Are you male or female? (I have to prove to myself that at least a few guys read this blog)
How old are you?
Where do you live?
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
I am female. 33. I love most food…I have a hard time narrowing it down. Most recently enjoyed The Book Thief. Very creative read. I love the movie Lars and the Real Girl. So rare that the “church” is presented in such a positive light. LOVE that movie.
Typically, I’m a fairly contented person. I have a wonderful husband and 3 amazing children. I am tremendously blessed and try to live with an eternal perspective. I love the Lord and He loves me…yep, content most of the time.
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I am female.
I am 34, until Wednesday.
I live just south of you.
I love to eat pasta. Of all kinds.
I recommend the book Night of the Avenging Blowfish by John Welter.
I am feeling very discontented. My life is upside down, and though I’m seriously trying to stay positive and be the best me I can, my floaties are deflating.
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Male (woot woot!)
27
I live in Springfield Missouri
I’m a food snob…so I have many favorite things to eat. But that list is far surpassed by things I don’t like to eat, unfortunately.
Movie: Magnolia. Every person should see this movie. Especially Christians.
Book: At the moment it would be “Jesus Wants to Save Christians” by Rob Bell. Best he’s written imo.
Feeling: Kinda fleshy. And a bit like Monday.
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Male
70
Northern NJ (the conservative corner!)
Tacos (mild), Oatmeal (old fashioned)
Randy Alcorn’s “Heaven”, Paul Miller’s “A Praying Life”, David McCullough’s “John Adams”
Content (w/concern)
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I’m a chick. {Sorry! *snort*}
32 ~ Sheesh! It’s gettin’ kinda personal, now!
Arkansas
Pizza & Beer {You can’t have one without the other}
Book ~ The Count of Monte Cristo
Very content.
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1. female
2. 28
3. Guatemala, Central America
4. Pasta
5. Sarah’s key, i liked it
6. i am happy
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I’m a 23 year old female from Nashville, TN. Eating is one of my favorite things to do. Specifically eating anything with crab. The book I recommend for everyone is “A Girl Named Zippy”, a hilarious memoir about a girl growing up in the Mid-west. A movie I suggest seeing is Uptown Girls. Just kidding! Seriously though, “The Triplets of Belleville” is a beautiful movie. It can be boring if you’re not in the right mood, so watch it when you need a break from complexity. Contentment is an issue with me, as in, I never have any. I’m working on that, very much.
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I am a 29-year-old female living in Nebraska. My favorite thing to eat is ice cream, but more often than not it’s soup right now with the temperatures we have here. I am an elementary teacher and mom, and spend most of my time reading kids’ books. I’d recommend “Sakes Alive! A Cattle Drive,” “Bubba the Cowboy Prince” and any of the books by Mo Williams. Right now I’m feeling in-between. We’re expecting and due in six weeks, and it’s a completely different experience than the first time around. I feel pulled in many directions trying to get everything done, but don’t seem to be making much headway in any direction.
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I am female and 35. I live in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I don’t know what my favourite (with a ‘u’) thing to eat is off hand but I love a glass of cold milk, it goes with almost everything. . I am in the middle of The Book Thief and I am really enjoying it. I’ve got a case of the Mondays and a bit of the January blahs. Were is 2010 going to go for me? A lot of contemplation lately.
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This is my first time on your blog but…
Female
30
Portland, Oregon
a pot of good soup..or anything covered in cheese
i have small children…whats reading??
feeling content…thx for asking
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1. Female
2. 26
3. Clemson, SC
4. Grilled Chicken and Veggies
5. Book: The Historian. Movie: Away We Go.
6. Content in life, but looking (sometimes desperately and frantically) to move.
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1. Female
2. 39
3. Rome, Italy
4. Spaghetti alla gricia
5. The movie “Skin”, the book A Thousand Splendid Suns
6. Content yet in need of sun!
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I am 41 years old, I just moved to a suburb of Cincy (from the south) and I love all kinds of food. My favorite thing would be steak.
I recommend reading Same Kind Of Different As Me. I loved that book.
I would say that I am very happy. I have been married for 18 years and we have a great marriage and we have a 15 yr. old son who is a joy.
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-Female
-30
-Hot Springs, AR
-I love anything I eat when I go back to my hometown (Lafayette, LA) because I just can’t get that food anywhere else. Boudin is on the top of my list!
-I’m not reading anything right now. I have a problem of becoming obsessed with books that I read and I can’t do anything else but finish the book. Since I am a teacher I have a rule that I only read in the summer!
-Feeling content right now.
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I am female. I am 33 years old (34 next week). I live in a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. I can never turn down pizza or stuffed peppers. My most recent favorite book is “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein. I am feeling quite content, even despite waking up on a Monday morning to find we were out of coffee.
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female
53
Cali
A really well made bean & cheese burrito! Sorry, that’s the truth.
The Glass Castle~by Jeanette Walls Amazing read!
In between~Been job searching since July 1. Still searching. Educator for 25 yrs. 14 of those as elementary principal. Became an Ed Consultant. Got laid off. Been a rocky road. My faith, hope, trust has been tested. Heard a powerful sermon in Dec. on “God of the Breakthrough”. I was redeemed!
I love this interview idea…Blessings.
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I’m female/34 years old for two more weeks/I live in GA near TN/I read everything I can get my hands on and then seem to forget the names of the books as soon as I lay it down to move on to the next one, so it is hard to come up with any favorites. There are a few I have had for years that I read over and over(guess that means they are worth reading)Roots (yep, that one) and SwanSong. I have everything from Robert Frost to Stephen King to Martha Stewart in my bookshelf. As for my current state of being–I would have to say struggling, but with hopefulness.
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I’m female…42 years old (shortly to be 43).
I live in central New Jersey.
I love food…love to cook it, eat it, watch it…mmmm. Particular faves: any kind of sea food and good, creamy buttermilk mashed potatoes.
Currently reading ‘My Life In France’ by Julia Child…delicious reading!
Currently content…left a six-figure job that was depleting my spirit last summer and am currently finishing up classes to become an elementary school teacher. The pay certainly won’t be the same…but the satisfaction of helping kids learn is priceless.
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-Female
-26
-Aledo, TX
-I love meat… I can’t help it… I’m just a meat lover!
- “Crazy Love” is an amazing book. It makes me cry, laugh, question, and look at everything differently.
-Right now I am somewhere in-between. Moving towards content!
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My name is Corey, and I’m a 37 year old woman, living in Virginia. I like to try new foods. I love to read, but I haven’t read anything that’s not related to Reactive Attachment Disorder in a long time.
I am feeling very disconnected, because of Haiti. Five of my kids were adopted from there. We have missionary friends there, Haitian friends there, birthfamilies there. The world is upside down, and we can’t find our footing.
Thank you for putting up the Compassion button. We also support Heartline Ministries and Real Hope for Haiti. Much love to you & yours.
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Female
newly 26
Silverton, but missing the west side
i have a serious addiction to ice cream
book: Angela’s Ashes or The Invisible Wall.
movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I am blessed (lucky) to have the husband I have, the baby I have, the life I have. But, I am so afraid that I won’t be able to be a mom again. I occasionally cry about it but remind myself that I am lucky to be alive.
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chica
29
mobile, al
that’s a toughy, sweet things, bland foods
the 5th element (movie)
i would definitely say more complacent
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I am a woman and I just turned 32 on Saturday. I love birthdays (especially when my husband buys me a “L” lens — I have a Canon — and a Gorilla pod).
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I live in Issaquah, WA which is about 15 minutes east of Seattle.
Seriously: my favorite thing to eat is oven-roasted French green beans. Just a little olive oil and sea salt, and I’m good to go.
One of the best books I’ve ever read (in terms of its impact on my heart and my life) is Brennan Manning’s “Ruthless Trust”. It’s a spiritual butt-kicker in the best way. As far as movies, I wept like a baby through “The Blind Side”, and I think I’ve cried at 3-4 movies in my life.
I vacillate between contentment and restlessness, with a whole lot of tired mixed in. Mostly content, as I find myself growing more and more in love with my husband every day. We’ve been married just 8 months now, and I had no idea it was possible to love someone this much. It’s awesome.
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I am female.
29 years old
Alpharetta, GA (slightly north of Atlanta)
Favorite thing to eat: Food – Pasta Dessert – Peach Cobbler
Book to Read: I am on a Nicholas Spark kick right now (not sure why)
Movie to watch: The Reader
Feeling panicky – have a big decision to make and not sure if what to do and if my choice will be the right one.
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I’m a female, blogger, wife, and mother of 4. I’m old enough to have been married for 18 years to my best friend. We live in Minnesota, but not forever. The best meals are around our table with our best friends, both husbands cooking. Book- Love Walked in- Know what you love. I feel content– I’m on a plane going to Cancun.
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Female, 24, CA native living in Denver, CO. A book that I would recommend is Caught Inside. Somewhere in between – love my personal life (husband, dogs, hobbies) hate my professional life (good job but zero satisfaction). I’m working hard to NOT be caught up in my job and just focus on all the good in my life.
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I’m christian and I’m a 20 year old guy from Ennis Ireland
I love food. My favorite things to eat are Italian sausage tortellini or a good burrito.
I’d recommend the new Sherlock Holmes movie. its a good flick!
How am I? At the moment I’m a little messed up but I’m closer to somewhere in-between than just complacent. I just need to find a job and get through college
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female
26
Tampa, FL for the moment, as my husband is stationed here.
bang bang shrimp from Bonefish Grill
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (It’ll teach you some presidential history without the pain, which is necessary for me to bother with history at all!)
Uh, does anxious count as in-between? How about impatient?
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I am a 23 year old female from New Mexico. The most amazing thing I’ve eaten recently was this artichoke pasta dish when we were traveling through Bozeman, MT (if you ever get the chance to go to Montana/Wyoming/Yellowstone—do it).
The book that has impacted my life the most since reading it and listening to this woman speak is “The World is Blue: how our fate and the Ocean’s are One” by Sylvia Earle. She won the TED prize last year–look up her speech. Listening to an interview with her on NPR made me decide to not eat wildlife from the sea anymore.
I am feeling exhausted, but present. A new semester has begun again and I am thankful for the opportunity to continue learning and growing.
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Female, age 30, currently live in Toledo OH.
I’m a sucker for Mexican food and fresh seafood.
I read a LOT, but one book I always recommend is Lamb by Christopher Moore. Very tongue-in-cheek, and kind of twisted, but hysterical. My favorite movie of all time is The Princess Bride, and I just feel a little sad inside for people who haven’t seen it.
I’m feeling confused and lost… every time I think I have it figured out, something changes… I just want to feel settled.
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I am female.
I am 24.
I live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
I LOVE me some Mexican food. But I am also pregnant so I have been craving weird things lately: pa nang (Thai dish), edamame, pickles, ding dongs…
I am a fan of novels. I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. It wss a good read.
I am feeling content because my house is clean. Yeah!
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I’m a female, blogger, wife, and mother of 4. I’m old enough to have been married for 18 years to my best friend. We live in Minnesota, but not forever. The best meals are around our table with our best friends, both husbands cooking. Book- Love Walked in- Know what you love. I feel content– I’m on a plane going to Cancun. ~Chris Ann
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I seem to be the senior citizen here at 63. I’m female. I found your blog through the Pioneer Woman. I live in Lincoln, NE. I’m Christian, divorced (God saved me and got me out of an abusive marriage of 32 yrs) so I am so at peace since then. I love the book “Heaven” by Randy Alcorn. Also, I like most foods and especially Italian, Mexican and Indian. I love coffee and a good glass of red wine.
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female
46
Kansas City, Missouri
pie, cobbler
Recently saw and enjoyed The Blind Side
Generally content – raising teens is tough…hanging in there
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Female, 26.
Live in Calgary, AB.
I like most anything food related. I have a weakness for wine and cheese (yum!) I don’t think I could ever give those up.
Right now I’m LOVING the book Same Kind of Different as Me. Such an amazing read.
I’m feeling relatively content. Tired and sick, but content.
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Are you male or female?
Female
How old are you?
Forty something
Where do you live?
Arizona
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Italian and Greek
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
Feeling something in between…
Your blog is so refreshing and I alawys look forward to reading your posts. Keep up the good work!
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Female, age 31, living in Southern Indiana. My favorite food is Mexican. I love many books (not sure what to recommend) and I am currently reading Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace”.
I am feeling…restless! This happens every 2 or 3 years and I attribute it to growing up as a military brat. I want to jump ship and go somewhere new!
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Female (sorry!)
Turning 30 this year…
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Favourite thing to eat…changes – whatever strikes my fancy at any given point and doesn’t contain cilantro.
Book: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (really interesting book)
Feeling….unsure and needy. Needing guidance and grace to make peace with something.
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I’m a 21 year old female. I live in Maine but go to school in Vermont. I eat popcorn pretty much all the time…but would be perfectly content with nice hot apple crisp around more often. I’d have to say that a book I recommend is The Horse Boy by Rupert Issacson. I am feeling very content!
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1. Male.
2. 27.
3. Texas.
4. My favorite things to eat end up being anything that I have not yet figured out how to make for myself.
5. I’d invite you to read some Dashiell Hammet if you haven’t, and follow it up with the 1930s William Powell films inspired by the “The Thin Man.”
6. Ups and downs, strikes and gutters.
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1. Female.( last time I checked )
2. OLD ( 50 !!! in June )
3. The greatest State in the union Michigan
( No offense you Buckeyes )
4. Anything not moving
5. Thousand Splendid Suns ( intense but good )
6. I’m feeling a bit dazed.. I have two weddings this year.. one in May .. one in August
PLEASE SEND CASH !!!!
Love your blog ! : )
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I am female.
Almost 28.
Western New York.
Cheese and Shrimp. If there is cheese or shrimp in it I can not resist.
I don’t have any book or movie to recommend at the moment.
I am annoyed that I have to go to the dentist today. Other than that I feel the need to go somewhere and do something, but I don’t know what as of yet.
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1. Female.
2. 25 glorious years old for another three months.
3. Starkville, Mississippi (Go Bulldogs!)
4. Your tasty “Salad of Apple and Orange.” When I’m not being healthy, chicken parmesan or lasagna.
5. Movie – Once, but I’m sure you’ve already seen it.
6. Definitely content, en route to more content.
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I’m an urban, Baltimore, momma of 5, ranging in age from 15 to 3.
I’m closer to 40 than 30. I’ve been married for almost 16 years to my best friend.
I love to eat whatever he whips up…but especially his Ribeye Romano (espresso, cocoa rubbed ribeye with lemon garlic compound butter…definition of heaven, oh, paired with a nice bordeaux!)
I am very happy with my life and am aware every day of the gift that I have been given.
~kristin
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Are you male or female? female
How old are you? almost 30
Where do you live? Chesapeake, VA
What is your favorite thing to eat? anything Ethnic – Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Thai…you get the idea
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? I would recommend seeing Sherlock Holmes – my husband and I have seen it 3 times so far!
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? eh – I’m not sure how I’m feeling right now.
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Female. 40 ::sigh::. Jacksonville, FL. Chocolate. The movie “Wide Awake” with Joseph Cross, Rosie O’Donnell – beautiful flick, helped me reconcile with my dad’s death. And I’m usually rather restless and ornery, but it makes me work harder to turn my dreams into realities.
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1. Male
2. 16
3. Northbrook IL
4. Any type of pasta
5. Stressed (studying for finals)
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Hey Ryan
Im a girl livin in Vegas (vegas baby VEGAS!) Im 32 and my favorite thing to eat is anything with a lot of garlic and/or cheese! I can’t remember if you said you already read it…but Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers is GREAT. I am feeling very content with where I am in life…although it’s taken me a while to get here!
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Ryan says:
January 18th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
@mandi,
I read Outliers and I absolutely loved it.
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oooh, i like making lists. here we go.
1. i’m a chick (sorry to burst your bubble.)
2. i’m 24
3. i live in georgia at the moment…headed to north carolina in june (gotta love the army)
4. i love food, period. i recently had the most amazing bokchoy on a food tour and , quite frankly, i’m still thinking about it.
5. i watched the diving bell and the butterfly a few days ago. please watch this movie if you don’t mind subtitles. it’s beautiful.
6. i’m pretty content – i have a beautiful family and a budding relationship with God. what more could i ask for?
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I am female.
35 years old
St. Louis, Missouri
I like most everything except Sushi.
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I am a 24 year old female from western NC. My favorite thing to eat is…pizza. Haha, not fancy, but it’s seriously the only thing I could eat constantly and never get tired of…well, as far as I know anyway. I recommend everyone see the movie Amelie. It’s just the sweetest movie and always makes me happy. At the moment I don’t feel very content with life, even though seeing the destruction and suffering in Haiti makes me feel ashamed of that…The big problem I have is knowing what I should go back to school for. Yep, that’s it. Millions of people around the world struggling to survive and I can’t make up my mind for anything. Nothing seems right. I’ve prayed about it and prayed some more, but I’m to the point where I just feel like I’ve wasted years of my life and I have nothing to show…wow, this got long. Sorry about that, but thanks for giving this outlet on your blog. Your writing is awesome.
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I am female, 23 years old and live in a smaller city in Germany in the eastern part where there used to be the wall!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE italian food. I could live off of lasagne for weeks!! (by the way I make your bolognese sauce from pinoeer womens site all the time)
I highly recommend Avatar in 3D and Second Hand Lions.
I have many books I like but most of them are german, so I will spare you!
I am not 100% content, not even close. My girlfriend and I broke up yesterday. It sucks, its hard, we are both hurting, but know it was the right thing to do.
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Ryan says:
January 18th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
@Jessi,
Sorry for what you’re going through Jessi…God can work out the cruddy stuff for good though. Pray for that.
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1. Female
2. 45
3. Dallas, TX
4. Julie/Julia is one of my favorite movies at the time. I did not know very much about Julia and was surprised at her sense of humor and the amazing love she shared with her husband.
5. After searching a lifetime and having some failures, I found the man that God made just for me. Although we both have faults, we are perfect together. It is very peaceful to find that one person who will love you in spite of and sometimes because of your faults. He stepped right into my hectic life and is an amazing example for our 3 beautiful grandsons. I am excited that they will grow up with him as an inspiration on how to be a good man. I truly thank God that he put him in my path at the right time in both of our lives.
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Female
47 soon to be 48!
Central Arizona – about an hour and 1/2 from Phoenix.
I love to cook for my family. It is one of the best parts of the day. Nice glass of wine, everyone in the kitchen… ahhh. We try new recipes every week. If someone mentions a certain dish — we make it!
I am currently reading Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol.
My life is so very very good.
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female
46
San Diego, CA
Love to cook, love to eat…Indian, Greek, Thai. Have a deep and abiding respect for cheese and all things covered in it.
The Help is a terrific read
Very blessed and basically content, but in a bit of a slump, as my oldest went away to college and I lost my joy this fall. Trying to figure out what comes next.
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I’m a girl.
I’m going to be 35 (yikes!) on January 30th.
I’m from Northeast Ohio (Ashtabula County. Part of Ohio Wine Country.)
I love to eat, but I love to cook and feed people even more. Right now, I can’t get enough comfort food.
I just finished Superfreakonomics, which was pretty good. As for movies, I highly recommend Up! It’s a really well made kids movie, but as an adult, it really makes you think. I’d love to see someone recommend something truly, pee-your-pants funny because I haven’t laughed really hard in a really, really long time.
I’m in a place of discontent right now and it feels really dark. For a year, I’ve had my entire life consumed by my job and I don’t know how to get back to “normal” now. I let my relationship with my husband take a back seat to work and I missed alot of things with my boys in the name of being “irreplaceable” at work. The thing is none of the things I missed or the relationships that I failed to nurture are replaceable.
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Sorry, I’m a gal and my sister reads it too so there’s two strikes for male readers.
I’m 26 and she’s 24
I’m in Amarillo, TX and she’s in Chicago, IL
Not really sure right now, but meat and varied salads, deserts are ok but I’ll usually take fruit over baked goods. I have celiac which has changed eating for me a bit but I’m getting over laziness and fear and starting to bake again.
Outliers or Freakonomics, End the Fed or I hear Avatar is good too.
I’m going to say content. Some of life’s moments suck horribly but there are enough good moments so its a pretty good life I’d say. It is amazing what faith can do for an outlook on life.
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1. Female
2. 33
3. Dayton, OH
4. Sushi, though I don’t get to eat it as often as I’d like.
5. I read “Once upon a potty” about 20 times a day, but I wouldn’t call it my favorite. I recently saw “Australia” and enjoyed it immensely.
6. Absolutely content, I have an amazing and blessed life!
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Female!
26!
Vancouver, WA
Usually I love to eat pasta, bread, I love starches. But I’m also starting to get into eating lots and lots of veggies.
Movies: Planet Earth documentaries (so beautiful!), What dreams may come.
Book: Eckhart Tolle “A New Earth”
I’m feeling alright today. Still a little sleepy since I just woke up. I think today will be a good day though.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
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1. female
2. 27
3. Clinton Twp, MI
4. italian, japanese, tex-mex, thai, um… ok, i just love food.
5. A Hideous Beauty & Tartarus (they go together) by Jack Cavanaugh. amazing reads.
6. in most things, i am content. i do, however, need a new job and a new state that has a much more mild winter… or NO winter. i hate the cold. ick.
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just reread my post… I didn’t lose my joy this fall… I lost my JOB. My joy remains intact, just not my checkbook!
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1. XX
2. a couple weeks shy of 30 – yikes!
3. Nashvegas
4. Ambar’s Chicken Makhani or Little Debbie Christmas tree cakes
5. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. content in some areas, anxious in some, complacent in others
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I am 38
South Florida
Exotic Fruits, Real Hearty Crusty Breads with Soup
Breakfast at Tiffanys – Iwatched again recently and it made my heart pitter patter and Avatar, not related in anyway, but an amazing movie nontheless.
I am feeling content. Every day I strive to be happier and more thankful than the last day. I am trying to rid myself for any ill feeling and fill my life with joy. It does get tough though when u work 50+ hrs and week, have 3 kids and you are the only vegetarian in the house. But, it can be done.
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Hi.
I am Melanie. 41. I live between Louiasville and Lexington KY. This year will be my 25th wedding anniversary to my wonderful husband. We have 2 kiddos. Daughter 24 and son 17.
I love love mexican. Right now I am addicted to Moe’s. I make my co-workers go with me once or twice a week.
Ken Follet’s The Pillars of the Earth is an excellent book. I highly recommend it.
Life has been very stressful lately but I am grateful for the life I have and am starting Alejandro Jungers Clean detox program. I am looking forward to be content and enlightened soon.
Much Love.
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I am female.
My name is Sydney.
I am 22 (for the next 14 hours).
I live in North Carolina and am LOVING wearing flip flops in January. Who does that?!
I love eating most of what I cook, like pasta, bread, chili, yummy fries- the good “stick to your ribs” kind of food doctors tell you to eat in moderation.
A good book for world minded people to read is “World Hunger: 12 myths” (essence of the book here http://www.foodfirst.org/12myths ). I had to read it as an undergrad and it radically changed how I look at hunger and general issues of poverty, nation instability and foreign aid.
I am feeling excited for my birthday but overwhelmed with everything else. One year left in graduate school and its kicking my butt!
Love your site, recipes, insights, kid stories and general inspiration!
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
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I’m a woman, sorry …. but i still enjoy your blog.
I’m 27 (yikes.)
I live and work in Lynchburg, Virginia
Love, love love a good Hawaiian pizza (on the spicy side). Also can’t resist good thai pineapple fried rice. delish.
I just finished reading “Mercy” by Jodi Picoult. Love her books- she always weaves a moral issue into her stories and makes me think differently about it.
In-between, I’d say … i love my life: God is good, i love my job, my church, and the ministry I get to do, but feel like it may be time to take a step in a new direction but I have not a clue which direction that is. its like 98% excited, and 2% scared. or is it 2% excited and 98% scared?
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I’m female, 25. Reading from Valencia, Spain. I love paella! My favorite book… The Little Prince. I collect it in different languages, already have 14. I am happy, I’m living a beautiful life. I wish I had a tad more work so I could afford some extras, but I have enough to pay the rent, the bills and the food I need and I share it all with the man of my life and surrounded by the bestest family and friends on earth. What else could I wish for? Well, yes. That everyone had at least as much love as I do.
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Good Morning!
Female
38
Owasso, OK – (grew up in Ponca City, OK near where Ree lives!)
My favorite things to eat have to be Italian foods and chocolate, almost anything chocolate and as long as friends and family are at the table, calories don’t count!
Book – Just One Fool Thing after another – A Cowfolks’ guide to romance by Texas Bix Bender and Gladiola Montana
Movie – The Blind Side
I’m definitely something in between right now. Not completely content, but not desperately depressed either. All I know for certain, is this too shall pass.
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Female
27
Moline, IL (its not cornfields and its not Chicago, people don’t seem to think that’s possible)
I love a really good salad (NO iceburg!) or tomato/mozzarella/basil anything. Cheese never hurt anything, and I’m kind of on a spicy kick lately but I think that’s a pregnancy thing.
The only books I’m reading right now are birth books, so you might wanna pass on my list
and the first movie that comes to mind is o brother where art thou.
Definitely inbetween. In a lot of ways. Getting ready for a baby, EXTATIC and a little terrified about the switch to 2 kids. Trying to rest on God but wishing my faith was far more ‘advanced’. Getting our house organized but wishing the entire downstaris would re-paint itself
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Female
29 on the 21st…one more year of the wonderful 20′s
McAllen, TX…Rio Grande Valley
Green Chile Smothered Bean Burritos with all the topping fixins…
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne – totally taught me the power of thoughts and thinking.
I’m feeling very content! New yoga class tonight, new college class starts tomorrow, my apartment is clean and I have managed to keep up with my inbox at work!
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Are you male or female? I am most definitely female.
How old are you? I’m 20 years old. And my 20th has definitely been the best year of my life so far.
Where do you live? The Burgh of Pitts.
What is your favorite thing to eat? I’m currently dealing with pregnant cravings so my favorite thing to eat right now is not necessarily the norm for me. but right now it’s red Popsicles and bagels with cream cheese.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? I recently watched “The Business of Being Born”, a documentary on birth in America. I highly, highly recommend it.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? Mostly I feel content. I’m newly married and expecting my first child. Every time I stop to think about it I find I’m really happy. But I find myself to be really grumpy if I’m not continually counting my blessings. Character flaw on my part.
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Girl
24
I live in Franklin, TN, which is right outside of Nashville. I moved up (or over?) from Memphis 3 years ago and haven’t looked back.
I really love all food, and I love to cook just about anything I can get my hands on. I will say that there’s something about a perfect, medium-rare steak that makes me weak in the knees. Especially if it’s served with a good glass of wine.
My all time favorite movie is Almost Famous, but ONLY the director’s cut. It’s such a beautiful character study, and the music pretty much can’t be beat.
My pastor yesterday said something that shook me quite a bit:
“You will be the same person you are today in 10 years, except for 3 things: the people you meet, the places you travel, and the books you read.”
I’ve decided that this year, I want to be much more intentional in all that I do, and turn my life into an epic adventure. Which just might mean quitting my job, and leaving the country for a little while. We’ll see!
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Female
53
Live in Utah, but am not Mormon
Since traveling to Italy in September, I have been in love with “real” italian food and can’t seem to get enough of it!
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee… a must read!
Very content with my life, but sometimes I feel guilty that we have so much to be grateful for and there is so much suffering in the world and my own community…..
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I am female. I am 29 years old & I live in California. I love breakfast, from omelettes to pancakes to sausage scrambles to egg-on-toast. I love it all! I would recommend “The Sacred Romance” by Brent Curtis & John Eldredge. I am content, but not satisfied
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Are you male or female? Female
How old are you? 27
Where do you live? Minneapolis
What is your favorite thing to eat? Raw peas fresh from the garden
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? I recently saw Gran Torino (the Clint Eastwood movie) and was really impressed with the acting, directing, and story
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? Content but wishing I had a little more free time
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1. female
2. 24
3. Brooklyn, NY
4. Probably seafood (sushi especially!)
5. Just finished reading Julia Child’s My Life in France for the third or fourth time…hey, if she didn’t start doing what she loved until she was 37, what’s my rush?
5. Ha, I think I just answered the question above.
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Female
26
Baton Rouge, LA
Maybe pasta sometimes ice cream, my boyfriend is a NOLA food blogger (www.blackenedout.com) so there is no shortage of good foods for us to eat.
Boondock Saints is probably my all time favorite movie, with Empire Records in close second.
I’m pretty complacent at the moment, got a few things on the horizon that I’m ready for, but that are out of my control for now. So I’m trying to live day to day and not rush my life.
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1. Female
2. 39
3. Orange County, CA
4. I love mexican food!! Your mexican lasanga is on my list to make this year.
5. Julie & Julia
6. Content
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Female, 44, from Mesa, Arizona.
My favorite thing to eat changes regularly. Today I’ll say – my homemade beef stew and breadsticks. Tomorrow it will be something different, I’m sure!
I read a *lot* and love movies. Let me try to limit my recommendations to less than a handful:
Movies: The Red Violin (beautiful music, captivating story), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (classic Danny Kaye)
Books: Outlander (series) by Diana Gabaldon (great story, wonderful characters and love that spans the ages), Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files series – the best of the urban fantasy market right now)
Content or Complacent? Usually, I am very content with my life. I am blessed with a wonderful husband, two great kids, a challenging job and great friends. Today, thanks to an unsettling dream, I’m more in a contemplative mood
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female
43
cumming, ga
dark chocolate clusters studded with toasted chopped almonds and dried cherries
i’ve just started reading “a hole in our gospel” and it’s eating me for lunch. think you’d like it.
because of what i’m reading, i’d describe myself as stirred, on the way to being shaken.
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I’m female. Just turned 28. I currently live in San Diego but am getting ready to move to Charleston, SC for a year while my husband goes to Japan and then possibly to Afghanistan (he’s a Marine).
My two favorite foods are double cheeseburgers (but only from certain places) and a nice rare steak.
I’m a nerd for biographies so I’d recommend either of Alan Alda’s autobiographies. Also, Barbara Walters’ memoir, Audition, is really amazing simply because it’s amazing to read and learn about how all her hard work made her very respected it what had really been a boys’ club before her.
Definitely somewhere in between. Usually I’m content. I have an amazing husband and a good life, but lately I’ve been pretty bummed as my husband and I get ready to be separated for a year.
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Liz C says:
January 18th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
@Christina, Have you had a chance to visit Charleston yet? It’s my favorite city in the U.S. so far. I mean, NYC is amazing, but Charleston has its own vibe.
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Female
39
Texas represent!
Anything vegan
The Book Thief
Very content. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way……..
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Female
50
Northern California
Lots of things,
Enjoyed The Blind Side
In betweem, working on content
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Sex: Female
Age: 28
Location: Denton, Texas
Loves to eat: Cheese
Recommends: “Firefly (the series)” to be followed by “Serenity (the movie)”
Feeling: Discontent and unsettled
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How old are you?61 year old female
Where do you live?
Weatherford, TX – in the country
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Mexican food – hot and spicy
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Not so much – re reading Chronicles of Narnia (for like the 9th time!)
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
Feeling stressed – on way to doctor appointment for husband – he has a fatal lung condition and this is a check up – to see if it is progressing fast or slower. Praying for slower and God’s peace about our situation.
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1. Male
2. 33
3. Ithaca, NY
4. Don’t have a fav. food. I like all kinds, flavors, and styles.
5. If you like Historical Fiction, check out anything by Stephen Lawhead, or my good friend Christoper Hopper
6. I’m a little in between
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1. Male
2. 26
3. Colorado Springs
4. Chipotle
5. Read Monster by Frank Peretti
6. Feeling lost and out of control right now.
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1. Female
2. 32 (basically – in just a few days)
3. Livingston, Texas (about 70 miles NE of Houston)
4. Does “food” count? I really like fried chicken.
5. Right now I’m reading half a dozen books – to reflect my eclectic taste right now I really am enjoying “Prayer” by Phillip Yancey, and “Dead Until Dark” by Charlaine Harris. (There are probably half a dozen sermons in that sentence. You’re welcome.)
6. Something in between. I almost always feel something in between. (Again with the sermon topics…)
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Hello Ryan. I am a 30 year old female from Everett, WA (it’s about 30 minutes north of Seattle). Something I like to eat is french toast…yum! My favorite book of 2009 was The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. My favorite movie for 2009 was Invictus…both are so very good.
As for how I’m feeling, content or thoughtful might be good words. Thanks for interviewing me!
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I am female, 49, and I live in southeastern Wisconsin. A book I have read that I found crazy-informative is “The China Study.” About how we truly are what we eat. Right now, it’s “Engine 2 Diet.” I am vegan, and I love a good curry or some kind of beans-and-rice. As for non reference material, I also think everyone should read “Night” by Elie Wiesel. Fun stuff: I *love* reading the Magic Treehouse books with my 7-year old daughter. How am I feeling? As always, hopeful and content. Cheers!
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i’m a girl, if i can still say that… turned 50 last october, oh my.
i live 30 min north of san francisco in marin county with my husband and 3 kids.
favorite food? at the moment, baked brie with a fruit/nut compote… for that matter, i can’t imagine life without cheese, cheese and more cheese!
book(s) to recommend–i love ann patchett these days. my favorites are The Magician’s Assistant and Run, but Bel Canto’s a close third. and her book Truth and Beauty is a heartbreaker.
i’m very much not complacent or content these days. many many things are changing in my life, in my ministry, and my relationships are being stretched, morphed and deepened right now. for that matter, so am i! i’m really working on trusting and depending on God’s plan being worked through!
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I am 32
I live in extreme Northeastern Iowa
I work in radio
I love to eat/cook-not extremely picky
I am married to my best friend and the love of my life
I have a wonderful daughter who is in 2nd grade
I am in two books clubs -my first club read Driftless by David Rhodes-it comes HIGHLY recommended by ME
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Female, 46, in Plano, TX, the most wealthy large city in the nation. I’m here so they can have some “have-nots.”
I love anything with gravy, and my hips show it.
For you, I would recommend A Place at the Table by Bill Elliott. Amazing, fascinating book. His earlier book, Tying Rocks to Clouds, is also great for similar reasons.
Right now I have so many things in my life that I’m not entirely content with. Work is very stressful right now, although I’m blessed to be able to work in my PJs. There are a lot of things going on homework project wise with my children, which adds to the stress in the home. But I am blessed that I can afford to live in a town with excellent schools.
I have faith that everything will work out as it should, and my worries are so small in comparison to those of the world. But the main thing I’m struggling with is I am no longer taking medication to help me cope with stress. So it’s a little harder to get through the day.
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I am a 31yr old homeschooling mom to three kids! Married to a GREAT guy and pretty stinkin’ content lol!
We live a small town in Southern Manitoba Canada.
I am a lover of good old fashioned comfort food!
I just finished Same Kind of Different as Me and loved every page of it!
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I’m female, but I know more about sports than most men
I’m 30 years old
I live in Dallas, TX but I am from Pittsburgh, PA and can’t stand this pretentious city
Cheese is my favorite thing to eat, but I’m restricted from eating it until I’m back in my size 4′s
I loved “The Kite Runner” when I read it and the movie was pretty good about following the book although of course the book was better
I’d definitely not consider myself content at the moment, but hopefully I will do something to change that and make myself happier in 2010
I love that you want to know more about your readers!
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Female.
37.
Currently Phoenix, heading to Sapulpa, OK
Pie. (sweet or savory. im a non discriminatory pie eater)
Movie: Stranger Than Fiction
I am feeling extremely happy.
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I am a 32yr-old female. I live in southeastern Montana (the last best place). I love almost anything homemade (especially brownies). I am content at the moment, but expecting my world to turn upside down as I am adopting (as a single mom) two little girls from Ethiopia and planning to go get them in March or April. As far as books go, I love all of Dorothy Sayers’ writing. She is of the same vintage as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein and wrote great detective stories as well as great apologetics and theology.
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Female (sorry)
43
Northern California
Creme Brulee
I’d recommend getting yourself and your kids hooked on Miyazaki movies (if you haven’t already, that is)
Anything but complacent or content. Frustrated. Godless. Hopeless/hopeful at the same time. Very confused.
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1. Female
2. 23
3. Idaho
4. Right now lots of saltines and ginger ale
5. The Shack – kinda strange, but it really makes you think and somewhat opens your eyes. I was extremely apprehensive to read it at first because I am not very religeous (sp?) but it was a pretty good book.
6. Somewhere in between. Really beaten down and emotionally exhausted. Physically as well.
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Female
27 years old
I love comfort food, but then again who doesn’t? I have actually never met a food I didn’t like….
A book I would recommend is “Look me in the Eye: My Life with Aspergers” by John Elder Robinson. I have it if you’d like to borrow it…
I’m feeling very restless right now…. Like I feel thirty coming very fast and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up…
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1. girl (never thought you had THAT many female readers)
2. 22
3. a tiny town in Germany, about 5 minutes away from the french border (I am from a big town in the eastern part of Germany and still trying to adjust to life in a small town)
4. nothing better than my dad´s stews
5. I enjoy books that make me think. The last few to really do so were “Psalm at Journey´s End” by Erik Fosnes Hansen, “A thousand splendid suns” by Khaled Hosseini and “Jacob the Liar” by Jurek Becker. Movies: Avatar in 3D – those pictures are so amazing!
6. I am quite content. My life is far from perfect but it is blessed and that´s all that matters.
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Female.
Chapel Hill, NC
It would be impossible to tell you my favorite thing to eat, there are too many things. However, sushi is high up there on the list. So are really really good hamburgers.
My favorite book of all time is “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” by Annie Dillard. She wrote it when she was my age (29) and won the Pulitzer Prize for it. It’s classified as a “nature book” but it’s so much more than that.
Can I be content, complacent, and confused all at the same time? At this point I feel like I still have a ton of questions, and am being forced to rely on my spiritual foundations, and to make sure that it’s secure. Does that make sense?
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Are you male or female?
female
How old are you?
29
Where do you live?
Alabama
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Sushi
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
The Heart of Worship Files by Matt Redman
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
Depends on the day. Today I am feeling very content, but it usually falls somewhere in between.
I found your blog through the Pioneer Woman, btw. My husband and I are worship leaders and were at a Vineyard in CO before moving back to AL.
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Female as well
35
Black Hills of South Dakota
Please don’t make me pick. Ice cream is up there. But so is pizza. And steak. And pot de creme. And creme brule. And homemade pasta.
Highly highly highly recommend Avatar right now. Bookwise I’m fond of Jim Butcher’s Dresden series. (wizard takes Chicago by storm)
I’m tired at the moment (the 3 mo old wouldn’t sleep last night) but quite happy with my life.
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Female, Age 27, live in Carver, MN (outer ring suburb of Minneapolis)
Favorite thing to eat? Oh my gosh, I wouldn’t even be able to narrow it down. Pastas, pizza, Mexican food, etc.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Currently reading the Time Traveler’s Wife. Great, so far.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? Somewhere in-between. Life’s good overall. There are stressors and issues to deal with, but overall I feel very blessed.
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I’m male #8 out of the currenly 96 comments.
28 years old, from Lexington, lived in NKY (while working in Cincinnati), but now I live in Central Indiana.
I love to eat pretty much anything, but my faves are Chinese food and pizza. I don’t think I realized how much I loved pizza until I went to Italy and we basically ate it every day. And, not necessarily the good kind, just whatever was available from a random stall everywhere.
I watch what’s popular or up for awards. My preference are things that don’t make me think (tho some movies that have are some of my faves). I’m not a big reader, though I plan on re-reading DaVinci Code sometime in the next 4 months, since I’ll be visiting several of the places mentioned in the book in May.
I feel pretty content. Life’s good, and I’m pretty blessed, so I can’t complain.
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43 year old female from Idaho.
Favorite food is definitely ice cream.
I homeschool my 2 kids (11 and 17) and have many favorite books including Hitite Warrior, Pictures of Hollis Woods and The Great Turkey Walk. I just finished reading “An Actor’s Tale” by Sean Astin and it was ok but not fabulous. . .
I’m mostly content- married almost 20 years to an amazing man who isn’t afraid to share his feelings which I understand is pretty rare. Things are a little messy right now as the business that we’ve owned for the last 10 years is going through some growing pains (good ones) and the two men that I co-own it with are butting heads a bit about how to proceed but I’m sure we’ll figure it out. . .
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I am a girl through and through.
35.
Olympia, Washington.
Home-made breads and pastries. And Chocolate. And my mom’s Marionberry pie. [drool]
Walking with God by John Eldredge. And the AD Chronicles by Brock & Bodie Thoene. And my fav movie is A Beautiful Mind – an inspiring story of a choice made for recovery.
My Spirit is content, my mind seeks to derail my ability to care for my family, and my body is, well, 35 and post-4-babies. But my heart desires most of all to listen to my spirit where the Spirit of the Lord lives.
I LOVE your blog. Makes me think. About real things and away from diapers and baths and messy rooms and laundry.
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Female, 26, MO soon to be Namibia Africa, I love all food, The mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers are the best books ever. I feel like I am in transition, and like I have been since hitting adulthood. I look forward to a day when I feel like I have reached something and am not always looking forward to something that will be done in the future. Does that make sense?
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kelly
27
vancouver, british columbia
oh dear. i like to cook… many things, but burritos. delish.
the river why – david james duncan (funny, good character development, emotional etc).
some-where in between. comparatively to other places, i’m doing well though.
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Hey there, I’m a 30 year old female from Battle Ground Washington. Loved “Into the wild” The book and the movie. Love to eat fresh homemade pasta.
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1. Female
2. 33
3. I just had homemade biscuits and sausage gravy, so that’s my favorite food right now.
4. I love reading anything by Terry Pratchett (I’d start with Guards! Guards!), and I just read and loved Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. I think you’d like it too if you haven’t read it already. It’s about what kinds of circumstances make successful people successful.
5. I’m mostly content, with a few hours a week of panicked anxiety – I’m due to have twins in April, and there’s no way we can afford to. God got us into this, though, so He’s responsible for getting us through it.
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Female
53
Central Coast of California
Anything hot and spicy!
Movie: Out of Africa Book: Fried Green Tomatoes
I’m happy, VERY happy and at peace
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1. Female
2. 35
3. Northern, NJ – just outside of NYC.
4. Pizza. Vodka sauce. Anything Italian really.
5. I suggest the movie Paper Heart. It cute, silly and surprisingly touching.
6. I feel really content today.
And I also found you through PW. Your photography is amazing!
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Female.
47.
North Texas, just south of Fort Worth on your way to Austin.
Mexican food (it is Texas!).
I love to read and watch movies but other than magazines and blogs I don’t take time for much of either these days. And I have a terrible memory for plots.
I am blessed beyone measure and only need a kick in the pants every now and then to remind myself that if I had nothing I’d still have all I need. I’m happy and content and this sometimes makes me lazy and numb.
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Are you male or female? ***femal
How old are you? ***31 for another 10 days
Where do you live? ***just outside of Boston (go Brown!)
What is your favorite thing to eat? ***Chinese food
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? ***Book: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? ***really irritated with life, actually
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So many Females!!! Add another one =)
I’m 42 from Baltimore MD.
LOVE seafood… and anything cheesy and garlicy. And chocolate. (Maybe not all mixed together!!)
LOVED Jodi Picoult’s Second Glance. I wish I more time to read… too bust lately.
I really dig your blog Ryan…. I look forward to it every day!
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female
29
Dallas, TX
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Bacon! I tried cooking it in the oven like you showed that one day in your blog. I don’t think I left it in long enough to get that extra crispiness I was looking for.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
I’ve recently discovered a liking for historical romances.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
Honestly, I think my answer depends where I’m at in my monthly cycle. I had two miscarriages in 2009 and we’ve been trying to get pregnant again for 4 months. I’m hopeful as I approach the end of my cycle, but get discouraged when I found out I’m not pregnant. Each month I have to go through acceptance again that I’m on God’s path, not mine. It gets easier each month. Right now I’m content.
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Female
29 (for another week)
Nova Scotia (Canada)
My favorite thing to eat is anything my mother cooks. I never did learn to cook like her.
I just had a baby and spend most of my time sleeping, so I haven’t read too many books recently. A movie that I would recommend is Milk. Watched it just before I had the baby and thought it was very inspirational.
Today I am feeling blessed to have a 3.5 week old baby that sleeps and eats and poops when he’s supposed to. I would love a few more hours of that sleep, but it’ll come with time.
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I am Female.
I am 17 years young.
I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Crawfish Etouffee
Eat, Pray, Love.
I’m happy.
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Female
27
The Land o’ Cheese
I will eat pretty much anything my mom cooks. I am so thankful that I inherited her adventerous spirit with cooking and food in general.
One of my favorite movies is Big Fish. I can watch it a million times and never tire of it.
Right now I am excited and content. I am so blessed to have an amazing man in my life who encourages me and loves me despite my “flaws”. I am also currently wishing that I had the funds to accompany him and his parents to Africa for three weeks and battling a teensy by if jealousy.
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Female
42
San Francisco Bay Area
Coffee Haagen-Dazs ice cream
Book: “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson. It’s a fascinating account of
the 1893 World’s Fair. So interesting!
a bit unmoored these days…
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I’m a 47 year-old male, living in God’s Country (a.k.a. Maryland’s Eastern Shore). As for favorite things to eat…well, this comment box isn’t big enough! That said, I’ve been on a bread making kick lately, no thanks to you and your Bloomin’ Bread recipe. Sometimes I tweak it and chang the herbs to honey and brown sugar, and it is truly amazing! I like food, and good food at that (hold the hot spices, though). I love cooking for my family (they especially liked you Bolognese sauce recipe!).
Recommended movie: The Blind Side
Recommended book: Dear and Glorious Physician (Taylor Caldwell).
Not necessarily content, but not complacent either. Life’s too short to wait for it to arrive on a silver platter, ya know?
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Female
44
Arizona
ribeye-medium well, roasted veggies, Asian or southwest salad
Chasing Francis- Ian Morgan Cron
Discontent…searching for what’s next– somewhat “chasing Francis” mode
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1. Female
2. 38
3. In a small town in the foothills at the south entrance to Yosemite in CA.
4. Whole Foods Market Soup and Salad Bar
5. Gran Torino
6. Blessed
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I’m a 24 year old female living in Manchester, NH.
I can’t pick a favorite thing to eat because I’m always finding a new favorite or basically just thinking about what meal comes next. Basically, food takes up a lot of my brain…
(I just thoroughly enjoyed a few choc chip pancakes for breakfast, if that counts for anything!)
A book I’ve recently been getting tons out of is “Boy Meets Girl” by Josh Harris – not the most applicable for any of you married folks, but super good for anyone looking to date in a godly way. I’d recommend it to anyone thinking about what it looks like to be set apart in the area of relationships. (Like anything though, take it with a grain of salt…sometimes he’s a little overbearing)
Movie? Standby favorite – “Secondhand Lions” – it makes me smile every single stinkin’ time I watch it.
I’m feeling both content & challenged. Right now God is teaching me some lessons about how to be weak and invite his strength to take over where I leave off…not easy. A relationship that means a lot to me is under a lot of stress, and I’m trying to rely on Him for wisdom and grace, because I’m all out. But I’m also content b/c I’m seeing new relationships grow and really beautiful things come out of the stress and pain and weakness.
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Female
29
Northeast corner of Nebraska – I can almost throw stones into South Dakota and Iowa from where I live!
If I like a food, I love it! I’m kind of picky though, so there’s a lot on the don’t like list too. Right now I’m all about food that’s simple to fix and makes small batches – I’m trying to re-learn how to cook for one.
I read a lot so I can’t really recommend a single book. Over the weekend I finished a Kathy Reichs, read a Janet Evanovich, and started another book. I’ll read just about anything – my bookshelves will attest to that!
I’m in a strange emotional place. My world imploded when my husband of 6.5 years died about 4 months ago and I’m struggling to find myself in the wreckage.
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1. Female
2. 30
3. Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho
4. Pete’s Pizza’s Original Calzones (heaven in your mouth!)
5. The Mark of the Lion series by Francine Rivers has got to be some of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. My father read them and said they changed his life, so I figured I had to give them a try. Since then I’ve let anyone who would read them, borrow the 3 books. By far the best Christian books I know of.
6. I feel very content at the moment. Although there is a lot of heartache laced around how I’m feeling, I still feel very content. God is good, God is in constant control, and I am his child, so I am very content.
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Female
22
I like long walks on the…oops! wrong survey!
I’m living in Bristol, UK at the moment, though my departure for Ohio is chucking suitcases in my face. . .
I love eating. I am learning to love cooking. I will try (eating or cooking) anything at least once. I’ll actually eat things I don’t like already once more, just to see if I like them yet. Comfort food would definitely be a bean/cheese burrito, though.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
I want to see “À la folie… pas du tout” again. It has a wonderful surprise that is great to watch other people experience. The list of books that I would recommend is just about endless, so I’ll try to keep it short. When People are Big and God is Small by Ed Welch, The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichel, …
I am feeling content with living in the UK, a mixture of apathy and excitement about returning to OH, and somewhat at ease about that pesky essay that just isn’t coming together for me. . .Speaking of which, I suppose I should head back to the grindstone.
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48 year old female from New Hampshire. My favorite food is anything Greg cooks lol. I read mostly for pleasure mostly and very rarely watch movies but my all time favorite is Benny & Joon. Very discontented with my life right now but changes will happen this year cause I am tired of feeling this way
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Are you male or female? Female
How old are you? 27 until Wednesday, then I will be, gasp, 28.
Where do you live? Spokane, WA
What is your favorite thing to eat? I am a steak girl… with really good french fries.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? I am reading “Same Kind of Different as Me” right now… its pretty good. I am also reading some girlie books, but I don’t think you would like them…
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? I am feeling content, but I also feel the God is pushing my comfort zone, making me grow.
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I’m:
1. Female.
2. 20. Apparently not the target age range for your blog!
3. I’m currently going to school in Philadelphia, but I mostly grew up in Michigan, so I’m quintessentially midwestern.
4. I was born in Key West and spent formative years living there, so I’m crazy about key lime pie. Only the kind made with key lime juice, though. There’s a difference. I also have a crazy weakness for homemade macaroni and cheese.
5. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. It’s an amazing book; kind of like To Kill a Mockingbird set in the American West. It’s about family and religion and a lot of things I don’t ordinarily read books about – and it’s still my favorite.
6. I’m doing okay. Not fabulous, not awful. It’s been a long couple of months, but I’m hoping this year will be the start of something good.
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I’m a 24 year old married mother of one 3 year old daughter, very close in age to Eva, actually. I live in Ludington, Michigan, where we enjoy the beach every summer, and a ton of lake effect snow in the winter. My favorite thing to eat is fettuccine alfredo, although I’m not allowing myself to eat it right now due to trying to cling to my New Year’s resolution of trying to eat healthier.
I’m reading an accounting book right now, and I don’t really recommend it unless you’re in an accounting class.
I haven’t watched many movies lately, but I have been watching the Tudors on Showtime, which has been both educational and entertaining.
Complacent is my current feeling. I wish I could do something else with my life other than being wife and mother, because it feels like I’ve lost my identity with gaining those two titles.
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My name is Havalah, and I’m female.
I’m 20 years old
I live in Phoenix, Arizona with my husband.
I love to eat. I’d love to say something healthy, but I love bread. and Pasta. and Cheesecake. But I’ll also kill for a good salad.
I love anything that Dee Henderson writes.
How about expectant? My husband and I get to move into our own apartment in the next few weeks and I can’t wait
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I’m female.
I’m 48 years old.
I live in Southeastern lower Michigan
I think my favorite thing to eat would be soup. Any kind of soup.
My favorite movie is It’s a Wonderful Life.
The books I would recommend, and have recommended to many.. are Max Lucado’s In the Grip of Grace, and Joyce Meyer’s, Battlefield of the Mind.
Both of them changed my life.
Today is my day off, so I’m feeling very restful. I love my job, but it’s always good to just sit at the computer and visit with my internet friends.
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I’m a female
32
Originally from Columbus, OH (Go Bucks), then New Orleans for 4 years, then Houston for 5 years, and now Shreveport, LA for six months so far. My husband is in the oil and gas industry and I’d love it if our next move took us to the Marcellus Shale (Western Pennsylvania) so that I could finally be within a few short hours of visiting my family whenever my heart desired.
My favorite thing to eat is anything fresh and delicious. Right now I’m on a fresh pico de gallo integrated with some sort of chicken and monterey jack cheese combo. Mmmm…
I’m a simpleton when it comes to books. Reading replaces TV in my world so I like to be taken away to a simpler time and place. I generally find myself drawn to Christian fiction and especially enjoy Janette oke, Karen Kingsbury, and Tracy Peterson.
Fairly content. I enjoy my husband and children more than words can even describe, but I’ve lived away from my family for 11 years now and I miss them. We’ve also relocated recently so I’m still in starting over mode with no really good friends to help fill that void. I have goals in place to put myself out there and that will certainly help. In the meantime…THANK GOD for my honey and kids. I enjoy them so much.
Thanks for asking!
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Female
39 (and holding for a few more months)
Portland, Oregon
I love food- so many choices – currently I am on an Italian kick.
I love to read- I recently read The Art of Racing in the Rain and really enjoyed it and would recommend it. Currently reading the Percy Jackson series for my kiddos and it is so much fun.
I am content but still wanting to be more passionate for God. Want to decrease so He can increase and need to focus on how I can best accomplish that.
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Last time I checked, I’m definitely a female
18 years young!
down at good ol’ So California
It depends on my mood. It could be ice cream, sushi, burrito, heck even rice!
The World According to Garp-John Irving. A Clockwork Orange-Anthony Burgess. Alice in the Wonderland-Lewis Carroll. Diary-Chuck Palahniuk (actually almost all of his books). As for movies; Up. Rocknrolla. Be Kind Rewind. 500 Days of Summer. Um, just to name fews.
I am at content. But that is about to change… I’m starting school tomorrow
!! Other than that, I’m good. 
. Just see what future holds for me.
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Female
32
California
I like most food…:-) Carbs are my favorite, I would rather have them than sweets anyday…
Crazy Love (Francis Chan), or The Great Divorce (CS Lewis)…Just saw Avatar 3D was great!
Content in my Saviour’s love and provision:-)
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Female
47
Houston, Texas
Artichokes
Movie: Tortilla Soup
I am content overall but compacent today because I might have had too much champagne yesterday in celebration of the Vikings win. Alas, the world will not be getting too much from me today. But my dog is happy to have me!
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1. Male
2. 34
3. Queen Creek AZ
4. Anything Italian or Mexican
5. The Count of Monte Cristo – unabridged
6. Pretty content at the moment
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Age: 36 on Thursday! Homeschooling mom to three ages 13, 5 and 3!
Live: Winsted, CT….moved only a 25 minute drive from where I grew up.
Food: This is difficult..but I pretty much like anything with cheese. No fish though..it just makes me feel sick. I am learning to enjoy some new veggies lately too thanks to people like yourself and Ree!
Book or Movie Recommendation: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I read this before I knew that there was going to be a movie coming out. I saw the movie yesterday and yes while it was good they left out way to much of the great storyline of the book.
I am In Between. Never really happy all the time and never really sad all the time. I have my moments.
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I’m female.
29
Eastern North Carolina
Pizza…there is so much you can do with it.
Hmm, my current fave is 500 days of summer. It’s just a fun movie with great music.
Something in between. Just found out the hubby looses his job in 2 weeks when the Christian bookstore he manages closes.
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I am a female. I am 45 yrs old and I live in: Tacoma, WA. I like most food. I suggest to just read. I recommend the “Avatar” movie. I’m feeling content.
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28, male, meat, “crazy love” by francis chan, desperately desiring more joy in my life
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1. Female
2. 30
3. Fleming Island, FL
4. TexMex food
5. Jan Karon books…hilarious, especially if you’re in the ministry
6. happy and content
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I’m female (sorry), 29 1/2, and live just south of West Palm Beach, Florida.
My favorite thing in the world to eat is fully loaded ballpark hotdogs with beer, preferably while at Wrigley Field. (Go Cubs!)
I highly recommend reading “On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft” by Stephen King. I’m not a writer (I’m a librarian), but it’s a great semi-biographical look at how books come together. I loved it much more than I ever thought I would. Best book I’ve read in years.
I’m feeling rather blah at the moment, but that’s situational. Overall, I’m quite content with my life.
I love reading your blog! My husband and I hope to start a family soon and it’s great being able to watch another young family grow.
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Female
27 (minus two weeks)
Knoxville, TN
Ice cream
There are lots of books and movies I’d recommend — you can see the growing list on my blog http://ajoyfulltime.wordpress.com/
Definitely something between content and complacent.
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Well! I’m enjoying reading all of the comments and getting up a list of new books to read.
Female
51
Freeport/Destin, FL
Popcorn is my go to comfort food
Books: The “Thorn” series by James W. Hall “Happy All the Time” by Laurie Colwin as well as the rest of her stories.
Movie: Auntie Mame starring Rosalind Russell I love Mame’s spirit!
State of mind: Restlessly content. After 15 months of dealing with ‘curable’ bilateral breast cancer/mastectomy/chemo/rebuild I’m finally finished with that gig and wondering what comes next. Waiting for the path to reveal itself.
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I’m Jennifer, Female, 22, from Chapel Hill NC.
My favorite thing to eat…wow, I have a million favorite things to eat. Probably Macaroni and Cheese though. Not the kind out of the box!! I like it homemade, baked in the oven so its fairly dry and crispy on top
My favorite BOOK is Gone with the Wind. Indifferent toward the movie, but hte book is fabulous!
I’m usually content but right now I’m a little bit stressed, between Schoolwork and graduate school applications!!!
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Male. 34 this month. I live in Delhi put grew up in Price Hill. My fave food is Pizza and HOT chicken wings.
A book I would reccommend is ‘Old Man, New Man’ by Stephen Strang and anything my Max Lucado. I also enjoy ‘The complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe.’
My favorite movies are Tombstone and Boondack Saints
I am neither complacent or content. I actually find that I currently have enough of the world in me to feel akward at times in church and enough of the Holy Spirit in me to feel akward out in the world. Lately I feed my flesh more than my spirit so my flesh usually wins the spiritual tugs-of-war….I guess that’s in-between.
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TheDan says:
January 18th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
@Scott Kelly,
Wait a second. When did you learn how to read?
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Scott says:
January 19th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
@TheDan, When the missionaries came to Price Hill in the early 80′s they had a speak and spell.
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I’m male
39
Minneapolis, MN
chicken tacos with cilantro and onion
Look me in the eye
neither really, angry really. The battle for my heart is vicious and unrelenting.
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Female, 21! From Indiana but currently living in Washington DC.
I love any kind of potatoes- fried, mashed, baked..
I hope you’ve already seen Avatar 3D of course.. as far as books go I recommend The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. I think you’d really enjoy it.
Content and excited.
And I would just like to say that I do not consider myself at all religious and am unsure about the existence of a God.. but I love your blog and find peace and spiritual inspiration in it. You are a great husband and father!
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Female
25
Iowa
I love Italian food!!
I would recommend any book by John Bevere.
I’m something inbetween. Love my life but my hubby lost his job so I’m taking one day at a time
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Heather says:
January 18th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
@Heather, Do you read every one of these post? Just wondered.
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Ryan says:
January 18th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
@Heather,
Every. Stinking. One of them.
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Heather says:
January 19th, 2010 at 10:35 am
@Ryan, LOL! I just wondered. It’s alot to read
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Um, ok…
I’m a female, about to turn 40, in the middle of Michigan. I’d turn 40 somewhere else if I could afford the vacation.
My husband’s curry is currently my favorite food… my favorite changes, but it is usually something he makes that I like best.
I like way too many books and movies to choose from, currently reading “it” by Craig Groeschel (thought provoking), and the “Inkheart” series (unabashedly long and meandering and lovely storytelling.)
I am content.
My husband also reads your blog.
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Are you male or female? Female
How old are you? 30
Where do you live? Baltimore, MD
What is your favorite thing to eat? cheese!! the stinkier, the better
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? Something in-between. I’m heartbroken about what’s happening in Haiti, and at the same time energized and feeling fulfilled because I work for a relief organization and it is amazing to see the outpouring of support in response to such great need. It’s overwhelming and inspiring all at the same time!
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Jordan – Female
34 yrs old
Knoxville, TN
I love anything that was in some way prepared with butter, real butter.
Recently read “the Noticer” by Andy Andrews-My copy has been traveling the USA visiting family and friends.
AS a whole, Content… I ate ALOT of humble pie last year which has helped…
I send my hubby links to posts that I think he would particurly like..
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Female
51
Frisco TX
Chocolate; home made grilled hamburger with cheddar cheese
Joyeux Noel for the movie; though watching my boys (husband and son) watch Space Balls is funny. The movie is awful-them laughing is priceless. Such guys.
Can’t think of a book at this moment. One doesn’t stick out but will check out the other recommends.
I’m perimenopausal, so the contentment thing is a swinging pendulum. Today has a rough edge but I’m working on it.
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I am woman, age 44, living in Huntington Beach, California.
I love, love realy spicy and delicios Mexican food!
My daughter and I are enjoying the original Peter Pan, and it is wonderful. I currently enjoy watching UP!
I am somewhere in between. Ever have a great idea and you know no one else is doing it? How do you turn an idea into a realty (without major cash)? It is torture knowing I could be doing something I love with my life vs. doing just something.
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Female
32
Southeastern Arizona
I love most foods but I love eating homemade pot stickers. So much work but oh so good! Or French Onion Soup…mmmm.
I’m currently reading The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Parts were left out of the movie and now the movie makes more sense knowing what was missing.
I’m feeling very unsatisfied with my life right now. Some things I can take control of and change (weight, work things, finances) but other aspects are going to require changes in the current economy. I try to focus on the blessings I do have – a beautiful daughter, a steady job, and a roof over my head but those negative thoughts creep in more than I’d like.
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1. Another female. Sorry, Ryan, but I noticed a few men earlier in the comments.
I would say I’m feeling stuck inbetween — not sure where I should be at the stage in my life.
2. 41
3. West Texas.
4. I love most food, which is why I am on healthy eating program right now. I’d really love some fried chicken the way my granny made it.
5. I love books and movies, so that’s a tough one. Nonfiction book: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. Fiction book: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Movie: Anything with Tracy and Hepburn.
6. These questions are getting harder!
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I am female, 37 yrs old, live in NV. I love steak and pasta. My favorite movie is Legends of the Fall and I cannot pick any one favorite book because there are too many good ones! I enjoy your blog and all of its many facets very much! Keep up the good work!
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Female
23 years old
Live in north NJ with my wonderful husband.
I am a total fan of food and have so many favorites. Right now I find myself craving soup and sushi – random combination.
I am feeling very unsettled lately. Trying to figure out job woes while making ends meet and hoping to start a family soon. I know God will provide I just am ready for some answers.
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I’m a 45 year old (ack! when did that happen) female living in the Virginia suburbs outside DC.
I loved Life of Pi and The Art of Racing in the Rain, both incredible books. Don’t watch a lot of movies but I’m going through the Buffy the Vampire tv series and it is really good.
This is not a particularly happy spell in my life – too many big factors at once (family member with cancer, husband deploying) but I work to find the joy in my kids being young, because I won’t pass this way again.
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I’m 43, female, living in San Francisco. Favorite food is Steak frites with béarnaise sauce. . Basically content – but not complacent. Read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace!
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I’m 30, a transplant from NY now living Florida for 8 years.
As for books, I will read anything put in front of me…
and how I am, wheezy. The change of temperature makes my asthma act up.
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I am a 42-year-old female from Duluth, Minnesota. My favorite food is nearly any type of homemade soup. I love to read and would highly recommend the Sarah series by Nancy E. Turner — more specifically, “These is My Words,” “Sarah’s Quilt,” and “The Star Garden.” I also would recommend anything written by Kristin Hannah or Jodi Picoult. Life is good — my life has been very blessed and I love the life I live.
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I’m a 34yo woman. I live in Milwaukee, WI.
My favorite thing to eat is sesame noodles
Little Dorrit By Charles Dickens.
MST3K-Mitchell. I laughed so hard I had to watch it twice to catch everything.
Right this minute, I am content. My kids are off school, my husband is home, and I have a good cup of coffee in my hand.
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1. Female
2. 33 yr old wife, mother of 2 1/2 yr old beautiful girl.
3. A few of my favorite things… homemade spaghetti with a good chianti, filet mignon, shrimp, anyway you want to prepare it.
6. Just watched Avator and Blind Side. LOVED both.
5. Life is good, good health, roof over our heads, jobs, insurance. Its good. Only thing, we would like to adopt again.
Love your site!
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I’m a 21 year old (a number that still makes me ‘eek!’) female university student from Northern Ireland, studying in Cardiff, Wales (United Kingdom).
I adore chocolate, cheese and lasagne.
The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller is stunning. And as a Northern Irish person I will say anything by CS Lewis is brilliant.
Complacent.
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male or female: Female
age: I’ll be 40 ::gasp:: next moth
live: central Indiana
eat: Mexican, Italian, oh and steak and baked potato. and bacon
book: A Thousand Spendid Suns and The Kite Runner, both by Khaled Hosseini. Brilliantly written, moving, tear-jerking books.
I’m also a fan of Gone With The Wind.
I just bought Shutter Island yesterday. Excited about this one.
movie: I saw The Book of Eli yesterday. I thought it was a very good film. Sherlock Holmes was good too. I’ll watch most anything.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? In between most of the time. I’ve not found what I’m supposed to be doing career wise. Have some litigation issues re: kids
boo. That keeps me in the midst of in-between.
Hey Ryan — I’ll be in your neck of the woods this weekend. Hoping to make a visit to your church!
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Ryan says:
January 18th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
@Denisa,
Well…if you visit Vineyard Westside…I’ll be speaking. Come up and introduce yourself. Hope to see you there.
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Are you male or female? I am female
How old are you? 33
Where do you live? Rockingham Co., Virginia
What is your favorite thing to eat? it depends! I love italian food though.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
The Alchemist
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Are you male or female? Female!
How old are you? 24, I’ll be 25 in May.
Where do you live? Arlington, Texas. I’m right between Dallas & Fort Worth, on the Fort Worth side.
What is your favorite thing to eat? Anything delicious. I love good flavors.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? What, just one? That’s hard. “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” is an EXCELLENT book. It’s one that, as soon as I read the last page, I wanted to turn back to the start and reread it.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? I’m okay. I’m happy with life overall, but I’ve got my stresses that I could do without. I’m about to move, and that will reduce my stress quite a bit because I’ll be moving away from some unhealthy relationships. Granted, I’m only moving about a mile down the road, but currently I live in the same apartment complex as these people so a mile will be a great buffer.
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Are you male or female? Female (Sorry)
How old are you? 29
Where do you live? Dallas, Texas
What is your favorite thing to eat? right now, anything I can keep down (pregnant)
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? The Prodigal God
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? complacent
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Female.
28.
Cincinnati Westside.
Chicken Fajitas.
“The Greatest Miracle in the World” Og Mandino
My life has been a messed up roller coaster ride since high school. So I am eager for some peace.
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Tracy says:
January 18th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
@Nichole P, Nichole, you forgot to mention that you are awesome! Good thing there is no charge for awesomeness.
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Chick
Will be 40 in 40 days. Good Lord!!
Brentwood Tennessee. (outside of Nashville)
Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
Content with discontent. Finally!!
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female
46
Mount Vernon, Oh
I enjoy anything fresh from my garden. I am a vegetarian so fresh veg is essentail.
I would recommend any of the classics but I think every citizen of the world should read “We the living” by Ayn Rand.
I would consider myself content although lately I have been questioning my beliefs. I am a spiritualist, but not necessarily a christian. I am a realist more than anything.
I enjoy your blog because you present religion in a way that is not dictative. You just give your spiel and thats it. Plus your cooking skills are really somethin’.
Keep up the good work.
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Female
26
Anchorage, Alaska
Pretty much anything my mom makes when we visit. I love to cook for my family though, and we eat a wide spectrum of foods; from curries, to meatloaf, sashimi, to lasagna, I like it all.
Any of Donald Miller’s books.
God has filled my “blessings cup” pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing.
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Are you male or female? Renaissance man
How old are you? 28
Where do you live? You know where I live.
What is your favorite thing to eat? I don’t know, what are we eating tonight at group?
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? Avatar in 3D at the imax
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? I feel awesome, optimistic and motivated.
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Hey Ryan,
Im female, 47.
I live near Seattle, Washington.
My favorite food depends on the time of day, and the season. Nothing is as good as corn on the cob, that youve picked ten minutes earlier. That kind of persimmon that you can eat when it is hard, soft, or in between is the best sweet I have ever had. Vietnamese spring rolls are my favorite lunch. Smoky, meat falling off the bones ribs.
Srsly? Food eaten with friends. I became a coffee addict because my favorite sister lived with us for a few weeks and she ‘needed’ coffee every morning. Fell in love with Earl Grey sitting around the table with moms from my kids school. Foods with happy emotions attached are my favorites.
Support Your Local Sheriff is a hoot, and you can watch it with your daughter. The Tick(tv series) is also one of the best, very funny.
Read the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. Dont let the covers put you off.
Im neither content nor complacent. I feel as though I dont do enough, teach my kids enough, or keep up with things I want to do.
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1-2 I am a 29-year-old female who is employed as a high school English and Journalism teacher
3. I live in the small town of Mayberry. Seriously – Mount Airy, NC is known as Andy Griffith’s hometown and inspiration for his show.
4. Food is one of my favorite things in the whole world, so this is a very difficult question. I love to eat fresh fruit, Five Guys burgers and fries, Farmer’s Market delights, fresh baked sourdough bread, and my Granny’s chicken ‘n dumplins (she passed away 2 years ago, and I still long for them…)
5. I LOVE to read. I have several recommendations for you. I think you would love Time Traveler’s Wife. The movie is not good, and not like the book at all, so please don’t watch the movie first. I also love East of Eden by Steinbeck, 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran-Foer
6. I’m not content right now… my classroom was flooded and destroyed and I lost a ton of technology that I had fought so hard for three years to obtain. Now, the insurance probably won’t cover everything, and it will take months to be replaced. My Journalism lab was the worst hit. I’m now sharing a classroom with another teacher…. Also, the elevator was knocked out and I am permanently disabled (walk with a cane), so it has become quite difficult to go to work each day. I do it for the kids. Without them, I wouldn’t be there.
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I’m a girl. Sorry.
I’ll be 30 in 4 months. No, this does not bother me.
I live outside of Atlanta. There is a white supremacy store up the street. No, I’m really not kidding.
My favorite thing to eat is anything that I don’t have to cook myself. This includes Hamburger Helper made by the husband.
I would recommend Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Because I can read it a gajillion times and still take away something new every. single. time.
I am content in my own nuclear family. I love my husband desperately. I love my daughters endlessly. These two facts alone make me still in every way. Everything else outside of that is a little whacked out at the moment.
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1. Female
2. 30
3. Cambridge, MA
4. LOVE me some eggs! I also like trying anything new, especially from the blackboard of our local BBQ joint. My boyfriend and I go there on our date night every Wed.
5. Currently reading and enjoying: The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell) and Committed (Elizabeth Gilbert).
6. I certainly can’t complain about my life. A loving partner and family, satisfying job, and most of what I need and want.
I always enjoy your blog, Ryan! Thanks.
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1. Female
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2. 29
3. Philadelphia, PA
4. Hummus and pita bread
5. Favorite books: Wicked by Gregory Maguire (VERY different from the musical) and Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle (since 4th grade
6. I always used to be content, but it’s something I’ve been struggling with recently.
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Female
51 next month
Rochester, Minnesota
Chipotle
Right now…Million Miles in a Thousand Years (Miller)
Content with life. Not so much with my job.
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1. female
2. 30 years old
3. Oklahoma City
4. a big, sloppy, cheesy pizza and a glass of wine is my go to “forget the diet” meal.
5. Deadline by Randy Alcorn = awesome book!
6. I’m happy and excited right now!
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I’m a 28 years old female living in Bergen, Norway.
I love to eat Japanese, chinese and Indonesian food. But I also eat everything else, pretty much.
I’m reading the girl with dragon tattoo, and it’s very very good. I watched ponyo on a cliff yesterday, and it’s quite sweet. I love studio ghibli.
I’m feeling ok, I think. There are some pending problems that I tried not to think or worry about. When the time is right, I’ll know what to do or where to go.
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*Female
*33 last Friday.
*I live in Charleston, SC, but consider myself a Minnesotan, as that’s where I grew up.
*I enjoy a perfectly done steak with sauteed mushrooms and garlic mashed potatoes, finished up with strawberry or raspberry cheesecake.
*Any books or movies I read by choice right now are used as a brain break from school texts, so I trend towards young adult stuff. Most recently enjoyed the City of Ember, (the book is better), but always seem to return to C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald.
*I’m discontent and frustrated right now, but it’s directly related to a couple of issues in my life that God’s not lit the big neon directional arrow for us yet. Overall I’m pretty content. I mean, I’m typing this from my porch in 60+ degrees and sun in January with happy purring cats all around me. I really shouldn’t complain.
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female, age 34, Arkansas
like to eat pasta, comfort food, and chocolate
You might enjoy the book “What He Must Be” by Voddie Baucham.
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Oh man, I’m reading a chick site. Just kidding.
Male, 42, Los Angeles
Like hot salsa and red meat.
Saw the Blind Side last night and that was pretty good.
I am blessed but try to avoid content. Content makes me slow and fat.
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Female
44
Cincinnati – south east side
My favorite thing to eat is anything someone else has made and I would gladly cross I-75 for one of your meals!
I just started reading The Help and am loving it so far. Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie.
Wishing for a feeling of contentment but life is too chaotic right now.
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1. Female
2. 40
3. Ohio
4. Creme Brulee
5. Book: For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaffer McCauley
6. Troubled because I hate that my husband is in church leadership and that things are tough with relationships in the team. He is so patient and I get frustrated with that. But mostly I get frustrated that I think things should be perfect here when Jesus promised that they would not be. But I’m selfish enough to wish he would not be bogged down with this stuff.
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33y.o. female
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Toast w/ PB&J
Beauty by Sheri Tepper; a wholly different take on some popular fairy tales
The word I want to use to describe the feeling is ‘pent’- as in pent up (frustration) there is so much I want to do but I’m not sure where to start so I have all this energy undirected at current = frustration
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I’m a chick. Sorry! But my cute kid loves to look at pictures of Ava and Finn so does he count?
I’m 29
A northern isolated fly in only community in Manitoba Canada.
Sushi and chocolate. Preferably in the same meal. And both I’m allergic to in some way. But I deal.
I really love “You can heal your life” by Louise Hay.
I’m feeling something in between in my life. I’m content that I’ll be moving out of isolation this summer but complacent a bit until that happens.
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I’m female, 46 years old, I live in San Diego. I’ve been on a Mexican food kick lately, started when I decided to learn to make tamales for Christmas (they turned out great!). Right now I’m enjoying reading the Gourmet Today cookbook (I read cookbooks like novels). I’m feeling more contented as I get older.
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I’m a 20 year old female, living in Tennessee. My favorite foods include baked mac&cheese, chicken quesadillas, and cucumbers with french dressing. My favorite book is Tweak by Nic Sheff (captivating memoir of a recovering meth addict) and my favorite movie is Life as a House. I’d say I’m a little more on the complacent side today.
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Female
46
Dallas TX
Crispy tacos – I could eat them everyday!
Revenge of the Lawn, a collection of short stories by Richard Brautigan, is one of my favorite books.
I am content.
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I am female…found you through PioneerWoman. I am 38 and live in Memphis, TN. I LOVE mexican food, particularly chips/salsa, tacos and tamales. One of my all time favorite movies is Return to Me with Minnie Driver and David Duchovny. I think I am somewhere in between content and complacent. But I’m actively making some life changes that are making me content, if not a little better!
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Female – I’ll be….28 (had to think for a second) this coming Sunday. Have two kids – a girl (3) and a boy (4 months).
Live in Logan County, Ohio – The most boring place – EVER! I guess Mad River Mountain is here…more like a large hill than a mountain though, and plus, I don’t ski or snowboard. Super uncoordinated!
Favorite thing to eat………..how much time do you have? Dark chocolate, cherry crisp, corn bread, beef tenderloin, pasta, Breyers chocolate ice cream, asparagus, garden fresh tomatoes, reduction of balsamic vinegar (I think I could eat this on anything), sweet potatoes. Shall I keep going?
The only movie I’ve seen lately is “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”. We got it for my daughter for her birthday last week and she’s become a little obsessed with it. It actually is a pretty decent kids movie though. The two main characters are quite funny.
I’m feeling…….Unmotivated. I’m blaming it on the weather.
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1) Female
2) 34
3) Middle of nowhere, North Carolina (but only an hour from Myrtle Beach, SC)
4) pesto scallops
5) Books – great childrens fantasy series (think Harry Potter or Narnia) “On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness” and “North or Be Eaten” by Andrew Peterson
6) I’ve been better
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I am a 32 year old female from Columbus, Ohio.
Right now, my favorite thing to eat is Eastern, NC BBQ. It’s vinegar based and YUMMY!
I’m a sucker for Christian romance novels, so I’d recommend anything by Lori Wick (I don’t see you running out to pick up one of her books any time soon).
As for movies…we have a one year old son (just celebrated this weekend) and haven’t seen a movie since we got pregnant. We haven’t had a working TV in our family room for months, so I haven’t even seen promos.
And, finally, I’m feeling content. I love being a SAHM.
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Male.
29.
Chernigov, Ukraine.
Favorite food: Jocko’s steak house in Nipomo, CA, (a family owned business) and Santa Maria style BBQ.
A mean lasagna or pasta takes a close second.
I’d recommend reading The Reason for God or The Prodigal God by Tim Keller. Haven’t read Counterfeit yet.
Happy.
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Are you male or female?
Female
How old are you?
42 (ugh!)
Where do you live?
West Chester, PA
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Spaghetti. hands down. no question
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
New movies? Avatar was very beautiful, Sherlock Holmes was very entertaining. All Time Fave:A Room With A View,
Currently reading The Complete Sherlock Holmes (see a trend here?) recently read Three Cups of Tea (AMAZING), My all time favorite Possession by AS Byatt.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
Not so much.
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female
23
Lithuanian who mowed to Leeds, England a few years ago
hmmmm… potato pancakes. (generally everything including potatoes, cheese or pasta)
I’m actually big fan of reading
Haruki Murakami “A Wild Sheep Chase” (part 1) and “Dance Dance Dance” (part 2)
M. A. Bulgakov “The Master & Margarita” (the best book ever)
Albert Camus “The Stranger”
Hilarious Stephen’s Clarke books “A Year in the Merde”, “Merde Actually”, “Merde Happens A roadtrip across Americas”, “Dial M for Merde”.
movies… hm.. let me think.
“The Shawshank Redemption”,
“Promise Me This” by Emir Kusturica,
“Love me if you dare”
“Love actually”
“This is England”
oh yes, I absolutely love James Bond, Indiana Jones, “Scrubs” and “Dexter”.
And by the way, most of Russian movies are very good, but I don’t have idea do they translate them in English.
and the last question.. well.. miserable, I’m always miserable.
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I am female.
45 years young.
Dallas Texas suburbs
Baja chicken tacos from Cheesecake Factory, or really, just chicken tacos of any kind, love them.
Book: The Help
Movie: Away We Go
Content!
PS. Love your blog and your precious family!
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Female
25
Nebraska
Lefsa–a Norweigan food that can be eaten as part of a savory dish or the best way to eat it is with margarine(the only time I eat this) and white sugar rolled up!
Favorite adult book is Night by Eli Wiesel (the only book I have read more than twice)
Favorite children’s book is Skippyjon Jones
Movie–The little Rascals
I am confused with life, I am at the turning point at where I would like to go with my life, either staying in the profession I am currently in or to follow my dream and open a bakery.
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January 18th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
@Chelsey, Seconding on the lefsa! I’ve got some left over from Christmas in the freezer!
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Female
39
Conway/Myrtle Beach
Meat n Taters girl
Movie…The Village
Blessed………
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Are you male or female? Definitely a girl.
How old are you? I’m 29, I will be 30 this year. Oh my.
Where do you live? I am currently in the Raleigh-Durham area, soon to be in the Columbia, SC area.
What is your favorite thing to eat? My favorite home cooked dinner of all time is chicken taco pie. Currently I am savouring a Lindt dark chocolate “touch of sea salt” bar. It’s amazing. I get buzzed off it. I love chocolate.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? Right now I’m in love with the dark visionary fantasy of “Franklyn”. It’s not entirely deep, but lordy, it’s *gorgeous*. If you have netflix, instant view it when you have a couple of hours.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? I’m distressed in a comfortable way. It’s been this way for 5 years, living crisis to crisis, little decompression time between. I’m looking forward to it being over soon. I just have to make sure I don’t then create crisis in my life because I’m so used to it being there. I’ll miss it like a bad habit I am sure. Adrenaline is addictive. Body mods are a good way to get it in a constructive way, I suppose, incoming more holes in my body.
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Female (sorry if that ruins your ratio).
I’m 21, will be 22 at the end of April, but often feel very much older.
At the moment? I’m in Flagstaff studying nursing, but my home is in Patagonia, AZ.
Vegetables! Pasta doused in red wine vinegar (thank you very much for that post on how to make it, by the way). Oh, and my mum’s spaghetti sauce. Yum!
“The Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon, “The Fisherman” and “The Grace Exchange” by Larry Huntsperger.
I’m content and concerned about it, as I am not living as I know I should, as I know God would want me to, and yet I’m still content. This worries me quite a bit.
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Female.
29 years old.
My favorite thing to eat is southern fried chicken and collard greens but from certain places or people.
I would recommend The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. And for a movie…The Breakfast Club
Right now I am feeling something in between but tomorrow is just another day so who knows.
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Female
Going on 25
Love cheese. Love mexican food. Love butter.
Book – The Bell Jar is my all time favorite. FutureProof is also something I cant get out of my head. Not the best book of all time, but it does something to you. Im not sure if that something is good or bad.
Movie – Drawing a blank. I loved Julie & Julia though.
I am discontent right now. Thankful and blessed to have a wonderful husband and child, but just plain lost professionally. And I just “lost” a best friend which is very hard.
<3 your blog though.
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Female
36
Ohio
Chicken and Dumplins
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole – best if listened to on tape or CD.
Nothing anywhere close to either of those. I’m feeling challenged – striving to live up to the ones I’ve choses for myself and the ones I have no control over.
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1] Female
2] 25
3] Toronto
4] I really can’t pick one. I love 85% of the food I see
5] Book – Right now I would recommend Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. I don’t think you have to be in debt to start planning your finances.
Movie – What are you in the mood for? I’ll just mention the first movie that popped in my head when I read the question – Juno
6] Feeling restless. Want to be out and about. But I’m at work at the moment.
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Hey Ryan!
I’m female, 29 years old, Birmingham, AL. At the moment, my favorite thing to eat is anything Mexican! As far as a book or movie, I’m sure there’s something, but I can’t think of it right now. I’m feeling irritated and out of place in a lot of areas in my life right now, but extremely content in a few others.
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Female
45
Sub-of Kansas City, MO
Mexican Food
Book-Same Kind of Different as Me
Something in between
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Are you male or female? (I have to prove to myself that at least a few guys read this blog)
f.
How old are you?
just shy of 32.
Where do you live?
outside boston
What is your favorite thing to eat?
steamed artichokes dipped in lemon butter
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
content contrasted with constrained. or crucially clouded. or coming upon clarity. clearly confused?
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Are you male or female? (I have to prove to myself that at least a few guys read this blog)
Proved ya wrong…female, though my husbands says I am such a guy about a lot of things (does that count?)
How old are you? 46,, 47 in March
Where do you live? SO Cal, high desert, Acton, Horse country, want to move to North Idaho where our daughter and grand daughter live.
What is your favorite thing to eat? Wow, that’s a really hard one ‘cus I like it all. I will narrow it down to a genre, comfort food. But it has to be cooked with love, not just thrown on a stove.
Is there a book or movie you would recommend?
Anything by Frank Paretti is so good. My favorite movies are Far and Away, Cold Mountain, Man from Snow River (ALL CHICK FLICKS!!!!)
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? Content that God is in control and He knows the whole picture, complacent because we really feel we are to be up north with our daughter and grand daughter, but have not seen the doors open yet.
THANKS FOR ASKING!!!!
Buffy
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I’m a chick.
I’ll be 27 next month.
I live in Canton, Ohio – well technically Louisville. I live out in the sticks, with my boyfriend and our big black lab, Barley.
Oh man, I have so many favorite foods, I can’t possibly narrow them down to one, but a few are: pasta with homemade sauce (I make good sauce); mild sushi – like yellow fin tuna; anything Mexican; Pad Thai; mashed potatoes; and cheese…all cheese.
I recommend the book, Lamb… by Christopher Moore. I’m sure many see it as a sacreligious book, but it actually brought me closer to understanding Jesus…probably closer than any serious religious text I’ve read. That book speaks my language. You just can’t take yourself, or Moore too seriously.
I’m feeling okay today. But usually I struggle with feeling mediocre. I can do a lot of things, but I don’t do any one thing really well, and I wish I did. I just don’t feel very special sometimes.
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Female, 53, I live in Raleigh, NC. My favorite food (for today, anyway, this is what I had for lunch) is a spinach salad with grapes, soy ‘chicken’ with lemon juice and olive oil dressing. My favorite book is “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver. I am feeling very content and blessed. I’m still married (almost 36 years) to my high school sweetheart, we have 2 wonderful daughters and 2 great son-in-laws and the cutest little grandson ever.
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Female
32
Live: California
Current Favorite Food: Soup
Book: The Tender Bar
Somewhere in between
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Are you male or female? Female
How old are you? 30
Where do you live? San Diego
What is your favorite thing to eat? Only one?!
Hrm. Mexican food then.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Shibumi by Trevanian
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? Very content.
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Female
28
Portland, OR (aka paradise)
Any fruit; strawberry shortcake; quesadillas
Rangers Apprentice Series–a young adult series out of Australia; Eats, Shoots & Leaves (I just finished this one! It is about the world of punctuation.)
My husband and I are in the hiccup of life, trying to figure out what is next especially since I am unemployed.
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Female
44
On the island of Oahu in Hawaii
Spaghetti with tomato and basil
I have many favorite movies, but I just saw “The Blind Side” and really liked it so it’s on my mind.
Again, too many favorite books, but I’m reading “Leota’s Garden” by Francine Rivers. Anything she writes is great!
VERY content. My husband is finally home after a year in Afghanstan, I am able to homeschool my kids, I live in the most beautiful place in the US, we have great friends and a great church, and for some reason my teens are not obnoxious and angst-ridden. Who knew it could be this good?
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Female
38
Live: Virginia
Current Favorite Food: Any kind of Mexican food / Red Meat
Book: The Help
Somewhere in between
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Female
46 years old
Live in NE Indiana
Love to eat Italian food
Recommend any book by Karen Kingsbury
Movie Shawshank Redemption
Feeling? Discontent. I think I’m not grabbing all this life has to offer.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
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35 year old female. Mom to 3 kids – 10, 8 & 3.
Live in Michigan
Love Mexican food… making chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight.
Liked Avatar. Can’t recommend any books – I love reading romance novels. I like escapist fiction.
Content in some ways, but discontented in others due to the economy and the uncertainty in our lives… Not at all where I planned to be in my life due to our financial life crumbling. Of course, compared to what’s going on in Haiti – I can hardly complain.
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1. Female, sorry.
2. 48 and happy for every birthday
3. New Jersey
4. I love food and cooking – hard to select one favorite. Probably nice, rare prime rib sliced thing with horseradish sauce. Mmmmmm.
5. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
6. Feeling hopeful today, after a long tough couple of years. I think it all might just be OK after all.
Really enjoy your blog – always something interesting.
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Female
28 and holding onto my 20′s like there’s no tomorrow
Houston, TX
My fav. food is any bakery type item! If it has butter, sugar, and flour.. I’m all about it.
My favorite movies are the Love series adapted from Janette Oake books but I don’t know if I would recommend them since you’re a guy and my husband makes fun of them. I’m sure you’ve seen the Narnia movies but if you haven’t, watch them!
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38-yr. old female living in Nashville. Favorite thing to eat is . . . anything cooked by someone else. Maybe chicken parmesan with a nice Greek salad . . . or any kind of pastry.
Best movie I’ve seen in a while is called “Sweet Land.” Based on the book “A Gravestone Made of Wheat,” but turns out it’s a book of short stories and only the first one is what the movie is based on, and they go downhill somewhat from there. The writing is good, but the content started to leave something to be desired after a few chapters.
Content. Although some days it is harder to be so.
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Are you male or female? FeMaLe
How old are you? 37 yEaRs oLd
Where do you live? BrAnSoN, mO
What is your favorite thing to eat? CrAb LeGs (WiTh MeLteD bUtTer), ChiPs WiTh HoMeMadE Salsa aNd TuRtLe cHeeSeCakE
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? SiXTeen CanDLes…My fAvoRiTe moViE oF aLL TiMe…
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? i Am CoNTenT…
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Female
24 years old
I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I loooove chicken. Anything chicken. And PW’s apple dumplings. Oh, and her cinnamon buns with maple frosting!
-AVATAR! It’s seriously sooooooooooo good! SO visually-pleasing!
-The Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory (if you’re into historical fiction-type books.. this one is about King Henry VII and his wives. Very interesting)
I’m somewhere in between being complacent and content, I’d say.
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I am female, 31 years old. I live in little ‘ol Gwinn, Michigan (Upper Peninsula).
I love a moist piece of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and a side of ice cream.
I thought Little Miss Sunshine was a hilarious movie. My book recommendation is The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir by John Grogan (Marley & Me).
I have been fighting a restlessness feeling for about a year and a half now. I need to shake it.
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1. Female
2. 30
3. Iowa
4. I love to eat really good beef stew and cornmeal muffins
5. Book- The DaVinci Code- (while I know most of the book is not true it got me interested in learning more about what really did happpen and what really was true.) Movie- Failure to Launch
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6. Content- but I get worked up about work very easily and wish I didn’t- love my life, my husband, and my kids!
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1. Female.
2. Soonly 20
3. Iceland.
4. I enjoy lamb in most shapes and sizes (Icelandic lamb is considered pretty excellent) or a good peppersteak. Anything with a baked potato, too.
5. I just read God bless you, Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. I like it but I really have no idea what happened. Very weird book, but enjoyable if you like that sort of thing.
6. Still feeling pretty damn hurt and angry, found out last week that I have been betrayed pretty badly. Takes a while to get over that sort of thing.
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I am female.
I am 24 years old.
I live in South Georgia.
My favorite food is a tie between shrimp and boiled peanuts. I love them both oh-so-much.
Book: Same Kind of Different As Me (it will seriously change you). Movie: Food Inc. But I think you have seen that already.
Somewhere in between. I think. I want to want to do more. I want to make a difference. But I just haven’t gotten off my lazy butt.
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Female
46 years old
I live in Kennebunk, Maine
I love all kinds of food but my favorite by far is lobster. Good thing I live in Maine!
I’m in a book group so I read lots and lots of books. Our most recent was The Tattoo Artist. A quick read and very interesting, especially for someone who is tattooed. I can’t recommend any movies because I rarely go to see them.
I’m content right now. Happily married, loving where I live, maybe not so content with my job, but at least I have one, right?
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Female
42
BC, Canada -I see quite a few other Canadians here!
Chocolate & red wine
The Book of Negros -very good read!
Content and appreciative, maybe even a bit spoiled. when you look around this world I have a damn good life!
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Female, a young 52!
Minnesota
I love almost any food.
I wish I did feel content right now, that’s all I would ask for. We’re dealing with job loss, like many other people, and I’m trying to keep my husband’s spirits up. Tomorrow is another day, a good one hopefully. Love your blog!
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I’m a soul sister (I can not get Train’s song out of my mind, can you tell?)
34 but I will shortly be in a whole other demographic.
Oklahoma, it’s a grand ole state! PW’s ranch is a hotbed of rural coolness but you should come visit us in the OKC area as well.
I can’t choose a favorite food but if forced to narrow it down – mexican and chocolate, maybe steak and a caesar salad, yeah, no, maybe…
I know everyone loves this movie and I would love to pull out something more original but the last thing I’ve seen that keeps haunting me is The Blind Side. I should say the idea of adoption is haunting me rather than the movie, but it was the catalyst. If you want to know one of my faves that I can watch over and over – Moulin Rouge. ***Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love***
I’m somewhere between content and complacent. He’s still working on me.
BTW – thanks for sharing yourself with us!
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Female age 39 from Barrie Ontario Canada
Spaghetti
To Kill A Mockingbird – the book
Feeling very restless..
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Female.24.Utah
Good ribs, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, and a big green salad with gorgonzola and pears
I read these recently and although they’re not my favorite books, they make you think–”The Bookseller of Kabul” by Asne Seierstad and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” by Mark Haddon
Despite being 9 months pregnant and uncomfortable, “Content” is the perfect way to describe how I’m feeling lately. I have an amazing husband and 3 year old daughter and although it’s not perfect–Life is good.
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I am a female 42 years living 20 min west of Chicago. I really can’t go wrong with pizza and I really enjoyed UP (the cartoon – the beginning is it’s own movie) and for my general feeling…it is uneasy. It sucks.
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Female, 28, Indianapolis (grew up near Cincy though!)
It’s hard to pick a favorite food. Barring sweets, I love Thai!
Not a big movie watcher, though Once was pretty great. Book recommendations are hard without knowing what you’re looking for…
Somewhere in between…
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-Female
-24
-Tromsø, northern Norway
-Tacos!
-The whole Stargate SG-1 series doesn’t count as a movie, but I watched the entire thing with my husband recently, and I loved it!
-I’m feeling somewhere in between. I have a lovely family, my health is slowly getting better, and we live in a safe neighborhood. I guess I’m all good!
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All girl.
45 yo
Little Rhody
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate.
Farm City by Novella Carpenter. Made me wanna get a goat.
Very content, thanks for asking.
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I’m female, 24, from a small town near Ann Arbor Michigan.
I love to eat food, all kinds of food. I love a good salad and creamy homemade mac n cheese.
I work in a library so I’m constantly barraged by fantastic new (and old) reads and movies. I stumbled across a fantastic non-fiction book not too long ago about a marine that rescued a dog from Iraq. http://www.aadl.org/catalog/record/1277029
great read.
as for life, I’m feeling pretty content about most things with just a couple small rain clouds.
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I am female.
)
32 years old.
living in Columbus, Ohio
anything mexican is my favorite
i don’t remember a lot of movies, but Crash has always stuck with me. not even sure why.
feeling content at the moment, but also have a strong desire for always wanting to be a better version of myself.
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Yet another Female.
I am 48, from Burlington WA.
Right know my favorite food is Pho.
My favorite book/s are the Mitford series by Jan Koran, just good, clean reads.
Favorite movie….Beetlejuice, Ha!
Not really content right now, wonder what 2010 is going to bring.
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I am female
22 years old
I live in Melbourne, Australia
my favourite meal is lamb chops with 2 potato mash and steamed vegies
I love to read and two books I would recommend are: ‘The shadow of the wind’ for beautiful writing and ‘the kite runner’ for an amazing story
I am content with life
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Female
23
Currently? Sydney, Australia
Leeks, always leeks.
The best movie I saw in 2009 was A Serious Man.
Content- I’m almost done!
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I am Female
How old are you? seems like I am part of the majority of thirtysomethings
Where do you live? Nashvegas baby!
What is your favorite thing to eat? I bake with Tuesdays with Dories baking group so most of those are delish. But I am a steak and potatoes girl at heart.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
The Dream Giver is a book I love.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? I am feeling mostly content but rather restless at the moment.
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female
33 years old
Chilliwack, BC
Hot dogs
Into the Wild (the movie – haven’t read the book yet)
Very content!
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-Female (I’m sure there are males out there somewhere, I’m just not one)
-30
-Fort Worth area
-a specialty roll at a local sushi place called the NRH roll.
-Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bon’s.
-relaxed, rejuvenated, revving to go
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Girl (sorry!)
25
The Mitten Shaped State (that’s its official name)
Popcorn
The Peaceful Warrior – I wonder if you’ve read it. If not… you really should. Everyone should.
Somewhere in between. I’m at that point in my life where I seem to be on the verge of becoming a real grown up with real responsibilities… and its scary as hell!
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Hiya!
Female. 42, but I am very immature for my age.
Dallas, TX
Food: Lordy. Anything cooked well, but I am a sucker for anything with cheese.
Book: The Secret Lives of Bees
I am closer to content than I have ever been, to the point of actually REALLY wanting to take care of myself so that I can enjoy the contentness.
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I am a 67 year old woman who lives in Milton, FL. We are in the Panhandle and often refered to as LA (lower Alabama). I am a lover of Italian food, and Chinese Take-Out. Most of the time I am content, but lately have some health issues, so I worry, a little.
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1. female
2. 38
3. Ct
4. soo many favorites…really good bread,pasta,cake,wine,coffee
5. book or movie so many depending…right now I am feeling romantic book: The Time Travelers Wife movie: A Room w/ a View
6. mood….content but feeling like I need to shake it up better myself,my family, & the world
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Are you male or female? Female
How old are you? 40
Where do you live? Northeast Georgia (60 miles NE of Atlanta)
What is your favorite thing to eat? Mexican/Tex-Mex
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Book: Years of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (didn’t expect to like a book about the plague but it was great!) OR Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (great story about how connections develop amid devastating or tragic circumstances).
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bunny says:
January 19th, 2010 at 9:33 am
I forgot where I am right now! Happy and a little nervous–I accepted a job yesterday after being unemployed for a year! Thank you God for being patient with me and teaching me patience to wait for the right thing.
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29-female-Indianapolis, Indiana-love traditional Italian food-recommend a book called Dear Mr President, it’s a collection of letters written to all the presidents by famous and non-famous people. A really fascinating read. You can find it on Amazon. Feeling fairly content at the moment-my twin girls just turned 6 months old and I’m feeling like I have some of my sanity back
Keep Well-I get really inspired by your blog, thanks for writing it!
Colleen
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hey reverb! i’m a 31 yr old female and i live in ft collins colorado! my hubby and i are on staff with athletes in action but jon was most recently an assoc. pastor in texas. i have a 2 yr old named finn! not a common name
can my fav thing to eat be gummy bears? we’re currently reading counterfeit gods by tim keller together and i’m reading crazy love by francis chan. both great! i’m feeling super content…new baby great ministry awesome new city!
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1. Female
2. I’m a very young 34 years old
3. I live in Manitoba
4. I adore food, especially when shared with my hubby
5. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (I think this book is called Someone Knows My Name in the U.S.)
6. My husband and I are hoping and praying to adopt, so it’s tough to be content lately…It’s hard not to keep worrying about it never ever happening…
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Hello there,
I’m 31, female and from Hamburg, Germany. Am I the only German here?
Right now I love Liverwurst. But I also love everything with good old potateos.
I recommend watching the movie 8 femmes (8 women) with Catherine Deneuve. Yes, it’s a movie for women. But it is awesome.
Greetings from Hamburg,
Yvonne
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I am female
I’m 39 years old
Midland, MI – U.S.A.
Red Licorice
I love Sarah’s Key, The Kite Runner (just to name a couple)
I’m feeling content for most part. I choose to be content for today. I am married, have one 10 year old son, work full time and care my homebound mother (that is where my stress comes in daily!!!)
Marissa
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I am a 60 year old female living near Chicago with the love of my life…my amazing husband. We have two grown kids and three grands…also the loves of my life.
Food…love all meat, potatoes, pasta, chocolate, etc etc
I read a lot and will do much more after retiring this spring…can’t pick a favorite but often read serious true-to-(not-always-great)-life fiction by women authors. My new favorite reads are the blogs that I’m following and I look forward to expanding that list exponentially after retiring too…so many amazing writers/photographers…including you.
Content…complacent…something in between??? Those words are foreign to me right now…see “retiring this spring” teehee!!!!
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I am female. I am 25. I live in Toledo, Ohio. I love craft books, cook books, and historical fiction. I am not where I want to be but I at least know where that is and sort of how to get there.
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I’m a 29 yr old dude
from Boyertown Pa
Favorite food: really anything Italian. Especially anything made with a cream sauce.. hmmm
Right now I am reading “Searching for God Knows What” by Donald Miller and I am really diggin it.
Umm feeling ok. I need to get my butt in gear with my walk. I get frustrated when I do the things I shouldn’t and dont do the things I should..
Great idea. I guess I cant copy it for awhile. haha.
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Man
33
Austin, Texas
Anything I kill. (whitetail, hogs, turkey)
Man on fire
content
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Hi Ryan!
Female
56
Minneapolis, MN
Authentic Mexican
Henry David Thoreau
working daily towards contentment
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Female
50
Historic Virginia
Coffee
Book: The Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent
Movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
I think complacency is contentment’s evil twin. Although I’m aware that I’m living in both camps right now, by God’s grace I am experiencing and growing more in contentment. (1 Timothy 6:6-7)
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Female
41
Virginia
Bacon and anything with bacon in it
Book – Still Alice
I’m content.
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Female
36
Bahamas
Pasta
Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado
Something in between
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I’m female and 31….married with 2 kids (ages 6 and 2), not that you asked! I love pasta with creamy sauces and steak or shrimp, preferably together. Don’t watch many movies but the best book I’ve read has been The Circle Trilogy. I’m not content or complacent. We’re barely scraping by, just lost our house due to my husband’s company going under, and most weeks we have no more than $50 a week for groceries. I know there is more out there for us…we just can’t seem to figure it out. We took a wrong turn somewhere and we have to find our way back.
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Love your site: Female; 46; Cozad, Nebraska; Butterfinger candy bar; If You Want To Walk On Water, You’ve Got To Get Out Of The Boat by John Ortberg and if you have young children, the movie Hotel For Dogs; feeling something inbetween.
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female
32
highland, il (corn town outside of St. Louis)
fish, greek food, cheese, dessert
I can always watch Stranger Than Fiction
complacent in my walk with the Lord
content in my marriage & family
and in between with my house remodel and school
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1) Female
2) 28
3) Apopka, Fl (just outside Orlando)
4) I love any kind of potatoes or tomatoes!
5) Just finished The Shack and The Lost Symbol
6) I am so very blessed with a wonderful husband and a perfect baby girl (15 months old) so can’t be anything but happy! Praise God!
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I am female.
I am 23.
I live in Des Moines, IA.
My favorite things to eat are medium rare steak, guacamole, pasta, and creme brulee.
I recommend the book The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.
I am feeling uncertain, yet blessed.
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I am a girl.
I am turning …. 30…. in not enough sleeps.
I live in Darwin, Australia. It’s hot here.
I love roast lamb dinners. Amen.
I love reading “Goodnight, Mr Tom” by Michelle Magorian. It’s a youth’s book, but I read it at least once every quater. We are old friends.
As for a movie, “I Am Sam” is the first one to jump to mind. “Good Will Hunting” is another.
I would say I’m content with the circumstances of my life… not so much so with some instances of it… like how I’m parenting, how my children are behaving, that sort of thing. Though, that could be because we are in the final week of a 6 week long end of year holiday, and we’re all going a little nuts.
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Yet another female; and really, is there anything wrong with being popular with the ladies? Provided Alison is okay with it, that is.
Anyway, I’m 25 and live outside of Washington, DC. My favorite thing to eat is either dim sum or sushi, it is hard to pick.
I think my book recommendation will be “I’ll Never be French (no matter what I do)”
I am slightly above complacent and a little too lazy to strive for content at this moment; working on my procrastination needs to come first so I can deal with what is already on my plate.
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I am female, 55, live near Memphis, eat anything lemony, I am so very content, (but something is bubbling) love Atlas Shrugged, movie: Paperclips
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Male! Woo! 24 yrs old, living in Melbourne, Australia. Though I have a feeling that my male-ness may be negated by the fact that my wife got me onto your blog.
Favourite food? Currently can’t go past lamb chops roasted in the oven, with copious amounts of garlic & rosemary, with some decent mashed potatoes on the side. Maybe it’s because it’s summer here, and I’m longing for winter foods!
Movies – a ton. Too many to list, really. Book? Time Traveller’s Wife was pretty hard to go by.
Content? Definitely. Wifey and I are expecting our first baby in May, and I cannot wait. Add to that we’re going to become an Uncle and Aunty for the first time (hopefully) this week, this stage of life, and those around us, is pretty awesome. That and I have the best job in the world!
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female, 31, california (bay area), love to eat almost any kind of pork, just saw “up in the air” this morning and loved it! and I’m feeling more complacent than content right now.
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I’m a female, 25 years old. I live in western Oregon. My favorite thing to eat is almond roca, that I’ve been making every Christmas since I was a kid. The best fiction I’ve read recently is “The Time Traveler’s Wife”, by Audrey Niffenegger. Couldn’t get that one out of my head. For non-fiction, I’d have to go with “Outliers: The Story of Success”, by Malcolm Gladwell.
I’m feeling content, mostly because I just went on a really hard run and then ate a delicious lunch!
Where do you live?
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
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I’m 27, female and from central Massachusetts. Favorite food? There are some many good things to choose just one-homemade chicken soup, my mom’s rice with okra, white rice with lobster sauce and chicken fingers from the chinese restaurant in my hometown, chicken pie and mashed potatoes…all good stuff but not all together. A book to recommend? I’m a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson. I’m somewhere inbetween…i’m blessed with a wonderful family, an awesome husband, great friends and a beautiful home. While I am lucky to have a job I wish the job were closer to home. Can’t have it all i suppose.
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female
40
Boise
Spaghetti
The Shack. It gave me a new perspective on God’s love. One I desperately needed.
Content, excited, wanting more.
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Alright, I shall now de-lurk! I am female, 30 years old, living nearby Frankfurt/Germany.
Favorite food is hard – at the moment I really like comfort food, like homemade soups or stews, my brother makes mean Rouladen (there is even a recipe in the Wikipedia entry, you have to try it!).
As for books, one of my all time favorites is Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: awesome depiction of Barcelona (one of my all time favorite cities), and a great suspense/drama/period story.
I am feeling something inbetween, though leaning more towards content, if that makes any sense
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I’m 25, female and live in Calgary, Alberta Canada
My favorite thing to eat is… well there’s so many things. I love chocolate, in almost all forms, potatoes are my favorite side dish, chicken or venison my favorite meats, cucumbers my fav. veggie, and I love bread, made almost anyway.
A book to recommend would be The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (theres a whole list of recommended reads on my blog) and a movie recommendation (recent one anyway) would be Star Trek and I’ve never even seen a single tv show episode.
I think I’m feeling somewhere in between but definitely leaning more towards the content side
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I’m Lori.
I am going to be 39 years old a week from today.
I live in the East Bay area of California.
I love to eat gooey, cheesy pizza.
I would recommend “The Help”, by Katherine Stockett.
Right now, I’m pretty content right now.
By the way……..what a great idea this was!
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I’m a 48yr old female. My favorite thing to eat has to be The Pioneer Woman’s meal of love. I just LOVE steak and mashed taters. I am an upbeat and positive person but lately life is getting me down as my finances are a disaster these days, but I’m working on that so hopefully my happy self will be back soon. I miss that part of me.
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I’m a 48yr old female. My favorite thing to eat has to be The Pioneer Woman’s meal of love. I just LOVE steak and mashed taters. I am an upbeat and positive person but lately life is getting me down as my finances are a disaster these days, but I’m working on that so hopefully my happy self will be back soon. I miss that part of me. My current read is Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom.
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Girl
35
Austin, TX (moved here 4 years ago. Nice place, but doesn’t feel like home)
I recommend the movie Smoke Signals. It’s not my favorite movie, just one I really like that maybe not everyone’s familiar with.
My favorite thing to eat is homemade fresh salsa and chips. I love pizza too. And seafood. Yum!
I am not content, not complacent, so I guess it’s the inbetween!
Love your blog!
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Female, 54
favorite food is…… food I guess. Tonight we are having a pork, tomato, garlic, sweet pepper, spicy thing over rice, so today that is my favorite.
I’m reading the The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy – he writes amazing books, always.
Movie – just a coincidence that it’s a Christian one – “Amazing Grace” was the last really good one we rented – about William Wilberforce.
Though normally contented, I am not right now. I sprained my knee 3 weeks ago and the pain and dealing with the inconvenience has drained me of creativity and that is always unsettling. A couple tragedies among family and friends this past year, spinning my wheels career-wise, politics, & a host of otherr niggling things have me down more than normal. Still a child of the King though – it’s a season, it will pass.
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Female
42 (for a while I thought I was going to be the oldest female on here!)
I live in Oregon
I basically love food; love to eat it love to cook it and love to see the faces of those I cook for when I really nail a recipe!
Read something by PG Wodehouse (Jeeves and Wooster) funny, British humor!
I’m pretty content. I’ve got a great hubby, two amazing kids (19 and 17) who love and serve the Lord. What more could I ask for?
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I’m female, 39, and live in CT. My all-time favorite food is meatloaf. I especially like it cold in a meatloaf sandwich with loads of ketchup. No books to recommend right now since my reading is consisting mostly of schoolbooks (working on my Master’s Degree). Just saw “The Lovely Bones” though and thought the movie was incredible! I did read that book a few years back, so if you don’t get a chance to see the movie, I can highly recommend the book.
I am a happy and content person. I consider myself very blessed.
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I am female, 30 yrs. old, living in Iowa.
I love to eat pastas with yummy sauces, or just fresh grilled vegetables and olive oil. And I *love* baked sweets!
I wish I could say I’ve finished a novel in the last couple months, but alas, I haven’t. I just watched “Away We Go” and thought it was a very charming movie.
I’m feeling content and blessed to have a healthy husband and son and to be having a smooth pregnancy (we are expecting a daughter in June).
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*I’m a Female
*I’ve just turned 28
*Sunny (rainy now) California
*My Husband makes a MEAN fried rice.
*Movie: Shawshank Remption
*Book: Random Family. A Journalist lived with a family in the brox from the 80′s-90′s. Very good.
*I’m feeling content, in love, and blessed. very very blessed.
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Female
24
Indianapolis, IN
It changes often–right now I’m craving some grilled homemade pizza.
Dan in Real Life, Up in the Air
Content, but always searching. The last month has been a real turning point for me. All changes for the better, but I’m taking things slow and steady.
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Are you male or female? (I have to prove to myself that at least a few guys read this blog)
Female
How old are you?
43
Where do you live?
Florida
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Mexican food! YUM.
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Book – Chronicles of the King series by Lynn Austin.
Movie – The Road Home (set in China, with subtitles)
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
I am feeling like I’m completely overflowing from the goodness of God in my life. A mother is only as happy as her saddest child. All of my children are walking with the Lord, growing spiritually through trials, and recognizing how precious grace is. I can hardly stand it and want to shout to the heavens!
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Are you male or female? (I have to prove to myself that at least a few guys read this blog) Female
How old are you? 29
Where do you live? Florida
What is your favorite thing to eat? A good ole american steak other than that anything involving spicy mexican food
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? The Millionaire Next Door
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? In between
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Female, 41, live outside of St. Louis, MO
Love lots of foods – 90% of the time I pick chicken, so I’ll go with that.
Books – not much of a reader – just read the Joys of Sex (the new one, very interesting read, though the writer is not from the US and some was hard to follow)
Looking so foward to our 20th wedding anniversary in June, my heart sings for the joys I have – faith, family, friends and the love of my life.
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Are you male or female? (I have to prove to myself that at least a few guys read this blog)
FEMALE
How old are you?
I HIT THE BIG 40 THIS YEAR!
Where do you live?
MARYLAND
What is your favorite thing to eat?
MARYLAND CRABS WITH OLD BAY
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
CHRISTIAN FICTION-ANYTHING BY LYNN AUSTIN
“SECULAR” FICTION- THE HELP BY ??
LAST GOOD MOVIE I SAW-THE BLIND SIDE
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between
CONTENT WITH MY PERSONAL LIFE, BUT MAYBE COMPLACENT SPIRITUALLY> NEED TO START WORKING ON THAT!
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I am a 49 (for another month) year old female. I live in a small town on the coast of Texas near Corpus Christi.
I love most food, but especially bacon, cheese, bread, butter. But lately I’ve been eating healthy- so not much of those, a lot more veggies, fruits and lean meat (if any meat).
Book? Hmmm, I’m a teacher and grad student so mostly I read textbooks.
Movie? Just saw Up in the Air, enjoyed it. Gonna watch Hurt Locker this week.
Content? After many ups and downs in our marriage, we are in a very good place. I am gaining self confidence in my professional life. I have a few friends. My children are grown and happy. Yes, I would say I am content. I’d even say happy on top of that.
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I am female, and I am 33 yrs old. I live in Lake Wylie, SC (it is right over the state line from Charlotte, NC).
My favorite thing to eat would have to be spaghetti (that I have cooked th sauce from scratch that doesn’t have ANY chunks in it)!!! Of course a good Chicken Parmesean is always a bonus!
As for books/movies….the movie UP was pretty good. Had me and my hubby crying. Twice. As for a book….Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. A great eye opening book about finances and how to get out of debt the smart way. We haven’t followed his plan to a t, but have modified it to fit our life and have elimited some debt.
I am feeling something in between. My dad passed away in November, and I am not sure if I have really reacted to it yet. I am not sure how to really react yet either. Hope that I don’t go off the deep end when it happens though. But I do feel blessed with a great family too. I have a wonderful Husband and 3 magnificent kids (10 yr daughter, 7 yr daughter and 4 yr son) and many friends that are just like family to me too!
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Hi Ryan, I’m female and I just turned 25. I live in the pacific northwest, north of seattle wa. I love indian food – with lots of naan bread! I’m home sick today and watched “my life in ruins” it was a fun little chick flick with a good message. But if you haven’t seen The Blind Side, you should. I really haven’t read anything good lately, any suggestions? I’m somewhere in between, I’m applying for grad school and wondering about my future, wanting to take better care of myself and my resources… and I need to be more faithful in my spiritual walk.
Hope you’re having a blessed day!
Christine
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1. Female
2. Twenty-three
3. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4. Chocolate. And chicken fingers. And edamame. And chocolate some more. And pasta. And cinnamon buns. And ice cream.
5. I love a book called ‘The Shell Seekers’. I read it every year. And my favourite movie is usually the last one I watched, which would be Food, Inc.
6. In between – it’s hard to achieve that balance.
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Are you male or female?
female (sorry)
How old are you?
23
Where do you live?
Grand Rapids, MI
What is your favorite thing to eat?
NY bagels (I used to live in the city)
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend?
Wristcutters – it’s an indie film based on a short story about where you go after you commit suicide. It’s all about finding love and happiness in unlikely places.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between?
I’m ok – tired from work/my cat waking me up/my annoying neighbors waking me up, excited about my job’s possibilities, lonely since I just moved to a new city, and hopeful about the future. Typical adult stuff.
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I am female, 45 years old. I live in rural southeast Kentucky amongst beautiful mountains and lovely people.
My favorite food… it changes, but “Smokey Corn Chowder” right now. Love the movie “Nell.” Also thoroughly enjoyed the book “The Help” and and lest I forget “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” affected me more than I thought possible.
I am contented… there are lots of things I’d like to see change, but I’m more blessed every day. I am loved by and love God, my husband and my children, not to mention more family and friends. I’ve been a cancer survivor for nearly 23 years. We have a home, food, clothing, heat, transportation… what do we have to complain about? We’re richly blessed!
Lucy
Pray for HAITI!!
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female
28 year old
santa monica, ca
japanese noodles & indian food (not together)
book: three cups of tea; movie: the constant gardner
definitely something in between; i just graduated from nursing school and am searching for a job…which is tough in this market; trying to be patient & trust in the Lord!
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Hey Pastor Ryan, I’m Lauren, female (sorry!) – 31, from Westchester County, NY (right outside NYC). For favorite foods, I love Greek, Indian and Italian. I love a good spinach pie and can never say no to a homemade dessert!
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A movie I’d recommend is the first movie my hubby and I saw together on our first date – “Amelie” (2001) Just a great, whimsical romantic movie that just makes you feel good all over.
As for the last question – definitely feeling content – more than ever. Love being a mom to my 1 year-old son and look forward to every day with my family. Laughter is a big part of our lives and we just simply enjoy being together. Can’t ask for much more than that.
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Are you male or female? (I have to prove to myself that at least a few guys read this blog): I am female…thank you GOD!
How old are you? 41
Where do you live? Saint Louis, MO
What is your favorite thing to eat? Rice (stems from my Puerto Rican heritage.)
Is there a book or movie that you would recommend? Tbe Last Lecture. The book is about embracing life….of following your dreams………….of seizing the moment.
Are you feeling content, complacent, or something in between? Something in between. My job stresses me out or rather my supervisor does.
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Hi Ryan!
I’m female?
I am 30 years old.
I live in Canada… Ontario… In the Niagara Region.
My favourite thing to eat? Foie Gras… whether it be a torchon, a pate, or sauteed. Preferably accompanied with Peller Estates Chardonnay Ice Wine.
I would recommend that you read “The Perfection