tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post112518523702392616..comments2023-05-27T02:40:21.915-07:00Comments on oh, judy!: Reality BitesLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01246546379295509018noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125707407742164822005-09-02T17:30:00.000-07:002005-09-02T17:30:00.000-07:00Lisa,Remind James that in our house he is Lisa's b...Lisa,<BR/><BR/>Remind James that in our house he is Lisa's brother.......:-)<BR/><BR/>:-) Tell Amanda that I have a few tricks that every college educated receptionist should know...ie..websites/games that fight the mind numbing boredom and make you look busy at the same time...her blog doesn't take comments.<BR/><BR/>RebBekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02421106490759593190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125686101278238132005-09-02T11:35:00.000-07:002005-09-02T11:35:00.000-07:00My husband was really impressed that someone whose...My husband was really impressed that someone whose blog I read has a brother in Maroon5. His first comment: "Do you think they need me to write some songs for them?" <BR/><BR/>So, check on that for us and let me know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125641138105933962005-09-01T23:05:00.000-07:002005-09-01T23:05:00.000-07:00This was Lisa's polite way of saying WE NEVER HAD ...This was Lisa's polite way of saying WE NEVER HAD TO STAND IN A SINGLE LINE AT DISNEYLAND!!! The Clark family just went ride to ride in the middle of June. AND WE GOT TO MEET ASIMO, THE ROBOT. So yeah, talk about perks!topher clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680856791698323760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125631586244551612005-09-01T20:26:00.000-07:002005-09-01T20:26:00.000-07:00oh, and, have you been to my new blog?oh, and, have you been to my new blog?Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125631435618416532005-09-01T20:23:00.000-07:002005-09-01T20:23:00.000-07:00Liiisaaaaaaa....Liiisaaaaaaa....Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125625159827000052005-09-01T18:39:00.000-07:002005-09-01T18:39:00.000-07:00Kraft? yes, most definatelyKraft? yes, most definatelyLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246546379295509018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125608123269525872005-09-01T13:55:00.000-07:002005-09-01T13:55:00.000-07:00so...did you like "Singles"?so...<BR/>did you like "Singles"?Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125551208315168282005-08-31T22:06:00.000-07:002005-08-31T22:06:00.000-07:00James is very nice to us, and so is their Auntie P...James is very nice to us, and so is their Auntie Pandy (sorry, but "Aunt Tinah" is the very best to my kids, if we're rating because she actually babysits which is what really counts in my world). They showed us a great time in Hollywood and Disneyland. James is a generous re-gifter (those incredible celebrity gift bags!) and "that Uncle" who always has a treat for the kids. But best of all, James and Pandy always have insider celebrity information that pleases me to no end. It's seriously my favorite thing.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246546379295509018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125542667042537722005-08-31T19:44:00.000-07:002005-08-31T19:44:00.000-07:00So Lisa, tell me about the Clarks' recent sojourn ...So Lisa, tell me about the Clarks' recent sojourn to Anaheim....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125542531420425932005-08-31T19:42:00.000-07:002005-08-31T19:42:00.000-07:00OH Emily, from someone who thought SHE had perks a...OH Emily, <BR/>from someone who thought SHE had perks at Disneyland (a friend who performs there was supposed to meet us and get us in for free and never showed-cue the nausea as i fork over 400 bucks i never planned on spending)ask Lisa about the Clarks recent sojourn to Anaheim.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125515199180526192005-08-31T12:06:00.000-07:002005-08-31T12:06:00.000-07:00Thank you for satiating my curiosity. Do you get c...Thank you for satiating my curiosity. Do you get cool perks for having a rock star brother?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125497991162182202005-08-31T07:19:00.000-07:002005-08-31T07:19:00.000-07:00Wait, wait, wait. You mean to tell me that your br...Wait, wait, wait. You mean to tell me that your brother is Chris Valentine?! No way! And I live in Draper UT!!<BR/><BR/>Okay, I'm kidding...<BR/><BR/>But permanent hair removal sounds fantastic, to never shave your legs again would be wonderful!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863864930713026735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125457777829203612005-08-30T20:09:00.000-07:002005-08-30T20:09:00.000-07:00Kelley, you and your old expressions are always we...Kelley, you and your old expressions are always welcome. Sometime we Mormons start bragging about our WIDE streets created by Brigham Young before cars, and the nice, easy to follow numbered (no crazy names for us!) streets in a nice little grid, and we forget that we can learn a thing or two about our, say, sewer systems. . . it's good to keep us humble. <BR/><BR/>My dad loves Coke and welcomes it in any form: diet, splenda, zero, cherry, or the best: "fully-loaded" (ie regular)<BR/><BR/>My brother is James Valentine, lead guitarist in Maroon5, or did you mean Dr. Chris Valentine of Draper, UT the Family Practioner who has a cool laser? Permanent hair removal anyone?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246546379295509018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125422580148079732005-08-30T10:23:00.000-07:002005-08-30T10:23:00.000-07:00Oh Judy, I just did a search to find out what happ...Oh Judy, I just did a search to find out what happened and found the provo newspaper website, I had to laugh that it's www.HARKTHEHERALD.com anyway, here's the article<BR/>http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=63269<BR/><BR/>Poor, poor Teddy.wendysuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972358449380700170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125416181525106012005-08-30T08:36:00.000-07:002005-08-30T08:36:00.000-07:00Lisa, I've only met your dad once, and I can see h...Lisa, I've only met your dad once, and I can see him saying it, too. Your parents are a trip. And I...I would like to buy them all a Coke.~j.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02959570365515658547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125411824879204812005-08-30T07:23:00.000-07:002005-08-30T07:23:00.000-07:00Lisa, I just read through your post again and I ha...Lisa, I just read through your post again and I have to say, I love your Dad. And you have the unique ability to personify him!! I can just see him now in my head, "OH, he was AWFUL!" and "It's NEVER been this CLEAN!" :)wendysuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972358449380700170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125375004315355042005-08-29T21:10:00.000-07:002005-08-29T21:10:00.000-07:00As a stranger living in Arizona, this post raises ...As a stranger living in Arizona, this post raises a lot of questions for me...not the least of which are 1)What was the development in the story about Provo and the Sewer Dog? and 2)Who is your famous brother?<BR/><BR/>Any details would be so appreciated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125362203082578692005-08-29T17:36:00.000-07:002005-08-29T17:36:00.000-07:00As a person who is currently neck deep in EMOTIONA...As a person who is currently neck deep in EMOTIONAL sewage and who has had her fair share of random disasters, I have to say to Kate that no, your problems or stumbling blocks in life aren't less then others, not at all. I live my life and you live yours and each of us can feel burdened even though our issues may be different. <BR/><BR/>I think that our issues aren't made better or worse by comparing them to what other people are doing. The older I get the more I believe that just because someone else has bigger problems doesn't mean that you aren't validated in thinking yours are big. In fact, I feel like that is a very self destructive mentality (I know because I lived it for awhile). It only serves to force you to minimize to yourself the scope of your problems. I have said it before and I will say it until I die "it is what it is". Or, if it makes you sad or feel bad then it makes you sad, you don't have to measure it against anything else. <BR/><BR/>:-) Sorry Lisa, I am on a roll today. <BR/><BR/>P.S. At the risk of sounding like blog spam, Kate has a really funny blog about her co-workers. It was fun, as a stay at home mom who occasionally thinks she misses the working world, to read and remember what it is really like on the carreer side of things. :-)Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02421106490759593190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125354319522717762005-08-29T15:25:00.000-07:002005-08-29T15:25:00.000-07:00Why thank you, compulsive, every now and then I co...Why thank you, compulsive, every now and then I come up with a good one. Wish it was more often.<BR/><BR/>These reality checks usually leave me thinking I'll take my lousy problems over somebody else's any time.Lorienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960555507555058037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125351073358248762005-08-29T14:31:00.000-07:002005-08-29T14:31:00.000-07:00I agree with those other comments in that I think ...I agree with those other comments in that I think your reality is colored by your perspective, and even in most cases, your ideals. To most people my reality and perspective pale in comparison to having to deal with raw sewage in my basement or the kinds of things my sister is going through. But does that make my problems any less real to me? Or do does it 'bite' any less? <BR/><BR/>The bigger person, the one I'm trying to be, says yes, my problems are insignificant in comparison. But the 'real' person in me knows that I still have these problems looming above my head. So is my reality any less than someone else's?<BR/><BR/>Hmm...sorry to go all deep, you just got me wonderin'. <BR/><BR/>And I can't imagine a razor on a tongue...ouch!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863864930713026735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125345727389870472005-08-29T13:02:00.000-07:002005-08-29T13:02:00.000-07:00Jeesh, compulsive writer, what a downer!Jeesh, compulsive writer, <BR/>what a downer!Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125330735875969752005-08-29T08:52:00.000-07:002005-08-29T08:52:00.000-07:00Dear Big Sis, Thank you for reminding me why I sta...Dear Big Sis, <BR/>Thank you for reminding me why I stay away from young men aged 14-22 and have a sick love affair with Lysol.<BR/>Love, <BR/>Pandyavalentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897024896509761566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125326606069250942005-08-29T07:43:00.000-07:002005-08-29T07:43:00.000-07:00Reality does bite. My tongue hurts while I read ab...Reality does bite. My tongue hurts while I read about a sweet child innocently shaving his tongue. I got sick watching the images of a few Provo residents dealing with raw sewage spewing into in their homes (I'm pretty sure you're right on about the 14-22 male demographic). <BR/><BR/>What's interesting about reality and perspective is that it can change in a heartbeat. Watching one of my best friend's daughters (who was also my friend--she died at the tender age of 22) destroy her body with sex, drugs and rock-n-roll broke my heart. This week I'm watching live coverage of an entire city of over 400,000 people prepare to have their whole town "floating in human excrement" (great quote Lorien). While I'm praying for them, especially the old, the infirm and the poor--who don't have the luxury of leaving--I'm thinking "there's no place like home."<BR/><BR/>Does that diminish the pain of crying babies, lost taste buds and the lingering stench of our city government at its worst? No way--the reality that bites the worst is whatever reality you're in. But it sure leaves me expecting--and trying to prepare myself for--the worst. I've learned it can happen, even in your own backyard.dalenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414972890937798371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125291886381530182005-08-28T22:04:00.000-07:002005-08-28T22:04:00.000-07:00I have a little something for everyone today!Josh:...I have a little something for everyone today!<BR/><BR/>Josh: oh judy have I heard some gossip around town, and not so favorable about Provo city. Now my little ole rainwater claim is for SURE at the bottom of the pile. . . your dad must be having a great weekend. Yeah, everyday ends with me thinking, "I hope (insert weird moment/outburst/odd situation) doesn't stay with (insert child's name) forever or mess them up in (insert bizarre fear) way. . ."<BR/><BR/>Kelley: one dog. seriously.<BR/><BR/>eddy: you're right on. It's not like we have control of anything else. I mean, if I can't remember to tell my child not to shave his tongue, then what can I really control? <BR/><BR/>Lorien: Kids are weird, thanks for the echo. It's like when Phoebe gave herself a mullett on Saturday, on one side of her head. I was pulling out locks of golden blonde curls, gasping at what she had done and thought, I wonder if she'll remember this incident when she's an adult and what her recollections of it will be. . . <BR/><BR/>Wendy: I'm so glad you remembered the critically acclaimed film, "Lobster Reality Bites" filmed right here in Provo, UT starring Topher and myself, Jay Calder, and Kristen Jolley. It was really ahead of its time and Ashley, I'm always serious about Reality Bites.<BR/><BR/>Jenny: "Melrose Place is a really good movie."<BR/><BR/>Stephanie: "You say. . . stay. . . " that is the perfect soundtrack to the early 90's and for the first time I met Topher. <BR/><BR/>Suzie: gross<BR/><BR/>Tinah: keep eating<BR/><BR/>Bek: Godiva is always welcome, but after this weekend, you're the one who deserves it!!!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246546379295509018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13558624.post-1125285966135630432005-08-28T20:26:00.000-07:002005-08-28T20:26:00.000-07:00Lorien, I say that exact same prayer DAILY! I did...Lorien, I say that exact same prayer DAILY! I didn't realize others used it too...<BR/><BR/>When I thought about the razor blade on the tongue I shivered... literally. And it made me think of my dad whose older brother had told him pimples are caused by the "juice" of other pimples. So, when the first inevitable one appeared in his pre-teen years he thought he would by-pass the entire adolescent acne by -you guessed it- taking a razor to the first offending pimple. You know, so it wouldn't "spread". Ouch! Oh, and it didn't work. <BR/><BR/>As for reality... that is what I love about reading random blogs. They give me the flavor for someone else's "reality". Makes life interesting.Suzie Petuniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387520367654400467noreply@blogger.com