I just remembered that I tweeted to Colin that night, because I forgot to put his number in my phone.
I'm sorry.
It's also shitty writing. Why is it written in second person? Gross.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Allyson - Oct 17, 2016 3:40:16 pm PDT #2633 of 3156
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Dana - Oct 17, 2016 3:42:17 pm PDT #2634 of 3156
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I guess you all have more finely tuned bullshit detectors than I do, because that doesn't set off mine.
Allyson - Oct 17, 2016 3:50:53 pm PDT #2635 of 3156
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Use of the 2nd person, he's depersonalized it. This is what other people may be feeling, he guesses.
msbelle - Oct 17, 2016 3:57:50 pm PDT #2636 of 3156
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think for me it is the set up.
hey everyone are you paying attn - I'm going to write something now.
then the thing itself - It both states I I I, while seemingly minimizing him, but it is only seemingly - it is still all self.
then that it was on twitter which I guess is his main social media outlet, but seems an odd choice given that I think the fewest of those of us who knew her are there. it reads as not really about her, but about the piece, to get a reaction for an audience.
and this was written this year on her birthday, so a year later.
Burrell - Oct 17, 2016 4:19:55 pm PDT #2637 of 3156
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I agree, it feels like a performance
It is terrible that really I just want to be done thinking about him? For now anyway
Amy - Oct 17, 2016 4:23:19 pm PDT #2638 of 3156
Because books.
I feel the same way, Burrell. I keep loving that we're all here together, and the board is so active, and then I remember why we're here and it pisses me off.
askye - Oct 17, 2016 4:36:09 pm PDT #2639 of 3156
Thrive to spite them
It's a weird sympathy ploy self promotion thing...like a teaser for his story more than remembering ita. At least that's how I feel.
And I also feel happy to see people but sorry it's under these circumstances.
erikaj - Oct 17, 2016 5:03:33 pm PDT #2640 of 3156
Always Anti-fascist!
This whole incident, ironically, makes me appreciate ita's abilities, and the fact that sometimes? She kind of smacked me back about sloppy thinking or whatever, but she did it without making me feel small. I know, to this day, that I come from the gut more than ita, but she left a powerful example. I think it's okay that he wrote about her, but right this second I wish he'd keep her name out of his mouth.
Steph L. - Oct 17, 2016 5:11:30 pm PDT #2641 of 3156
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I guess you all have more finely tuned bullshit detectors than I do, because that doesn't set off mine.
Nor mine. But everybody's different. Still doesn't change the overall impact.
quester - Oct 17, 2016 5:12:23 pm PDT #2642 of 3156
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
ita thought he was a tool.
This says everything to me.