I pass by people, grazing them on the edges, and it bothers me. I’ve got to admire someone to like them deeply - to value them as friends. -Sylvia Plath
This journal is friends only, as I am no longer active in any fandoms and it is completely a personal journal. Comment if you think we have something in common or you've seen me somewhere and would like to be friends.
US National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) No matter what problems you are dealing with, we want to help you find a reason to keep living.
The Trevor Project Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386 The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
IMAlive: https://www.imalive.org/ More importantly, we recognize the technological age we find ourselves in today and we know that millions of people in crisis will never pick up the phone. We believe that IMAlive is part of the solution to the problem. IMAlive is a live online network that uses instant messaging to respond to people in crisis. People need a safe place to go during moments of crisis and intense emotional pain.
CrisisChat: http://www.crisischat.org US only. 2pm-2am EST. It is the first service of its kind where crisis centers across the United States have joined together to form one national chat network that can provide online emotional support, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention services. The chat specialists are here to listen and support you through whatever difficult times you may be facing.
YouMatter: http://www.youmatter.suicidepreven… No matter if it doesn’t always feel like it. You matter. And in moments when you feel like you just need some support, there is help out there.You Matter is a movement to spread the word that your problems, your worries, your fears, and above all you—unique and real you—matter.
Samaritans Helpline (UK): 08457 90 90 90 (UK)/1850 60 90 90 (ROI) or email at jo@samaritans.org People talk to us anytime they like, in their own way, and off the record, about whatever’s getting to them. They do not have to be suicidal. "There is Hope. There is Help." They do appear to charge for the calls.
All my Muse crap is going on eBay tonight (except for maybe the CDs), so let me know if you're interested in any of it.
I have:
BHAR band poster
Resistance band poster
Resistance album art poster
Twitpic poster
Beautiful drawings by oh_cathy--one of Dom (my favorite picture from TR era and Matt and Dom from that MTV picture)
Resistance track jacket (XL, NWT)
Grey logo tee (XL, worn once)
Dark grey Resistance US tour tee (XL)
White double exposure tee (XXL)
Team Absolution ontd_muse jersey from Lollapalooza (XXL, NWT)--has "Stacie" and the number 13 on the back, but you know the limited run of them
Resistance band messenger bag (gently used)
2009 Resistance tour program x2
Knights of Cydonia sticker sheet
Current CD collection + Hullabaloo DVD--all like new
Posters are currently framed, because I'm neurotic, but I'll take them out and send in a cardboard tube for shipping (because I do want my frames anyway).
If you see something you're interested in, make an offer or I can suggest a price. I need and want to get rid of all this stuff! (Buyer pays shipping, obviously.)
If this is the first post you've seen from me in a while (my last was May 20th, check recents if need be), then I have unfriended you.
No, I didn't announce a friend cut. You can assume you were unsupportive (to put it nicely) in my time of need. The ones who were and I felt I still had some modicum of respect for or trust with (whichever preposition) stayed.
If you cared anything about me or me unfriending you, you would have obviously noticed it before now and done something about it.
As several of you know (well, mainly those of you with whom I converse on Twitter), I am editing/beta-ing stories for someone on fanfiction.net. Allegedly, she was once an English teacher, but her command of the English language is...a bit stunted. Periods where commas should be (and vice versa); incorrect use of parentheses, quotation marks, and ellipses; and absolutely no idea how to properly conduct dialogue within a story.
I have been in absolute agony and have looked much like Stitch for the week I've been editing these stories. So, I figured the world (or my immediate circle of friends) was in need of a crash course--wit, sarcasm, years of general knowledge, and Eats, Shoots and Leaves in hand.
I hope that was informative. Please use your grammar, punctuation, and English wisely--and correctly. Come back next time and we'll diagram sentences!
And this was the example, for ignitedsoul on Twitter illustrating the difference between a comma and a semi-colon, and which started this whole mess: "His body lay lifeless on the floor, where she had beaned him with the blender. It wasn't the first time; their kitchen was full of small appliances."
I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the The Reduced Shakespeare Company, but I was bored and recently and re-watched it. It was perfect, as always, and I decided I needed some icons. (There are some VERY lovely ones here, by spacemonkymafia.)
You kind of have to see it to believe it (or understand these icons), so I highly recommend you do so!
I just watched the BBC/Illuminations/RSC Hamlet. It was...pretty damn good.
But, it did not pass the test. If a production of Hamlet is truly, incredibly exceptional, I will cry. Somehow, the death of Tennant Hamlet did not make me cry. Only one has done that and I love them for it.
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