Comments on: Thanks for Nothing, Julie Andrews http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2006/10/04/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marilyn http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2006/10/04/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-19787 Marilyn Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:39:59 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=429#comment-19787 Oh god, Pam, I LOVED THIS. It brought tears in certain moments...and sadly, made me realize that NOWHERE feels like home to me anymore. If this place did, I wouldn't still be living underground (virtually). A few days ago, out of the blue, I felt compelled to listen to a St. Thomas AM stream as I sat in the morning dark having coffee. Suddenly I MISSED West Indian accents...and was flooded with the old familiar...goofy radio personalities...the daily, morning "hurricane prayer"...candidates advertising their fundraising fish fries, etc. Things that grew to annoy the shit out of me suddenly made me nostalgic. I left the 'phones tuned in and left a note for J. I called him at lunchtime and he said he'd spent the entire morning, as he said, "Missing home." Shit. We don't know where the hell we belong anymore. But you really captured some universal feelings here in a deeply personal way. P.S. As Di said, Mayes' book is nothing like the film...you might enjoy it...I did. And I think she was teaching at S.F. State when she was bouncing back and forth to Tuscany and buying/renovating her place. The movie was lame. Oh god, Pam, I LOVED THIS. It brought tears in certain moments…and sadly, made me realize that NOWHERE feels like home to me anymore. If this place did, I wouldn’t still be living underground (virtually). A few days ago, out of the blue, I felt compelled to listen to a St. Thomas AM stream as I sat in the morning dark having coffee. Suddenly I MISSED West Indian accents…and was flooded with the old familiar…goofy radio personalities…the daily, morning “hurricane prayer”…candidates advertising their fundraising fish fries, etc. Things that grew to annoy the shit out of me suddenly made me nostalgic. I left the ‘phones tuned in and left a note for J. I called him at lunchtime and he said he’d spent the entire morning, as he said, “Missing home.” Shit. We don’t know where the hell we belong anymore. But you really captured some universal feelings here in a deeply personal way.

P.S. As Di said, Mayes’ book is nothing like the film…you might enjoy it…I did. And I think she was teaching at S.F. State when she was bouncing back and forth to Tuscany and buying/renovating her place. The movie was lame.

]]> By: christina http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2006/10/04/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-19382 christina Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:49:45 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=429#comment-19382 (Di sent me here in a roundabout way) Oh my god, this is fantastic. It made me laugh and cry all at the same time. You said it better than I ever could. This is the first time I've visited your blog and obviously I didn't know what I was missing. I'll be back. (Di sent me here in a roundabout way)

Oh my god, this is fantastic. It made me laugh and cry all at the same time. You said it better than I ever could. This is the first time I’ve visited your blog and obviously I didn’t know what I was missing. I’ll be back.

]]> By: Julia http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2006/10/04/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-18855 Julia Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:43:36 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=429#comment-18855 I keep hearing about longings for pho. If anyone wants to visit Prague and check out the pho offerings at the giant Vietnamese market east of here, I'd be happy to join! I keep hearing about longings for pho. If anyone wants to visit Prague and check out the pho offerings at the giant Vietnamese market east of here, I’d be happy to join!

]]> By: Jesse http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2006/10/04/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-18850 Jesse Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:18:01 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=429#comment-18850 Thanks! My play by play reactions: The audio seems to be working! Sound of Music--very appropriate choice of music! :-) Right on about the guilt of homesickness. Piles of green vegetables? Ha! I was thinking about the seafood post--the need of proximity to the sea to get seafood. Well, it doesn't seem to work the other way around; that is, central Europe is just a bunch of fertile valleys and fields, but where are the piles of vegetables?! Thanks!

My play by play reactions:

The audio seems to be working! Sound of Music–very appropriate choice of music! :-)

Right on about the guilt of homesickness.

Piles of green vegetables? Ha! I was thinking about the seafood post–the need of proximity to the sea to get seafood. Well, it doesn’t seem to work the other way around; that is, central Europe is just a bunch of fertile valleys and fields, but where are the piles of vegetables?!

]]> By: Dan http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2006/10/04/self-indulgent-expatriate-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-18822 Dan Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:04:04 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=429#comment-18822 Haha. Amen. But what has this become? NPR? But at least I now have a term to ascribe to my detestation of Texas.... I'm just homesick for California, check, the real world. Haha. Amen. But what has this become? NPR?

But at least I now have a term to ascribe to my detestation of Texas…. I’m just homesick for California, check, the real world.

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