Comments on: The Ways We Are: Kristan

By: Kristan

Kristan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:19:35 +0000

LOL rika! Thanks, though. I’m sure you will figure it out.
Kristan´s last blog ..The wordy nerdy halfie chameleon

By: rika

rika — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:22:29 +0000

I still don’t know who I am and what kind of person I want to become in the future (…except rich haha!).
Nice post, Kristan
rika´s last blog ..Flowery February

By: floreta

floreta — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:38:35 +0000

i’m finding the same thing! i find i have a piece of India with me that I can’t ever ‘leave’ now. It is a part of me, and I like that.
floreta´s last blog ..The Ways We Are: Kristan

By: Kristan

Kristan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:43:05 +0000

Haha, good question. You might be on to something…
Kristan´s last blog ..The wordy nerdy halfie chameleon

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:30:41 +0000

Hey Kristan, great guest post! Wondering if there’s a short story there?

By: Kristan

Kristan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:05:49 +0000

Torie, great response! (I just read the whole thing over at your blog.) My fave line:

“I’ve always thought people were supposed to have multifaceted personalities and be able to blend in or stand out when they wanted without losing any bit of who they are.”

I couldn’t agree more!
Kristan´s last blog ..The wordy nerdy halfie chameleon

By: Torie Michelle

Torie Michelle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:56:34 +0000

I love the concept of this series. Can’t wait to read through the rest of this blog. | Great g.p., Kristan!

I’m not mixed, but I’ve dealt with people thinking that I had some kind of split identity. Apparently, I was too “intelligent, eloquent, and quirky” for a black girl in the type of area I grew up in, so I was basically deemed an ‘Oreo.’ I never had any questions or qualms about who I was in terms of cultural or racial background; that would have been silly. And I never made a choice to be a chameleon (or a ‘code-switcher’) either.

(I wrote a little bit more in response but didn’t want to take up too much space here in the comments: http://tinyurl.com/notesonme)
Torie Michelle´s last blog ..Makeunder My Life (2)

By: The wordy nerdy halfie chameleon - Kristan Hoffman - Writing Dreams Into Reality

The wordy nerdy halfie chameleon - Kristan Hoffman - Writing Dreams Into Reality — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:08:38 +0000

[…] Today I’m over at The Solitary Panda, guest blogging for the lovely and brave Floreta while she’s in India. The theme is identity. Can you guess what I consider mine to be? […]

By: Kristan

Kristan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:16:45 +0000

Hear hear! You know, I didn’t go into this in the post, but I too thought I had to be some crazy successful career woman, ON TOP of my dreams of being a writer. For a year I even worked a “real job” that I loved and was good at. But I had to let it go in order to make time (and more importantly, energy) for my real passion. That was one of the hardest things I ever did, but it was also one of the best.
Kristan´s last blog ..The wordy nerdy halfie chameleon

By: Rebecca @ Diary of a Virgin Novelist

Rebecca @ Diary of a Virgin Novelist — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:06:18 +0000

I am still working on accepting who I really am. I thought that I had to be this hard core, intense, analytical, over-educated, tsunami of a business woman. And even though I am good at that role. It makes me tired. I am learning to accept that I like to read and write and teach and create. And that that is enough.
Rebecca @ Diary of a Virgin Novelist´s last blog ..What writing is like