she was just like, it is a T, that is how you say a T how could it be more correct or less weird to pronounce it as another letter.
Yes, she was so fucking specific about her name. I think I dreaded being called out if I capitalized it to begin a sentence. No one more relentless!
It's really nice to read her impact elsewhere. I fear her being forgotten, or her pain not being worth it in some way. I think about talking recently about migraine cures being a year away: that gave her no comfort, it was too long. It was.
I can't make it real or unreal. It is frustratingly liminal.
But at least unlike something that happens to someone else there is a way to keep engaging with other people feeling the same way. In lieu of having a purpose I keep refreshing here and FB, it is a distraction from the terrible knowledge that this is so unjust.
I can't bear the thought of losing one's child after a decade of increasing pain.
Oh yes, what amych said. We are meeting at Fullsteam in Durham. I can't remember if you live close to Durham these days, but we'd love to have you join us.
Raq, you made me laugh on a day when laughing is pretty spare. Her links. God. It was her terrible links that made me hover and check before clicking.
Skipping to the end to put the link to the beginning of sad discussion in the Natter thread (people may arrive here later, and may want to follow the whole of the discussion): Kristen "Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter" Jan 12, 2015 11:54:05 pm PST
I wish I still lived in Durham! I'll be raising a glass with you all in spirit.
Yes bonbon! Specific. She was so specific in almost everything. The type of silver earring she liked, her breakfast cereal, haircut.
I can't make it real or unreal. It is frustratingly liminal.
Yeah, this.
I'm going to be in LA for NAMM in a week and a half or so, so if there's anything I can do during my short stay, I am also available.
She would always send me links to new styles of silver ankhs she had ran across, and then remind me that I should just get one as a tattoo.
Thank you, Allyson, for posting about what happened. Much love to you, Kristen, Polgara, and Burrell.
I'm glad I got to meet her in person at the LA F2F at the Safari Inn. I always looked forward to reading her posts. She was so ferociously intelligent, and fierce about what she said, did, opined.
An everlasting regret will be that I never got to meet her in person. She was so dynamic and larger-than-life, however, I kinda always felt as if I had.
