terrible news: @17catherines

https://catespeaks.com/2022/02/09/sad-news-from-melbourne/
https://17catherines.dreamwidth.org/1086276.html
https://twitter.com/catescates/status/1491210636445233154

I first met her on the Bujold email list in the time before LJ, so it was like she'd always been on the internet. She was vibrant, inventive, caring, and endlessly a delight to read. She'd write roundups of Australian politicians and parties, and even though I'm on the other hemisphere, I'd read them faithfully, because she put so much heart and vigor into it, and had such a clever turn of phrase. She baked, and her recipes always have notes on how they could be adapted to suit various dietary needs (or, occasionally, not, since sometimes the nuts are integral to the baking and it couldn't be made nut-free, etc). She never wanted anyone to come to a party and not have something lovely to eat, no matter the dietary restrictions. She made blacklight reactive jellies.

Her tales of work and departmental wrangling were a delight, and I quietly regarded her as a mentor there. Running a department the way she did was #goals.

I've been crying off and on all evening. She should have had much longer with us. Much, much longer.

High speed animation

Had a series of weird dreams last night, starting with a search for an apartment that involved many options with absolutely no privacy. Simultaneously, I needed to get done some school related task about watching a PowerPoint presentation that was about math and literally in the clouds. Steph had to watch it with me. So we let other people unload our stuff into a different apartment than we thought we'd picked, but at least it was better?

After that, ( long but it was mostly hilarious as I dreamed the animation sequence )