I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.

Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


brenda m - Feb 25, 2024 11:38:40 am PST #28862 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

Oh Pix. I really hope he gets it together and you can move things forward as quickly as possible.

I’m the only one of my siblings with clear memories of all four grandparents. The grandparent who lived longest was the one we were least close to and she’s the only one my sister can remember.

One of the weirdest things about getting to know my older, half sisters is the realization that they actually grew up very close to my grandparents on my dad’s side, as well as all of the other extended relations that we barely knew.

None of my grandparents and neither of my parents ever went the dementia road and I’m so glad for that. When my mom was struggling with the brain tumors, we occasionally got the tiniest taste of what that might be like. And it still makes my chest tight to think about. I’m so deeply sorrowful for what some of you are going through or have had to deal with in your loved ones. All I can say is I’m glad that this community is here for you as it was for me.


Pix - Feb 25, 2024 6:53:25 pm PST #28863 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

J. is out of his mind. ND called him today to explain why he can't just stay in the condo and that we need to sell it, and J lost it and said he's going to be homeless and his sister is telling him he should be a squatter. I sent him an email clearly laying out that he needs to be out by March 15 or I will have to call the police and I really don't want to do that. I reminded him I gave him money, so he can buy a car (he wanted ND to help him buy a van to live in, which ND doesn't have the spoons to do -- I told him about Carmax), and he can also go to other parts of Florida that aren't as expensive and have nursing shortages. I told him Dad would want better for him, that this doesn't have to be the utter fiasco he's making it, that he has options and that things will get better.

I am so upset. He's so unstable that I worry about him. But I also have nothing left to give him, financially or emotionally. I also reached to to a lawyer about Florida's ejectment law if it comes to that. Please don't let it come to that.


P.M. Marc - Feb 25, 2024 6:56:04 pm PST #28864 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

Hoping for you that it doesn't come to that, Pix.


Kate P. - Feb 25, 2024 8:36:48 pm PST #28865 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Pix, holy shit. You gave him TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS and he is still asking for more from you?? Good god. I do truly feel for him, but you have gone *well* beyond anything he could have reasonably expected from you. I really hope he gets his act together soon and moves on, for his sake and for yours.


Pix - Feb 25, 2024 9:17:09 pm PST #28866 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

He is not well. It's hard to see and also incredibly upsetting and stressful to deal with. ND is pretty sure he was drunk when he talked to him today.


NoiseDesign - Feb 26, 2024 12:20:57 am PST #28867 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

He definitely did not seem in his right mind when I spoke to him.


lisah - Feb 26, 2024 6:23:16 am PST #28868 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Pix and ND I’m so sorry you’re having to deal with this. What a nightmare.


JenP - Feb 26, 2024 6:29:32 am PST #28869 of 30000

Good grief, Pix and ND. I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this on top of everything else. Unreal.


Jessica - Feb 26, 2024 6:59:44 am PST #28870 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Ugh Pix & ND - you have already gone above and beyond with this. Any way to make J a lawyer's problem instead of yours so at least you don't have to deal with him personally?

On a lighter note. My org has recently updated "Women in Tech" to "Women Transfemme & Nonbinary" which means I am now getting emails inviting me to "WTFNB" events, which I am unable to see as anything other than What The Fuck, Non-Binary.


meara - Feb 26, 2024 7:52:23 am PST #28871 of 30000

Fully support going to work What the Fuck events.

Also good grief, Pix and ND. You’ve gone above and beyond and don’t deserve to deal with this. I hope he comes to his senses and realizes you’ve been generous already. Geez.