I'm so sorry, shrift.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
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.
Susan W. - May 19, 2005 10:19:11 am PDT #5586 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
DavidS - May 19, 2005 10:20:58 am PDT #5587 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Evocative is the right word, Hec. You can hear the echoes of long-ago laughter and see ghosts of shiny, happy people. And now it's just decayed and dead. So sad.
Is it sad to you? A little melacholy for me, but in a good way. I love abandoned places. I love timeworn things. There was a whole huge photo book of abandoned mansions throughout the south that was so fantastic.
I don't feel the loss so much as the time transport sensation. Like I'm the ghost going back in time.
Calli - May 19, 2005 10:21:10 am PDT #5588 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry about your cousin, shrift. I hope your dad continues to be ok.
Betsy HP - May 19, 2005 10:22:45 am PDT #5589 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I'm sorry about the evil week, Shrift, and about your cousin.
Connie Neil - May 19, 2005 10:23:56 am PDT #5590 of 10001
brillig
I love abandoned places
Have you seen derelictlondon.com? If you like abandoned stuff, you'll love that.
ChiKat - May 19, 2005 10:24:58 am PDT #5591 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I don't feel the loss so much as the time transport sensation. Like I'm the ghost going back in time.
I see this, but then I tend to bring the people into the picture, too. Just like the park used to be a happy place but is now decayed, the people who went there were happy then, but are now decayed, too. It starts off as melancholy but then just gets downright maudlin.
§ ita § - May 19, 2005 10:25:23 am PDT #5592 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, shrift, that's terrible. Much strength to you and all involved. And a quick recovery for your father, too.
-t - May 19, 2005 10:25:50 am PDT #5593 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I found the pictures of the abandoned amusement park very sad.
Sue - May 19, 2005 10:26:22 am PDT #5594 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I'm sorry, shrift. Healing-ma to your dad, and peace to the rest of your family.
Kathy A - May 19, 2005 10:27:43 am PDT #5595 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm so sorry about your cousin, and your aunt and uncle as well, shrift.