She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.

Willow ,'Help'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2020: Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Year  

Take stock, reflect, butch, moan, vent. We are all here for it.


EpicTangent - Dec 24, 2020 3:12:24 pm PST #60 of 127
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Just a driveby post.

We received a digital Christmas card from a vendor in India who wished us "Season's Greetings. Here's to a cheerful holiday and a fresh 2021." I don't know why I find that so charming but I do. Maybe the mental picture of a landscape just washed by rain, with everything all clean and full of possibilities. So I wish all of us a Fresh 2021!


Dana - Dec 24, 2020 7:34:18 pm PST #61 of 127
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I'm glad I got to spend a week in the LA area in February, first for a family wedding, then a couple days in Disneyland, and then a con. It was a great trip, and given those three events, I'm incredibly glad that no one was sick or got sick.

The rest of the year, yeah. The other great thing to happen was getting hired full-time by the place I'd been contracting with. It's a great relief to have benefits again, a few months before COBRA ran out. My coworkers are sensible people, my manager is great, and they haven't had a tech writer on the team before, so there's a lot of stuff I can contribute quickly, and there's a lot of variety.

My family has escaped any serious illness. I miss singing in a choir and eating in restaurants. I miss seeing my friends and the places we usually go. Husband has a covid risk factor, so I'm hoping that that he at least will get the vaccine soon. Same for our parents.

May next year be better.


Dana - Dec 24, 2020 7:39:59 pm PST #62 of 127
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Oh, and naturally I forgot the other sort of big thing but not really big? Over the course of about a month, I figured out that I was bisexual and came out to my husband and friends. Still married, no plans to change that, and no plans to tell my family, just because of privacy. Weird to have that kind of revelation which means nothing but also means a lot? Mostly it's meant more thirsting over women with my pan friend.


Steph L. - Dec 24, 2020 7:41:01 pm PST #63 of 127
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Dana, thanks for sharing that with us!


Beverly - Dec 24, 2020 8:05:56 pm PST #64 of 127
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Congrats on the self-revelation, Dana. Sometimes coming out to one's self is the hardest to deal with. Once that's done, the rest is pretty navigable.


Vortex - Dec 24, 2020 8:11:30 pm PST #65 of 127
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Congrats Dana!


-t - Dec 24, 2020 9:14:10 pm PST #66 of 127
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

As Captain Holt said, every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place.

Nifty of you to keep learning who you are, Dana!


DavidS - Dec 25, 2020 12:04:18 am PST #67 of 127
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

As Captain Holt said, every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place.

Concur! Thanks for sharing that with us, Dana.


amych - Dec 25, 2020 5:36:26 am PST #68 of 127
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Congrats Dana! And thank you for sharing your new knowledge with us! And you can ALWAYS find people to thirst with here.


JenP - Dec 25, 2020 7:21:58 am PST #69 of 127

Captain Holt speaks for me. Thank you for sharing here.