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?
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
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.
Polter-Cow - Oct 12, 2016 9:35:42 am PDT #2590 of 3202
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jesse - Oct 12, 2016 11:19:23 am PDT #2591 of 3202
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 3202
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Maybe hurricane relief in the Caribbean?
Polter-Cow - Oct 12, 2016 12:05:46 pm PDT #2593 of 3202
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 3202
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Partners in Health.
Dana - Oct 12, 2016 12:08:11 pm PDT #2595 of 3202
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Yeah, that or MSF.
amych - Oct 12, 2016 12:40:20 pm PDT #2596 of 3202
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 3202
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 3202
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.
Laura - Oct 12, 2016 1:23:24 pm PDT #2599 of 3202
Our wings are not tired.
Thank you, P-C.