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.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2023 6:59:59 am PDT #24204 of 30000
"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
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.
brenda m - Aug 21, 2023 2:07:06 pm PDT #24208 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
Casting a vote for Axe Murder Avoidance Day!
I’m sorry I had to leave early but so deeply grateful to see and hear everyone (and Andi I’m very glad I got to hear your lovely poem and its perfect final word).
But mostly I’m glad to have seen JZ’s beautiful face one more time. And it was so nice to have Matilda there, and to see her and David’s loving care.
kat - Aug 21, 2023 3:11:03 pm PDT #24209 of 30000
"Either you’re brainwashed or you’re weird." - Barbie
How apt the Natter title is....
We had a Tropical Storm Day off from school. Our house is fine, but things were a mess. The earthquake at 3:40 at the same time really put the cherry on top of a surreal day in August.
Java cat - Aug 21, 2023 3:14:44 pm PDT #24210 of 30000
Not javachik
Betsy! Wow! I was just commenting on Brenda's FB page that so very many of us have original highly preferred Gmail addresses because of you Betsy.
So good to see so many other former-regulars.
My computer completely died maybe 15 minutes into the phone call and I'm so grateful I could get back on with the tablet I rarely use.
Someone said it slightly differently above, but at a really fantastic funeral may learn aspects about a person never known before & thought, gosh I wish I'd known that about them while they were alive.
Sort of same thing? wonderful to express appreciation and love to JZ, David, Matilda.
Theodosia - Aug 21, 2023 4:35:34 pm PDT #24211 of 30000
'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"
I just couldn't bring myself to come to the Zoom. Know that I love you all from afar.
amych - Aug 21, 2023 4:45:50 pm PDT #24212 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It only occurred to me today that I talked about when I first David and JZ, but I didn't talk about when I met Emmett (when we took y'all to a Durham Bulls game) and Matilda (a knitting lesson at the apartment in the Haight, when I was in sore need of getting away from All The People at a tech conference). Editorially, this is totally the right choice, but now I feel urgently like including them in the big love envelope.
sj - Aug 21, 2023 4:46:43 pm PDT #24213 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
vw, wasn’t able to make it to the zoom call, but the girls had a playdate today. So, we did get a chance to talk about it.
In completely other news, it continues to be a joy to see Stitch and ltc play together. They love each other fiercely.