I'm sitting in a rest stop on the PA turnpike crying. I'm so glad everyone is posting and I hate the reason for it. I still can't believe it. I've been thinking of her while driving, and every once in a while it hits me that she's really gone. I had things to tell her.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Amy - Jan 13, 2015 10:58:08 am PST #82 of 3153
Because books.
Volans - Jan 13, 2015 10:58:46 am PST #83 of 3153
move out and draw fire
I called my DH and told him as soon as I could. And of course my son saw me crying this morning and gave me a big hug and he is a huge Firefly fan so he said "Your friend the moon girl?"
Which is the least ita description ever, and yet also true.
It's like a huge chunk of the Internet just died. If you guys hadn't all clearly heard the same news or experienced it, I would be trying to disbelieve it.
bon bon - Jan 13, 2015 10:59:12 am PST #84 of 3153
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yes bonbon! Specific. She was so specific in almost everything. The type of silver earring she liked, her breakfast cereal, haircut.
It made it hard to have even OATMEAL this morning because of that.
msbelle - Jan 13, 2015 11:01:08 am PST #85 of 3153
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Her search to get everything perfect. Fucking oatmeal, man.
Her lament of almost everything being too sweet.
Lemon bars!
Aims - Jan 13, 2015 11:01:33 am PST #86 of 3153
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Where's the damn like button on these posts?
Steph L. - Jan 13, 2015 11:02:14 am PST #87 of 3153
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I was pouring fizzy SodaStream water for lunch and thought about the lemon stuff she put in hers -- RealLemon?
-t - Jan 13, 2015 11:04:51 am PST #88 of 3153
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had True Lime in my water. The kind without sweetener, of course.
BTW, ita shared an Evernote notebook of recipes with me a while back. I have archived it into a notebook that I can share with any of you that want.
Crap, we'll never know what the best apple is.
Betsy HP - Jan 13, 2015 11:12:19 am PST #89 of 3153
If I only had a brain...
-t, if I could bake something today I would feel much, much better. Do you feel like linking it openly?
Scrappy - Jan 13, 2015 11:13:08 am PST #90 of 3153
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I loved her toughness about assumptions or ideas or anything fuzzy. Made for some of the most spirited, memorable, funny and Buffistas-ish discussions on this Board. She had no fear about stirring things up--but always in a quest-for-answers way. She didn't want trouble, she wanted truth.
Glamcookie - Jan 13, 2015 11:15:32 am PST #91 of 3153
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
The link thing has me laughing. One of a million and one things to miss about ita.
I think LAistas will be needed, if you can, to help ita's family when they get here. They're looking for flights/hotel to come and take care of her, but they will need help sorting ita's belongings and getting around, I would think. The coroner and courthouse are Downtown, and ita's place is West LA, and the traffic between the two is insane. If it's possible, I would like to put together a small contact list of people who can help them if they need to get someplace or navigate bureaucracy.
I wish I could help. We are moving to NC next week. I can check in here and see if there's anything I can do.