I found myself getting choked up by Guys and Dolls the other day. I have no idea why.
The last time I had a serious weepfest was the day after the election, which is I think where all my pent-up angst went.
Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Jan 19, 2005 6:05:02 pm PST #8386 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
sarameg - Jan 19, 2005 6:05:14 pm PST #8387 of 10002
Night night. Me to bed.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 6:11:23 pm PST #8388 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Crying in irritation would count too.
Who's crying? The tickler or the ticklee?
it's a really strong non-verbal way to share feelings
Oh, I certainly never considered crying a method of communication, and would get a bit offended by anyone who spent any time judging the depth of the emotions I'm feeling by the amount of liquid coming from my eyes -- might as well judge it by the size of the wreath I placed on the grave.
JohnSweden - Jan 19, 2005 6:14:06 pm PST #8389 of 10002
I can't even.
TDS? Still brilliant, IJS.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2005 6:15:12 pm PST #8390 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I almost never cry at any of the standard real-life Crying Events (I have NEVER cried at a goodbye that wasn't a funeral), but that PSA with the sad stuffed animals makes me weep instantly.
Pix - Jan 19, 2005 6:16:31 pm PST #8391 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I almost never cry. Bugs the hell out of me; it always feels better to cry in release.
Scrappy - Jan 19, 2005 6:22:11 pm PST #8392 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
No, I don't feel like a monster because of what I think other peeps are thinking, more that I feel limited--that I one basic mode of expression is partially closed off to me.
Ginger - Jan 19, 2005 6:29:35 pm PST #8393 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't cry at funerals or personal tragedies, which is, I suppose, one reason why my family thinks of me as being unemotional. I have completely melted down from a number of Buffy episodes, Little Women, It's a Wonderful Life, almost any act of heroism, and, on occasion, lost dog signs.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 6:33:39 pm PST #8394 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
one basic mode of expression is partially closed off to me.
Even before crying became so potentially detached from feeling, I never thought of crying as communication or expression beyond the self -- and when I do, it becomes just like words, capable of misdirection.
I mean, knowing I could mist up when someone else was grieving by imagining Girlfight or Charlie's Angel divests it of any inherent honesty. I might as well tell her how I feel, hold her hand, express through action.
I do feel cheated because I'll never sing a love song (or perhaps even a lullaby) and elicit anything other than panic, but it's a small thing. I have other vocabulary. I get by.
Also, sometimes I am a heartless monster.
Atropa - Jan 19, 2005 7:09:34 pm PST #8395 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I cry at all kinds of silly things. Sad movies, sad TV shows, sad songs, joyous versions of all of the above.
Yep. All sorts of things will make me cry. Sad crying, happy crying, I'm waaaaay too tired and should be sleeping but instead I'm going to weep crying ...
I perhaps need to get a tighter rein on my emotions.
Huh. That would probably mean I should, too.