Happy Birthday, Victor!!!
I do not fear the ita.
Did anyone else get earwormed with Blue Öyster Cult there?
Oh, look, gratuitous use of an umlaut!
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
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.
Cashmere - Feb 05, 2005 4:48:04 am PST #4214 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jessica - Feb 05, 2005 5:06:08 am PST #4215 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Happy Birthday, Victor!
I dreamed that I came home, and the people in the apartment across the hall had just moved in and left us all of their boxes. It was beautiful.
brenda m - Feb 05, 2005 5:26:09 am PST #4216 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Flowers, photographs and candles on a public thoroughfare do nothing meaningful to memorialize the deceased. I think it's better to celebrate their life than the instant of their death.
I don't know. I'm not usually into the sentimalization of things, but this kind of touches me.
Celebrating their life is important - but we, the people in this neighborhood who are leaving the flowers, didn't know this man's life. At that corner was the place where his life and the life of the neigborhood briefly, tragically intersected. And I thing that's something worthy of note.
I also don't see these little impromtu memorials as something permanent, though, something to be tended. I find something sort of touching and even meaningful in their transience.
Jesse - Feb 05, 2005 5:32:13 am PST #4217 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy birthday, Victor!
I dreamed that I came home, and the people in the apartment across the hall had just moved in and left us all of their boxes. It was beautiful.
The mover's fantasy! Good luck with that.
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2005 5:33:37 am PST #4218 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am only mildly itchy this morning. So that's nice. Why does Benadryl have to have a hangover? That's not fair.
DXMachina - Feb 05, 2005 5:45:19 am PST #4219 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I also don't see these little impromtu memorials as something permanent, though, something to be tended. I find something sort of touching and even meaningful in their transience.
I guess the thing I wonder about is whether these people would try to do the same thing in the hospital room where granny died
JenP - Feb 05, 2005 5:47:13 am PST #4220 of 10002
Happy Birthday, Victor!!
Wow, I slept late. Coffee now.
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2005 5:48:52 am PST #4221 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How did Granny die in the hospital room?
In my experience, it's been sudden and accidental deaths that get memorialised -- some guy who keels over from a heart attack is a lot less likely to get a wreath on the sidewalk than the guy who was mown down in a cruel Segway accident.
Lee - Feb 05, 2005 5:52:18 am PST #4222 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Happy Birthday Victor!
I'm glad you are feeling less itchy, ita.
DXMachina - Feb 05, 2005 5:54:27 am PST #4223 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Do you build a memorial at the bottom of the basement stairs that little Bobby fell down and broke his neck on? To me it's too much like "I want to share my grief with the entire world!"