Thoughts for you and yours, Nora.
Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self-respecting bachelor?
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Barb - Sep 24, 2010 1:29:05 pm PDT #4052 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Maria - Sep 24, 2010 1:31:16 pm PDT #4053 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Nora, I'm so sorry. Peace and strength to you and yours.
P-C, that does suck mightily. I'm sorry you lost precious mementos.
JZ - Sep 24, 2010 1:33:37 pm PDT #4054 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Good God, Barb, that woman is an economy-sized bag of crazy. And, yeah, it sounds like she loves her bitterness and grudges and pets them and hugs them and calls them George and will never let go of them. Ugh. I hope your mom's competent and gleeful lawyer has fun mopping up the floor with her.
Oh, P-C, that's awful!
And my old student IDs.
When I read your list of everything you lost, that's the one item that made me gasp, Oh, no! I think Hec has most of his old student IDs and a full 14 years' worth of pictures of Emmett and Matilda in his wallet. It's a tiny portable time capsule, and that loss would be much more devastating than the irritating but replaceable bits of plastic that fill up the rest of the wallet.
And that asshole made you miss Goldfrapp. Insult to injury. Most unnecessary, universe.
I lost a wallet many, many years ago, full of all sorts of young adult Important Things, but the only things that really hurt (and still do) were the senior portraits of a cousin and a friend who had died in car accidents (different accidents, two years apart). I still want them back - the people especially, but, if not them, then at least their pictures. It kills me to think that they were just useless random bits of paper to whoever scavenged the wallet.
JZ - Sep 24, 2010 1:35:20 pm PDT #4055 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And, oh, God, Nora. Much, much coping~ma and all other possible vibes to you, and all your family. That's so hard to watch, and not be able to do much except be present.
sj - Sep 24, 2010 2:01:07 pm PDT #4056 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Nora}}} I'm so sorry.
P-C, that really sucks. I'm sorry.
Barb, I'm boggling at the crazy of the other author.
That Edward Gorey museum is not far from where TCG and I are getting married. I see a honeymoon day trip in our future.
Spidra Webster - Sep 24, 2010 2:08:49 pm PDT #4057 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
ita, the founder of the SHCJ order was American but she founded her first school in England so it wasn't out of the realm of possibility.
So with you about the memorabilia. My purse was stolen while I was performing on stage at my first ever gig (not counting open mics). I filed a police report not just on principle but also hoping that someone would turn in the discarded items if they were found. It was a GREAT purse plus it had my first driver's license and my UCLA student ID. Unfortunately, no Good Samaritan turned in the items. They probably went to the landfill. At least these days we can scan our stuff and have a digital copy somewhere if we have enough foresight to do that.
I hope your situation turns out as best as it possibly can, P-C.
omnis_audis - Sep 24, 2010 2:17:02 pm PDT #4058 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
My wallet got stolen.Ugg, P-C that is horrible. So sorry to hear it. Glad you had the thought to keep the check card separate.
Is Beth Riesgraf in Barcelona?If I had the power, I'd send her your way. Hubba hubba!
Burrell - Sep 24, 2010 2:55:21 pm PDT #4059 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So sorry Nora. Sending you and your family warm thoughts.
Strix - Sep 24, 2010 2:55:23 pm PDT #4060 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Nora, I am so, so sorry. That is incredibly hard and hardbreaking. It tore my stoic dad apart seeing my grandma disappear into dementia, and that was without so much pain.
P-C, I am glad you have money available to you, but don't let it sour your trip. It's a travel abroad rite of passage; I had my last 10 pounds pickpocketed on the tube in London, my last two days there. It was LITERALLY the only money I had left; I survived on handouts for meals, transpo and to get to the airport.
Hil R. - Sep 24, 2010 5:36:09 pm PDT #4061 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm feeling mentally wide awake and like I need to Do Something, but physically exhausted. So I keep noticing things to clean or fix or organize, but I know that I'd end up hurting myself if I actually did any of them. Probably the safest idea would be to make lists of things to do tomorrow.