Sometimes it takes a while for things to sink in for me. I suppose that's true for many people and that's precisely what "shock" is.

Yesterday as I walked home with my friend M, who is visiting from Sweden, we stumbled upon a crime scene. A scant two blocks from where I live someone jumped out of a hotel window and killed themselves. (Ok, well I  ( Read more... )

I really hate endings. Whenever I finish a book or a television show goes off the air I feel like I lost something. I just finished watching the series finale of Ugly Betty and it was so good. All the loose ends were wrapped up and it was really well done. But still. No more Ugly Betty. *sniffle ( Read more... )

I found out about two deaths within a course of an hour. My cat Taj died and my Great Aunt Bet passed away this morning.

I guess I just wanted to express I've transitioned to a new place. I'm sad they are no longer on the physical plane but it hasn't triggered the same sense of deep loss that Ryan or Adrienne's death has. And the reason why, even ( Read more... )

I wanted to share this in the hopes it might help others.

When I heard about Ryan's death I felt loss and grief on several levels. One, for him, his family and for a life cut short. And two, I felt loss and grief for me. In the moments after I heard the news it spurred a sense of fear within me, about the possibility of my life getting cut short ( Read more... )

This is really weird for me too, hearing today that Ted Kennedy died. Because the thing is I met him. I went to a hearing on Capitol Hill and asked if this was the room for whatever the hearing was about and he said yes, and asked me if I was a journalist and I nodded.

It's not like we went out afterward or he even knew my name but I met him, I was ( Read more... )

I. . .I don't even know what to say. I'm sad. I found out today someone I went to high school with died in a rock climbing accident in Hawaii. We weren't close. I barely knew him at all but I feel sad at his death. I remember rehearsing for "Kiss Me, Kate" with him. I was a stage manager and he played one of the gangsters. I can see him in my head ( Read more... )

Some interesting things happened today I felt needed to be chronicled. First, my love goes out to all the people injured in the Metro crash in D.C. How scary. To be riding on the train, going home from work and boom. Luckily all the people I know are ok but that doesn't make it any less of a tragedy. As katyarizhaya rightly pointed out, somebody's best friend/ ( Read more... )

This morning I found out a friend of mine died. He was my parent's age, the father of one of my friends, but I loved him. He was always jovial and sweet and I just saw him last week. He gave me a huge hug and said he was happy to see me. He was the handyman at Ananda Kanan, the retreat center in Missouri ( Read more... )

Right now I'm feeling sad ( Read more... )

For the past month June 15 has sounded like a special day, a non-ordinary day, a day for distinction.  When I woke up this morning I thought it was just because it was payday.

I was wrong.

When I got off of work this evening I called home and my dad told me my grandmother died.

I am still in shock.

Well, maybe not so much.  I'm sad because I ( Read more... )