Shir, I'm so sorry for your loss an for the stress of your daily life. I cannot imagine it.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
sj - Jul 20, 2014 11:28:53 am PDT #12326 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Shir - Jul 20, 2014 11:30:48 am PDT #12327 of 30002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I try to avoid the news as much as possible. The way they're being transmitted here is one of the main factors of stress and despair. I read the headlines in websites instead. 20-30 seconds in and out, several times a day, and a 5 minutes news updates in the morning/evening via radio. The rest feels like ongoing blabbering, trying to justify all of this. I can't bear to listen to any of this for more than two minutes. I just can't.
(But it's OK. We're the lucky side. I have shelters and sirens. And a routine to maintain in the middle of it all. The last one is the hardest part).
Zenkitty - Jul 20, 2014 2:26:29 pm PDT #12328 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Shir, you're very brave, I hope you and your family and friends will be all right, and that this all will stop soon. It's all so terrible.
Laura - Jul 20, 2014 2:35:20 pm PDT #12329 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I can't bear to listen to the news for more than a couple minutes and I am thousands of miles away. Keeping up some level of optimism in the midst of such extremism and bullheadedness on all sides would seem hopeless.
beekaytee - Jul 20, 2014 4:51:26 pm PDT #12330 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
I can't bear to listen to the news for more than a couple minutes and I am thousands of miles away. Keeping up some level of optimism in the midst of such extremism and bullheadedness on all sides would seem hopeless.
I'm with Laura.
Shir, I wish you and yours strength and peace of heart. An old professor of mine used to say that every generation has reason to believe it will the last...and yet we persist. I pray that everyone you love stays save and that good sense prevails in this situation I cannot pretend to understand.
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Someone, I think it was one of my doctors, said that it wasn't unusual to stop early if you start early. I was 9
I'm boggled! I started at nearly 15. I thought that was normal for our generation.
Connie Neil - Jul 20, 2014 4:56:09 pm PDT #12331 of 30002
brillig
I started around 12-13. 40 years of this.
ION, a bad case of the "why bothers" tonight. Weekends are the worst. Which is understandable, and it's only been 17 days, and I've got to give it time, but fuck that. I want my husband back, god damn it.
sj - Jul 20, 2014 4:56:46 pm PDT #12332 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
9 for me too.
Hil R. - Jul 20, 2014 4:59:19 pm PDT #12333 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I started at 11, almost 12.
Connie Neil - Jul 20, 2014 5:09:18 pm PDT #12334 of 30002
brillig
And now that crying jag is done. Dammit. Smack upside the head out of nowhere.
Connie Neil - Jul 20, 2014 6:02:56 pm PDT #12335 of 30002
brillig
I must remember that all legal and non-harmful coping methods are good things. Damned Puritans. Distraction is my friend.