There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.

Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


ita's thread

A place where we can talk about ita, miss ita, and share information about memorials. The hugging started over here in Natter.


Toddson - Jan 23, 2015 10:26:19 am PST #1157 of 3157
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

It could serve as a kind of wake - "I remember seeing this right after she drew it" "Remember when she got these boots?"

Only sober.


SailAweigh - Jan 23, 2015 10:26:47 am PST #1158 of 3157
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Dana, I know. I thought that, too, when I remember all the self-portraits on her tumblr; she was a very natty dresser.

Polgara, I'm very glad that some of the weight has been lifted off your shoulders. Your hair rivals Allyson's in its shininess.


-t - Jan 23, 2015 10:43:56 am PST #1159 of 3157
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

She was so deliberate about her clothing choices. I hope anyone who gets any part of her wardrobe loves it as much as she does.

Fuck verb tense for the moment.


Atropa - Jan 23, 2015 11:00:23 am PST #1160 of 3157
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Polgera, if there is anything that seems like it needs a gothy home, please send it my way.

You all have my love and support. Please take care of yourselves.


sumi - Jan 23, 2015 11:09:39 am PST #1161 of 3157
Art Crawl!!!

Glad that the load is being shared.


Strix - Jan 23, 2015 11:28:37 am PST #1162 of 3157
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I feel selfish for asking, but I would dearly love a tiny keepsake. I don't need anything to remember her by, because how could I forget, but really, anything tiny -- a rock, a book, a magnet. I'd pay postage.

We had so many conversations about Octavia Butler, and she was the only person I'd met that really dug the hell out of her.

But I absolutely don't want to cause anyone any bother, because this is hard enough.

Goddamit, I'm all fucking tearing up again.


Toddson - Jan 23, 2015 12:18:22 pm PST #1163 of 3157
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I never had much personal communication with ita, so I don't need a keepsake. I will remember her; my new tagline is in her honor.


javachik - Jan 23, 2015 12:37:27 pm PST #1164 of 3157
Our wings are not tired.

Toddson, that's beautiful.


Beverly - Jan 23, 2015 12:40:47 pm PST #1165 of 3157
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

"Nothing's forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten." One of the first evenings I posted rather than lurking, and it was because ita and someone else were talking about former fandoms. Robin of Sherwood was mentioned, and I took the opportunity. ita shushed everybody else for a minute so she could think about the quote I posted.

Thank you, Toddson, for reminding me.

I would love a tiny keepsake--rock, as someone said, or a sketch.

In that vein, I do love that Io9's Odeck has locked her column in memoriam. I know that LJs used to go on pretty indefinitely, but I think the limit now is inactive two years and LJ deletes. I think Tumblrs just sail on forever, but I don't know about Deviant Art. I'm hoping somebody has passwords or admin for LJ and Deviant Art. It would be wonderful to lock those accounts as memorials, so that people who discover her art, either in a fic rec, or just stumbling across it, would be able to know why she stopped posting, and her work would still be accessible.

I provided H with two names and email addresses some time ago. Those two people between them have passwords for my accounts here, at DW, both LJs, and Ao3. Maybe ita did the same?


Glamcookie - Jan 23, 2015 12:55:25 pm PST #1166 of 3157
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

So glad to hear the packing up is easier than expected.