tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post115593473728666512..comments2024-03-27T01:38:35.812-04:00Comments on Taller Than Average Tales: The Road is my Favorite Place: Day 2Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1156191560422735652006-08-21T16:19:00.000-04:002006-08-21T16:19:00.000-04:00Kev: I like the contrast with the green and sandy ...Kev: I like the contrast with the green and sandy dirt in that one too. It's a short hiking trail at a rest area which I thought was pretty cool.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1156105070165478422006-08-20T16:17:00.000-04:002006-08-20T16:17:00.000-04:00Film is a strange field; having a degree doesn't m...Film is a strange field; having a degree doesn't make people consider you more qualified most of the time.<BR/><BR/>When I saw that you're originally from France, the name choice clicked for me. I was one of the few people in my French class whose name didn't get changed to something else.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1156103861878655192006-08-20T15:57:00.000-04:002006-08-20T15:57:00.000-04:00Film production? Very cool. My boyfriend is a hi...Film production? Very cool. My boyfriend is a historical documentary producer. But he has no degree in film, he took a bunch of film and film production classes, though. He has M.A.s in History and English, though.<BR/><BR/>I picked Claire as a name for my daughter because it worked well both in French and English, and also because I had fallen in love with that name when I was maybe six years old, I had a classmate named Claire.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397908781677596824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1156099211314479042006-08-20T14:40:00.000-04:002006-08-20T14:40:00.000-04:00Thanks for stopping by and thank you so much for y...Thanks for stopping by and thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, Elisabeth.<BR/><BR/>Claire is a good name; I think it suits me. Its growing popularity is still something I'm getting used to, but if the world needs anything, it's more Claires, right? ;)<BR/><BR/>My MFA was actually in film production, but I did learn things there that definitely improved my writing.<BR/><BR/>As for SLC, hitting a restaurant with a belly dancer sounds like the perfect outing. I doubt that I'd be comfortable living there, but as cities go, SLC's downtown was very clean, well tended, and architecturally interesting.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11901578.post-1156083139731837512006-08-20T10:12:00.000-04:002006-08-20T10:12:00.000-04:00I linked here from voixdemichele, on which you had...I linked here from voixdemichele, on which you had posted a comment.<BR/><BR/>First, Claire - great name, it's my daughter's name, and she is getting a degree in English writing, concentration in poetry (I assume that your MFA was in writing too.)<BR/><BR/>I absolutely loved this post - great blend of images and words. I was in Salt Lake briefly (one overnight) last January - cannot say I loved it or hated it, I probably did not see enough of it, but had the fun experience of going to a good Mideastern restaurant with two Turkish friends and my boyfriend, and there was a belly dancer. Weird, ain't it? One of my best friend lives there, though, and hates it with a passion. Mormon culture is very hard to take - well for many who aren't Mormons.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397908781677596824noreply@blogger.com