You're doing a good thing, Liese. Your preserving her memory and making sure it survives. Death sucks, mostly for the living.
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
quester - Apr 21, 2013 3:16:02 pm PDT #20000 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Liese S. - Apr 21, 2013 3:21:27 pm PDT #20001 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah.
I'm super glad I did it when I did.
My mom & dad are thinking about recording their memoirs, and I would really like them to do that, because this is valuable. But it's also just super hard.
-t - Apr 21, 2013 3:24:01 pm PDT #20002 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{Liese}} That's wonderful that you are preserving those. I hope hearing them becomes more joyous than painful swiftly.
And in the meantime, nothing wrong with feeling sad.
Cass - Apr 21, 2013 3:39:14 pm PDT #20003 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The teacher calls it savasana
That's the actual name of the pose. Savasana translates to corpse for the pose name. Corpse didn't really twig me until Dad was dying. I cried, quietly and almost peacefully, through a few classes. But I'd talked to Jeff (not about specifics, just where I was and why because he's also an amazing person that I really like) when Dad was actively dying and then gone. He hasn't used the words since. I should tell him that I am okay enough to say the words.
but I'm transferring my (beloved, late) grandmother's storytelling cassettes into digital format.
Oh, that is so hard but also you are doing something so wonderful. There is a love that will continue with her voice. I know it hurts right now though.
le nubian - Apr 21, 2013 3:39:59 pm PDT #20004 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
your yoga teacher sounds like the bomb. unlike any other yoga teacher I have had in 10 years.
erin_obscure - Apr 21, 2013 3:45:51 pm PDT #20005 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I had a yoga teacher years ago refer to savasana as the dessert after a challenging yoga class, so I always think of it that way. And then spend far too much time trying to clear my mind from thoughts of chocolatey concoctions. But still, way better than corpse.
{{{Liese}}} That's gotta be hard.
Cass - Apr 21, 2013 3:47:09 pm PDT #20006 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
your yoga teacher sounds like the bomb.
Totally is. And Pix knows how fun he can be too. But he's mostly been just a really wonderful person to me through a rough time. He'd be a wonderful person through great times too. I expect I will know him that long.
I've done bad classes. They aren't worth it.
le nubian - Apr 21, 2013 4:08:38 pm PDT #20007 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am watching an ill-advised program on National Geographic channel (their multi-part program about the '80s is terrible) about drug use/drug trade and they claim that 1 in 7 people in Puerto Rico are addicted to drugs.
That sounds awfully high. Is this right?
Burrell - Apr 21, 2013 4:12:58 pm PDT #20008 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay for good yoga teachers. The teacher makes all the difference.
flea - Apr 21, 2013 4:13:18 pm PDT #20009 of 30001
information libertarian
My (half)-sister in law just announced on Facebook that she's pregnant, and due Nov. 17. My nephew turns 1 on October 1st. This is the only place I have where I can safely say, "Oh my GOD have you never heard of birth control, people?" (It was a "surprise." She is not working, my brother works at Starbucks and they are living with my father and stepmother. He's 28 and she's 25.)