Omg, not being able to drive for four months when I broke my ankle was the WORST—and I live in an area with walkable stuff and plenty of public transit and plentiful Ubers. I totally get it amyth!
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'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.
meara - Jan 08, 2020 2:57:22 pm PST #15376 of 30019
EpicTangent - Jan 08, 2020 3:01:51 pm PST #15377 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I can't even imagine, amyth! (Because I live in the burbs and not driving = not going much of anywhere). I can only imagine how amazing it must be to back behind the wheel (literally & figuratively)!
Thanks, David, for pointing out what a positive pattern today has. Yay for good newses!
sj - Jan 08, 2020 6:45:23 pm PST #15378 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I can remember how truly giddy I was the first time I could drive again after my csection and to be able to go to the market by myself. I'm glad you're able to drive today amyth.
amych - Jan 08, 2020 6:59:12 pm PST #15379 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Blasting the Violent Femmes is optional
The hell it is.
DavidS - Jan 08, 2020 7:44:04 pm PST #15380 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The hell it is.
It is required! I've F2F proof of such.
NoiseDesign - Jan 08, 2020 8:59:03 pm PST #15381 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
I didn't want to talk about this over on FB, but I needed to put it out there, and this seems apt since many of you were actually there for this.
I'm in Madison, WI for a few days for a theatre conference and as I landed here it hit me that the last time I was in Madison it was for the F2F. For those of you who where there you might remember that it was partway through that night that I got the call that my Dad was sick and I should probably head home just in case. A month later he was gone.
It's was also my mom's birthday today.
I'm just sad. I'm not even 50 yet and they are both gone, and I miss them. I don't know what I'm feeling beyond that. Adulting right now is exhausting me, and sometimes I just have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that they are both gone and that at this point it's been years since they died, in the case of my Dad more than a decade.
Sorry to bring it all down with this, I just needed to get this out of my head. Thank you all.
P.M. Marc - Jan 08, 2020 10:31:32 pm PST #15382 of 30019
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm sorry. That combination of location and timing really sucks.
Theodosia - Jan 09, 2020 12:41:50 am PST #15383 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It's an anniversary worth honoring, ND. I'm creeping up on the tenth anniversary of my Mom's death in two years, so I feel you.
Shir - Jan 09, 2020 2:22:23 am PST #15384 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
My folks are still alive, but if there's anything I know about grief is that it's anything but simple, easy, or linear. It takes its space and time, often uninvited.
~ma to you, and to your memories of them.
billytea - Jan 09, 2020 2:57:55 am PST #15385 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I"m sorry, ND. It's tough, especially with other stresses in your life.