Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2016: We know the world didn't end, because, check it out!  

Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Thanksgivukkahmas, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering.

Go away, 2016.


erikaj - Dec 12, 2016 1:14:22 pm PST #54 of 269
Always Anti-fascist!

Well, okay, why not. This has been a decent year for me personally, if it did piss me off on the macro level a lot.Doing lots of stuff with PDA...hopefully a few things that will make me feel a little less like the 6,000 year-old intern, although they are nice people and I don't mind doing interny things for them. Made a little money, did a little dating(nothing serious, but we still like each other) and found out new kitty is part ragdoll and part Sacred Cat of Burma, which means she is cute, blue-eyed and soft-spoken and will never yowl like a siamese. Still chasing my writing goals. Maybe I could be happy if I could get rid of the thought that this was the life I wanted at, like, nineteen, mangled in shipment.(Which also intensifies the "I'm sixteen and I don't want to die," geopolitical feels...I want the next part, however settled contents may be. Also, Arpaio's gone soon.)


Amy - Dec 12, 2016 5:05:43 pm PST #55 of 269
Because books.

I got an awesome card from Suzi, and also a sweet card from msbelle! AND a fantastically wonderful gift from my Secret Santa! (Who is not so secret anymore, but that's totally okay.)

I got the most gorgeous knitted eternity scarf in green with all kinds of accent color flecks, a beautiful basket of French truffles, and the Best Socks Ever (TM), which read "I had fucks to give ... once." Thank you, Secret Santa!


amych - Dec 12, 2016 5:12:23 pm PST #56 of 269
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Cards! msbelle, Suzi, Toni I LOVE YOU NICE PEOPLES!


Amy - Dec 12, 2016 5:22:30 pm PST #57 of 269
Because books.

Oh god, the truffles. This could be dangerous.


aurelia - Dec 12, 2016 6:08:22 pm PST #58 of 269
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I got a card from Suzi, too!


amyth - Dec 12, 2016 11:44:32 pm PST #59 of 269
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

I got a card from Suzi, too! And msbelle! Thank you!

Amy, I'm glad you liked your gifts!


Beverly - Dec 13, 2016 12:26:40 am PST #60 of 269
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I got a card from Suzi, as well. Merry Happy, peoples!


Calli - Dec 13, 2016 1:38:57 am PST #61 of 269
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I got a card from msbelle--the nicest!


Anne W. - Dec 13, 2016 2:45:16 am PST #62 of 269
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I also got a msbelle card! What a delightful thing to find in my mailbox on an otherwise crappy day.


juliana - Dec 13, 2016 4:58:52 am PST #63 of 269
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I got a card from Suzi! Yay!