This is me getting sentimental about a friend who recently passed. Feel free to ignore, it's more for me than anything else.
My fondest memory of Anita is at a party at our place - I can't remember exactly when, or exactly who the party was for, but we sat down and watched some old Muppet Shows till waaaaaay in the evening, giggling and laughing together.
That's what I'll remember. Her laughter and joy. Handing her elaborate cocktails and watching her eyes light up. Fixing her PC after it died at an inopportune time. Having a moderately huge crush on her when I first met her, that never amounted to anything but wistful 'what might have been' thoughts over the years. Her intellect, her drive, her never being satisfied with 'close enough is good enough'.
I'm going to miss Anita. We were never that close, but she's left a hole in the life of everyone who knew her.