You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.

Willow ,'Empty Places'


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.


Tom Scola - Oct 09, 2016 6:41:54 am PDT #2589 of 3156
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Life with chronic migraines: [link]


Polter-Cow - Oct 12, 2016 9:35:42 am PDT #2590 of 3156
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

So I had a very complicated grieving process last year and I channeled my feelings into a piece of flash fiction about how difficult it can be to mourn someone who's really important as a presence in your life and as a part of a community you love but whom you didn't really know personally. I finally sold it, and as a tribute to ita, I'd like to donate my payment to a charity she supported. Wasn't there one about girls who code?


Jesse - Oct 12, 2016 11:19:23 am PDT #2591 of 3156
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I mean, there's an organization literally called Girls Who Code, but I couldn't say if ita supported it or not.


Dana - Oct 12, 2016 11:21:21 am PDT #2592 of 3156
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Maybe hurricane relief in the Caribbean?


Polter-Cow - Oct 12, 2016 12:05:46 pm PDT #2593 of 3156
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I mean, there's an organization literally called Girls Who Code, but I couldn't say if ita supported it or not.

I know about that one, and I thought someone here had mentioned donating to it in her name before, but I might be mistaken.

Maybe hurricane relief in the Caribbean?

A possibility. Any recommended organization?


Steph L. - Oct 12, 2016 12:06:39 pm PDT #2594 of 3156
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Partners in Health.


Dana - Oct 12, 2016 12:08:11 pm PDT #2595 of 3156
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Yeah, that or MSF.


amych - Oct 12, 2016 12:40:20 pm PDT #2596 of 3156
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

PC: if you're looking for a code org in particular, Black Girls Code ( [link] ) is the one that we sent a bunch of our collective donations to, and I can vouch for them being an amazing and genuinely beneficial org. But I'd also agree that relief in the Caribbean is especially timely.


Polter-Cow - Oct 12, 2016 1:20:20 pm PDT #2597 of 3156
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

if you're looking for a code org in particular, Black Girls Code ( [link] ) is the one that we sent a bunch of our collective donations to

Ah, that's the one I was thinking of, thanks!

But I'd also agree that relief in the Caribbean is especially timely.

Yeah, I like that Partners in Health can both allow me to donate directly to Haiti relief and mark it as "In memory of..."

Maybe I'll do half and half.


Scrappy - Oct 12, 2016 1:22:11 pm PDT #2598 of 3156
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

It's a lovely, generous gesture, P-C.