Will Tight Science continue?

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Jen, are you getting tired of web journaling? You are now in your second-longest hiatus since 1996, and the longest one was just two months ago, when the oral exam was looming.

Just wondering.

I'm going thru withdrawal pains -- ow! And now Gus probably won't post regularly again til he's settled in NY. I'm forced to seek alternative means of getting my fix!

-- Anonymous, July 14, 2001

Answers

Like the great plagues of Moses's day, doom has fallen upon our heathen heads. Will the angel of death swoop down to prematurely take the life of another journal or has its hyperlink been painted in lamb's blood?

Will gus and xeney be the only two places left for me to go? You know, J-Dub is getting a bit older, she may have outgrown this scene. Either that or she has a boyfriend.

-- Anonymous, July 14, 2001


Well, you know Jay is writing again. You should go read his stuff if I'm not prolific enough for you!

-- Anonymous, July 15, 2001

Let it end... 4 years of this is enough

-- Anonymous, July 15, 2001

Oh cool, a detractor. When they finally don't care enough to even post a complaint, you have to worry.

-- Anonymous, July 15, 2001

Jen,

I hope you continue. I just started reading a few months ago. Occasionally you seem to lament about not being in a career and having a house. I think that you have simply chosen a path that is different from what most people chose or from what you may have envisioned your life would be at this point. I am a fellow member of the late twenty-something crowd. And while my life is very good, I have wandered off the beaten path, and things have turned out differently that I had expected. So the "big picture" that I take away from reading your diary is that there are regular people out there, such as yourself, that are not on the most heavily traveled road. For me it is something that is very reassuring. It's kind of like what you said about wanting to see a character similar to yourself in movies or books.

I don't think that I could necessarily substitute another diary, even of a someone I identified with. You have a certain talent in what you choose to write and the way you choose to write it that is very unique.

Good Luck!

-- Anonymous, July 15, 2001



I'm not sure I'd be following the diary of Jennifer Wade, figure skater, as she tours with Disney on Ice.

-- Anonymous, July 15, 2001

Jennifer, I hope you continue with your journal, I agree with Matthew your one of a kind, with the death of any journal the web looses what drew me to it in the first place. A connection with people I would otherwise never have met.

-- Anonymous, July 15, 2001

Guys, if she can just overcome this polio thing, there might be hope.

-- Anonymous, July 15, 2001

Well, if you did give it up, Jen, then that would give me one more GAFIAting journaller who's 'way more popular than me that I could gloat over having outlasted... (parse that sentence!)

Actually, as far as I can tell it's worth it to have a journal just to be invited to those cool Bay Area journaller shindigs...

-- Anonymous, July 16, 2001


It would be nice if you kept writing, but I guess I wouldn't mind all that much if you stopped writing as long as you posted an occasional picture of said rippling quads. Either pictures of yours, or those of other distance runners. Oh, I was wondering, are there any hairy marathon runners? Skinny hairy people who can probably outrun me while I'm on a bicycle scare me.

-- Anonymous, July 16, 2001


Jen,

Well, I'd miss your stuff. I hope you continue, but hey, that's just me, a four-year reader, being selfish. I sure as hell couldn't do it with the consistency you have. (In good part because I wouldn't want to.) Congrats on the marathon.

-- Anonymous, July 16, 2001


Not every marathon runner has rippling quads.

Actually, most highly competitive distance runners don't ripple at all.

-- Anonymous, July 16, 2001


I guess we must have differing definitions of rippling quads, then, because I would definitely consider the elites' legs to be rippling. Rippling isn't about size, it's about definition.

-- Anonymous, July 16, 2001

if you stopped i might actually have to call you to see how you are once in a while. do you really think you need that kind of stress in your life?

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

I've been reading your diary since you were in Cambridge (where I then lived) and I stumbled on it after having Internet-searched on the word "Amherst" in the course of moving to The Cambridge Of The East Side of Conncticut Valley (where I am now). I have a feeling that I may not be the only almost-retirement-age guy who has enjoyed this kind of imaginary friendship with such an intelligent, good-humored, attractive and generally with-it young woman who writes elegantly and -- it seems -- honestly about her experiences in life. However, if it's getting to be a chore for you, I would be equally happy to see you give it up and get on with other things. (In fact, that would let me put all my energy into meeting a wealthy widow who lives somewhere between Hartford and Brattleboro.)

Anyway......... Good Luck!

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001



Hi Jen, I've been reading you for a couple of years now, always lurking in the background. You have inspired me to start studying again, I'm going back to Uni to get a Science degree. I'll miss your journal if you end. I only read about 4 journals now, I've cut back, I used to read about 12. If you don't continue, good luck with your s

-- Anonymous, July 17, 2001

Hi Jen! I really do enjoy reading your journal. You are an inspiration to me and, I am sure, to other women in my age group. You seem to have the sense of self and the confidence that many of my girlfriends and I are missing. So not having your journal anymore is something we have missed, since you haven't been writing, and would miss if you stopped completely.

-- Anonymous, July 18, 2001

jen, we like your journal a lot. it is very entertaining and wonderful and we hope you continue. the only thing that we disagree with is how you always seem to support democrats and socialists like gore or nader. you know they are responsible for the power and water problems and the public school dilemma there in california. so we hope you get more realistic political views, but other than that we love you. kelsi

-- Anonymous, July 18, 2001

What they said.

Seriously, I'd rather have sporadic entries than no entries at all.

-- Anonymous, July 18, 2001


Hi Jen-

I enjoy reading your journal. I learned about Gus's journal through you. You've added a bright spot in my otherwise dreary work mornings, as I check your site when I'm having my am coffee. Although we don't know each other personally, you seem like someone I would be friends with. And I think we live in the same neighborhood (don't mean to creep you out :) Congrats on the marathon. Aren't you glad you did it?? Maybe you will be glad you continue with your journal too...? But if you are just burnt out, hell, take care of you first. We've all been there.

-- Anonymous, July 18, 2001


Jen,

Please don't go off-line... There may be thousands upon thousands of journals on the web, how many of those journals are five years old?

Congratulations on running the marathon. If you ever run the Ocean State Marathon let me know and I'll be there to cheer and hand you an energy gel.

Jim

-- Anonymous, July 18, 2001


Jen-

So is this it? If you do plan to stop/take a hiatus, let us know so we stop bugging you :-)

-- Anonymous, August 06, 2001


Dear Jen,
Because you're gone and never write anymore I am forced to read Jay's journal, which only gets more and more depressing. I had enjoyed living a vicariously disciplined, wholesome, productive and rational life through your entries. It was so exotic and exciting to hear about waking early, running obscene distances, going to work, cleaning the apartment and the like.

Now I only wallow ever deeper into debauchery and dissipation, both of which I already had enough of thank you very much on my own. Nothing against Jay, but your return would be much appreciated from this quarter!

p.s. I recently found out that our comments in this forum are searchable, so would rather not sign my name anymore. Is there a way to make them not searchable, or a reason why they are? ......

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2001


Graaaaaaaaaaaaaace, (<-- that won't show up in a search) I clean the apartment too! Ooh, gimme that book back, lady!

-- Anonymous, August 17, 2001

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