Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair. Buffy: Just how I remember it.

'The Killer In Me'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2023 Skiddoo

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


Jessica - Dec 07, 2023 7:33:05 am PST #4 of 77
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

This year can fuck right off and die.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 07, 2023 7:53:10 am PST #5 of 77
"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

Time for you to blow, 2023! We'll be out on parole soon!


erikaj - Dec 07, 2023 9:48:50 am PST #6 of 77
Always Anti-fascist!

After a great deal of struggle in the beginning, for me, personally, it settled into what feels like my thousandth "rebuilding year" in a row...if I were a team they'd make me move by now. But I did handle some stuff. I wrote 150,000 words this year, cleaned out my bookshelves, and got through a whole year without a financial foul-up(After previously deciding that about one a year was probably inevitable.) So, at least there was some actual rebuilding. The whole 'seeking rejection" thing was a mixed bag. Don't know how anybody learns anything from the computer-generated happy-talk that I usually get back from these things...if you love me and my work so much, say yes once in a while! But they no longer feel like an assault upon my person so I guess that helped,


Laura - Dec 07, 2023 10:17:31 am PST #7 of 77
Our wings are not tired.

I'd say handling stuff, writing bunches, and not having any disasters would count as a good year. Well done!


erikaj - Dec 07, 2023 10:28:50 am PST #8 of 77
Always Anti-fascist!

One time, I want to know what a great one feels like, though. Although, for a lot of reasons, it's okay it's not this one.


Calli - Dec 07, 2023 6:05:18 pm PST #9 of 77
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I wrote 150,000 words this year
Wow, erikaj, that’s amazing!


erikaj - Dec 08, 2023 10:03:07 am PST #10 of 77
Always Anti-fascist!

Strangely enough, keeping count was one of the hardest things, so maybe I was actually slightly short. But I am giving it to myself anyway because there are that few times that I set a goal and kept it, as a grown person.(Kind of wishing the feelings that powered my pen/keyboard weren't quite so heavy, but maybe it helped me manage. Still, it wouldn't hurt to have a few thoughts on joy next year.)


smonster - Dec 08, 2023 3:20:01 pm PST #11 of 77
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

erika, that is super impressive.

I'm not even sure I have the words for this year.

Right there with you. And I’m not exactly looking forward to the holidays for a number of reasons.


erikaj - Dec 08, 2023 4:13:53 pm PST #12 of 77
Always Anti-fascist!

Thanks. Was prepared to have it be a worthy goal that I didn't quite reach, so it was good, either way.


Consuela - Dec 18, 2023 12:42:31 pm PST #13 of 77
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

This year wasn't so bad except that work is A LOT, and my dog died on Saturday night.

So from my current perspective, it kinda sucks.