-25490664945195848892007-08-17T15:40:00.000+01:002007-08-17T15:40:00.000+01:00What a wonderfully vivid memory of tinyness. It m...What a wonderfully vivid memory of tinyness. It made me consider, and I don't think I have any memories of First Days. And I don't think my mother took any photos, either. This is all very strange, since there are a ton of photos of me as an only child, and only girl grandchild. <BR/><BR/>Also, it may amuse you to know that I've been thinking of you as tall all this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-6348976568411743662007-08-17T01:46:00.000+01:002007-08-17T01:46:00.000+01:00Do you ever look at your fingers now and wonder ho...Do you ever look at your fingers now and wonder how they can be so small? I do. Having both my kids catch up to me doesn't help...but I can look at my smallest fingernail with my own eyes and just brain-burst at how ridiculously tiny it is. <BR/><BR/>I don't have such a vivid memory of my first day of school. (I loved reading yours.) I do remember a blur of everybody being bigger than me. Oddly, I don't remember being afraid. Just little.Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-44976532896796332602007-08-16T19:22:00.000+01:002007-08-16T19:22:00.000+01:00What a beautiful post. Thanks for the kind words ...What a beautiful post. Thanks for the kind words about Ella's photo. I need to actually manage to write a post about her first day of first grade, maybe her first week.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-45728978076439524462007-08-16T16:56:00.000+01:002007-08-16T16:56:00.000+01:00Love those bangs!!My daughter had bangs in her fir...Love those bangs!!<BR/><BR/>My daughter had bangs in her first day of school pic, but her hair is so curly they almost twisted up off her forehead.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful "Remembrance of Things Past" writing Xtin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-89910757471845262082007-08-16T15:53:00.000+01:002007-08-16T15:53:00.000+01:00The dr. is correct in his taxonomy. I have to prai...The dr. is correct in his taxonomy. I have to praise you both yet again (& then, I promise, I'll stop for an unspecified time period)--having discovered your blogs only a wee week ago, I've suddenly got this habit of looking forward to new installments of fine writing. <BR/><BR/>"Sprout" is a wonderful post. Brava!kookaburrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949942528797364654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-10447655091184528552007-08-16T15:00:00.000+01:002007-08-16T15:00:00.000+01:00You and pluvialis are both magical creatures (bein...You and pluvialis are both magical creatures (beings?) - don't let the world try to tell you different. As someone who is driving a child to college (his 1st year) this weekend, I can empathize w/ your mum - kids get older, but the feelings stay much the same. Your post and the boy's departure are conspiring to fill my eyes up...<BR/><BR/>I wore a school uniform (Newport, Wales) to my 1st day of school as well - my parents have a picture somewhere - wish I had it.dr. hypercubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248184324020645672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-28947886944698224442007-08-16T14:29:00.000+01:002007-08-16T14:29:00.000+01:00:):)Xtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05284726953322709781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586643.post-595169928723996112007-08-16T14:20:00.000+01:002007-08-16T14:20:00.000+01:00beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!Pluvialishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215485499944146575noreply@blogger.com