Oh, shit, ND. I'm sorry. So epically not what you needed.
eta: Also, what amych said. It's extremely passive-aggressive weaselly of them, and they can STFU anytime now.
A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[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.
JZ - Jul 24, 2008 5:54:50 pm PDT #8475 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Strix - Jul 24, 2008 5:55:45 pm PDT #8476 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Passive-aggressive motherfuckers in their little scooter-cars and fezzes.
Heh. Let's kick some SHRINER ass!
It's ridiculous, Drew. I mean, I wonder what would happen I suddenly died -- there's no way my parents and friends could contact everyone that would want to (I think) know.
(Although, on a macabre note, I HAVE told my parents if I ever kicked off suddenly that they should come here and leave a message, and I know my dad would try. It would be like World of Warcraft, without killer polar bears, to him.)
EDIT: ON reflection, that post turned into me-me-me, and that's not what I intended. It's just, almost no one in today's flung out society, can be expected to know all the contacts in another person's life, even if they are close.
NoiseDesign - Jul 24, 2008 5:55:55 pm PDT #8477 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Honey they were grieving too. They've known dad for at least 25 years and didn't even know he had died. I had to break that news to them as well. I'm upset that word did not get out to all the Masonic organizations. I was assured that it would. It is all made from suck and adds to the list of calls I need to make tomorrow.
Pix - Jul 24, 2008 5:58:32 pm PDT #8478 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I know they were grieving. I know that it was upsetting. I just...there's no way you could have known that the word didn't get out as the others had promised it would. I'm just angry at the situation and upset that you had to take any flak for it at all.
Strix - Jul 24, 2008 6:03:14 pm PDT #8479 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yeah, I think immediate family should have at least a 2 week period before someone gives them a "talking to," subtexty or not.
The idea of a memorial is to celebrate a person's life and grive their passing, and to support that person's family. It's too bad they weren't there for the formal memorial, but I would think that this would not supercede (should NOT supercede) their own informal memorial and any support they could wish to give to the fam.
I mean, aren't Masons all about the widow's son, anyway?
(Granted, all my Mason stuff comes from the Illuminatus trilogy, so it's awee bit skewed...or, who knows, maybe right on?)
NoiseDesign - Jul 24, 2008 6:04:39 pm PDT #8480 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Yeah but I also never became a mason.
Pix - Jul 24, 2008 6:05:23 pm PDT #8481 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
We're just feeling protective of you, sweetheart. Please don't feel like you have to defend them. I know his words came from a place of grief.
Trudy Booth - Jul 24, 2008 6:06:49 pm PDT #8482 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
And now you never will, so there.
amych - Jul 24, 2008 6:06:54 pm PDT #8483 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
ND, if you want me to go back and edit, I will -- I was piling on Kristin's a bit, and mostly coming from this:
immediate family should have at least a 2 week period before someone gives them a "talking to," subtexty or not.
kind of place. I do feel like you didn't need to catch the brunt of it, especially since I know those clubs have good communication channels that could be helping you rather than landing on you - but if it's hurting more than helping, I'll happily edit to make myself look crazy.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2008 6:06:57 pm PDT #8484 of 10001
brillig