got huffy that one time I publically called the Daily Dot the Daily Mail of fandom (THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY)
Cackling and mentally sending you emoji smoochies.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Sep 19, 2017 11:43:33 am PDT #16792 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Amy - Sep 19, 2017 11:43:41 am PDT #16793 of 30002
Because books.
Hey, the internets tell me it's Talk Like a Pirate Day! Arrr.
Hil R. - Sep 19, 2017 11:44:23 am PDT #16794 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Sure, but the outer tier of mourners are there for the drama and the future gossip of critiquing the performance. "So-and-so certainly didn't seem that upset." "Oh, I know. I wonder . . . "
I remember my mom getting all flustered about the house being neat when we were sitting shiva.
Connie Neil - Sep 19, 2017 11:48:15 am PDT #16795 of 30002
brillig
::clutches Steely Dan closer to adoring heart::
t clutches with Amy
-t - Sep 19, 2017 11:54:09 am PDT #16796 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
there's a lot of performative grief that is being laid on my sister & nieces by people who barely knew A, and it's so hard on them.
Ugh. Fucking people. I'm so sorry, Consuela. Just grieving is exhausting, having to deal with other people is really too much.
-t - Sep 19, 2017 12:04:52 pm PDT #16797 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I went camping with a bunch of people in college, or maybe just after, and one of them brought a boombox and a cassette of Steely Dan's Greatest Hits and played it over and over saying "This is a good one" as each song started (maybe not every single song, but it seemed like it). I still like Steely Dan.
Maria - Sep 19, 2017 1:06:39 pm PDT #16798 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Maria, you are absolutely right on the burden of dealing with other mourners. Family isn't too bad, but there's a lot of performative grief that is being laid on my sister & nieces by people who barely knew A, and it's so hard on them. I get the impulse, but seriously, do people not understand basic courtesy?
I was so lucky I had a phalanx of Buffistas there who literally formed a ring around me to stop the outer tier from getting to me at the funeral. Everyone should have their own Buffista Legion with shields at the ready when they have to go through things like this.
WindSparrow - Sep 19, 2017 1:37:04 pm PDT #16799 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Consuela, it just sucks. I have nothing more I can say.
Amy - Sep 19, 2017 1:42:25 pm PDT #16800 of 30002
Because books.
Everyone should have their own Buffista Legion with shields at the ready when they have to go through things like this.
Or anything, really. The lurkers were supporting me in email last night when the depression was getting too black for comfort, and it helped so very much.
Connie Neil - Sep 19, 2017 2:03:44 pm PDT #16801 of 30002
brillig
Having a guaranteed albeit invisible Buffista Legion was sometimes the only thing that gave me comfort when Hubby died.