"friday five" ... love-in !

Published on November 25, 2004 By mignuna In Philosophy

Okay, so we don't have 'Turkey Day' in Australia, but in honour of your fine tradition, I thought we could give thanks to our fellow bloggers.

There are members of this community - some well known, some not so well-known, some established 'regulars', some less prolific posters - who deserve to be thanked for their efforts in making JU a nicer place to be.

So, feel free to name any blogger who has inspired you in any way, and give them a big 'thankyou' boost. They deserve it.

I'm going to start off with mine. I know that there will be repeats of these, but, if you can, try and avoid naming the same bloggers over and over - we want to spread the love !.

For my “Thanksgiving Friday Five", I would like to give thanks to ...

1/ Citahellion for his indispensable advice and razor-sharp wit.

2/ Sabrina/little_whip for her empathy and wise counsel.

3/ Dharma for her commitment to peace and community spirit, and her warm heart.

4/ Brad/Draginol for creating and maintaining our growing community.

5/ Notsohighlyevolved/Marco for being my dearest friend and an amazing writer.

Those are the first 5 that came into my head, and I need to add No. 6 "Everyone who has ever taken the time to read anything of mine, however briefly, and has left their impact on me via their input".

Big, big, big thankyou, everyone. I'm having the time of my life

Mig XXXXX

Comments (Page 2)

mignuna

on Nov 27, 2004

hi dyl (my muse of sorts), brenda (a humble lady for such a talent), nic (a poet and a sister), alphonse (the lean, mean, poetry machine hehe), mj (the best brother a girl could have) & citahellion (the mind with a man of its' own) ... thanks for visiting my thanksgiving friday five.

i agree again that choosing just 5 is a big ask - thanks for doing your best everyone (i hereby formally excuse any 'rants' or long posts) ... i loved them all, and feel i honoured to have shared in all of the positive praise.

i mean it most sincerely when i say i'm thrilled to bits to have been named. i'm no calm, cool, collected character (as we all know) and i get very excited when i get positive comments. they mean a great deal to me, and the ones on this blog are certain to become amongst my most cherished.

oooh. i ranted too. i have to go now. there is a wasp in my curtain.

mig XXXXXXXXX

chiprj

on Nov 28, 2004

Well, I'm late to the party a lot lately...

We only get five? Ok, let's see here -

greywar - I'm here because of him

Draginol - I get to be here because of him

Texas Wahine - Few blogs make me laugh like hers

Oleteach - She writes about her spirituality and it makes me think hard about my own

Mignuna - Not just for this post. Around the time I first started here at JU, she wrote a poem that is still, to this day, my favorite post here. I think I'll go bump it right now.

There are so many more. My Blogs I Read list on my page is only the start. I have about twice that many feeding into my blogroll folder in Blog Navigator.

Suspeckted

on Nov 28, 2004

I definitely forgot to plug Mack, how silly of me, but it's Sunday so no one can really be held accountable for anything today.

Floozie

on Nov 29, 2004

Ooh... I like this migs. Nothing like a bit of virtual free love to get the community going!

Where to start?

1) Sally J - Sal has been such a wonderful friend to me. From asking me one simple question, we've somehow managed to forge this awesome relationship. She's been there for me and listened to me prattle on for hours on end - and still wants me to come and visit her in Manchester (January, baby!) I had been around JU for a while, but never really connected to it or the people here. Sal's the one who made that all change for me. Thanks hon!

2) Dylan - Dyl makes the most ordinary things seem extraordinary. I love her descriptions of everything - it makes me feel like I'm reading a fairy tale, not just the details of someone's life. I love how she can make the most ugly, gritty, dirty subjects seem to sparkle - yet without glorifying them. If there is one person I'd love to be able to write like, it's her. Also, Dyl has been a great friend, listening to boring clap trap about boys and other unimportant things. She has kickarse taste in music, too!

3) Marco - Marco's writing is so deep and beautiful that I always have to read it a couple of times before I even slightly understand it. I never know how to comment, but I always feel a little bit wiser (even if I'm not sure how) after reading him. Marco also leaves the most insightful comments. Where as I will say something like 'Great article!', he'll find some tangent to travel down which opens up the original article even more. A true modern day thinker.

4) Migs - Where would we be without you, honey? The Friday Fives, the poetry, your funny takes on modern life, your jabs at being Australian (all in good fun, of course... how is the Big Banana, by the way?) your support, your kindness, you care and concern for everyone in this lovely community. You write beautifully and honestly in a way that shows your beauty as a person. Thank you for all you've done for me in the time I've been here.

5)I've got to cheat on this one, as I don't know who to single out here... so, in no particular order - Muggaz, Little Whip, Dharma, Teegstar, Powderfinger007, MasonM, Trina_p, and all the other people who I cannot remember now and will kick myself for not mentioning later.

Thanks for another great Friday Five, migs.

Suz xxx

foreverserenity

on Nov 30, 2004

Well, I'm late but I'll add my two cents:

Mig - you always come up with the darndest things! Keep up the good work.

Draginol - First for having JU and giving me a forum to rant and add my two cents; and second, your capacity for details in your articles, wow, amzing.

LW - one interesting lady who always have a lot to say - and such a fighter, despite all those crazy people who keep messing w/you - you keep on blogging - you go girl!

Bluedev - always something interesting to say.

Texas - I like your style.

Well, there are others too, whose blogs are always so interesting, Dharma, Trina, Anglo, JillU, Raven...the list is endless.

shadesofgrey

on Nov 30, 2004

I suppose I am very late as well, but wanted to add mine as well...all people I know in real life...

OG San: for unknowingly introducing me to blogging and for not killing me when I didn't tell you who I was...
Soupy: for giving me OG's blog address during your trip to NYC which allowed me to be sneaky and devious for several months...
Itgirl: for keeping me informed of all the ongoings of the Belfast gang

BigDreamer415

on Nov 30, 2004

I'm late too, but I figure I'll have fun anyway...

Imajinit - Thanks for all the horse help and responses to my articles!
Trin - You dare to be different. To be bold. You dare to be a "non-mainstream", if you will, Christian. You choose to face your problems and use them to better you. You choose to look at the world as beautiful and make the best of everything around you.
Mack - Your poetry is so heartfelt and passionate. You're an awesome guy. There aren't enough romantics to go around for all us emotional chicks.
Muggaz - Just for being 100% sanguine and making me laugh

Anne - You are SUCH a passionate person. It's so cool how passionate you are about so many things. I actually feel when I read your blogs. I feel like I can relate. Sometimes I just wish I could give you a huge hug when you're hurting because your writing portrays it so well and makes me feel what you're feeling.

~Sarah

mignuna

on Dec 01, 2004

hi chip, suz, shades, foreverserenity and sarah ... it's never too late ! welcome and thanks for adding your favourite bloggers. this post got a lot of views, so i'm hoping that those that were named will come by to see their praise.

big love & smoochies,

mig XXX

ps: suz, the banana is good. it still awaits our 'joint' visit bwaaa haaaaa !. ahem. nice to see you chicky

shadesofgrey

on Dec 02, 2004

Mig:

I have one more--good thing I only used three last time, eh?

As I've been wandering the forums today, I realized how thankful I am for Marco. His intellect and creativity far surpass any that I should hope to attain. His skill with language is simply remarkable. But more than both of these, I love to watch him debate on the political forums. He's one of the few bloggers around here that can put forth a position without being rude or resorting to namecalling--but he's also not afraid to call someone out when they are out of line. Honestly, if someone wants to learn how to debate issues rather than people, they only need to follow Marco's example. Thanks, Marco!

notsohighlyevolved

on Dec 03, 2004

My first instinct was to keep walking, hand over my face and hope no one would notice, but like a fatal car crash this is strangely fascinating. I guess I have to add my blood to an already messy scene.

Mig: Without her I wouldn't be here.

How I begged her to allow me just mere glimpses of her written work before JU and then, like a hussy, she started showing whole groups of people.

Thanks to this shameless and perverse act on her part I have seen her produce work that would never have been written in private and how thankful I have been.

She writes with an effortlessness that is impossible to emulate, a grace that is almost audible, like the hems of debutant gowns, swishing to a waltz. If you've ever had a grandmother than can take whatever you have in the pantry after two weeks without grocery shopping and make you drool with the meal thereafter, you know what Mig's like as a writer. You read for a little bit and you suddenly realise - damn, if that was any other writer, I would have stopped reading. Sometimes it's the subject that keeps you there, but Mig keeps you there all the time.

Her poetry...forgedaboudit! While we play in the minor league, she's playing in a stadium. by herself. unopposed. untouchable.

Dyl: What can i say. I have never seen the space that exists in between objects taken in the palm of a hand and gently placed on paper or the screen.

When we touch snowflakes they melt, when Dyl catches them, and then gives them to us, they remain perfect.

Floozie: This girl is my JU fix of Sex in the City. I love that show dearly, as I do the Floozie. Sophisticated, sharp, cosmopolitan - you kinda have to clamp your feet down so you don't get swept off them. She talks about heartbreak and you so want to get your heart broken...preferably by her

(Please Fluz, laugh... PLEEEEEASE!)

Did i mention she writes like a columnist from one of those stylish-as-fuck magazines, the one's you usually can't afford and they usually make a point of highlighting their writers because they're actually good.

Sally: Talking to, and reading, Sally is like sitting next to a fireplace in the dead of winter, in a cabin, in the woods and a wolf is howling outside. You love that fireplace. You cherish it.

Whenever I have felt like I should be wearing black skivvies, black pants, black rimmed glasses and slicked back hair - she's made me feel like i should be wearing a Hawaiian shirt and drinking cocktails at a tropical bar, chatting someone up. If you know me at all you would know that this is a freakin' impossibility.

First person that made me feel like people lived here. Thank you Sally.

Hamster 311: A recent addition to JU and her mark is already being felt. I like her in that strangely perverse kind of way in that she reminds me of the me i would like to be. I know that could be construed as an insult, but more than anything else it's the tone. She writes the way I would like to sound - even tempered, effortlessly intelligent and solid, like you could hold onto her in a storm.

emperoroficecream: This guy intimidated the hell out of me...and I liked it. If i was to use the word respect in that heavy handed, Sicilian kind of way, it would be now. RESPECT.

As a cheat, seeing as everyone else seems to be doing it, i would like to add Little_Whip under emperor (hell, maybe she would even like it

) She is someone that is just really substantial if you know what I mean. You get the feeling that you should be reading her, like it would do you some good, and it almost always does. This universe is populated with millions of little (ha!) black holes that exert a disproportionate amount of gravitational pull for their size, Little_whip should be classified as one of these.

Too many to list. The regret and kicking of self is inevitable.

Marco

notsohighlyevolved

on Dec 03, 2004

and shadesofgray, that is one of the most flattering compliments I have ever read, you hit me in all the right places. If i was to wish what compliment I would recieve from someone, your's would be it. Thank you, thank you, thank you...oh yeah, thank you!

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