I'm Really Lucky · 11:13pm Aug 29th, 2014
So. Perhaps unsurprisingly, after the example of last summer, I seem to kind of fall off the face of Equestria between June and September. School starts very late for me this year, in October, so I'm still kind of AWOL. I'd been hoping that I might be a little less AWOL here over the next few weeks, though, but that remains to be seen.
Here's the deal. I've got life stuff that's just popped up on me—interpersonal-type stuff. I don't want to get into it, because it's a long story and there's stuff I'm not super eager to share. I'm not putting this out there as a cry for attention, though. Y'all knew I was AWOL anyway. I'm mentioning it because I want to make a point.
There are a few people in this fandom who know a bit of what's going on with me—not directly, but because it's come up in conversation off-site. And those people have been just wonderfully supportive, and I want to thank them. Not by name; they know who they are. But more than that, I know you guys in this fandom, and I know that I could have talked to a whole stack of other people and gotten basically the same supportive responses. Really, truly, you guys are wonderful and I'm lucky to be able to know you guys even as much as I do. All of you. I never cease to be impressed by this fandom.
And I want to make something clear, in return. I'm not always mentally fit to be supportive like that myself—right now, it's taking most of my energy just to take care of me—and I don't always have tons of time to spare, since I'm working on my PhD and the workload can be heavy. But I care about you guys, too, and if you ever feel like you're lost or drowning, any of you, please be aware that I'm cool with it if you reach out to me, and I'll try to be supportive back for you. Nobody should ever have to feel sad alone. This world needs more love and less quiet desperation, and if I can help tip the scales, I'll account myself even luckier than I already am.
Take care of yourself and let me know if there's anything I can do.
you are good person
I am not comments :(
luck
Love ya too Bradel!
If you ever need me, know that I'm always available. Not always useful, of course. Or frequently useful, in fact. But I will absolutely be there for you.
Bradel! I did notice you missing, though I just figured you were super busy and getting on with stuff—that's my default assumption with you and Ghost—and given you're a PhD student and last I heard you were feeling enthusiasm for statistics—and as much as we all lose out, if you are managing to feel such enthusiasm then that's probably a good thing—I was hoping the silence was a good sign. I'm sorry to hear that things are less that great right now.
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And also, hugs are good. Hugs are always good.
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I just wanted you to know that if you need anything, anything at all. Money. Blood. A place to hide a body. An organ. Even a piano (I'll borrow one from Estee). Whatever it is you need, whenever you want, all you have to do is to call GhostOfHeraclitus and ask.
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Well, that made my day.
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You are a bad person and I laughed at that.
I want to offer to be there for you, but the fact is, although we have both spoken to each other over blogs and such, I am barely more than an acquaintance.
Perhaps that should be fixed.
Out of all the pony and the fun and the writing, there's only one thing that's important here, and that's you. Your life comes first, always, so never fear about being inactive or awol, Bradel--we'll all likely be here till the sun dies, and we'll certainly be here for when you get back on your feet. Obviously I have no clue what it is you're facing, but I do know that the combination of personal life and school is a particularly fun blend of muck. I've gotten cozily familiar with that wonderfully perceptive habit of life to choose moments when you have the least amount of time or wherewithal to toss something difficult and usually painful your way. It sucks.
Good luck, bro. There's only one thing I ask of you: always keep someone to talk to, whether online or off. Don't you dare shut yourself out completely to all peoples, or we'll find some way to sic all of Skywriter's animals on you...apparently he has a lot. Anyway, I've certainly always got an ear open, though I know you know many far better ones than mine, and who know you better too--but still.
And woohoo PhD!
Hope you can keep that chin up.
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Oh, heavens, it's no trouble. It's not like I don't know where to find blood. Or organs.
Right, Georg? Why I hear you have an abundance of both.Just a big yummy grab-bag of organs marinating in blood.
I certainly noticed too, but I made the same assumption as 2412521 did, that you've been busy with, whatever it is that you do as a PhD student in the summer. You haven't been entirely absent though, since you did drop that tragedy on us a little while ago.
I realize that none of us have any particular obligation to be active online, but I still feel kinda bad when I see people who have incredibly busy lives who still manage to do more things than me when I have so few obligations.
Anyway, I'm sorry to hear your absence hasn't been due to the incredible amount of fun you've been having. Since I don't know exactly what's up, I don't know what sort of supporting words to offer, and I might not even if I did, but I'd like to be supportive.