Thank you for the link to the former improv guy. I'm sitting here in tears. So many people not just knew ita but got ita, or at least their fragment of her.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Betsy HP - Jan 24, 2015 10:00:55 am PST #1235 of 3222
If I only had a brain...
Laura - Jan 24, 2015 12:35:32 pm PST #1236 of 3222
This too shall pass.
And I'm maudlin and shit.
There's a lot of that going around.
It's a comfort to know that things are being taken care of by loving people. Having been through the process I just, well I am holding you all in my heart.
Maria - Jan 24, 2015 12:54:23 pm PST #1237 of 3222
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
Crying for lots of reasons. John Moore's piece is heartbreakingly spot on.
If there is anything that is not claimed, I'd like something small.
I'm glad her family is treating you and everyone else as family. No hugs, just hairpats.
erikaj - Jan 24, 2015 12:56:42 pm PST #1238 of 3222
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
It's weird, since we never got to do that together, but I felt very close to her eating things that she liked and listening to reggae in the restaurant.
Steph L. - Jan 24, 2015 1:34:27 pm PST #1239 of 3222
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
We were out with friends today, who were talking about their experiences in krav maga (side story: this woman took down a man much bigger than her...and then turned and, because she wasn't looking, clotheslined herself at the neck in BARBED WIRE [I didn't ask why barbed wire was there; that doesn't sound like a safe facility, though]). I got to tell them about ita's insistence that you always go for the nut shot if you can take it. (They agreed.)
amyth - Jan 24, 2015 5:47:43 pm PST #1240 of 3222
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
ita's obituary is up: [link]
Thank you to Burrell, Kat, Ginger, and Allyson for writing it. It's beautifully written.
And thank you to all of the LAistas who are doing so much for ita and her family as we speak and will continue to do so.
Jesse - Jan 24, 2015 5:52:49 pm PST #1241 of 3222
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, that's lovely.
Miracleman - Jan 24, 2015 5:58:35 pm PST #1242 of 3222
I can do this all day
That was beautiful.
sj - Jan 24, 2015 6:03:02 pm PST #1243 of 3222
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The writing is perfect and the picture looks wonderful.
JZ - Jan 24, 2015 6:03:20 pm PST #1244 of 3222
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Perfect. I wish it never had to exist, but it's as loving and eloquent and true to her as anyone could ever hope for.