Callaluna, so happy for you! That's excellent news!

living on a boat

Oh, cool.

Yay for fun times with New Boy, Amy!

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Glam, fuck, you'd think that would be a place where you'd be understood and welcomed. That's disappointing. But please don't think it's all over, it's not over. We're all still here and we love you, never mind them - it's not your job to change their minds.

I'm trying hard to focus on work and not think about the world. I just get angry and anxious and overwhelmed, and then I can't be present in my own life. I can and will confront hatred whenever I encounter it, but I'm not emotionally suited to being a loud and continually engaging activist. I can donate money and lend my voice to those who are, but at least at this point on my life, I can't march and argue and engage with strife and hatred on a daily basis.

Everything is exhausting and depressing.

I did just have Indian food for lunch, at a cafe about 3 minutes away. I will be visiting there often.

Congratulations, Callaluna! Much new life~ma to you.

Amyth, I also have no Thanksgiving dinner plans, and I'm super convenient. Would you like to join me? I was planning on cornish hen(s), stuffing, asparagus, gravy, and maybe trying this cranberry curd tart recipe that's been in my notes for months.

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Glam, I haven't been on FB much, and, hence, in the Pantsuit nation group, since the election. I'm sorry they're being such blindly privileged jerks about your obviously legit concerns.

I can't pull myself up out of despair.

Glam, I am sorry. I left all of the Hillary FB groups except the very first one I ever joined. They were driving me nuts.

I know we post here, and we all have uses for Twitter and FB to varying degrees but I can't help that all the social media isn't...a good thing. And there's no going back. It's all become overwhelmingly depressing and upsetting to me. No one gives anyone the benefit of the doubt, or pays attention to nuance, or displays a generosity of spirit. It's just about tearing eachother down and having the pithiest soundbite go viral.

I think it's terrible for America and it culminated in this election. I still may deactivate my accounts because they are an addiction for me in so much as I cannot STOP RAGING AGAINST THE MACHINE.

I can't pull myself up out of despair.

I'm in that pit with you.

I went to bed at 7:30 last night, and slept, in fits, until 6:30 this morning. I feel marginally better today.

I still may deactivate my accounts because they are an addiction for me in so much as I cannot STOP RAGING AGAINST THE MACHINE.

I don't WANT to deactivate my accounts, I feel like I know more about what's really goin gon through FB and Twitter than the news, but even so, I'm like you, Nanita, it's almost addicting and it does not make me feel better.

I'm struggling not to slip back into the pit of despair I was in most of the year. I feel like Trump and his deplorable base has robbed me of my spirit.

I feel like I know more about what's really going on through FB and Twitter than the news,

This, and the connection I have with a few key people, is why I haven't yet. But I also don't know if keeping up with the news this way is helpful for me, either.

The latest thing I shared on FB (these awesome buttons) has brought out the annoying commentators. I'm trying to decide if I have the energy to engage.

hugs everyone here