The Big Time

41 Responses to “The Big Time”

1. 1 CitySoul Says:
   September 18th, 2005 at 10:44 pm

   great writing

2. 2 rastropovitch Says:
   September 18th, 2005 at 11:30 pm

   You are worth the wait.

3. 3 rastropovitch Says:
   September 18th, 2005 at 11:30 pm

   You are worth the wait.

4. 4 Mark Says:
   September 18th, 2005 at 11:51 pm

   Wow.

5. 5 Aloke Kumar Says:
   September 19th, 2005 at 12:14 am

   I come to office everyday and open your Blog to read whats new. There is some kind of life in it . Particularly for us working folks. Keep it up.

6. 6 True Blue Guy Says:
   September 19th, 2005 at 12:19 am

   I found your blog 3 days ago and I think I have visited it a 100 times just to keep seeing what you have to say.

   Even though I have visited NYC several times, your words make it seem like I’ve lived there

   Awesome ! You ROCK !

7. 7 Gilly Says:
   September 19th, 2005 at 12:36 am

   I’ll bet you’re pretty, how come you don’t have pictures on your blog?

8. 8 Anonymous Says:
   September 19th, 2005 at 1:05 am

   Like rastropovitch said–twice–you are worth the wait. Your writing brings me to a higher place . If you could check out my blog at Another rainy day It would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!

9. 9 Otep Says:
   September 19th, 2005 at 3:39 am

   Hi, just passing through today but would like to echo the praises of everyone here.

   The lesson, as once said, is that “to give light, one must endure burning.” The light in your soul is waiting to shine, and reading your thoughts, your journey may be just as important as your destination.

   Anthony de Mello in “Song of the Bird” writes that a man once wished to change the world, and then to change others he loved, and only to find in the end that the hardest thing to do is to change oneself.

   I’m rambling. The world will go on and the human state of poverty and misery will probably remain the same when we die as when we get here. So trust that your compass will lead you where you will go, and that the journey will make you all the better for it.

   Cheers!

10. 10 Olivia Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 7:28 am

    Frightening…!
    But I could literally hear your mother saying New York City.

11. 11 JustJunebug Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 8:40 am

    *sigh*. the things we do to “make it” or at least make us feel like we did. poor guy.

    help him slay the dragon. never mind, no one can do that but him.

    great post!

12. 12 Kay Richardson Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 9:30 am

    I’ve always relied on the kindness of strangers. Drugs are naughty, though. If you’re ever in London, give me a call. Kay Richardson

13. 13 whoami? Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 9:40 am

    WOW just stumbled across your blogs, what fasinating reads. I can only aspire to be as good as writer as you are, keep it up, i look forward to reading more, and more.

14. 14 Myrtle Beach Stuff Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 9:47 am

    I always enjoy the tough grimy side of life – the big time – kind of like Senior Week!

15. 15 Matt Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 10:41 am

    Stay away from that stuff, it just drags you and your loved ones down. Rely on coffee, tea, and high sugar twinkies…trust me, I’ve seen it destroy lives! Have you found a place for good sweet tea up there yet? Bet not…

    Anyway, best luck to ya always Belle.

16. 16 jennjr Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 11:05 am

    Wow. I was just passing though, but I’m glad I did – I will be back.

    You’re a very gifted writer!!

17. 17 Agnes Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 11:07 am

    Yours is SUCH a great blog… just found it surfing on blogger, and couldn’t help but read it all.

    I’m from Madrid, Spain, and I wish my own blog (www.chezagnes.blogspot.com, feel free to visit, though it’s in Spanish)was as good as yours, there’s something about it that makes you keep reading… don’t know exactly what it is, but love it, anyway. I’ll keep checking for more stories, never change

18. 18 Sassy Jones Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 12:20 pm

    Again… Belle is BRILLIANT!
    I’m a fan… someone give this girl a book deal!!! That ‘Devil Wears Prada’ chick has nothing on Belle!!

19. 19 Lord Shaftington Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 1:19 pm

    My day is now incomplete without my trip across the pond (if only in a literary sense).

    You have a gift for creating the most vivid images of your life… exceptional stuff.

    Pop over sometime and I’ll introduce a Tennessee whiskey to a good highland malt.

20. 20 Thinking Man's Babe Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 2:40 pm

    Hi Belle,

    Great writing. You know, I always knew the guys at Faux News had to be drug-addled freaks )) How ’bout a book, an inside peak, at the world of propaganda that we call television news? (Ratings and showbiz are everything, actual reporting is nothing.)And “conservative thinking” that’s an oxymoron if I ever heard one.

    Looking forward to that book.

    Best -
    Andrea

21. 21 Ellie Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 2:54 pm

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22. 22 Rick Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 5:00 pm

    Just say NO to drugs…

    Keep it up darlin’. You are breaking all the sterotyoes I am sure, and yet explicitly Southern still. I am a Mississippi fella myself.

    Peace in the Middle East!

23. 23 stretch td Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 5:17 pm

    And he will never make the daytime shift? Married 3x in 9 years? All so hard to believe. Sounds like a winner to me.

24. 24 Belle Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 5:22 pm

    truth is stranger than fiction, “stretch…”

25. 25 Anonymous Says:
    September 19th, 2005 at 7:35 pm

    I don’t like cocaine, I just like the way it smells.

26. 26 cgpop Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 12:22 am

    To stay awake at work, you should drink one of those 32oz. Mountain Dew’s. If that doesn’t work, drink two Red Bulls. If that doesn’t work, find some Ritalin and crush it up and snort it. If that doesn’t work, you should try some cocaine. Oh…wait…yeah.

27. 27 Rachel Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 7:56 am

    Hi Belle,

    I love your writing. From one angsty media lady in a Big Smoke to another in the Big Apple, salutations. (Are you happy for me to link to you?)

    I’ve had some lovely Americans dropping into my London blog, which I started after 7/7/05 when my underground train exploded coming out of Kings Cross. I’ve felt very close to New York since, thouigh I have yet to visit London’s American twin.

    You write beautifully and it is a pleasure to have a glimpse into your frankly bonkers world.

    If you are ever in London, and want to bitch about media life over cocktails then do let me know.

28. 28 HoneyDew Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 10:12 am

    i love your blog

29. 29 Rachel Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 12:08 pm

    Thanks for dropping into my blog Belle. I’ll get your site linked up this week – I need to update all my links but it takes me a while as I am not very techno-literate.

    New York sounds exhausting. I hope you are still enjoying it and don’t feel too far from home.

30. 30 sac Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 1:04 pm

    Great blog! Mind if I post a link to your blog on mine?

31. 31 Anonymous Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 1:28 pm

    fair and balanced…time to go home…

32. 32 Sean Smith Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 5:59 pm

    Hey Belle, remember when I offered you Goldfish crackers at Crabs! We Got ‘Em! And no mention?
    – S

33. 33 Bigstarlet Says:
    September 21st, 2005 at 8:46 am

    My God! No wonder you left Fox!

34. 34 Kurt Kaletka Says:
    September 21st, 2005 at 1:20 pm

    “The center of the thinkin’, conservative world—ha! Your mom has a good sense of humor. My mother, back in my Midwestern hometown, considers herself a conservative Republican and I consider her a thinker, and she has no truck with Fox News. She’s more of a Henry Wallace kind of Republican though sort of socially conservative (but supports rights for gays and the right to an abortion.) What can I say? People are complex.

    He’s almost a stereotype, this guy, going through three marriages in nine years. But a high-pressure job in media, working night shifts—yoy. That’s one reason why I don’t like the idea of working in media. I’d like to be published, and I wouldn’t mind doing TV spots as a pundit, but jobs like this, writing copy at two in the morning… I just couldn’t keep myself giving a damn.

    Good story, though. Tragically good.

35. 35 angryshane Says:
    September 21st, 2005 at 1:26 pm

    Wow. I love your form of writing and my little blog feels quite inadequate next to the Belle of the Ball. I’ll be back.

36. 36 Anonymous Says:
    September 21st, 2005 at 2:35 pm

    good blog, got the link from wonkette

37. 37 havocus Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 9:52 am

    Belle,
    This is great stuff. Kind of a TC Boyle / Tom Wolfe hybrid, with a touch of class. Best of luck…p.s. your dialogue is very, very close to the top, but not quite over, know what I mean?

38. 38 stretch td Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 6:02 pm

    ‘truth is stranger than fiction, “stretch…” ‘ Yes, Belle?

    ould luv to link Belle’s blog … if only I could figure out how to do it. Keep up the good work, Belle.

39. 39 HelloTimi'sWorld Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 11:32 pm

    You can write your behind off!

40. 40 HelloTimi'sWorld Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 11:32 pm

    you can write!

41. 41 Vaga Bond Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 5:07 pm

    Never been there. ‘Probly neever will. Always wondered how it really is. Reading your posts makes NYC more real for me than any book, movie or conversation has.

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