It's very hard to stare at this blank window and come up with something to say, something that's meaningful, comforting without being shallow. Something right. But maybe there is no right or wrong. There's certainly no reason ( Read more... )

I don't know how to do this. Really, I don't -- not the public grief part, not the recalling of memories two or three years past, the expression of feelings I'm not handling with any ease in my own head, much less in a fucking livejournal post. Nothing about this feels right, but I don't think it's supposed to ( Read more... )

Anj, I can’t remember when I met you online. For me, you were just always there - a permanent fixture in my fandom world. But I remember when I met you in person. I remember thinking that you were as bright, as nice, and as friendly in real life as you were online and that not even the anonymity of the internet could dull the effervescence of ( Read more... )

I met Anj about three and a half years ago. We were both in the HP fandom at the time and I was vaguely aware of her existence, but it was through a mutual friend that I first got in contact with her. She was writing a paper on the musical Rent and was looking to interview people who had seen it multiple times. At the time, Rent was my primary ( Read more... )

I wish I could think of something useful to say, but even if there was something I'm too shocked. My deepest sympathy to her family and closest friends, because I know how much I will miss seeing her around after only knowing her online for a few years, so I can't even contemplate what they are going through ( Read more... )

Anj,

Best of luck to you on the next great adventure. You will truly be missed.

 To you, Anj's family, friends, and students, my heartfelt sympathy.

I'm not quite sure what to say ( Read more... )

I've been thinking for quite a while now what to say here, but I think that it's impossible to encompass a person -- any person, but particularly one as amazing as Anj -- in a post on the internet ( Read more... )

I met Anj at The Witching Hour. I gave a presentation and she talked to me afterwards and it was like we'd known each other for years. Right after TWH, I posted something about the folks I met and I said about her, "She's a crazy music nerd like me ( Read more... )