It is a most beautiful day when I see Nilly posting! Oh, the frustration of trying to have more hours in the day to pay adequate attention to both family and work! I remember well feeling like a completely inadequate failure with both for lack of attention. Sending healing thoughts for your husband and an abundance of love to you and yours.
I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Laura - Sep 14, 2021 4:42:51 am PDT #9225 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 14, 2021 5:01:27 am PDT #9226 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
It is so lovely to see you Nilly, and also to have had this annual tradition for so long.
I am trying to give everyone room this year because of our collective global trauma. I am sure you are doing the best you can for your family and your students and they know it and appreciate it
Unrelatedly, after I talked about being fandom adjacent, I spent several hours reading Harry/Draco fanfic.
JenP - Sep 14, 2021 6:10:21 am PDT #9227 of 30000
Wonderful to see you, Nilly! Give yourself the latitude you give to everyone else in your life... it is not easy trying to cram 40 hours into a 24-hour day for your students, family, loved ones, and friends.
Love to see these words from you every year.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2021 7:13:11 am PDT #9228 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
(Honestly, I can barely figure out how anyone truly interacts on Tumblr beyond just reblogging each other's posts. Sometimes I miss LJ...)
I feel this SO HARD.
NILLY!!!
Tom Scola - Sep 14, 2021 7:55:14 am PDT #9229 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
They switched up my Mom's meds, and she's MUCH more lucid now, and doing way better overall. She's supposed to be getting out of the hospital and going into rehab today.
Theodosia - Sep 14, 2021 8:19:37 am PDT #9230 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 am prepared to fight anyone who declares there's a threshold level for Fandom. Yeah, there are some superfans out there and more power to them, especially when they write superb fic, make great art or put on conventions. But you don't have to do any of that, even actively, to classify yourself.
shakes little fist
Good to hear some good Mom news!
Laura - Sep 14, 2021 8:24:40 am PDT #9231 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
That is good to hear, Tom.
Steph L. - Sep 14, 2021 8:33:24 am PDT #9232 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Tom, that's great news about your mom!
I am prepared to fight anyone who declares there's a threshold level for Fandom. Yeah, there are some superfans out there and more power to them, especially when they write superb fic, make great art or put on conventions. But you don't have to do any of that, even actively, to classify yourself.
This is what I was thinking. If someone asked me "what's your fandom?" I would interpret that as asking "What do you enjoy watching/reading/playing?"
dcp - Sep 14, 2021 9:32:54 am PDT #9233 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
My arm is showing some of the same colors as my peppers: [link]
meara - Sep 14, 2021 9:34:01 am PDT #9234 of 30000
It is so lovely to see you Nilly!!!