Shir, thinking about you and Nilly always. It's all just so awful.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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.
P.M. Marc - Nov 06, 2023 11:04:11 pm PST #26639 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
JenP - Nov 07, 2023 4:48:08 am PST #26640 of 30000
I'm making a conscious effort to connect and reconnect with people. Maybe a little sense of urgency, I guess.
That makes total sense.
Nilly and Shir, you and yours are constantly on my mind and always in my heart.
Election Day today is giving me dread for the next one. I did not miss that feeling at all.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 6:37:41 am PST #26641 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Election Day today is giving me dread for the next one.
I'm too stressed about Ohio's Issue 1 (the abortion issue) to even think about next year yet. (It does look likely that Issue 1 will pass, but it's not a sure thing.)
And then the other statewide issue would legalize recreational weed, so we might have legal abortions and legal weed.
Tom Scola - Nov 07, 2023 6:42:51 am PST #26642 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Remember to vote no on Issue 22, Steph.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 6:49:34 am PST #26643 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Remember to vote no on Issue 22, Steph.
Issue 22 is so much goddamn bullshit. It would be even if the buyer weren't Norfolk-Southern, but they just make it all so much worse. I'm definitely voting no.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 6:50:09 am PST #26644 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
So, legal abortions, legal weed, save our railroad.
Laura - Nov 07, 2023 7:20:58 am PST #26645 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I'll put off watching election results until later. It is annoying that there is such a built-in advantage for the Yes votes. We don't have any election here today at all. I've checked as recently as yesterday because it seemed odd, but no emails, no signs, nothing in the newspaper, so nothing until the primary.
Seems like there are a number of interesting races, and Ohio is right up there.
In more awesome news, going to see my loving SIL later and getting my finger and toe nails fixed after a long summer of neglect. They are in a sad state.
Calli - Nov 07, 2023 7:25:18 am PST #26646 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
So, legal abortions, legal weed, save our railroad.
A solid platform. I'd vote for it.
{{{Karl}}}
I usually have a couple of people over for Thanksgiving dinner. There's a part of me that's not feeling it this year, but I don't want to let them down. I'm doing NaClYoHo again, so the apartment will be clean regardless. And I do like cooking and eating in good company, which they are. I suspect I'm going into hermit mode again, which isn't healthy over the long term, so I should just send out the invitations and commit.
msbelle - Nov 07, 2023 7:39:11 am PST #26647 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
(((Karl)))
My new job starts 11/27. BS continues at current job, but at least now I can at least focus on wrapping things up.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2023 7:49:39 am PST #26648 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I'm making a conscious effort to connect and reconnect with people.
I'm glad to hear that, because I know connection is your lifeblood. And I don't mean passive connection, like "Oh, I know this person," but connection as a consciously chosen action has always seemed like such a foundational part of who you are.