Hello to all the lurkers (Betsy! Haven’t seen you forever, hope you are doing well!) and sorry I had to drop off. I’m glad she was able to hear and feel some of the love.
What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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.
meara - Aug 20, 2023 6:07:27 pm PDT #24198 of 30000
Susan W. - Aug 20, 2023 6:54:20 pm PDT #24199 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Just to share a small personal celebration: I just crossed the 10,000 word mark on a work of original fiction for the first time since November 2016.
Laura - Aug 20, 2023 6:59:52 pm PDT #24200 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Well done, Susan!
Love seeing the lurkers! You are my family and you have been missed.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 20, 2023 7:01:36 pm PDT #24201 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I'm so sorry I missed the zoom call, but I'm happy to know the love of the buffistas is still strong and beautiful.
My heroes.
Cass - Aug 20, 2023 7:40:23 pm PDT #24202 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Today was a wonderful gathering of all of our love, and I'm of course also reminded of a similar gathering we had with amyth. I don't think our culture has a convenient word for these gatherings (yet?) but this has become one of my most precious rituals. All the outpouring of love and memory and grief-mixed-with-sweetness and so, so much support in all directions that's always the best part of a really solid funeral (no offense to the priests and rabbis and prescribed words and whatnot) -- but while the person is there to witness and receive it.
This is so much more meaningful, to me.
Laura - Aug 21, 2023 5:12:16 am PDT #24203 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I hope the left casters are high and dry. Looks like Hilary was a sloppy mess. My coast is looking at Gert, Emily, Franklin, and a couple of unnamed tropical storms. The Atlantic storms are still being pushed away from the coast by the strong El Niño, so far so good.
A morning here feeling all the feels after spending time with Jacqueline and family, and so many of my Buffista family. Love to you all.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2023 6:59:59 am PDT #24204 of 30000
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
Thanks beekaytee for hosting and thanks everyone for coming together in support of JZ and family. That was lovely and sad and life-affirming all at once.
JenP - Aug 21, 2023 7:52:51 am PDT #24205 of 30000
Everything you have all said, yes. So grateful for the gathering yesterday, and this community, and for JZ. And the whole Zmayhem family.
Calli - Aug 21, 2023 12:28:07 pm PDT #24206 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thank you for sharing that poem, Windsparrow!
And congratulations, Susan!
Sue - Aug 21, 2023 1:17:13 pm PDT #24207 of 30000
hip deep in pie
That was lovely and sad and life-affirming all at once.
It really was. My heart has been so full ever since, thinking of JZ and David. And all of you.