Comments on: the dangers of the Caribbean for a city girl http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/ beauty. body image. womanhood. dessert. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:21:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Celynne http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58087 Celynne Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:58:56 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58087 I think you might just not be an open-spaces kind of person. Endless fields of wheat make me feel strange and exposed. I grew up in rolling forested hills and valleys and now I live in the downtown core of a city and I can really sense the difference when I’m finally standing somewhere vast and open. I am very good at relaxing though, if it’s a vacation that doesn’t require me to actually use my brain. I can happily veg out for ages being chill and relaxed. The cake post idea is really great, you should definitely do that!

]]> By: TG http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58055 TG Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:56:27 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58055 I really hope you are enjoying this holiday more than this post suggests other wise what a shame for both you and the people you are with. Enjoy the perspective this experience gives you. Embrace it. Sit and snuggle with Bear on the patio. Be two specks under the stars. It’s good sometimes to have the reminder of how small our lives really are, how meaningless all our preoccupations are in the bigger picture. Of course very few of us could live permanently in that state but its good to embrace it every now and again if possible. It reminds me slightly of the quote by Terry Pratchett’s Death ‘Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom.’ We shield ourselves from the wonders of the universe by concentrating on all our petty concerns and metaphorically saying ‘yay a beach’.

]]> By: Kate http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58048 Kate Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:29:56 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58048 @morgaine
absolutely! I meant to mention this, actually. If you already have a picture in the gallery, I’ll still do a feature post for you.

Also, if you have a blog, I’m happy to link to it there.

]]> By: morgaine http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58046 morgaine Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:15:34 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58046 I love the cake pictures idea! Can we do that retroactively if we already have pictures in the gallery?

]]> By: San D http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58036 San D Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:36:23 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58036 My husband loves nature. I have a healthy reverence. He will linger for hours in a field looking and photographing. While with him I will text friends the following sequence. “Beautiful vista, sky goes on forever”. “Bugs have descended on me, spending time swatting”. “Shoot me now, we are on hour 3″. Now, in retirement, I am busier than ever, I just can’t be “still”.

]]> By: misti_hope http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58033 misti_hope Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:34:47 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58033 Here is a picture of a tattoo with a quote that should put you at ease in the vastness of the universe. And it’s by Carl Sagan!

http://is.gd/jBM24E

]]> By: CarbonGirl http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58032 CarbonGirl Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:32:42 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58032 I loved this:

“And I suddenly understood better why people might stay in the city forever. Because it’s easier, in a way. Not having to think about anything beyond the walls. Focusing inward. It enables you to work and work and try so hard to get ahead. Ahead is a place that no one seems to actually know much about. It’s a little like heaven, I think. You hope it’s there, waiting for you. Because otherwise there might be nothing.”

So beautifully written and I feel it really gets to the heart of modern life.

PS: I am so jealous of Lizzy in the cake pic! I always want to bake my own birthday cake because I love baking. But my husband feels that it is his responsibility to supply the cake and therefore will not let me make one.

]]> By: Deanna http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58031 Deanna Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:15:28 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58031 I have mixed feelings about vacation. On the one hand, I love to travel and see the world, but I also love being home and with my routine and I miss my routine when I’m away. I think one or two vacations a year is fine..maybe a few short ones like going hiking or a day trip to wine country. I have clients who take 10 long vacations a year..that to me seems like running away from their lives.

I also hate coming home to piles of mail, a house that smells funny, a dog that is jumping all over me to go for a walk and this feeling of fatigue. I could sleep for a week and still feel tired when I get home.

]]> By: lik_11 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58030 lik_11 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:06:56 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58030 I love vacation!!!! Must get away….

]]> By: Krystina http://www.eatthedamncake.com/2012/06/12/the-dangers-of-the-caribbean-for-a-city-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-58029 Krystina Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:06:26 +0000 http://www.eatthedamncake.com/?p=5231#comment-58029 I am awesome @ being on vacation. I NEED a vacation too!

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