Comments on: PRT124 – The Things That Amaze You

By: Noell

Noell — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:28:00 +0000

Welcome to the Roundtable! Thanks for joining us and adding to the discussion!

By: MarciaF

MarciaF — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:13:00 +0000

What an interesting and thought-provoking episode! It got me thinking about the fact that my oldest son is only 24, yet he’s older than the “world-wide web” and still remembers listening to records when he was little (his youngest brother – just 6 years younger – says, “huh???”). They grew up mostly on cassette and VHS tapes and then cds and DVDs, but have of course now advanced to i-pods and blu-ray. We do still have lots of the old tapes, though, as well as players to play them on, and occasionally we pull them out; in fact the last time Aaron was home he discovered that we had a tape we’d recorded of the 1988 Olympics! How cool is that??? He had me copy it to DVD so that he could take it back with him. It makes him feel old, which of course makes me feel REALLY old!

By: KrisMarie

KrisMarie — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:39:00 +0000

Hi – Just wanted to let you know that I just discovered your podcast so today I listened to your first episode and this one. I was inspired and have lots of food for thought from both! My family took a day trip to Washington DC last week and saw an exhibit about video games! Hubby and I thought it was pretty funny to see an exhibit of them, but the kids were asking why didn’t we save our Atari and 1st gen Nintendo from our childhoods! After listening to your podcast, it made me realize I should take a pic of my kids playing Wii and Playstation because who knows what gaming will look like for their kids! Thanks so much for the excellent podcast – I can’t wait to get caught up with 122 more!

By: Ruth Bonser

Ruth Bonser — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:07:00 +0000

Isn’t Ali so amazing at sharing her life? Somehow she manages to inspire me to live a better life while at the same time showing the hard stuff in an honest way. I am not divorced, but she has had the same impact for me in another area. I have read all of her posts on Autism, going right back to the beginning, and cried my eyes out reading her blog post about when they got their diagnosis. It was so achingly familiar and I felt like my heart was shredding in my chest as it had that day, In the rest of my life I often feel isolated and frustrated trying to deal with stuff that doesn’t fit into the mainstream expectations. Ali has been so REAL about her life, good and bad, without wallowing in it either. It helps me to remember that everyone else’s life isn’t constantly filled with your typical “kodak moments”.

This is also why I love PRT.

In 124 episodes of PRT we have each been offered an invitation to be a unique individual in our scrapbooking world. My life is fundamentally mine to remember, it is not the same as anyone else. There isnt just one way of doing it, there are a miriad of ways to be a memorykeeper or papercrafter. We are all sitting around this table as individuals. We may be glittery or clean & simple, mum’s with kids or college students, going to the park or travelling the world, we embrace all this variety and difference. We all have things that make us feel like we are on the fringe and the wide variety of PRT guests means that someone will strike a cord and make each of us feel drawn in to the community and a little less isolated. In 124 episodes everyone, at some point, will have felt invited, included, embraced, given permission to do it the way that works for you.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:26:00 +0000

I recently made a layout about what telephones were like when I was a kid. I didn’t have a picture to use — in the days of film photography, things like that were not often the main subject of a photo — so found one to use online that had a Creative Commons license. I’m interested in making a layout about what TV was like for us back then (can you say black and white, with rabbit ears, and only a few broadcast stations?) as well how we listened to music (do the numbers 33 1/3 and 45 mean anything to you?) I’m not sure how fascinated my daughter is with this type of story now, but maybe someday. For now, I’m scrapping them for myself.

By: Ali Edwards

Ali Edwards — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:38:00 +0000

Family IS family – and they look completely different from house to house. Embrace what you have – your version totally counts (and I would have said that when I was married too).

By: Tracie Claiborne

Tracie Claiborne — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:49:00 +0000

I am ultra-conservative so our belief is that the husband should take on the roll as head of the household. Thankfully, mine is a strong leader and leaves no doubt as to who is in charge. We live a “Leave it to Beaver” lifestyle, basically. HOWEVER, I know that many times that just isn’t the case, either by choice or not and I am happy to see capable women who can fill the need of each family by doing what needs to be done. This was a very thought provoking episode that made me want to scrap some of my memories about things that my child will never see or know about if I don’t describe them!

By: Alissa W

Alissa W — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:03:00 +0000

Loved this topic! I have done the journaling, but not assembled the page yet for how my daughter (who’s 2) is totally a digital native, whereas I still vividly recall the first time I was on the internet (hello, netscape and AOL). I’ve also made it a point to document some changes in our house. Like we had super ugly carpet in our living room. Also, Izzy mentioned a few weeks ago that we should all go back and listen to past shows again. I have started doing that and oh my gosh, I am missing so much on just one listen and getting reinspired all over again! Thanks for providing such wonderful episodes 124 times!

By: TracyBzz

TracyBzz — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:32:00 +0000

Head of the household – I think of the women in my life (grandma’s, mom, and myself) as the head. Not that that I had given it any thought before you said it here. We are the ones that do the cooking and cleaning, bill paying, grocery shopping, and of course the majority of the child rearing.
Ali referred to seeing how things have changed just in the few years she’s been doing Week in the Life, with her iPad example. I saw a freestanding phone booth one day and thought wow I should have a picture of a phone booth and the pay phone in it, but sadly it had been vandilized and there was no phone in it. We often don’t realize how interesting something is until years have passed an that thing is no longer apart of our everyday life/world. You need the time away from something to gain the perspective that it was important.
Cool episode :)

By: CarolineD

CarolineD — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:40:00 +0000

Izzy wins: it’s Care-oh-line. :)

I’m only 20 or 30 minutes into the show (I’ll finish it on the way home from work) but I wanted to hop on and comment regarding ‘head of household’. Holy heck it was nice to hear Ali say ‘I’m divorced’ – and of course I don’t mean that it’s nice that Ali’s divorced, it’s just so comforting to hear someone within this industry say it. I’ve been divorced for 6 years now and it is so lonely. We’re in a hobby that’s neck deep in family and somehow I feel like I’m an impostor – like my version of family doesn’t count any more. I know that there are single mothers out there, but it just doesn’t feel like they’re working in the industry, so I’m not seeing my life reflected in layouts and blog posts of the ‘big guns.’ I realize that this is largely my own personal neurosis, I’m just saying that it was really moving to have company for that brief moment. Yay, Ali. Thanks for owning it and helping me feel less alone.

By: redpaperjen

redpaperjen — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:06:00 +0000

Just had to comment that, like Noell, I am excited to hear who the guest panelists are. Whenever the show starts and you introduce them, I’m thinking, “Yay! It’s Shimelle!” or “Cool Beans, it’s Julie!” . Even when I am unfamiliar with the panelist, I look forward to getting to know them as they discuss the topic. Thanks so much for bringing so many varied and interesting people together to discuss my favorite hobby.

By: ruth b

ruth b — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:03:00 +0000

This might be hilarious at this point…
http://xkcd.com/903/

By: Melissa LaFavers

Melissa LaFavers — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:11:00 +0000

This episode was a fascinating, thought-provoking, and idea-inspiring discussion. I’m still percolating the content of it a couple days after I finished listening. I’ve often marveled with my mother, who just turned 80, at how many inventions and advances she has witnessed in her lifetime, and of course, there’s been plenty of marvels in my own.

We memory-keepers are archivists of our own lives, but also of our culture and society at large. Capturing and illustrating the changes our world endures both preserves and broadens our perspective, which gives us a clearer picture of who we are.

Thank you for a great topic and a great panel to discuss it. I’ll definitely be giving some thought to stories like these I want to include in my scrapbooks.

By: daney

daney — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:21:00 +0000

oh! forgot my comment for this week. We recently cleared out my beloved grandparents’ home and it was a treasure trove of “remember when” items – my big haul included hundreds of slides he shot – and the projector and screen. Old school slideshow in my girls’ future, for sure!

By: daney

daney — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:19:00 +0000

Thanks so much for reading my comment on the show – I listen in the car and my girls are now absoLUTEly convinced that I am famous.

By: Noell

Noell — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:15:00 +0000

When our oldest was really little World Book had an amazing piece ofmulti-media encyclopedia computer software that we owned. There were videos, audio clips, gorgeous color photos. Blake was just a tiny little guy but he’d sit at the computer for hours leaning all kinds of stuff. I bet they have an updated version.
Our families probably uses Wikipedia every day. Whenever we’re hanging out and talking, something comes up that we have a question about and one of us looks it up in Wikipedia.
Digital encyclopedias are still encyclopedias and they can do a lot more.

By: ruth

ruth — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:58:00 +0000

ok relistening and it was julie who said it not ali.

By: Ami

Ami — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:33:00 +0000

Just finished listening to the show, and really enjoyed it, but I felt that I needed to comment on something one of the panelists said. During a discussion on the impact of television/technology, Julie commented that women in India who had access to television were less likely to “allow themselves to be beaten”. I’m sure it was unintentional, but that comment seemed to whittle the very nuanced and complicated dynamics of domestic abuse down to a simple choice made by the victim to be abused. I’ve spent my career working with survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, and it’s a daily struggle to dispel the notion that abuse is the fault of the victim.
Saying that one allows something to happen implies that one has control over the situation (i.e. why did I allow my 4 year old to paint my nails?), which is not the case in abusive relationships. Anyway, just a reminder to all of us to be thoughtful and intentional with our words. :)

Again, thanks for a fun show. Friday Night Videos? Yep. I’m officially old. :)

By: Bec Kilgore

Bec Kilgore — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:15:00 +0000

I don’t seem to be able to type correctly anymore :). I really loved this episode. What would we do if the electricity went out for a while? That has been happening more than we would like. I do have a Sizzix that does not require power. I love remembering old school stuff, like the rotary phone, but I also like hearing about what is current. Love your show.

By: Bec Kilgore

Bec Kilgore — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:13:00 +0000

I really enjoyed this show. I loved Tiffany’s post about enccyclopedias. My mother went out of her budget to buy World book for me back in the early 60s. Yes, I am old. I used them a lot and loved reading all the information in them. I wonder if anyone has that thrill of learning from an encyclopedias anymore?