I've thought of you often while hearing about your country's shitshow, Shir.(Say that three times fast.) My heart is with the people trying to prevent autocracy.
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
erikaj - Jul 25, 2023 2:00:16 pm PDT #23285 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
brenda m - Jul 25, 2023 2:04:15 pm PDT #23286 of 30000
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
Shir! I’m glad to see you but do sorry for all that you’ve been going through. It’s sometimes hard to fathom how things got this bad this fast. Here too, of course, where we are working on our own version of terrible.
JenP - Jul 25, 2023 2:06:33 pm PDT #23287 of 30000
So good of you to check in, Shir, and yes, I've been thinking about you and Nilly a lot, a lot.
Laura - Jul 25, 2023 2:10:43 pm PDT #23288 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
And just to put things in perspective, for now climate catastrophe still scares me more than the shitshow we're having here.
I do understand that perspective! Thank you for the update, Shir. I think of you and worry for you and your neighbors so often.
erikaj - Jul 25, 2023 2:37:08 pm PDT #23289 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, I'm upset about climate too.
-t - Jul 25, 2023 3:01:55 pm PDT #23290 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Perhaps a new thread - Pike's Bitches?
Bwahahaha. Thread proliferation!
Enjoy flopping in your fancy upgraded room while you can, brenda!
It's good to hear from you, Shir, I was just wondering how you were doing. I hope Australia is good for your sister and that all the protesting pays off with eventual increased sanity and that you enjoy Barbie
Calli - Jul 25, 2023 3:46:04 pm PDT #23291 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It’s good to see your pixels, Shir. I hope your sister’s move to Melbourne works out well for all concerned and that your new apartment is nice. I’m sorry that your government is experiencing, um, difficulties. It’s great that you’re protesting, and have plenty of company in doing so, although the water cannons sound scary.
I’m in Denver for a conference. It is nice to bake instead of steam for a while. The conference has three 90 minute keynote speeches—one for each day. Unless Tom Hiddleston is giving them, I expect that’s 270 minutes I’ll spend fantasizing about Tom Hiddleston giving them. Or Hiddles doing almost anything else. Seriously—what can conference organizers talk about for that long? They’d better have the world’s most comfortable chairs.
amych - Jul 25, 2023 4:21:21 pm PDT #23292 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Shir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, friend, how much I've been thinking of you through all of this mishegas!! I go back and forth from day to day on whether we're still a democracy either, but in any case I heartily endorse getting your living space the way it finally makes you able to relax, and going to see Barbie with good friends.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2023 6:53:19 pm PDT #23293 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey Shir - that is a lot. That sounds scary and exhausting.
Also...Trigger Warning on Barbie: It has a coup attempt and a Constitutional Crisis in it.
Consuela - Jul 25, 2023 9:21:45 pm PDT #23294 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Shir, many good thoughts for you and all your fellow protestors.
I am on tenterhooks: my niece is in labor and we're all just waiting for news.