There is a woman in one of my classes who is president of the college's Black Student Association. There was a racist graffiti incident on campus a couple of weeks ago, and she's been in the forefront of the student response. This week she showed up in class with an ita style crewcut (albeit not a blonde crewcut), and it took me a second to realize that it her and not the ghost of ita who'd walked into my class that day.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
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.
DXMachina - May 03, 2019 3:35:52 pm PDT #2995 of 3136
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Pix - May 04, 2019 6:46:28 am PDT #2996 of 3136
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Omnis, aka B.C., passed away two years ago today. I miss him. I want to know what he would have thought of all the movies, the politics, the current events that have happened since he died.
Laura - May 04, 2019 6:54:22 am PDT #2997 of 3136
Our wings are not tired.
I believe it was our visit for your wedding that we met BC. We talked with him for a long time and are so grateful that we spent that short time with him. A very hard loss for the many who loved him.
Zenkitty - May 04, 2019 9:48:09 am PDT #2998 of 3136
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I miss B.C.
Shir - May 04, 2019 10:34:37 am PDT #2999 of 3136
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I think of BC every now and then. And since I can never remember for the first 1-2 seconds that he is now dead, it is always with a smile.
Strix - Jun 15, 2019 4:13:13 am PDT #3000 of 3136
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hey, all, popping in for a moment.
So I am going to Jamaica in September. We will be in Negril; I don't even know if ita's family has a headstone, but if so, I imagine it's close to Kingston maybe, and we're not traveling there.
I wasn't superclose to ita, but I liked and admired her enormously. I plan on taking a space out of an evening to have a quiet moment to honor her.
I don't know if any Buffistas have been to Jamaica since she passed, but if anyone has a candle, an object, or words of their own I can be a voice for, I'm planning on taking time to remember her and I would be honored to carry them when I go.
I'll be thinking of her fondly and wistfully the whole time anyway.
erikaj - Jun 15, 2019 3:24:10 pm PDT #3001 of 3136
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
good for you for going...seem to remember it's been on your list for some time.
EpicTangent - Aug 08, 2019 6:59:27 am PDT #3002 of 3136
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Just went over to Goodreads to mark myself as re-reading Seanan's Every Heart a Doorway. Glancing through the many buffistas who've read it, I see Ginger marked it "To Read". Gutpunch.
DavidS - Aug 08, 2019 7:52:25 am PDT #3003 of 3136
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I see Ginger marked it "To Read". Gutpunch.
Ooof!
Jessica - Aug 18, 2019 6:28:33 pm PDT #3004 of 3136
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Tonight's John Oliver is all about racial and gender bias in medicine.