A few weeks ago on tumblr someone posted about finding out AO3 was set up as a safe place for pedophilia in response to the strikethrough incident on LJ. Several people went on to educate this person about what happened; it was both heartening and depressing. On the one hand AO3 was a great thing to come out of it but its depressing to think how ( Read more... )

Mom passed away just before midnight. I came home after work which ends at 10:30. She had vascular dementia and she'd been declining for a couple of years. If felt like she's been gone for a few months. She didn't drink for about 48 hours and was just sleeping until it was over. My sisters were with her. If she'd known it would be like that I don't ( Read more... )

I'd like to break up my recent habit of angst posts with the news that Hunter X Hunter is coming off hiatus and will publish new chapters in the Dark Continent arc in April. Please no April Fool Togashi. I'll love to see more of Kurapika, Ging, and Paristan plus I'd like to see the other Zodiacs except Leorio; I have no interest in him and find his ( Read more... )

She's doing well at Homestead. Her room looks great, there are a couple of sweet dogs and I'm especially pleased by the activities director because one of the things that really made me feel bad for mom was that as her dementia progressed there was nothing for her to do besides watching TV. She doesn't have any hobbies like knitting that she could ( Read more... )

My condolences to all Bowie fans, particularly dustandroses who was always so vocal about her devotion. I was truly surprised because he seemed to be too young to pass away.

Well that was an ugly evening. Had a fight with my mom who's been going through vascular dementia since her mini-stroke last year. Its like almost all her progress last year at rehab is gone. I'm the youngest and she doesn't listen to me but I'm the one who lives with her; I can't drive away like the others. I just dread having to interact with her ( Read more... )

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Nice to see I'm not the only sentimental about LJ. I'll never forgive Six Apart for the damage and trauma they inflicted.

It breaks my heart that Fred Phelps didn't live long enough to see it.

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On becoming the first nation to legalize gay marriage by popular vote. I'm particularly pleased that this happened in a traditionally Catholic that was heavily influenced by the Church; gives me hope for Poland and other countries strongly influenced by religions that would discourage this.