Friends, if anyone needs a getaway we have an empty bedroom between now and May, Cape Cod is lovely if cold in winter, and Massachusetts has a lesbian governor.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
flea - Jan 29, 2025 4:42:12 am PST #4940 of 5005
information libertarian
brenda m - Jan 29, 2025 6:06:51 am PST #4941 of 5005
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
Nutria are all over Louisiana. That’s basically the extent of my knowledge.
I got bangs! I was super bored with my hair and decided to take the plunge for the first time in I don’t know, ever? My Facebook break is lingering so no link but maybe I’ll make a special drop by.
Steph L. - Jan 29, 2025 6:11:57 am PST #4942 of 5005
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I am so not in a good headspace right now.
Same. I didn't sleep very much Monday night, and while I did get a full night's sleep last night, it was full of nightmares.
lisah - Jan 29, 2025 6:15:54 am PST #4943 of 5005
Punishingly Intricate
I did sleep ok last night but had a dream that the house was burning down. lol brain. Way to be super subtle.
brenda m - Jan 29, 2025 6:30:06 am PST #4944 of 5005
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
Same. I haven’t been sleeping well at all. And some really effed up dreams.
I’m remembering suddenly that my mom had a colleague years ago who was doing a study on masochistic dreaming in divorced men. The theory being that it was one of the brain’s mechanisms for processing pain when the conscious brain was resistant to doing so. (Masochistic meaning “bad things happen to you” in this context.)
Really don’t think that’s our issue though. More like the system is flooded.
JenP - Jan 29, 2025 6:40:44 am PST #4945 of 5005
I had a dream I fell for a cute and sweet... uh, terrorist, basically? Revolutionary would be kinder. I knew it couldn't actually be a lasting thing, but I snogged him anyway. I felt somewhat ambivalent about it, at least. He gave me blue and pink recycled gum in a container that looked like a mini egg carton, too, so there's that.
Steph L. - Jan 29, 2025 6:41:25 am PST #4946 of 5005
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I think the universe heard me, because after I posted here, I checked Facebook, and saw a post that this Sunday, several organizations in my neighborhood are having an appropriately named Anti-Despair Resource Fair. Various organizations (mutual aid, reproductive justice, food access, disaster resilience, etc) will be there with ways to get involved. I definitely need this.
I'm also giggling because the post included: "Raffle! All prizes rad!" I can't pass up a chance to win rad prizes, can I?
JenP - Jan 29, 2025 6:53:46 am PST #4947 of 5005
Clearly, you cannot.
Steph L. - Jan 29, 2025 7:14:10 am PST #4948 of 5005
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I need rad prizes. At least *a* rad prize.
meara - Jan 29, 2025 10:58:32 am PST #4949 of 5005
Anti-despair fair seems like an excellent plan. I am absolutely remembering some books about 1930s Germany right now and wondering…