Fuck. Tonight I will grieve and rage. Tomorrow I will pull my socks up and go about my business as she would, I think, want me to. But fuck.
I will miss you, Ginger.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
River ,'Ariel'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
Pix - Dec 07, 2015 7:01:32 pm PST #10831 of 30003
The status is NOT quo.
Liese S. - Dec 07, 2015 7:02:49 pm PST #10832 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I don't have any socks! I don't even know where my socks are! Argh.
Pix - Dec 07, 2015 7:10:03 pm PST #10833 of 30003
The status is NOT quo.
A little story about tonight. I stopped at my favorite taco shop to grab a burrito for dinner on the way home. A homeless woman was sitting outside and asked if I would buy her a taco. My first (shameful) instinct was to shrug her request off -- so many requests for money here, and I almost didn't register she was asking for food. As soon as I got in line inside, though, I thought about Ginger. Thought about how often she helped, quietly, unobtrusively, never asking anyone for recognition or even thanks. So I bought the woman dinner and a bottled water and gave it to her as I left. And it was nothing, something I should have done anyway. But tonight I did it because of Ginger, and I've made a promise to myself to do it far more often. Just help when I can.
beekaytee - Dec 07, 2015 7:16:02 pm PST #10834 of 30003
Compassionately intolerant
I think reminding myself to pull my socks up will be my mantra now.
I will follow your suit, Pix. It will be a nice way to honor a spirit so honorable.
meara - Dec 07, 2015 7:19:11 pm PST #10835 of 30003
Oh man. So sad, but so glad there are buffistas. Knowing that if anything were to happen to me, it would be like a vigil at my side, albeit in the Vast Series of Tubes in the Sky...
DavidS - Dec 07, 2015 7:22:31 pm PST #10836 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thought about how often she helped, quietly, unobtrusively, never asking anyone for recognition or even thanks. So I bought the woman dinner and a bottled water and gave it to her as I left. And it was nothing, something I should have done anyway. But tonight I did it because of Ginger, and I've made a promise to myself to do it far more often. Just help when I can.
Right. Pull up your socks and help somebody out. Definitely Ginger's way.
beth b - Dec 07, 2015 7:30:12 pm PST #10837 of 30003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I had forgotten. She sent Matt some books .
Ginger was a women of many interests and casually generous.
I aspire to that
Zenkitty - Dec 07, 2015 7:30:50 pm PST #10838 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And thanks to the magic of FB, I've just discovered that one of my friends, whom I've known since college, knew Ginger way back in the 70s, in the Southern sci-fi fandom group. Ginger had said she'd gotten out of fandom after Deep South Con 1978, which was the year before I went to my first con, so we just missed each other. How weird.
Burrell - Dec 07, 2015 7:32:30 pm PST #10839 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That's a good way to honor Ginger
I am sad and numb. I can't say that I'm relieved that she's no longer in pain, which is something I felt with ita, because I get the feeling that Ginger would rather still be here with us, pain and all. And that breaks my heart.
DavidS - Dec 07, 2015 7:34:00 pm PST #10840 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
because I get the feeling that Ginger would rather still be here with us, pain and all. And that breaks my heart.
Yeah.