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Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
'Beneath You'
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.
Volans - Jan 13, 2015 9:51:42 am PST #41 of 3153
move out and draw fire
DavidS - Jan 13, 2015 9:53:19 am PST #42 of 3153
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Here she is with her spicy brains from the Ghost in the Shell discussion:
I'm keying on this, because one of the things we have in common is that we default to ourselves. I'm not saying there aren't a lot of people who subscribe to the American/Western ideals who aren't American or white or blonde or muscular/skinny as represented, but most often, prevailing local culture sways storytelling, and I think that's increasingly prevalent as more cultures shake off colonialisation and invasion after-effects (which Japan doesn't have to do).
I'm never going to say not to treat people like individuals who parse their culture(s) through their own experiences, but in absence of anything other than "An X wrote this", I think it's polite to assume until proven otherwise that X was talking about themselves. Because we're narrow like that.
(I still think the American Gods "he never mentioned race unless people were white" reasoning is a specious argument, because black people mention race all the time. It's a big deal in the West. That's the post-diasporic culture, which differs from many African countries.)
le nubian - Jan 13, 2015 9:53:53 am PST #43 of 3153
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Raq!
love it.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 13, 2015 9:53:58 am PST #44 of 3153
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I won't know what to not click on.
Ahahahahahaha.
Allyson - Jan 13, 2015 9:54:15 am PST #45 of 3153
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
The last time we really, really talked was at the holidays. She was having a hard time and asked if she could come stay with us.
The last time we shared 400sq ft. This time, I could offer a guest room and Kristen said she'd call to get a direct tv hookup in there. She said we were angels, and that was pretty much it.
msbelle - Jan 13, 2015 9:54:53 am PST #46 of 3153
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Omg Raq! Right? I swear it is solely because of ita that I know about 2girls1cup and goatzee and who knows what other horrors. And she loved that, she loved grossing us out and linking up to some completely inappropriate thing.
Sean K - Jan 13, 2015 9:55:26 am PST #47 of 3153
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I won't know what to not click on.
Right???
Polter-Cow - Jan 13, 2015 9:55:38 am PST #48 of 3153
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think secretly I always had half an eye on making ita laugh. Like, it's great to be COMM'ed, but if ita laughed...
Again, I feel like we had a similar relationship with her. We didn't have much personal interaction, really, but I respected and admired her so much, especially for challenging basic assumptions and not just going with the party line.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2015 9:56:20 am PST #49 of 3153
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She said we were angels,
Well, you are.
P.M. Marc - Jan 13, 2015 9:58:08 am PST #50 of 3153
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I loved her awful links.