I can't pull myself up out of despair.
I'm in that pit with you.
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Glamcookie - Nov 14, 2016 9:05:59 am PST #2113 of 30002
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
Tom Scola - Nov 14, 2016 9:10:07 am PST #2114 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I went to bed at 7:30 last night, and slept, in fits, until 6:30 this morning. I feel marginally better today.
Zenkitty - Nov 14, 2016 9:12:23 am PST #2115 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
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.
javachik - Nov 14, 2016 9:18:02 am PST #2116 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
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.
Atropa - Nov 14, 2016 9:22:06 am PST #2117 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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
sj - Nov 14, 2016 9:42:12 am PST #2118 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm so sorry that so many of you are dealing with trolls. I still think the internet has more upside than downside, but it can be so hard to figure out how to avoid the bad. Also, I love this place, in case I hadn't said it recently.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2016 9:45:59 am PST #2119 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Those attitudes are all over Pantsuit Nation and it doesn't feel like a welcoming, supportive place at all for me anymore. I'm done.
That is so disappointing!
As I've said elsewhere (I think just elsewhere) I'm watching the Million Woman March/Women's March on Washington stuff like a car crash at this point, but I'm otherwise trying to stay out of it.
sj - Nov 14, 2016 9:49:59 am PST #2120 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Fuck Cancer! Gwen Ifill of PBS News passed away today. [link] I had no idea she was ill.
amyth - Nov 14, 2016 9:53:22 am PST #2121 of 30002
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Calli, I would love to, thank you! I can bring booze and dessert.
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.
Nanita, I feel the same way. I also can't keep up with the sheer volume. I'm crazy busy at work, and I feel like my second job, always, is getting a full night's sleep every night because of my epilepsy. And I have to do whatever I need to do in order to make sure that happens. Which makes my life a little smaller, but I can't afford to have a seizure and have to give up driving for six months, risk injury, etc. So I only keep up to a certain extent, anyway, and even that is starting to feel toxic. But then I swing back to feeling like the knowledge and the connections are necessary. Can't decide!
Glam, that sucks. I have seen this happen all over the place, and it never ceases to disappoint and enrage.
Gwen Ifill, really? Damnit.
msbelle - Nov 14, 2016 10:01:23 am PST #2122 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
No one in my office knew who Gwen Ifill was. One said he did not know PBS had news on it.
So, a teaching moment for me. I am sure in one ear and out the other, but I will keep at it. My opportunity to "reach out" to Trump voters everyday.