Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.


Jesse - Oct 22, 2014 4:23:55 pm PDT #2449 of 3094
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

(hate confrontation!!!)

Um, isn't that kind of your business?


Laura - Oct 22, 2014 4:30:27 pm PDT #2450 of 3094
Our wings are not tired.

Confrontation on behalf of someone else and confrontation for yourself totally different for me.


msbelle - Oct 22, 2014 4:41:30 pm PDT #2451 of 3094
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I kinda want a commune house. The next house I buy will probably be a split bedroom design so that I can ideally share with a single female friend.


Stephanie - Oct 22, 2014 5:33:16 pm PDT #2452 of 3094
Trust my rage

Laura, that's is 100% right on for me too. I'm a great advocate for other but suck at it for myself.

Mabelle, I love my commune. It actually has freed me to date, even if the date is not a dude I want to marry/help raise my kids. My kids are doing great, I have lots of fun and company at home, and dating is just for fun.


-t - Oct 22, 2014 5:37:15 pm PDT #2453 of 3094
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That all sounds so wonderful, Stephanie! Good to read.


meara - Oct 22, 2014 7:30:08 pm PDT #2454 of 3094

Mabelle, I love my commune. It actually has freed me to date, even if the date is not a dude I want to marry/help raise my kids. My kids are doing great, I have lots of fun and company at home, and dating is just for fun.

That sounds awesome! I want my sister to make a commune, she's joked about it, but not in Indiana.


Zenkitty - Oct 23, 2014 3:05:14 am PDT #2455 of 3094
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I kinda want a commune house. The next house I buy will probably be a split bedroom design so that I can ideally share with a single female friend.

Me too! It sounds wonderful. My BFF and I have talked seriously about buying a house with two master suites or something that we can share. In Nashville, I had a big house, and there were always three or four people living with me, and I liked it. We were all introverts, so it worked. I like living alone, but it does get lonely. And scary, sometimes.


Calli - Oct 23, 2014 4:20:25 am PDT #2456 of 3094
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I kinda want a commune house. The next house I buy will probably be a split bedroom design so that I can ideally share with a single female friend.

I have a friend who formed a co-housing community with her friends that's pretty communal. They're all around retirement age but not ready for a retirement home. And they're all over yard work and cleaning gutters. So they designed and built (via contractor) an apartment building with a bunch of handicapped accessible one-bedroom apartments, each with a small kitchen and balcony. There's also a larger communal kitchen, several bed/bath spaces that they can reserve for visitors, gaming and hang-out areas, etc. It's near a bus hub and in a walkable part of town, as well as near a hospital. It's all very deliberate and well considered. I wouldn't mind doing something like that.


Jesse - Oct 23, 2014 4:22:13 am PDT #2457 of 3094
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, that sounds like a dream to me!


msbelle - Oct 23, 2014 4:34:09 am PDT #2458 of 3094
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Adult dorm, man. That is what I want.