Hooray, Aimee!
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
DebetEsse - Dec 27, 2011 7:17:11 pm PST #4773 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Strix - Dec 27, 2011 8:52:48 pm PST #4774 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Aims, that's awesome! You guys look so much alike!
Beverly - Dec 27, 2011 9:42:42 pm PST #4775 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Aimee, that's wonderful--so happy for you!
I have so far avoided post-holiday crowds, but I think I will assay a few stores tomorrow. I need to check secondhand athletic equipment venues for a stationary bike, but I'll probably wait about a month for the post-New Year's realization to kick in.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 28, 2011 12:20:23 am PST #4776 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Aims, that's awesome (re your sister)!
Thanks for the good wishes, all. So, shivas are horrible. Give me a good drunken Irish wake over this any day. And ours only last one day. I would really, really like some wine. At 12.30 in the afternoon.
Shir - Dec 28, 2011 1:22:05 am PST #4777 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, dear.
Can I amuse you with horrible shiva stories? Like the time when a friend's family started a huge argument on who is more orphan: the aunt without the mother, or the aunt without the father? Or the one, in my grandfather's shiva, where I heard an hour and a half lecture about the fascinating world of fire security protocols in aviation? (after 40 minutes, I leaned towards my sister and asked "oh, and you thought the funeral was the hard part, didn't you?").
(Yes, shivas are a bit like reality shows, where you have to survive one's family).
Shir - Dec 28, 2011 1:22:34 am PST #4778 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
And Aims - I'm so happy for you. That's really awesome.
Anne W. - Dec 28, 2011 4:04:33 am PST #4779 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Can I get some general ~ma for myself right now? As some of you know, I've been kind of up and down for a month, and right now I'm really, really down, and really feeling like a failure at everything, to the point where I'm on the verge of making it a self-fulfilling prophecy at work. I'm feeling physically removed from my closest friends, and I'm feeling like it wouldn't make any difference to anyone but my mom if I never left my house again.
Laura - Dec 28, 2011 4:29:29 am PST #4780 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, Anne. I'm sorry that you are struggling. Are you able to take some time to pamper yourself?
Anne W. - Dec 28, 2011 4:40:33 am PST #4781 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm not sure pampering would help. Right now, I just want to feel competent at something.
sj - Dec 28, 2011 4:52:08 am PST #4782 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Anne}}} I'm so sorry you're going through that. Is there anything we can do to help, other than sending all the ~ma your way?