I fear using the word 'legacy' will make me turn 85 in the next ten seconds.
Here is my legacy ...
1. I like lists. I haven't figured out why lists are problematic today. I'm not in on that part of the dust-up, but I like my lists and won't be ending them soon.
2. I have been a big asshole here on occasion.
3. I have been extremely tolerant and kind here on occasion as well.
4. I've written some really boring posts. Please be kind and do me the favor of not responding with "Yes. This one."
5. I wrote a completely evil and funny post about sea monkeys once. But it wasn't really about sea monkeys. Amazingly, the person I was arguing with is now nice to me and I to her. We still don't agree on everything, but heck, she's a human being like I am. I like that about her.
6. Occasionally, I am witty.
7. I can anticipate sarcastic comments before they are made. As in, "Yes. Witty as a dull knife in a locked drawer!" I know one of you was going to write that.
8. I have an UNFINISHED fictional piece. And when I realized that OS could lay claim to it in some fashion, I realized I couldn't finish it here. Sorry. Oops. There's a black, spinny thing out there ready to kill Planet Earth and Rat Girl. And it's still there. Of course, in reality, about three of you care about that. Which is okay. :)
9. I have left some extremely self-righteous stuff on here. I am like that. Very self-righteous. It's the other end of self-critical/desperate to do the right thing. Pride always gets in there somehow. That bitch.
10. I've learned that when I use the word 'bitch' everyone assumes I'm discussing women. I think that's weird, and I want to de-gender that word and apply it to anyone.
11. I've learned my legacy isn't something that I've left behind me. It's something I'm taking with me. Everywhere I go.
My legacy is really just the feeling that I get when I read something here or see something here that moves me to that place beyond myself, that sublime place, where, for just a second, everything is real. Everything is authentic. For that brief second. Then, I reach out to touch it and it's gone. That's art. My legacy ... I have to carry it with me. But, you know, thank you for it.
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He Who Is Handsome really deserves his own blog. And he will get one. When he finally comes out from behind the couch. Alas. Still traumatized.
Oh, you mean that blog? :)
And Diane Keaton is now 64 with a 9 year old son...I'm jest sayin'.
Can I confess how much I like you, which is immensely, and how much I hope that the feeling is at least slightly mutual? :) Also, what the heck, you don't mind when we disagree. We just do and move on. That's so rare it's like an endangered species.
Jeanne--Aw. You are so nice.
Although honestly if you knew me out here, you'd realize that me and wisdom are not usually in the same building together, much less the same room. I do occasionally get a postcard though ... ;)
*mutter, mutter, mutter*
Julie--Well, thank you, too. You know, it's really something I should finish here and just give up the concept to the world, so to speak. It's not THAT great. I just started thinking, "What if, one day, I really did want to do something with that? I mean, what if I found someone who could draw who was interested in it?" That will never actually happen so ... I should really finish it. :)
xenonzumalicious ;) Yes! I don't want to leave my legacy here. Someone might step on it! Or trip over it!
~r for including lists (which I LIKE), for clarity (which I often LACK), for your great compassion.
*rushing off in search of sea monkeys!*
Kit--the context is about older women giving birth--just in case you were asking--it was quite a hot argument--grrr and so forth
I know the OS TOS and all that. I know it keeps coming up as a reason NOT to post original works. My question: does anyone really think that OS would stand in the way of someone who was fortunate enough to get published, and try to collect on royalties from original works that happened to be published here first? I for one don't think so.
xo
And I would like to de-gender "bitch" as well. It suits some men I know. :)