I'm glad I got to eat her delicious baked goods a couple of times.
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
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.
Sean K - Jan 13, 2015 4:22:02 pm PST #204 of 3153
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
bon bon - Jan 13, 2015 4:22:35 pm PST #205 of 3153
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I just hate that this is replacing her in my brain. This "tragedy" which just feels so stupid to say.
Susan W. - Jan 13, 2015 4:22:55 pm PST #206 of 3153
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Another long-absentee checking in. I saw the news on Facebook this morning, and all day this community has been at the very forefront of my thoughts. Such a shock. Such a loss.
Cashmere - Jan 13, 2015 4:25:08 pm PST #207 of 3153
Now tagless for your comfort.
I am not angry. There is just a big hole. An empty space where she should be. And that gaping hole keeps making me sad all over again.
Zenkitty - Jan 13, 2015 4:26:14 pm PST #208 of 3153
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And her sleeping with a stuffed moose.
Oh, man, I'd forgotten about the moose. I imagine it being enormous, almost as big as her.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 13, 2015 4:27:31 pm PST #209 of 3153
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I won't know what to not click on.
Oh Raq, thank you for providing a much-needed laugh.
I first crossed paths with ita on Table Talk, making fun of phony psychics with phony Jamaican accents in the "Miss Cleo, Call Me Now!" thread. I don't recall whether she pointed me to the Buffy thread or if I found my way on my own shortly thereafter, but she's figured prominently in my experience of the community ever since. It's been a great privilege to have know her for the past 14 years (too few!).
I've been looking for my photos from the Wolfram & Hart Annual Review from ten years ago this evening, and finally turned up a couple. Here are shots of ita with her team of security guards and bonus Allyson:
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DavidS - Jan 13, 2015 4:55:26 pm PST #210 of 3153
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've talked to Gudanov, so he knows.
TomW - Jan 13, 2015 5:00:39 pm PST #211 of 3153
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
I have started a post and failed to finish many times. Five beers and I'm almost brave enough to say things, but not quite.
I had not interacted with ita for a long time, but she has always loomed large in my mental landscape. She always will.
Amy - Jan 13, 2015 5:08:23 pm PST #212 of 3153
Because books.
There is just a big hole. An empty space where she should be.
This.
smonster - Jan 13, 2015 5:08:32 pm PST #213 of 3153
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hi Tom! Hi!
...oh wait, you're right there. (I'm with Nora and Tom. That may have been said in this thread already. I may be drinking wine from a pink cup.)