Burrell, Folly is a wonderful name for a cat!
Thanks, Zen. I can't take credit as my MiL is her original owner and the one who named her. But it fits her perfectly.
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
Burrell - Jun 04, 2013 6:17:38 am PDT #24738 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
WindSparrow - Jun 04, 2013 6:28:58 am PDT #24739 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Aw, bonny, I'm sorry Cagney had a bad moment. But I'm glad he has some friends like Olie who get him.
Consuela - Jun 04, 2013 6:44:51 am PDT #24740 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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Thanks for the good thoughts, everyone.
Sunday was exhausting, even though we mostly took the day off from planning stuff. My oldest friend had come into town on Saturday and we went for a walk in the woods with my dad & sister, & in the afternoon we went to a barbecue at Javachik's, which was a lovely unstressful way to engage with life. Then I took K to her hotel in the city & collapsed.
Yesterday was lots of organizational stuff, clearing out my mother's clothes and lots of phone calls/meetings. But we ended the day with massages, which were great, even though the masseur really went after the spots on my IT band where I haven't been stretching.
Jesse, thanks for the link to that book! One of the benefits of the funeral next week will be seeing my nieces and my two surviving uncles, who will all be coming into town.
Laura - Jun 04, 2013 7:09:30 am PDT #24741 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Consuela, It sounds like you are doing your best to have some balance while dealing with the grief. It really helps. My thoughts are with you and your family.
DavidS - Jun 04, 2013 7:10:26 am PDT #24742 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
& in the afternoon we went to a barbecue at Javachik's,
I'm sorry we missed that, but Emmett was not going anywhere on Sunday.
Jesse - Jun 04, 2013 7:19:20 am PDT #24743 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One of the benefits of the funeral next week will be seeing my nieces and my two surviving uncles, who will all be coming into town.
Funerals are weird like that. "It's so good to see you!....I mean, I would have preferred other circumstances, but still."
Keep taking care of yourself!
DavidS - Jun 04, 2013 7:31:30 am PDT #24744 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm getting very excited about going to my college reunion.
Not only does it happen over my birthday weekend, but I will see my five closest friends all at the same time. (Not to mention several other friends that I dearly love and haven't seen for decades.)
I haven't been back to my college since 1986. It would be strange enough walking around Kenyon's beautiful campus just with my memories, but to do it with so many people that formed those memories is going to be strange and wonderful.
Plus I'll get to spend time with the kids of most of my friends, which I really value especially as I get older.
Cashmere - Jun 04, 2013 7:39:26 am PDT #24745 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Suela, I am so sorry for your loss.
Maria - Jun 04, 2013 7:44:22 am PDT #24746 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
so far not a lot of press other than Above the Law
That's the only place I saw it as well, Lee. Maybe it won't be huge drama?
Jesse, that's awesome. I need to figure out a way to get the stories out of my father's head and recorded in some way, whether it's paper or audio. The problem is that the stories are told organically, so I need to have something ready at all times.
amych - Jun 04, 2013 7:45:14 am PDT #24747 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
One of the benefits of the funeral next week will be seeing my nieces and my two surviving uncles, who will all be coming into town.
When my aunt died last year, we pretty much all converged on saying "We're having an awesome reunion! It just has this funeral thing in the middle of it!"
My people may be a little callous and strange, but the more acceptable and thus much less us way of saying would've been that the people who love and support us have a way of coming together when it's most important. And that's something great to hang on to when you need it.