I know people who deal with the universe. JPL and Caltech is on it, Maria. We're going to go kick the universe for you.
I'll nurse you back to health. I'll wear the nurse outfit!
"BuffyBot" ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Sep 09, 2011 4:26:17 pm PDT #25215 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hil R. - Sep 09, 2011 4:27:06 pm PDT #25216 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
{{{{Maria}}}}
SailAweigh - Sep 09, 2011 4:27:43 pm PDT #25217 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
{{Maria}} Much ~ma that it is constrained to the lymph nodes.
Fuck cancer.
Ginger - Sep 09, 2011 4:28:22 pm PDT #25218 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm so sorry, Maria. I've looked into the abyss and I'd like to help if I can.
Hil R. - Sep 09, 2011 4:28:33 pm PDT #25219 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't have much else to offer, but if you need an extra hand with restaurant cleanup once the water recedes, I'll be there.
Maria - Sep 09, 2011 4:29:20 pm PDT #25220 of 30001
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
He had a 95% chance of being in the fucking clear. We all told him to focus on that. Now it's 100x as hard because he had hope. And he's in the goddamned 5% that's not lucky.
I'm scared. For both of us. What the hell did we ever do to deserve this?
Dana - Sep 09, 2011 4:30:39 pm PDT #25221 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm so sorry, Maria. I don't know what to say.
Jesse - Sep 09, 2011 4:31:01 pm PDT #25222 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nothing. That I can guarantee you. All kinds of shit -- good and bad -- happens to people who don't deserve it.
sarameg - Sep 09, 2011 4:33:18 pm PDT #25223 of 30001
Nothing at all. Shit just happens.
And yeah, hope can be a nasty bitch. But it is still there. Just requires recalibrating your frame of reference, but takes time to mourn the previous expectations. Let yourself, and him, do that. And you know what? It's ok to fall apart for a while.
Maria - Sep 09, 2011 4:33:28 pm PDT #25224 of 30001
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
Absolutely, Ginger. I cannot have the abyss looking into me without help. He's in the anger stage right now, and I don't know where he's really at. It's been a lot of talk that an early death is a foregone conclusion, and I can't counter that right now.