Kate P., thank you so much; that anyone else got a kick out of our work was always a source of delight.
Sophia, you had your priorities absolutely in order.
Xander: Hey, Red. What you got in the basket, little girl? Buffy: Weapons.
Xander/Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
amyparker - Nov 01, 2019 9:59:52 am PDT #12966 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 01, 2019 10:27:59 am PDT #12967 of 30019
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I seriously was imagining, once clean, I could have a good solitary life like hers, which I so admired.
OK, now I'm crying.
Shir - Nov 01, 2019 11:27:10 am PDT #12968 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
And now I got to anger and unfairness.
beekaytee - Nov 01, 2019 11:39:29 am PDT #12969 of 30019
Compassionately intolerant
"Another thread pulled out of our fraying weave."
Sometimes, when a thread is pulled, it makes the fabric tighter. Our collective love for ours who have gone on can do that.
Like flea and Katrina Bee, I'll be going down to the river tomorrow to burn something appropriate.
I've been thinking a lot about what I remember of conversations with Connie and the heartache that was her life for so long with health issues, and then loneliness. And, perhaps because I am a solitary crone as well, I can't bring myself to feel bad about the short time she had to enjoy the openness that her life became. I'm just grateful that she got there at all.
Everyone's messages here and on FB have brought a few tears today. There is beauty in that sadness and I'm grateful to be connected to you all.
Laura - Nov 01, 2019 12:08:26 pm PDT #12970 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, beekaytee. I really am comforted in the belief that Connie had found a level of contentment and even happiness with her life after long struggles. That does help.
Sheryl - Nov 01, 2019 12:11:26 pm PDT #12971 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Sorry to hear the news about Connie.
Kalshane - Nov 01, 2019 12:37:54 pm PDT #12972 of 30019
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
So sorry to hear about Connie. I always enjoyed interacting with her and she seemed like an awesome person.
I suddenly remember her talking about the time she scared off a potential burglar by telling them through the door something along the lines of "We're the crazy sword people."
SailAweigh - Nov 01, 2019 12:55:07 pm PDT #12973 of 30019
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Just saw the news about Connie, so I came in to commiserate. She was a larger than life personality on the board. As long as this place lasts, we'll be able to look back and rejoice in her constant presence. This board is as much a memorial for her as anything else.
javachik - Nov 01, 2019 1:39:53 pm PDT #12974 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I'm just so sad about this.
JZ - Nov 01, 2019 1:46:54 pm PDT #12975 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
All Saints Day is today, and All Souls Day tomorrow. It's no Viking ship on fire, but I will inscribe Connie's name on a leaf of the Tree of Life at my parish, and she can join the rustling and murmuring all month long as the wind rises and falls and rattles the windowpanes.