tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post5063727255695691223..comments2023-10-11T06:38:22.871-05:00Comments on The Rich House: Fade To BlackAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796373392283640604noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-25783452115092237202008-03-27T20:38:00.000-05:002008-03-27T20:38:00.000-05:00Don't leave man!!!Don't leave man!!!Charihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148087840882038446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-76921835680360099302008-03-20T12:54:00.000-05:002008-03-20T12:54:00.000-05:00I understand Rich...Don't fade to Black.. how abt ...I understand Rich...<BR/><BR/>Don't fade to Black.. how abt dark grey-- LOL---<BR/><BR/>Peace brother :)Ticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956393573041401364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-11555000662693197302008-03-19T16:19:00.000-05:002008-03-19T16:19:00.000-05:00This bittersweet for me, because we are working on...This bittersweet for me, because we are working on projects together. But I would not have found you or any of the other Sister/Brother bloggers for that matter--if it weren't for this medium. I never heard of blogging until I entered the neighborhood--Thanks Sojourner G, I liked that label for the blogsphere. So it is a bit unsettling to me why you would give it up. But I understand. <BR/><BR/>You have caused me to think about when I move on. Maybe it is too early to think about it, I've not been on the block a year yet. I do know something about cultivating other interests. Perhaps you don't turn off the lights yet, maybe you just rearrange the furniture a bit and think of "The Rich House" as a place that folks can come and check your brand of story-telling---you know like Cheers was to Boston (ficticious TV program), a place where everbody knows your name and their always glad you came.<BR/><BR/>I started blogging because it was a way to release a great deal of pain. Pain that I might add is slowly falling away because of the connections of caring Sister/Brother bloggers who I did not know existed 9 months or so ago! I am not interested in beng the Belle of the Ball, I just want to connect and be connected to. I have fallen in love and out of love with folks here in the blogsphere and that is good. So my friend you have a place here and a community of folks who are RICHER because you blogged. <BR/><BR/>Take a sabbatical, and hopefully the pull of all our hearts in concert will lull you back to us.Babz Rawls Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059921674059371076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-91116545853011485562008-03-19T10:35:00.000-05:002008-03-19T10:35:00.000-05:00If you ask me, I think the fact that you have expe...If you ask me, I think the fact that you have experienced most of what is still relatively new to most, leaves you in a (mental) position where you either stand to go backwards or elevate your consciousness. I think with your mentality...you will both change the game, in an innovative way.<BR/><BR/>I saw myself getting "boxed" inside a certain circle which, it appeared, dictated me. So instead of trying to fit in, I simply took two steps back, and decided to not stand on the block but corner the market, if you will. That ways...I was no longer the middle man. It had to come through me.<BR/><BR/>Had it going on until my time came. LOL. Okay, okay, I digress.<BR/><BR/>Be easy.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904024507867487521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-58516827323040986662008-03-19T10:28:00.000-05:002008-03-19T10:28:00.000-05:00Have to say the dark background gives more of a dr...Have to say the dark background gives more of a dramatic feel. <BR/><BR/>I feel your post. I call it playing the game. I think that's the best way to put it. We either play the game or allow the game to play us. On every level it appears to be this way. Well, on the levels I have stood. My levels may not be as high as yours. <BR/><BR/>One day I started to worry about some of the stuff I have written so I thought it was in my best interest to delete alot of earlier post, and pics. Paranoid, probably but wise. Other stuff I've written...you guessed it. I won't give a ish.<BR/><BR/>Truth be told, I attempt an audience in pursuit of a future goal. There are days where I am sick to my stomach of (not necessarily blogging itself) but certain bloggers. The fakeness. The ummm whats the word i'm looking for here; the audacity. You feel me? <BR/><BR/>This is where I realize(d) how the game doesn't change. The game definitely doesn't change. It's all the same. But I'm strong and the love for the writing process itself overrides everything. So I maintain, and keep it movin' until I get to where I know I'm headed.<BR/><BR/>Good post, Rich.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904024507867487521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-72246750209240191692008-03-19T07:47:00.000-05:002008-03-19T07:47:00.000-05:00i was wondering why i couldnt comment, and thats i...i was wondering why i couldnt comment, and thats interesting, i wonder what they will say, i guess our words and content reflect who we were when we are goneAll-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-69240104325230398282008-03-18T18:00:00.000-05:002008-03-18T18:00:00.000-05:00I like the way Saadia's cover looks on your Black ...I like the way Saadia's cover looks on your Black Blog.<BR/><BR/>Not that u asked for advice - but this seemed appropriate:<BR/>As my Daddy has often quoted this piece of poem to me:<BR/>"When things go wrong as they sometimes will. When the rode<BR/>Your trudging seems all up-hill. When the fund$ are low and<BR/>The debts are high. When you want smile, but have to sigh.<BR/>When care is pressing you down a bit,<BR/>Rest, if you must, but<BR/>Don’t quit!!"CapCityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772430267433358900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-3516358702213467122008-03-18T15:56:00.000-05:002008-03-18T15:56:00.000-05:00Rich, I think you should still keep the blog. It g...Rich, I think you should still keep the blog. It gives you exposure and also practice writing. If not for blogging, you would never have gotten the Blogger's Delight going. <BR/><BR/>Take breaks but please don't stop blogging.Shaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049949734768494039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-61562092189336449952008-03-18T14:50:00.000-05:002008-03-18T14:50:00.000-05:00I hid from blogland for a couple of weeks - I almo...I hid from blogland for a couple of weeks - I almost deleted my page, and I understand.<BR/><BR/>I stopped in to scream: "I got the book!!!!!" (Amazon.com finally delivered)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-1271885729849725412008-03-18T08:57:00.000-05:002008-03-18T08:57:00.000-05:00Man, don't WE have a lot in common! Answers to so...Man, don't WE have a lot in common! Answers to some of those same questions have resulted in me just doing my li'l spiritual poetry thing and not trying to be the Slauses, Dons, Nikkis and [insert name here] of the blogosphere.<BR/><BR/>The battle between the desire to be popular and the desire to be left alone can be consuming. I've found that eventually, one settles. Where, is up to the individual.<BR/><BR/>Innovation? Duets. Unique? Maybe, maybe not. But as it is in my neighborhood, I have an address. It doesn't have as many cars parked out front on the weeked as some, may not have brick on all four sides, may not have landscape lighting nor a pool in the back, but my name is on the deed and I like it just fine.<BR/><BR/>When I move, some will remember I lived there for as long as they remain in the neighborhood. Some relationships will be maintained. But when I move, I'll move up [doing my George Jefferson], hopefully to a heavenly addy, for all of this will pass away...<BR/><BR/>Very thought provoking my brother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-36997632760257705832008-03-17T18:02:00.000-05:002008-03-17T18:02:00.000-05:00First of all, i love this post, so very original, ...First of all, i love this post, so very original, and so very you. I know for sure i have went thru phases where i wanted to be in the "in crowd", wanted everyone to "like me", but i know now, just like i learned in High School, college, and the workplace, that just ain't gonna happen. I have stood alone, more times than i can count, and relished in the fact, that at the end of the day, i was me, and you know what, i can live with that...what i can't live with is pretending to be, somebody i'm not. I go from caring what others think, to not giving a damn...and that's alright with me too! What do i want folks to remember, that i was real, even if they think i'm fake, lol...that i bore my heart and soul, that i shared without regret, that i hustled to make my dreams come true, that i am a true romantic and constantly long for a love that's true, that i love writing and reading, and it is my saviour during my worst bouts of depression, that i'm not perfect, but i'm trying to be, but not for human eyes, but for God's eyes. Don't know what my last post will be before i fade to dark, but i'm hoping, no, professing, that i will be telling all, that i did indeed make it to that mountaintop!Mizrepresenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992754393960138393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-68400807413075290762008-03-17T17:02:00.000-05:002008-03-17T17:02:00.000-05:00This aint going to be as heartfelt as when I read ...This aint going to be as heartfelt as when I read it this morning and couldnt comment...but here goes anyway:<BR/><BR/><BR/>I think we all ask ourselves those questions on a constant basis. Even if we are in a relationship, we can still be lonely. I think its part of everyone living life to try and figure out what their true purpose is. <BR/><BR/>I also feel the last section...<BR/><BR/>I hope they feel when I leave the blogosphere (if I ever leave) that I was a young ambitious woman, that tried to figure out life's simple mysteries without losing herself in the process. So many people start on a journey and dont have fun along the way. I hope they see that I love life, and try to make the best of the life God has given me. i hope I leave with them that I was a crazy girl that they couldn't figure out because of all my dimensions. I think the time when someone figures me out completely, is when I will stop blogging. Until then... it will forever be therapy for me and a public diary for me to figure the crazy thoughts floating threw my head out.Eb the Celebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920888116302185562noreply@blogger.com