Comments on: The Aspen Tractor Beam Effect http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/ Think Global, Post Local Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kit O'Carra http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5641 Kit O'Carra Fri, 02 May 2008 16:49:18 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5641 I'm bummed. Help me out, Mitch. I pasted the embedded code for the video, both before and after changing the profile settings from WYSIWYG and html code. How do I get the video to appear? I’m bummed. Help me out, Mitch. I pasted the embedded code for the video, both before and after changing the profile settings from WYSIWYG and html code. How do I get the video to appear?

]]> By: Kit O'Carra http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5640 Kit O'Carra Fri, 02 May 2008 15:07:27 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5640 My video reply didn't appear. I'll try it again. My video reply didn’t appear. I’ll try it again.

]]> By: Kit O'Carra http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5639 Kit O'Carra Fri, 02 May 2008 15:05:12 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5639 I already found the answer, Mitch. Maybe a little later than I should have, but still... I found it. I already found the answer, Mitch. Maybe a little later than I should have, but still… I found it.

]]> By: Mitch Mulhall http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5638 Mitch Mulhall Fri, 02 May 2008 05:33:16 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5638 Hell, I've got no answers. I only hope you're happier on the coast than you were here... Cheers, Hell, I’ve got no answers. I only hope you’re happier on the coast than you were here…

Cheers,

]]> By: Kit O'Carra http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5637 Kit O'Carra Thu, 01 May 2008 19:42:36 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5637 I have adopted Alice Walker's quote as my new motto: "Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise." I have adopted Alice Walker’s quote as my new motto:

“Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.”

]]> By: Mitch Mulhall http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5636 Mitch Mulhall Thu, 01 May 2008 05:35:46 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5636 [why anyone in Aspen would care...] Aren't you setting your expectations, e'hem, lower than you should? Cheers, [why anyone in Aspen would care...]

Aren’t you setting your expectations, e’hem, lower than you should?

Cheers,

]]> By: Kit O'Carra http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5635 Kit O'Carra Thu, 01 May 2008 03:42:32 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5635 alpha6 wrote: "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people.." I used to think so, but these days they call that 'stalking.' ;-) No slight taken. Being Irish and falling under the blanket coverage of Murphy's Law, I was damned if I did and damned if I didn't. Hey! Maybe some people are better off as long distance friends. There's a possibility I hadn't thought of before. The Con Man wants me to keep blogging from Oregon, even though it wonders me why anyone in Aspen would care. I could be the misfit muse who takes your mind off the weekly wants and demands of the city council. alpha6 wrote: “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people..”

I used to think so, but these days they call that ‘stalking.’ ;-)

No slight taken. Being Irish and falling under the blanket coverage of Murphy’s Law, I was damned if I did and damned if I didn’t.

Hey! Maybe some people are better off as long distance friends. There’s a possibility I hadn’t thought of before. The Con Man wants me to keep blogging from Oregon, even though it wonders me why anyone in Aspen would care. I could be the misfit muse who takes your mind off the weekly wants and demands of the city council.

]]> By: alpha6 http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5634 alpha6 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:27:44 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5634 No slight to Kit was intended..... I was in my "famous quotes" mode... No slight to Kit was intended…..

I was in my “famous quotes” mode…

]]> By: Kit O'Carra http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5633 Kit O'Carra Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:19:06 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5633 Thanks, Mom. :-) Thanks, Mom. :-)

]]> By: fritters http://aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5632 fritters Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:52:05 +0000 http://www.aspenpost.net/2008/04/24/the-aspen-tractor-beam-effect/#comment-5632 Aspen can be a magical place for visitors. I loved visiting Aspen over the past 10 years and I loved it more because I was visiting a very close friend of mine who lived there and understood why Aspen is such a special place. I am not sure whether to take alpha6's quote as an insinuation towards Kit or as a "too late, you should have tried this" helpful hint. In either case, I can guarantee you that Kit is one of the most genuine, honest and truest friend anyone could have. I always tell her she is generous to a fault because she trusts too soon, offers her help without any expectations, and is always the one person you can count on. All of these qualities in her were what worked against her with the people who used her for their own gain. No one should jump to any conclusions as to why Kit, or anyone else in her position, found it impossible to connect on the same level of friendship in Aspen. People come and go without so much as a two week notice. How can anyone make a lasting friendship when 97% of the people you meet in Aspen don't stick around? I'm glad Kit moved back into the real world. I know she is happy too. I hear it in her voice and I see it in her letters. Aspen can be a magical place for visitors. I loved visiting Aspen over the past 10 years and I loved it more because I was visiting a very close friend of mine who lived there and understood why Aspen is such a special place.

I am not sure whether to take alpha6′s quote as an insinuation towards Kit or as a “too late, you should have tried this” helpful hint. In either case, I can guarantee you that Kit is one of the most genuine, honest and truest friend anyone could have. I always tell her she is generous to a fault because she trusts too soon, offers her help without any expectations, and is always the one person you can count on. All of these qualities in her were what worked against her with the people who used her for their own gain. No one should jump to any conclusions as to why Kit, or anyone else in her position, found it impossible to connect on the same level of friendship in Aspen.

People come and go without so much as a two week notice. How can anyone make a lasting friendship when 97% of the people you meet in Aspen don’t stick around?

I’m glad Kit moved back into the real world. I know she is happy too. I hear it in her voice and I see it in her letters.

]]>