Oh, Beverly.
Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'
Xander ,'Selfless'
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Jesse - Jan 15, 2015 8:09:23 am PST #15314 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Beverly - Jan 15, 2015 8:09:33 am PST #15315 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
msbelle, I won't wish you happy. I'll wish you a moment of peace and self-awareness, and self appreciation that you've lived another year. That's a not-inconsiderable achievement, and it deserves acknowledgement. When you get to it, when you're able, celebrate the fact. For now, it's okay not to.
Morning, everybody. All still here? Good. Keep it that way.
JZ - Jan 15, 2015 8:11:23 am PST #15316 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Yesterday someone who stops in to visit occasionally did so, and I was trying to explain the grief and anger and who ita is and how twisting it all is, and he put on his best Face of Earnest Empathy, patted my shoulder, and said warmly, "She would want you to be happy." Which, placed against the vast entirety of ita and her wants and expectations for those around her, was so utterly ridiculous I just barely stopped myself from laughing in his well-intentioned face.
I still get queasy horrified wrong-like-an-ita-link giggles just thinking about it. ::pat, pat, there, there, measured murmuring tones:: "She would want you to be happy." Snork! I mean, come on, just come the fuck ON.
Maria - Jan 15, 2015 8:11:28 am PST #15317 of 30000
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
Beverly, thank you for saying that.
We are a fucking amazing group of people. Don't ever let anyone think differently.
msbelle - Jan 15, 2015 8:12:49 am PST #15318 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Could I love BevDog more? No I could not.
Thanks shrift, yeah am still doing the stuff. Dinner with parents tomorrow.
Best thing ever is that jesse arrives Saturday and then we see DJ and India on Sunday and that will be good.
amyth - Jan 15, 2015 8:14:59 am PST #15319 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Oh, Bev. Love to you.
I've being saying yes to getting together with people this year.
Yes. I'm so glad I'm getting together with the NC-istas to raise a glass to ita tonight. I'm so glad that I went to the DC F2F all those years ago, even though I was in such a bad place in my life when I first found this board. I'm so glad that I said yes every time I have have said yes to spending time with Buffistas in person over the years. I want to do it more.
Jesse - Jan 15, 2015 8:19:32 am PST #15320 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Best thing ever is that jesse arrives Saturday and then we see DJ and India on Sunday and that will be good.
Yay! I also have dinner with Ellen on Friday -- all of this pre-planned -- so am feeling good about spending time with Buffistas. (Am feeling less good about the state of my apartment, but I'm sure Ellen will understand.)
msbelle - Jan 15, 2015 8:22:06 am PST #15321 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh fun!
Ellen I miss you and I have these things you gave me and they make me smile all the time.
P.M. Marc - Jan 15, 2015 8:23:27 am PST #15322 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, Bev.
This week is still shit.
vw bug - Jan 15, 2015 8:23:41 am PST #15323 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
It's msbelle day! Karaoke sounds quite fun for ushering in a new year.
Allyson, when my SIL got the call that her father had died, she was six month's pregnant, and we were all there for Christmas (it was the day after Christmas), and I remember thinking at that time, "If I never see someone scream and cry like that again, it will be too soon." Seriously, bless you for doing that. You won't ever be able to unhear it, so share as you need to. Truly.