tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732201516533376192.post5529482938660403125..comments2009-04-22T02:20:34.400-07:00Comments on das Fettchen: Everyday a MarathonJake K.M. Paikaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844877671707222275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732201516533376192.post-19540264890387580412008-09-10T00:46:00.000-07:002008-09-10T00:46:00.000-07:00Speaking as someone who both understands in a very...Speaking as someone who both understands in a very intimate way where you are coming from, and one who has been on the receiving end of such "praise," I have to say that I agree. It's like being reminded on a daily, hourly, etc. basis that you are different...and less, somehow. <BR/><BR/>We are not less, you and I. We are not subhuman, nor do we feel differently than they might if they were singled out for doing something that was a norm for everyone else. <BR/><BR/>I do have to very much second what the first commenter said. I know we haven't known each other terribly long, but you continue to amaze me everyday, and I someday hope to have even a modicum of the knowledge and insight into the world that you have. You are much braver than I, and say things I am nowhere near comfortable saying yet. But I have you to model after.Danniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07999223523087459657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732201516533376192.post-20298859700406242112008-09-10T00:01:00.000-07:002008-09-10T00:01:00.000-07:00And that, my dear, is why I love your face.And that, my dear, is why I love your face.Jake K.M. Paikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844877671707222275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732201516533376192.post-62116881892225051462008-09-09T21:11:00.000-07:002008-09-09T21:11:00.000-07:00I've never liked the "proud of you" thing when app...I've never liked the "proud of you" thing when applied in this general situation; it's so discomfiting. It always reads as "I'm proud of you [for exerting yourself to the point of pain in order that you might appear more conventionally attractive to the rest of the world]." Which is why Oprah weight-loss specials and those weight-loss commercials piss me off considerably.<BR/><BR/>I've never felt proud of you simply because you've taken a step toward thinness or conventionality or whatever and I hope it's never seemed that way. I am, however, consistently proud of you for, and amazed by, all the things you do all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com