tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post4318816460224341994..comments2023-05-02T01:13:15.498-07:00Comments on Grace Undressed: historyGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13246990884639753146noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-10743169701311302272008-09-26T07:19:00.000-07:002008-09-26T07:19:00.000-07:00Beautiful, amazing. I love the way you weave words...Beautiful, amazing. I love the way you weave words.<BR/><BR/>I had myself a tryst with a sailing instructor recently. Tan from the sun, muscular from the job, gorgeous. <BR/><BR/>When I was a stripper I would not sleep with anyone that didn't tell me I had a perfect body first. It was, I guess, my way of validating the moment. This man was the first to tell me I have a perfect body since those years. It completed the moment.<BR/><BR/>This story brought back so clearly his salty kiss, the adventure.<BR/><BR/>I love what you write. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. They say the human brain recognizes celebrities as friends when someone relates to their character strongly. Though I don't know you, my brain sees you as a friend and I look forward to every post.Coal Mine Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13287740554486290719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-31038522037329567112008-09-08T16:11:00.000-07:002008-09-08T16:11:00.000-07:00Grace, this was the first time I read your blag. ...Grace, this was the first time I read your blag. It will NOT be the last. Your prose is gorgeous.<BR/><BR/>But! Protect yourself! Run, don't walk, and get yo'sef a Creative Commons license. <BR/><BR/>http://creativecommons.org/license/<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to curl up with my Macbook and a glass of wine, and get myself Graced.CheekierMeSlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12142260712230852504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-12237272276046235862008-08-05T18:39:00.000-07:002008-08-05T18:39:00.000-07:00Wow, girl, this piece is suberb. Everything you w...Wow, girl, this piece is suberb. Everything you write is so real and paints a picture that captures not just the physical context, but the emotional undercurrents as well. This one stands out above the other gems. Kudos, and yes, get this stuff published. I would love to have a copy I could carry with me and read at leisure.cosmiccowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392673002818633402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-27628215685100113232008-08-05T09:45:00.000-07:002008-08-05T09:45:00.000-07:00This line:"Liar. His lips tasted like salt."brough...This line:<BR/>"Liar. His lips tasted like salt."<BR/><BR/>brought tears to my eyes.<BR/><BR/>Please, please consider publishing your work.<BR/><BR/>And put me down for five copies.Joshwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710800677071269795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-23983549343999600932008-08-04T13:06:00.000-07:002008-08-04T13:06:00.000-07:00This is fantastic stuff. I stumbled on your blog b...This is fantastic stuff. I stumbled on your blog by chance and read the first entry. I liked it so much I read the second, and then the third. And then before I knew it I'd read two years of your life. And now I'll be restless and itching for you to write more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-71758624554548692632008-08-04T10:29:00.000-07:002008-08-04T10:29:00.000-07:00Nah, you're not missing anything. I accidentally p...Nah, you're not missing anything. I accidentally published a comment with someone's contact information in it and had to disable the post til I figured out how to click the trash can and delete the comment. I put up a little "what's going on" post just to explain why the post wasn't available for a while. <BR/><BR/>I feel very remiss for not blogging in the last week or so. I'm very busy and very tired, but I'll be back at it soon, I swear.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246990884639753146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-7674160307792250412008-08-04T08:46:00.000-07:002008-08-04T08:46:00.000-07:00Hi Grace,My ex-husband and I love your blog. I'm r...Hi Grace,<BR/>My ex-husband and I love your blog. I'm reading from the very first post (I told you that already), anyway... yesterday or day before yesterday he told about your last post that was awasome as usual, but when I went to read wasn't there any more!!!????<BR/>I believe the title was What's going on? or something close to that.<BR/>What's going on?<BR/><BR/>LisaMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913819475602826726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-66323943477494113092008-08-02T04:30:00.000-07:002008-08-02T04:30:00.000-07:00Wow, that nearly knocked me off of my chair. I wa...Wow, that nearly knocked me off of my chair. I was leaning so close into the screen. I felt that whole thing, from start to finish.<BR/><BR/>Somewhere in Juarez there's a little Virgin De Guadalupe on a candle that saw you coming and saw you left and weeped wax in her aura of amber for your love that never was quite right. She remembers too.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this. It was amazing.davkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970105614312371980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-33618350617563972102008-08-01T20:13:00.000-07:002008-08-01T20:13:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.-failedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684063398035863263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-20813903735939281512008-08-01T01:33:00.000-07:002008-08-01T01:33:00.000-07:00Oh my god this is fucking beautiful.Please conside...Oh my god this is fucking beautiful.<BR/><BR/>Please consider changing the background to white and the text to black. It makes it easier to read.<BR/><BR/>I posted one of your stories to storylog.com a few days ago. I hope that's okay. I would like to have your permission to post a few more.<BR/><BR/>I cherish your writing. I wish to write like you one day.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282028513725677517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-52679205706762202832008-07-31T21:29:00.000-07:002008-07-31T21:29:00.000-07:00That was beautiful and sad all at the same time. Y...That was beautiful and sad all at the same time. You are a lovely writer. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-1141528721374188182008-07-30T06:25:00.000-07:002008-07-30T06:25:00.000-07:00You are so good.You are so good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-87225825818545067352008-07-28T15:54:00.000-07:002008-07-28T15:54:00.000-07:00I read this on a day that I needed it very badly. ...I read this on a day that I needed it very badly. I was hanging on by a thread and you helped my pullback. I admire your strength and restraint and wish I had it. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-72146895970089721132008-07-27T13:00:00.000-07:002008-07-27T13:00:00.000-07:00ha ha ha ha great point. Art is a hybridization ...ha ha ha ha great point. Art is a hybridization - totally. I still think you should get this published sooner than later. <BR/><BR/>I'll buy your book and 10,000+ other people will...in pre-orders alone.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398928692909738534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-63524108078186171022008-07-27T12:59:00.000-07:002008-07-27T12:59:00.000-07:00beautifully written. this one really drew me in.beautifully written. this one really drew me in.j9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08530719661675484706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-18075867485112521862008-07-27T09:08:00.000-07:002008-07-27T09:08:00.000-07:00Huh. I see what you're saying, and it does give me...Huh. I see what you're saying, and it does give me pause. On the other hand, I'm just not sure what people would actually "steal." Words don't feel like a scarce commodity to me. And if anybody tries to outright steal my stories about Mexico, well, I have photographic evidence. <BR/><BR/>I kind of feel like this is rock and roll and a certain amount of creative cross-hybridization is going to happen anyway -- it's healthy. <BR/><BR/>In Decline and Fall of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, the interviewer asks Lemmy from Motorhead if he minded other metal bands ripping him off. He says no, "Because they might do something later that we can steal from them."Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246990884639753146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-38296444938489782402008-07-27T00:14:00.000-07:002008-07-27T00:14:00.000-07:00My father's family needs to make a huge deposit fr...My father's family needs to make a huge deposit from overseas into a US bank account...we just need an account number and a fee to process this major transfer...just kidding. :)<BR/><BR/>About the copyrighting, I don't think anything is totally safe in blogs because dates can be changed (for example, you can retroactively post MySpace blogs - put a past date on a blog) and you can always edit blogs that you have previously posted. So, dates that are posted on blogs can always be changed and who's to prove that you wrote something before someone else (who stole your material). I know this sounds crazy, but I'm sure it has happened. Also with Word files on your computer, whenever you open them and alter them, the current day is stamped on the file wiping out the previous record. I think. One writer told me something about making a hard copy and mailing it to herself so it had a postmark on it and then not opening the letter so that it could hold up in court as a time-dated document...seems pretty antiquated if you ask me. <BR/><BR/>Did I mention that I'm a paranoid schizophrenic? :)<BR/><BR/>I'm 99% sure that you have nothing to worry about. I'm just curious for myself as well as for you, because you have book material here. If you come up with anything, let me know. And I'll look into it on this end. <BR/><BR/>In the meantime...definitely keep writing. You have a natural voice and such a profound way of expressing yourself. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and by the way, I'm Parker. I was logged into another account before.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398928692909738534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-35703946623798789212008-07-26T08:37:00.000-07:002008-07-26T08:37:00.000-07:00Yeah, my understanding from some college course I ...Yeah, my understanding from some college course I took a million years ago is that web publishing fully constitutes publishing in most legal senses, and automatically confers copyright. <BR/><BR/>I am fully open to being contacted by readers (and yes, it does sweeten the deal a little bit if you offer me money and/or a job, but only a little bit.) Just post a comment with your e-mail in it and I will respond. I will NEVER publish your contact info, just as I would never publish my own. None of need any bank transfers from Nigeria. :)Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246990884639753146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-75789077817413503262008-07-26T05:57:00.000-07:002008-07-26T05:57:00.000-07:00Sorry, just saw Parker's comment now and felt like...Sorry, just saw Parker's comment now and felt like speaking up. I've been blogging for a little over 5 years now and that has included personal, diary-like blogging and blogging prose or poetry, all of which I still do.<BR/>I don't worry much about copyright in my diary-like blogging, because I figure it's not really written in a style that somebody would absolutely like to steal. As to my prose and poetry: all of it exists first in my computer (the prose) and in notebooks (the poetry), complete with dates. I figure that if I were to be plagiarised and got wind of it, I have a way of proving beyond the shadow of a doubt that a text is mine. As for blogposts that usually don't have a first draft, I think the publication dates etc are also good ways of reclaiming copyright...<BR/>Hope this shed a bit of light on the issue.<BR/><BR/>AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-59257465890386431232008-07-26T05:50:00.000-07:002008-07-26T05:50:00.000-07:00What can I say, I loved it. Every sentence, every ...What can I say, I loved it. Every sentence, every word, syllable and letter. Even the punctuation is a thing of beauty when you get involved.<BR/><BR/>If there is such a thing as falling in love over the internet, through someone's blog, I may be falling for you. :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-33135358367705012272008-07-25T16:32:00.000-07:002008-07-25T16:32:00.000-07:00Grace,I don't pretend to know you, but I've been f...Grace,<BR/><BR/>I don't pretend to know you, but I've been following your posts since you got boing-boinged way back when. In fact, my first exposure to your writing was your aptly-titled "What the fuck is this shit?" post.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I wanted to say that you really strike me as a Decent Human Being. This is the most poignant of your pieces that I've read so far (and I dove back into your old posts for some context after discovering the blog). <BR/><BR/>I'm not much into strip clubs, but reading your writing reminds me of some amazing live gig, with a band I barely knew, where they seemed so connected to the audience, and conducting their craft so well, that, well, I wanted to throw money at them.<BR/><BR/>To that end, I tried your Pay Pal link, but they seem to hate me at the moment (I tried using it yesterday for something completely unrelated and got the same head-scratching failure). Is there any other way I can contribute to you and / or your writing? Please let me know.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I am not an expert, but I do know that any creative or professional works you create (such as blog posts) are copyrighted by default. You don't need to do anything further to claim that right. The IntarWeb is a rampant cesspool of cross-posting, misappropriation and plagiarism (and pirates and terrorists and STDs), so a prominent copyright notice wouldn't hurt. It wouldn't stop anyone from trying to nick your work anyway.<BR/><BR/>Kind regards,<BR/><BR/>corinthianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-28884489350652972282008-07-25T15:41:00.000-07:002008-07-25T15:41:00.000-07:00Interesting question. I can't say I've really give...Interesting question. I can't say I've really given it a lot of thought, which is remiss of me. Until just lately, this was just my own tiny, quiet corner of the innernets, and I didn't worry about that kind of thing. <BR/><BR/>Someone out there knows more about this than me. Speak up!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246990884639753146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-86511448366381796212008-07-25T15:37:00.000-07:002008-07-25T15:37:00.000-07:00Grace,Your writing has a wonderful gravity to it. ...Grace,<BR/><BR/>Your writing has a wonderful gravity to it. It's fantastic. My question to you is...do you worry about copyrighting? This is something you ABSOLUTELY want to get published (and will), so I'm just wondering if you have any concerns about copyrighting. I just started blogging a few months ago, and this is a primary concern of mine that makes me shy away from posting my more intimate material. <BR/><BR/>Thoughts?Quixotic Dancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465610605960917541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-65283682964664603152008-07-25T11:59:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:59:00.000-07:00Wow. Blown away.Wow. Blown away.OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20440617.post-36433360271349918272008-07-25T07:02:00.000-07:002008-07-25T07:02:00.000-07:00Incredible post, thank you.Incredible post, thank you.machinelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665991623152314575noreply@blogger.com