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Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:51:27 -0000

So sweet.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

eileen_rita — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:55:35 -0000

lol - that's ok. Worse things have happened :D
It actually started a great conversation once I had convinced everyone that Mariah Carey wasn't MY hero. haha

I love your questions each month, they leave me thinking about them for days afterwards. Thank you!!

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:55:42 -0000

I'm so sorry for getting that song stuck in your head.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

eileen_rita — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:10:09 -0000

Yes thats him!

I don't know that he changed the world, but I find his story inspirational. The version of of the book 'Reach For The Sky' is a junior edition I brought when I was in Intermediate School (ages 11-13). It's written in the simplest language, with double spacing and thick paper. I just love it :)

p.s. got caught humming Mariah Carey at the bar last night....thanks for that ;)

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:41:20 -0000

How sweet and heartbreaking to think of you being saved by Astro Boy at 4:30 in the morning!

This Douglas Bader? http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I had to look up Kate Sheppard, too: http://www.nzedge.com/heroe...

Love learning of people for the first time - thanks!

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

eileen_rita — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:10:46 -0000

I can't describe how fitting it is to me that Astro Boy is hovering at the top of page that talks about heroes. I used to get up at 4.30 every Saturday morning and watch that cartoon when my parents were seperating. He was my hero at the time...there's very little shouting at 4.30 in the morning..

It's so hard to pick just one! There are so many iconic figures that have existed and done amazing things, but Douglas Badar who's story I still keep within arms reach of my bed and Kate Sheppard who gave NZ women a voice are two people I think of often.

Hero. It's such a small word.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:42:34 -0000

An impressive list and says a lot about the person you are.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Carmelo Valone — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:43:41 -0000

The spirit of George Carlin-he's not such a 'well respected' literary character but he came from nothing and became a writer and public figure who at one point took on the supreme court -via his 'freedom of expression' i.e. the old '5 dirty words'. Charles Bukowski as he like me is considered an 'uneducated slob' in the traditional sense of education. He did it despite it all. F. Scott Fitzgerald too -as he had dyslexia just like myself.

Also a good friend of my Elyn Saks, Who’s now a world renowned USC law professor and has beaten anything and everything the world, has thrown her from her Schizophrenia to beating out Cancer. I don’t want to give away too much from her memoir-but she is my most recent and closest living hero to myself.
Finally, I’m sure there’s a bit of Obama in there-what’s not to love or respect-

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:59:04 -0000

Well, now, instead of having "Hero" stuck in my head, I have "La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!"

Great story, Carolyn!

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

CarolynBurnsBass — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:36:37 -0000

When my stepfather began courting my mother, he introduced her to Joan Baez and bought several piano music books. Although my mother could play and sing much like Joan (my mom was an amazing chanteuse), I never had formal piano lessons, so I would plunk out the melody line of Joan's songs with my right hand. Tried to learn guitar, but my small hands couldn't span the neck of my mom's huge classical guitar.
I was about eight, the Vietnam war was raging, and I fell in love with Joan's brooding soprano and folk sensibilities. None of my friends knew Joan Baez until junior high when she had that hit "The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down."

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:07:27 -0000

Am I the only one having trouble getting on to LitPark today?

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:06:43 -0000

I hope you're not that brave. I would not like you to walk in front of a tank. Not at all.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:05:43 -0000

Until now, I didn't have Enrique stuck in my head.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Ric — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:53:59 -0000

Funny, Lance, very funny.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Lance Velázquez Reynald — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:45:53 -0000

yeah... about that song... stuck in my head since 12:01 monday morning... that and enrique...

so I went to youtube to look 'em up.

Mariah with a different nose and....ahem....chest.

amazing what success can do to shape and transform a person?

serious self-actualization.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

troutbum70 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:19:16 -0000

Tank man. That guy represents what a hero is suppossed to be, the guy that lives his life and then one day he has had enough and walks out in front of the tanks and says no more, you may kill me but you will no longer oppress me. I hope I would be that brave. I don't think I am.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:59:08 -0000

Love this answer because each part of it takes me in a new and important direction.

I've had the Mariah Carey Hero song stuck in my head ever since I posted this question, so I think I'll be writing about that on Friday...

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:56:31 -0000

Oh, I get it. And cool. I just felt bad that there were people I couldn't respond to, and I don't like to ignore anyone. But if they're not actually here...

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Terry Bain — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:58:19 -0000

Pretty sure you don't have to buy anything, but you do have to register with them. They may ask for credit card information, which is utterly bogus, but purchase shouldn't be necessary.

However, you might actually get more traction from posting on goodreads or librarything:

http://www.goodreads.com/
http://www.librarything.com/

Blessings.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Terry Bain — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:53:25 -0000

Further note: it's not just friendfeed. Note that links from twitter also show up down there under "reactions." Essentially the comment system is tracking conversations people are having about LitPark when they're having them Outside LitPark. I think it's kind of cool, but you may disagree.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Terry Bain — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:48:30 -0000

It's not really a "fix." Since the question is essentially "republished" on friendfeed, if people respond over there, it stays there, and our comment system simply does us the favor of telling us that there's also that conversation on friendfeed related to this one. Likely this will draw in some readers over time, but if people continue to use friendfeed, I'm guessing you'll see more and more "Reactions" nailed on to the end of the discussion.

If none of his makes sense, let me know. I'll try to make sense of it, but I can't make any promises. I'm only human. For perfect answers, we have to ask a robot.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Ric — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:25:00 -0000

Well, that was interesting. Apparently you have to actually buy stuff from Amazon to post a review. Since I have a very cozy relationship with my local bookseller, it isn't something that I do. I did try.....

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

Billy Bones — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:47:33 -0000

Thoughts on heroes from the man who types up my stories:
Captain Sully’s Hudson River landing took my breath away, Jimi Hendrix has transported me farther with his music than anyone else, and Neil Gaiman leads a fanciful life that serves as a guiding light. But here is where I will get in trouble because it sounds so self-centered. I look to myself to be my own hero. If I don’t believe in myself, nobody else will.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

SusanHenderson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:28:37 -0000

Yeah, that's Astro Boy. And Rosa Parks perfectly fits the definition of hero.

Re: Question of the Month: Hero

lance reynald — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:46:24 -0000

Duchamp...genius pick.