Thanks tommy and Jesse. I mostly feel exhausted, because I only slept between 3:30 and 5:30. I also never want to eat or drink anything ever again. Ever.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 04, 2007 5:22:15 am PDT #810 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Allyson - Jun 04, 2007 5:22:58 am PDT #811 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I love this picture of me and Grace and lori. I love that I got to hold their wee hands. Both of them love to be touched and squishy hugs.
Jesse - Jun 04, 2007 5:27:06 am PDT #812 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
shrift - Jun 04, 2007 5:33:33 am PDT #813 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Happy birthday, Dana!
Is shrift writing a porn for you?
It won't be ready today, but it's certainly on order.
Nilly - Jun 04, 2007 5:45:56 am PDT #814 of 10001
Swouncing
Stephanie, thank you so much for posting these pictures here.
Allyson, you too.
t meMeME
My best friend is leaving tonight for the USA for two years, with her two boys (2.5 and 6 months old), who are the closest thing I have to nephews. Yesterday I spent half the day taking care of them and helping her pack. Then I had to run to the university to teach, and had to leave. I ran to catch a bus, in order to arrive to my lesson on time, while she was on the phone, running the 1,717 errand of the day. So I just knocked on her door, waved her a quick and silent goodbye, and left.
Today she's so busy, I can't even find out whether she needs me to come over there and help her now or not. I miss her so much already, it's silly. I'm not going to go to the airport - it's going to be full of family members, both hers and her DH's, including lots of kids and mess. I'm not going to be able to say goodbye to anybody properly this way anyway. She said I shouldn't come, and I think she's right.
And, frankly, nowadays, with the internet (especially Skype and the like), I'm really going to talk to her soon. And it won't even sound like she's on the other side of the world, too. And even if she were the person for mushy conversations, she's so busy and tired now, that they won't work anyway, you know?
And it's not a thing that requires comforting or brackets or even chocolate (well, not more than anything else in life, which is quite a lot, by definition, if you're me, but still). It's a good thing - a wonderful opportunity and I'm sure they'll get so much from it, both the grownups and the children. And it's not going to be easy on them, but I know them and trust them - they're going to be completely OK, you know?
But all these mature and reasonable words can't make me stop wishing I could smell A's baby-head just one more time and have that little thing - even that - make him shine with his smile, or take N to the park and have him ask me to watch him while he's on the slide, for just one more round.
t I'm not even going to pretend that this meMeME thing is going to be closed anytime today
So, um, that's why I especially appreciate adorable baby-and-toddler pictures today.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2007 5:45:56 am PDT #815 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am so thoroughly creeped out right now...take a night of disturbing dreams and cap it with the robot link and then those hands? I want a do over, but am too scared to put in an order.
Kat - Jun 04, 2007 5:46:14 am PDT #816 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What, Jesse, you're saying I shouldn't have registered for the Zakys?
eta That's it! If I had enough money, I'd by a Zaky for each of you.
Lee - Jun 04, 2007 5:49:47 am PDT #817 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Nilly, your friends are going to be completely okay, apart from missing you, and home, but even then, you will be talking to them lots and lots, right?
Are they going to Stanford? I seem to remember you saying that. If they need someone local to talk to about where to find stuff or whatever, please feel free to give them my email address.
Kat - Jun 04, 2007 5:52:10 am PDT #818 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nilly, doesn't matter how rational reasons may seem. Emotions just are irrational blips. I'm sorry you're feeling blue today.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 04, 2007 5:53:13 am PDT #819 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Happy Birthday, Dana and Ellie!
I capped off a great day yesterday (swimming, moviegoing, steak dinner) with a migraine that sent me to bed before 11. But at least I managed to be unconscious for most of it, only feeling slightly fragile and eggshell-skulled this morning.