tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post310436364480681733..comments2024-03-04T16:50:15.828-08:00Comments on Hungry Tiger Talk: Sad Little Oz BoyDavid Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-91896003136405219362011-10-15T18:25:58.525-07:002011-10-15T18:25:58.525-07:00Hi Thomas - remind me who you were on MySpace - I&...Hi Thomas - remind me who you were on MySpace - I'm sure I'll know who you are.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-90790113670159565252011-10-15T13:53:05.579-07:002011-10-15T13:53:05.579-07:00david, this was an amazing post. you probably dont...david, this was an amazing post. you probably dont remember me, we were friends on facebook back when i had one. <br />i related to this so much on so many levels. oz also helped me through my first years of life, including a very, very nasty divorce my parents had when i was eight. once we moved my mother decided to take us to see the wizard of oz in a run down theatre outside town. i always consider seeing that beautiful old print churn out on the big screen a fitting end to my childhood. i devoured all of those oz books again and again, they gave me strength during some truly traumatic times. through all my endless moves and loss, i've managed to keep the copy of the first book with illustrations by denslow from when i was at least four (loved halfway to death, no doubt) and will treasure it forever. <br /><br />thank you, thank you thank you.thomas (tumnusj@hotmail.com)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-18062129895600530562011-10-14T21:05:35.892-07:002011-10-14T21:05:35.892-07:00Thanks, Diana :)Thanks, Diana :)David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-24713864350720497212011-10-14T14:35:20.424-07:002011-10-14T14:35:20.424-07:00Very moved by your post. My family had a similar e...Very moved by your post. My family had a similar experience around Lord of the Rings, of which my mother made a lifetime study. She encouraged us all to read them when they came out in the Ballantine PBs in the late 60s, even paying us 25 cents (or as I thought of it, two comic books) per book to do so, despite the poverty resulting in Dad's refusal to pay child support for his five kids.<br />When her health was failing, I took her to the films.<br />She didn't make it to the third movie, and to this day i can't bring myself to watch it all the way through.<br />So your Oz family story rings true for me too.diana greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140450794638464716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-39597157791970928222011-10-13T21:44:01.783-07:002011-10-13T21:44:01.783-07:00Gosh Sam - I wasn't expecting condolences on m...Gosh Sam - I wasn't expecting condolences on my parents divorce, or the burnt down house, or anything really. All this stuff happened thirty four years ago! But I appreciate the sentiment none the less :)David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-59085124914855485572011-10-13T19:10:07.813-07:002011-10-13T19:10:07.813-07:00Wow, what an emotional and speechless post you mad...Wow, what an emotional and speechless post you made.<br /><br />Sorry for your losses.<br /><br />I hope you've found some solice (?) and/or relief . . . *sorry, don't quite know how to word this situation properly*Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397876293747859812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-22326019035200736482011-10-13T11:30:21.135-07:002011-10-13T11:30:21.135-07:00XXOO!!XXOO!!Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.com