( continues...) one fall-back plan should things go south. This little place on the internet: lines of php code and posts from a mish mash of folk is really nice to have. It keeps me less isolated when I head that direction and more grounded when self-pity rears its head. I'm hoping for boring in 2009, but I suspect a continued roller-coaster is more of what is in store.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2008: "...and the horse you rode in on."
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2008? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
msbelle - Dec 18, 2008 9:38:10 am PST #48 of 381
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sarameg - Dec 18, 2008 3:38:13 pm PST #49 of 381
OK, that teared me up. So much family became in the past 2 years. I hope if you have to ride a rollercoaster again, it has a lot of highs.
Kat - Dec 18, 2008 5:02:02 pm PST #50 of 381
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh msbelle. you made me tear up too. I do hope 2009 will be smoother sailing to mix metaphors.
quester - Dec 18, 2008 5:08:12 pm PST #51 of 381
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
msbelle, you and mac leave me speechless, bless you both.
lisah - Dec 19, 2008 5:42:28 am PST #52 of 381
Punishingly Intricate
Also in tears here. I'm so lucky I got to meet you and Mac this year. You are both pretty freaking lovable people.
msbelle - Dec 19, 2008 5:45:49 am PST #53 of 381
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
man, did not mean to make people cry. Thank you all for the love.
lisah - Dec 19, 2008 6:06:53 am PST #54 of 381
Punishingly Intricate
man, did not mean to make people cry.
It's happy tears! Like what I keep breaking into listening to the recording a friend just converted to a digital format for me from tape that I made of my grandmother and her sisters talking about their childhoods. I made the tape back in grad school (like 96/97) and my grandmother died in 2004. I haven't listened to the tape since then so playing the recording now (as I make copies for my family) is incredibly emotional for me. I haven't listned to the whole thing yet but I know she sings at some point and that is going to wreck me.
Beverly - Dec 19, 2008 10:13:56 am PST #55 of 381
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
That's a wonderful post, msbelle. Happy tears is right.no
I'm...not ready to talk about 2008 yet. May never be, but that's okay. It's over soon.
Burrell - Dec 19, 2008 1:16:35 pm PST #56 of 381
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
tears here too, msbelle, but they come from a large well of affection for both you and mac, and so they are most welcome.
I had a few ups and downs this year, but I feel like life is finally coming to a more even keel, for which I am incredibly grateful.
quester - Dec 19, 2008 6:33:51 pm PST #57 of 381
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Speaking (speaking? really?) well, writing as someone with a birthday in the last week in the last week in December, I feel that the year ain't over yet! And, I have a metal thing protecting the finger that is missing a bit, so I'll write about it later.