Just wrote to a fellow secular homeschooler asking if I could please quote something she'd written for an upcoming SHM column. Seemed like a good idea until I hit "send," at which point I realized that of course she's going to think I'm a total stalker and possibly report me to the authorities.
She wrote back granting gracious permission to quote. That makes me happy. I wanted the quote for the upcoming "Here We Go Again" column. Which also seemed like a good idea when I came up with it, but now just seems icky and way too much work in the sense that I have to behave like an actual journalist and do tons of research and stuff when I was hoping to just lie back in the manner of a Roman empress and let the writing come to me.
What makes me happiest, though, is how this lovely lady greeted me in her letter of reply. She really, really actually said, "Aah, the writer of the infamous wish list!"
That is just so cool for so many reasons. First off, I feel like a character from a homeschooling version of a James Bond movie or something. I've never met this woman, but for me, she has an Eastern European accent and maybe a pristinely white cat. I don't care if that isn't true. It's true for me.
Then there's the whole she-knew-who-I-was-without-my-even-mentioning-it thing. I am so famous. I am. Don't ruin it for me.
Plus I now know exactly what to have them carve on my tombstone. It's going to be awesome. It'll have this black marble angel -- not a cute Victorian angel, but a more medieval, kick-booty one. And he/she (it's an angel, okay?) will be holding this gorgeous scroll, and on it will say --
You know what? I'm going to have them start making it before I die, so I can actually see it and enjoy it. You know, while I can still see. You know how the pharaohs would start construction on their tombs way before they actually needed them? I'm just trying to be practical, okay?
Friday, January 4, 2008
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I saw the wishlist and copied it (attributed, of course, I was homeschooled) to send to my mom, dad, and husband. I'd give it to my (also homeschooled) kids, but only my 5yo's reading so far and he's too little to quite get it' except for the socialization question, which people always ask me after chatting with my boy for an hour! Grr.
It's wonderful. Great. And so true. I love it. I hope you don't mind. I expect my mom will love it too.
I'm very happy to see your blog.
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