Way back when, ita bought a case of Jones grape soda that was custom-labeled with her picture on the bottle. The picture was a terrific b&w photo of her, very young and very cleavagey, which I think she may have also used occasionally as a profile pic at Worldcrossing. I remember them being kind of famous back in the early days of the group.
Anyway, she was handing out the last few of them at the LA F2F, and I managed to snag the last one she had to give. I actually drank the soda there at the Safari, but I brought the empty bottle back home with me. Ever since, it has stood somewhere on the shelves overlooking my desk, along with other mementos and knickknacks, nearby the statues of the Argonath, Thunderbird 1, and the stuffed Opus that used to attend to F2Fs. Except for the time being it's standing next to my keyboard.
It’s so wonderful to see people I haven’t seen in so long! A horrible, terrible reason. But still. The coming together. I value it, and you.
Hugs DX--it's good to see you. (And so many others of you!!!!!)
I am sad I don't have any pics on my phone. I know at home I have many, including one of her and her sister and me and ....sarameg and vortex maybe? And Tessa, from back on people's forum.
It's like The Big Chill, but without all the arguing... or the sex. <cues up Gimme Some Lovin'>
It's really good to see your pixels, DX. I'm sorry it's under such awful circumstances.
t pig-piles on DX and amych
Likewise, Sean. And Nora.
Hugs DX! So good to see you. And everyone else. It makes this easier.
So one of my memories of ita on the board. Not here, but I think TT, or WX before we started posting pictures of ourselves. She posted something about getting her hair cut and gave a length in milimeters and someone else asked if she meant centimeters.
I don't think I responded, but I knew what she meant. I hadn't seen a picture of ita at that point but I knew how she wore her hair. Very very short and dyed blonde. The rest of her was vague.
It's a weird thing to remember but it's always stuck with me, I think because she was particular about her hair and I'd always wanted to shave my hair that short.
