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[constance]

I've had such a shittacular couple of days, I don't even feel like whining at length about them, and I'm sure you're dreadfully sorry about that. Well, but in lieu of actual whining, I am going to say just three things:

1. If you take advantage of my good nature, you may think you're getting away with it, but I will remember, and resent you for it, for whatever that's worth. Also for what it's worth, I will resent myself more, for not just fucking standing up and insisting on my right not to be taken advantage of.



2. Please, Universe, never let me work again for a man who starts network-wide system upgrades in the middle of the day without telling anyone he's going to be doing it and does it wrongly and doesn't actually finish anyway, and then disappears for a day and a half, and leaves Other People i.e. me to clean up the mess he's made. Thank you.



3. STOP GETTING CANCER, GODDAMN IT. That is an order, folks, and don't think I won't check to make sure you're obeying my edict.

There, I'm done. I'm ready to start tomorrow, just about. But before I do, could I just ask you one favor? Could you please just tell me that I don't suck? I could really use a little encouragement of that sort, right now. And in return, I promise to tell you exactly in what ways you delight me.

Comments

[klynie1.livejournal.com]

Good lord, you've had a bitch of a week!

{{{hugs}}} You are wonderful, and I promise that I won't get cancer, if you promise the same to me. Cross my heart. ♥

[tofty.livejournal.com]

I promise, no cancer! Is pinky-swearing possible on the Internet?

Here is how you delight me: I love reading your poetry, even though I never comment because oops I do in fact suck. Anyway, I do read, and enjoy, and it pleases me very much even when I don't exactly know what to say in reply. ♥

[klynie1.livejournal.com]

Um, time for a confession: if I ever had to comment on my haiku, I wouldn't know exactly what to say either and would never comment and would therefore suck, too. One of the perks of writing 'em is not having to comment on 'em later. *g*

*offers pinky in return* I pinky-swear, too! {{{another hug}}}

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

*digs you out from under the shit*

Better than a pony! You are lots of fun, and I always look forward to your posts. You are a lovely person, and have the best cats. :)

[tofty.livejournal.com]

*clears nostrils and gasps for air!*

Hmmm, I'm not entirely sure that my cats, lovely as they are, are better than yours. And I always love getting comments from you, because you always have such interesting and nice things to say. I only wish you said them in your lj on a daily basis! I wouldn't mind spam if it came from you. :)

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

You do not suck at all! You are clever and thoughtful and are an awesome dioramist. Hmm, is that a word?

[tofty.livejournal.com]

If dioramist isn't a word, it totally ought to be; I'm kind of tempted to make up some calling cards that proclaim me one.

I think you are awesome for your active life, slug that I am, and for the friendly way you nurture and/or mentor fanfiction writers on your friendslist. And your house is mighty fine too.

[jossish.livejournal.com]

I think you are fabulous, and I am sorry that the past two days have been shitty! *offers tea and cake*

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, thanks!

I just wish you were my little sister, is all. I have always wanted one, and I want to hug you all the time. That urge to hug might not be as creepy, after all, if we were sisters.

[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I have had a really shittastic week, too. And the worst part is that I don't know how to make it better.

[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

Oops--I swear I was going for "supportive" and not "whiny" in that comment. :-/

trying again!

[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

Not only do you not suck, you are one of my very favorite people. I love the way you look at the world, your taste in media and design, your super cool house, your pets, your writing, and your kindness.

PS I promise not to get cancer.

Re: trying again!

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your promise! I'm sorry to extort it from you in this way -- but I believe we'll both be happier in the long run.

You are one of my favorite people too. I miss you very much, and I love you for, among many other things, braving NYC on your own, your taste in music, your Barrymore profile, and your ultra-sexy guitar. Which we are waiting on pictures, I'm just saying.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

*torn between laughter and sympathy*

Oh, you are totally allowed to whine! If that's what you want to do, of course. Are you okay, do you want me to call, or are you in the hole-up-and-lick-your-wounds stage?

Many kisses to you, my dear one. I hope you are okay.

[bowdlerized.livejournal.com]

I do want to talk--the problem is that my roommate is home and the walls are very thin and I don't want her to overhear. Maybe sometime soon...?

[tofty.livejournal.com]

DEFINITELY. I am at your disposal, always.

:D <3 :D <3 :D <3 I know that's not entirely appropriate under the circs, but I also know you'll understand. :*

[saekokato.livejournal.com]

*huggles* Hun, you don't suck. Not at all. Hell, from what I know about you, you are a wonderful, beautiful woman with a fantastic, sparkling soul that makes the world brighter just for your existing. Seriously. *huggles*

[tofty.livejournal.com]

*huggles back*

And in return, more hugs.

You know what I love about you? I love that when I read your journal I get the sense that there's an actual live person on your end. It's so nice of you to let us get glimpses into your real life -- God, that's one of my favorite things ever.

[kickthebeat.livejournal.com]

i promise not to get cancer either! heart disease, though, i make no promises about.

i don't think you suck at all, cam-a-lam-a-ding-dong. in fact, i think you are darling and smart and awesome and a comfort in my life. DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU DIFFERENT.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, heart disease, diabetes, those are probably dicier prospects for me as well. I'm willing to be flexible on those points. But NO CANCER. I'm afraid I must insist.

Oh, Keri. ♥ I found myself reading your entry tonight and hoping that you eventually decide to tell the kinder, gentler Keri of your resolutions to just fuck off, because I think you are incomparably fine exactly the way you are.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

What you do is the polar opposite of sucking. You're the human equivalent of daffodils, ginger cookies and new book smell all rolled into one, and I'm sometimes embarrassed by how much I adore you.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I'm just glad the feeling is mutual. Think how much more mortifying it would be if it weren't!

You, my dear, are Whistler's Mama, you're camembert. You are cellophane, and believe me, I don't say that to just anybody.

[venivincere]

WAAAH! *Hugs you like crazy* You are 90 deg from suck (and not 180 because that would be blow) You're about forty-'leven ways of excellent. Excellent, I tell you.

I'm with you on the cancer thing. Who's got it?

Oh, more gratuitous *hugs* because I can. And I've sent the Volcano of Doom to stand behind you and back you up, so don't be afraid to speak your mind with a steely glint in your eye/reflecting off your glasses.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

So are you excellent! *hugs you back with interest* I will try to remember that I am perpendicular to sucking, and I hope you remember the same, next time you have a crisis of faith. :)

And I will need the volcano of doom this weekend when I practice my steely glint in the mirror. Thanks, and wish me luck.

:::

God, it seems as though half the people I know hae cancer. The latest, though, is an old family friend, my mother's closest friend. She's been a sort of extra mom for about thirty years now.

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

You are magnificent in all ways and fun to read, even when suffering through pear-shaped days (I've having one myself, and that was before the brakes on my car crapped out). And I promise not to get cancer. Now, mind, I always think I have cancer because that's how my brain works, but that's not the same thing as actually having it.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Ah, and your journal is one of my all-time favorites! One day I'm hoping to meet you in person so that I can admire you face to face. And I know we're pretty much the same age, but still, I feel as though I'd kind of like to be you when I grow up.

PS I am very glad you only think you have cancer.

[miraminx.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you've had such a rotten couple of days, and certainly you don't suck-- no one who shares my love of all things Chris Stamey could suck, in my opinion. Do you know the dBs have a Christmas album?!

[tofty.livejournal.com]

I did not know! This is why you delight me, by the way -- you always know more about these things, and are willing to share.

[miraminx.livejournal.com]

My local record store, which is a place of joy and delight, told me about it. Apparently it's an expanded version of a Christmas album they did before-- it's "The dBs and Friends". Here's the dBs website:

http://www.thedbsonline.net/

But the most important thing is that the dBs are playing at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Feb. 2! I think you should go so I can experience the gig vicariously through you.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Sucking just doesn't suit you, dahling. That's for people with cancer, and we just aren't going to put up with any of that anymore. Not our kind, dearie.

For you are witty and whimsical, compassionate and clever, and not only do you have a pink bathroom, but you were the first to bring out Snape's inner Gorey, and in the most awesome way imaginable.

Plus, you've got the coolest name around. Jus' sayin'.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Aha, but you know, I wrote Snape as a sort of Gashlycrumb, years ago -- so I feel that my diorama was by no means even the first of my own Body of Work to explore the Goreyness of Snape.

My name does rock, doesn't it? So does yours, by the way -- I've always thought so.

That's not why I love you, though. You are one of the few people who, in my shyness and awkwardness, I think I would find very easy to talk to, if I ever were to meet you in person -- you're friendly and easygoing and not at all shy yourself, and we share so many interests! How could we miss, I ask you.

[proteinscollide.livejournal.com]

You don't suck, Cammy, and I wish you weren't having the kind of day that would even make you think that. *hugs*

You are one of the loveliest people I've been lucky to know through fandom, not to mention a wonderful writer and creator of dioramas and drawer of dream house plans. =)

[tofty.livejournal.com]

And so are you one of the loveliest. I've lost track of many people over my years in fandom -- so, so many -- but I would be desperately sorry if one of them were you. We don't even hang in the same fandom any more, but you are still such an intrinsic part of my fandom experience -- and one I'm glad still to have. :*

[friendly.livejournal.com]

OH, CAMS. You are absolutely wonderful and I dream of the day when I can tell you that in person, too! There is nothing sucky about you in the entire you-ness of you. *draws hearts around you!*

[tofty.livejournal.com]

ONE DAY WE SHALL DOTE ON EACH OTHER IN PERSON. :*

I love reading about your life with your friends. Of all my lj peeps, yours is the life I would most like to have, you know? I hope you know how lucky you are to have each other.

[friendly.livejournal.com]

WE SURE WILL. THIS IS NOT AN EMPTY PROMISE, CAMS, I AM FOR REAL.

Are you speaking of my BFF! All my life I have dreamed of having a BFF as wonderful as her; barely a day goes by that I am not thankful for her. ♥ I hope this means you all can tell how much she means to me!

[soliloquia.livejournal.com]

The good about shittastic days is that usually the shit crusts around just a few of them, then drops off and is nowhere to be seen! I'm sure it'll get better quickish! <3.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's definitely true, but it's hard to remember when you're in the middle of it, you know? Thanks for reminding me.

I love your idiosyncratic reviews of films and books -- even when you don't really like them, you talk about them in a way that shows you know them well and makes me want to know them, too.

[tilney.livejournal.com]

T., you don't suck. You are in fact very brave, and you are good at what you do, you have passions, a lovely house and you just know about pets. You also look like the loveliest of flappers in your knit hat with flowers. Your quiet tenacity amazes me.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Heh -- I tend to think of myself as the least tenacious of people, so it surprises me how often this adjective, or ones like it, crop up when people have things to say about me.

You don't post so much any more, but I miss your entries when I don't have them; they're so finely-written, lyrical and oblique. It's a style I am enthralled by. :)

[sangredulce.livejournal.com]

You are so wonderful! I am so glad that I get the chance to read about your life and thoughts (even though it hasn't been reciprocal for years). You make me feel all Rousseau-ish about humanity.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thanks. I miss you around here -- I hope you're having a terrific time, out in the real world.

Are you still in Poland?

[sangredulce.livejournal.com]

No, I'm back in the states, in my final year at college--oh my! One of my friends has just arrived in Krakow for the same program I attended, and I've been sending him tips for food and such, and getting quite nostalgic.

IF you did suck

[lindyhoppr.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't be on my short list of friends I've found online.

So...there.

Re: IF you did suck

[tofty.livejournal.com]

ahahahahaa! I am usually very nervous around people I don't know, but the fact that I feel comfortable around you says a lot about how well we are/would be suited as imaginary online friends, I think. :)

Re: IF you did suck

[lindyhoppr.livejournal.com]

It's cause of the mutual rockitude. That's what I think.