Terry Pratchett passed away. JFC, will this year every get any better?
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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SailAweigh - Mar 12, 2015 7:21:27 am PDT #22033 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Sophia Brooks - Mar 12, 2015 7:44:13 am PDT #22034 of 30000
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Oh my goodness, Jesse- what a shock! And Terry Pratchett too?
I think I have reached the point in life where it seems like someone I am somehow connected to dies every day. I guess that is adulthood.
Dana - Mar 12, 2015 7:54:00 am PDT #22035 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Got my Sweeney Todd ticket, got a free lunch with Zapp's potato chips. That's helping rescue this day.
Connie Neil - Mar 12, 2015 7:54:58 am PDT #22036 of 30000
brillig
I guess that is adulthood.
Yeah, like a very sad game of Jenga.
Zenkitty - Mar 12, 2015 7:59:25 am PDT #22037 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse, that's so sad and scary.
Suzi, I'm sorry this wasn't THE house, but you'll find it!
Good-bye, Terry Pratchett. You were fucking awesome.
JFC, will this year every get any better?
I feel like, I've reached an age where there will never again be a year in which no one I loved, personally or from afar, dies.
I think I was lucky in that I reached age 29 before the death of someone around my age that I knew personally and liked. She was a co-worker who died at age 33 of a sudden heart attack. Before that, all the deaths in my life were either elderly relatives or contemporaries that I didn't know well. Although my grandfather's death when I was 11 was very hard on me, it wasn't until I was almost 30 that a death was someone who could've been me. Now I'm trying to remember who was the first actor or author who'd meant a lot to me to pass away, and I can't. Maybe Nimoy is overshadowing all the others in my mind right now.
Sorry to be morbid on this beautiful day. I don't feel morbid, just contemplative. Of course, I should be working instead of musing, but that's almost always true.
Maria - Mar 12, 2015 8:04:22 am PDT #22038 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
Ugh. Terry Pratchett will be missed.
Zapp's potato chips
I miss these so much. I had no room to bring a few (large) bags back with me last month.
Zenkitty - Mar 12, 2015 8:10:13 am PDT #22039 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Zapps' will ship you their potato chips, for a small fee.
Calli - Mar 12, 2015 8:17:25 am PDT #22040 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
How sad. I know Pratchett had health problems, but I was hoping (perhaps selfishly) that we'd have him around a bit longer.
Jesse - Mar 12, 2015 8:33:11 am PDT #22041 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like, I've reached an age where there will never again be a year in which no one I loved, personally or from afar, dies.
For sure.
In whiplash news, then I got amazing work news!
DavidS - Mar 12, 2015 8:49:37 am PDT #22042 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I feel like, I've reached an age where there will never again be a year in which no one I loved, personally or from afar, dies.
I think that's true. (We're same age, right? '61?) It's been driven home by my reconnection with Kenyon Alumni, and we've had so many people dying in the last two years. Women dying of cancer, men of heart attacks (mostly). Though a random car accident recently.
It's daunting.
Both of my parents are dead, and my sister is 8 years older than me and not in great health (very overweight, smoking, sedentary) so I'm kind of bracing myself for that one.