I don't know if Allyson, Burrell, Kristen, Polgara, etc. know.
Allyson knows, and I would presume that means Kristen knows.
Was the new Good-bye and Good Riddance thread opened?
We usually do that in December, don't we?
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
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.
aurelia - Nov 15, 2020 9:31:20 pm PST #29720 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2020 9:42:53 pm PST #29721 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
IIRC, we did something when Jessica and/or Cash were in town, and that Tom stayed with us at one point.
Yes, I defo have a pix of Cash holding her "gun" and Tom and Jessica and Juliana, Beth and Matt and others there.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 15, 2020 10:20:08 pm PST #29722 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My condolences to you, Megan.
Calli - Nov 16, 2020 3:21:53 am PST #29723 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m sorry for your loss, Megan.
Shir - Nov 16, 2020 4:29:56 am PST #29724 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I'm so sorry, Megan.
Fred Pete - Nov 16, 2020 6:06:37 am PST #29725 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
My condolences, Megan.
And hello to all who haven't posted in a while. I only wish the circumstances could be better.
Jessica - Nov 16, 2020 6:21:28 am PST #29726 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I forget sometimes how much I live in my own head...like there are a few of you that I think, "I could have so-and-so call them, we're friends," but then go "Wait, are we really friends, or do I just think we're friends because I think of them so fondly...but then neglect to actually follow up with calls or messages or whatever and they think of me as just some rando that they barely know that they maybe shared a meal with that one time..." So just some Sunday afternoon overthinking things. Whatever, I love you guys.
Oh man oh man I am so glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.
I've been feeling socially paralyzed for, oh, since the beginning of June? I can barely summon the energy to post and respond here, nevermind actual email/text/phone conversations. (My job involves a lot of video conference calls, so after-hours Zoom hangouts are unfortunately really unappealing. too much phone.) I know my mood and energy levels would be better if I were less isolated but I don't know how to get out of this rut.
Maria - Nov 16, 2020 6:47:08 am PST #29727 of 30019
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
Jessica, that’s the same way I’ve been feeling. I’m half-assing everything and on the verge of failing all of it. Thank you for putting into words.
vw bug - Nov 16, 2020 7:57:51 am PST #29728 of 30019
Mostly lurking...
Hi, friends. I've been lurking for a few days because I'm missing this space so much with all that is going on in the world and with our community here. So much heartache this year. My father-in-law died in May, and it just feels like the year just keeps piling on. Sending everyone love.
I've been feeling socially paralyzed for, oh, since the beginning of June? I can barely summon the energy to post and respond here, nevermind actual email/text/phone conversations. (My job involves a lot of video conference calls, so after-hours Zoom hangouts are unfortunately really unappealing. too much phone.) I know my mood and energy levels would be better if I were less isolated but I don't know how to get out of this rut.
Same. Though, I think mine's been since April. Stitch is back in school, and I still just feel so unfocused and exhausted all the time. Then I start down a spiral of "I should be getting more done since she's in school" and "Why didn't that relieve more pressure?" and so on and so on.
brenda m - Nov 16, 2020 7:59:01 am PST #29729 of 30019
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've been feeling socially paralyzed for, oh, since the beginning of June? I can barely summon the energy to post and respond here, nevermind actual email/text/phone conversations. (My job involves a lot of video conference calls, so after-hours Zoom hangouts are unfortunately really unappealing. too much phone.) I know my mood and energy levels would be better if I were less isolated but I don't know how to get out of this rut.
Yes, so much this.
Megan, SusanW, David, everyone, I'm so sorry. Someone said upthread that there was a weird relief that DX wasn't, presumably, taken by Covid. And it's true. I'm glad if nothing else he was spared that.
But on the other hand this year it seems like even w/o that so very many people are in medical crisis. My dad's been hospitalized twice. My best friend who was hit by a drunk driver. My "uncle" who had an aneurysm at the base of his brain stem - they say it's a miracle he survived surgery but he may never leave the hospital or be fully coherent. My old uni friend who survived open heart surgery but was killed by blood clots a week later. It's just so many and so much. And I'm far from alone in all this, just seeing the thread above. I am, for the nonce, fortunate enough to be relatively "untouched" by COVID. And still the hits keep coming. I want to wrap us all in a bubblewrap den and hibernate through the next year or two.