no notes needed. I love you guys so much. If you need to say thanks for you, then you'll see us all.

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Oh, thank you, DX. I've used and appreciated that many times.

Agreeing with everyone about no notes needed.

I got the package yesterday, Lee. Thank you.

I waited till just now to open it. I think I'm going to have to frame them. I don't want them getting dusty.

sad now.

My package has also arrived. Thank you, Lee.

I've been wearing her garnet ring, imagining it has some sort of superhero power to make me stronger. It's silly, magical thinking, but it helps.

Just wanted to say that I once tried on an expensive garnet necklace that liked me. Didn't buy it, still regret it. Those stones had a warm feeling unlike anything I've ever met.

Plus I once had a wonderful supernatural mystical experience while handling the onyx ring owned by my friend's late grandma. I was spinning the ring on my finger, idly thinking about how sad it was that I was alive while she was dead. It felt like she laughed and patted my head with a gentle hand, telling me that we silly living people will understand it all soon enough. I loved that. Brought me comfort, though I'm no crystal handling spiritualist.

I think ita's garnet ring can't help but channel her energy while it is worn by someone who loves her as much as Allyson does. The power of the shiny hair will always keep it charged.

Thought I had finished my crying. Clearly not.

No notes needed, Allyson. I feel like the thank you post in Press was more than enough thanks (and so beautiful, so th- I mean, your hair is so shiny). When you're out of spoons, I think you should only do the things that have to be done to keep your life moving, and let the rest wait. Only you know what those things are, but I would bet thank you notes and projects aren't.

I was drowsing through an episode of My Name is Earl this morning, in which Earl put on a funeral for someone he'd wronged in the past. No one showed up, but when they went back to the guy's house, his computer screen was full of IMs from people checking in on him. I had to turn the episode off at that point, to prevent crying. And then I was quite awake.

I've thought about that episode the whole time.

I got my package, Lee, thanks so much. I'm struck by how tiny the shirts are...doesn't seem like such a big personality could fit in them...

I also got my package, Lee. Thank you.

(And because I suck, I have not sent yours yet, but I haven't actually forgotten this time.)

Quick Hivemind question: I got one of ita's SPN shirts. I love it as a shirt, love it MUCH MORE as a keepsake, but I need some opinions.

It fits me, except the neck is too tight. I've never been able to wear ANYTHING too tight around the neck -- tees, turtlenecks, chokers, scarves -- I think I was strangled in a former life.

Would it be sacrilegious for me to neatly cut the neck wider? Would you guys mind? Do you think ita would disapprove?

I want to be able to wear the shirt when I need to channel ita's kickassedness, and in her memory, but I have been really wrestling with whether or not to do this, so I'm going to let the Buffistas tell me what I should do. I'm in a real dilemma.

Thanks, all.