Lots of hugs and ~ma for sj's aunt and for GC's gf and her family.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Jan 09, 2008 6:23:38 pm PST #1634 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
-t - Jan 09, 2008 6:25:38 pm PST #1635 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My great-grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her 90s, after years of the doctors saying, essentially, she's just old, forgetting stuff is natural. What the difference was, I don't know.
I was lucky. She rarely recognized me as such, but she always thought I was someone she knew and was happy to see me.
Cass - Jan 09, 2008 6:33:16 pm PST #1636 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
There are just no good options.There just aren't. I am so sorry, GC. For you and GF and your entire families. It's such a terrible thing to have to try and live though. I can't imagine how terrifying it must be for him.
beth b - Jan 09, 2008 7:02:32 pm PST #1637 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
{{GC, GF and family}}
sj, I have a friend whose father has dementia. She and her husband are now living with her father. It has been really, really hard. (She deals with her father with a sense of humor). Her definition of a good day, is very different than mine would be - because she sees him every day. J has been married to W for 45+ years - her dad doesn't always recognize W. I think it was hardest on everybody when J's dad knew he was losing it, but couldn't really completely understand what was happening. any way, sending ou lots of love, talk to other people and when I remember the title of the book J read that really helped - I email it to you.
Susan W. - Jan 09, 2008 7:11:23 pm PST #1638 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
{{{GC, GF, and family}}}
{{{sj}}} We went through watching the horrible advance of dementia with my maternal grandmother. Such a heart-rending place to be.
Susan W. - Jan 09, 2008 7:21:18 pm PST #1639 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
CHOIR REHEARSAL: A MORAL TALE IN ONE ACT
As our scene opens, SUSAN, an alto, is rehearsing "Down to the River to Pray" with the rest of her choir. The arrangement has two solos.
SUSAN (internal monologue/voiceover): I'd SO love to sing one of the solos. The altos don't ever get the melody, and it's just so gorgeous. Plus, this is Appalachian music, roots music, Southern gospel, and I'm the only one in this whole choir who actually grew up on this stuff. I know how to put just the right twist and twang on it. I'm Baptist. From Appalachia. This music is in my BLOOD. I want the solo. I can ROCK the solo. Sure it's a little high, if I could pick a key I'd want it about two keys lower, but it tops out at a B. I can hit a B easy.
GARY (the choir director): Well, we still haven't rehearsed the solos. Is anyone interested?
SUSAN: It may be too high for me, but I'd like to try it. Music of my childhood, you know.
GARY: Sure, go for it.
SUSAN: t remembers she hasn't sung a solo in 19 years t realizes everyone in the congregation will be thinking of Alison Krauss t gets stage fright
The music starts. Gary cues Susan
SUSAN (squeakily and not at all Alison Kraussily, but in tune enough to not get booted): "As I went down to the river to pray..."
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OMGWTF was I thinking!? There will be at least 200 people in each service on Sunday! I can't do this!
beth b - Jan 09, 2008 7:26:27 pm PST #1640 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Do it Susan.
You won't get unnervous by not doing it.
billytea - Jan 09, 2008 7:26:48 pm PST #1641 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I stuck my head in to skim recent posts because I was all backlogged, and I gotta say...y'all are too polite and understanding. I was looking forward to Fay and Laga having this totally huge knock-down hissing catfight over Thai prostitution, and visions of me stepping in and settling the whole thing by throwing them naked, writhing and fighting into a vat of Kahlua-laced chocolate mousse, and shouting "HUG IT OUT, BITCHES!!"
Really? I just wanted to make a comment about the heartbreak of Thai elephant prostitution.
juliana - Jan 09, 2008 9:00:03 pm PST #1642 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
{{{sj}}} My grandpa is slowly succumbing to senility, as well. It's heartbreaking.
Fay - Jan 09, 2008 9:18:20 pm PST #1643 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
(((sj))) Man, that's rotten.
Go Susan! Awesome bravery! And gorgeous song! Go Team!
I was looking forward to Fay and Laga having this totally huge knock-down hissing catfight over Thai prostitution, and visions of me stepping in and settling the whole thing by throwing them naked, writhing and fighting into a vat of Kahlua-laced chocolate mousse, and shouting "HUG IT OUT, BITCHES!!"
Ngah. Okay, between the mousse, the nekkid Laga and the thought of the eminently lickable Erin channelling Ari Gold*, I think I may need a cold shower.
We can still do this part.
This.
(*I adore Ari Gold. A. Dore.)
Really? I just wanted to make a comment about the heartbreak of Thai elephant prostitution.
Yeah. And their beachball version of the pingpong ball show is a danger to public health and safety.