How much she adored kicking people in the crotch.
Laughter through tears.
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
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.
Glamcookie - Jan 13, 2015 2:08:14 pm PST #173 of 3153
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
sj - Jan 13, 2015 2:08:43 pm PST #174 of 3153
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Has someone contacted Naomi in London?
I've e-mailed her. I hope the e-mail address I have works.
If you don't hear back from her, I can contact her via Twitter.
Glamcookie - Jan 13, 2015 2:10:32 pm PST #175 of 3153
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
Madrigal? I've always felt badly about her leaving the board.
Juliebird - Jan 13, 2015 2:12:27 pm PST #176 of 3153
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
In retaliation for her horrific links, once upon a time I made ita these: [link] I had been so pleased to horrify her right back.
Jen - Jan 13, 2015 2:16:54 pm PST #177 of 3153
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Like many others, it's been the better part of a decade since this was my internet home. Right now I feel like I do when I learn that famous people I really respect have died--gutted, but also a little foolish to feel so strongly about someone with whom I had almost no individual contact. It was just so easy to believe that she was eternal, that she would always be watching over us.
Separation
by W. S. Merwin
Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.
ita is stitched through every part of this board, every part of this world, and even though she will always be here in some way, none of it will ever be the same without her.
-t - Jan 13, 2015 2:25:23 pm PST #178 of 3153
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, great pictures.
Kiba Rika - Jan 13, 2015 2:28:40 pm PST #179 of 3153
I may have to seize the cat.
I just remembered that I had a great conversation with ita once about Zoe and why she was with Wash. ita said she just couldn't understand why someone as tough and strong as Zoe would be with someone as ridiculous as Wash. I speculated that perhaps it was nice to have one person who didn't need you to be badass all the time. ita seemed to find that idea immensely relatable.
Betsy HP - Jan 13, 2015 2:29:50 pm PST #180 of 3153
If I only had a brain...
Thank you for that, Jen. I hadn't ever seen that, and it fits.
This is going to sound stupid, but I'm *afraid* to click through on those pictures, because I'm afraid that looking at pictures will erase my memory of her.
Rick - Jan 13, 2015 2:35:28 pm PST #181 of 3153
I never met ita, but we corresponded a few times about the slow progress of migraine research.
In Natter, people were posting bits of poems that they thought were relevant.
More that once since her troubles began, I have thought of ita when reading the closing lines of Stephen Spender's "I think continually of those who were truly great."
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
It's an obvious choice, I guess. But she would have approved of the spelling, and that should count for something.
-t - Jan 13, 2015 2:44:21 pm PST #182 of 3153
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That does not sound stupid, Betsy.