I never did say a proper thank you...(and special presents from Spikesredqueen and teragramm)

[red_satin_doll]

To everyone who wished me Happy Birthday last week THANK YOU so very much!

(and thanks to LJ's lousy non-existent notification system I am still discovering birthday presents and wishes.)  If I've missed saying thank you please forgive me, I'm working on catching up.  I've worked more hours at work this month and been well nigh exhausted, which also explains my lack of posts.

Two gifts in particular I wanted to show off to everyone:

spikesredqueen asked me the other day what I'd like for my birthday and my eloquent response was along the lines of "um, I don't know" - so knowing my love of the buffyverse ladies, she made me this beautiful Buffy/Faith/Willow banner! (Try making a smushname out of that.) Isn't it sexy and ethereal, elegant and scrumptious?   It makes me wish I were a fic writer because it feels like the inspiration for a post-series 'verse, a Witch and two Slayers, powerful, strong-willed women saving the world and having incredible adventures.

Speaking of sexy, ethereal and elegant:

teragramm made this incredible addition to my Winged Buffy collection. Once again I'm awe of how skillfull the artistry is here, how delicate and how beautifully these two banners belong together.  Teragramm's choice of text very much evokes memories of Buffy throughout the seasons for me, an "ordinary" girl who is really quite extraordinary in ways she herself can't begin to see; an Everywoman who takes on the weight of the world time and again.


Artwork by their respective creators do NOT snag, steal or archive without their express permission.

Comments

[lanoyee.livejournal.com]

HEYYYY you're very welcome. ♥ I'm... okay. The financial situation is extremely tight atm and I'm flailing about trying to fix it while having a slow and faily start at my first real job (SEO-texting, meh), but after a week of freaking out I'm surprisingly well emotionally. What about you?

And haha, I was? That is so sweet! It's nice to know someone is thinking about you even if you haven't spoken in... what, a year? It's been a good long while.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Surely not a year? But...a few months at least. I hadn't heard anything from you in a while had a day to get a breather and a moment to worry.

I'm working again for the first time in a long while, job in a nursing home in "activities".

[lanoyee.livejournal.com]

Awww. :< Everything is largely fine, though! Health is okay save for the usual annoyances.

Oh, that sounds interesting! So you entertain the residents? I imagine that must be rewarding but also pretty tough. (It's interesting, though -- several of my lesbian friends jobs in care services.)

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Well, babysitting is probably a better word for it at this point. It's really sad, but I try my best. (the company I work for was recently bought by another, costs are being cut all over the place at an already underfunded facility, and the concept of recreation as actual therapy or doing meaningful activities went out the window a long time ago.)

It's very sad, I feel for the residents who are basically "captives". It's tough because one person is minding them at a time. I try.

several of my lesbian friends jobs in care services.

Lesbians have this thing about 'caring for others' and 'service' (I know several who are teachers) - but also, we tend to end up in disproportionately low-paying jobs. Gluttons for punishment I guess? Or maybe we have all the traditional female ideas about care and service, but when you have two women instead of a woman and man, the household incomes will be lower on average.

I have known some "high powered" lesbians but not many. I think we also have this programming that says success=evil.

[lanoyee.livejournal.com]

Oh no, that is just awful. :( Why do they always gotta cut the funding for the things that are actually important? Education, health care... and what gets funding instead? Fucking potato salad. Take care, yeah? Because that sounds like it might end up being really depressing in the long run for you too.

I think we also have this programming that says success=evil.

That is very true. Most I know also tend to be more the alternative types, that's another factor. I think we tend to have a distaste for capitalistic money-grabbing, which ends up with all of us being periodically broke. 'Tis the life.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Why do they always gotta cut the funding for the things that are actually important?

Beats the hell outta me, honestly.

Speaking of potato salad, they cut the food budget down to something like $3.50 per person per day (from a princely $5/day). Can you believe that?

Take care, yeah? Because that sounds like it might end up being really depressing in the long run for you too.

Thank you dear, I'm taking steps to address that because I am afraid I'll burn out.

I think we tend to have a distaste for capitalistic money-grabbing, which ends up with all of us being periodically broke.

If only we could figure out a middle way. Money isn't evil, greed is. Money's just a symbol (albeit one you gotta have to pay the rent.) My sweetie is into the idea of intentional community - but a lot of the ones that exist cost a lot of money to get into in the first place. You have to have a bunch of money to live in a cheaper country, etc etc.