blamebrampton | In which Brammers spreads some fucking sunshine

Skip to Main Content

In which Brammers spreads some fucking sunshine

There are scads of memes going around at the moment, including one in which you say things to people on your flist anonymously. I am playing my version of this one. It's cheery.

"Why are you relentlessly Pollyanna at us?" you may ask.

"Because there are enough crap things in the world without me choosing to be one of them," I reply. "Harden the fuck up and take a compliment."

Every single person on my flist is covered by at least one of the following. Some are covered by several. If you think I mean you, I do.

1. I am always so touched by the generosity you display in both your posts and your comments. Your warmth is contagious and your kindness is inspirational.

2. You see things in ways that would never have occurred to me, but once you have pointed them out, I see things differently, too.

3. You are a completely brilliant parent. Your kids must have a fabulous time of it!

4. Do please write an original novel and become terribly famous and wealthy. I feel it would be fun for you and then I would have something else good to read.

5. You know, you are fabulously good looking.

6. We have pretty much nothing in common. I don't care, I like you anyway.

7. I never have time to read your stories, I feel very badly about this. One day I will.

8. You are SO MUCH FUN. And let us not forget the smart.

9. Your strength and resilience amaze me.

10. God, you're talented.

11. I know that things seem grim right now, but in the future, you will look back and see how strong you were through all of this, and you will be amazed at what you can do.

12. On those days when you have no idea what you're doing, nor what to do next, nor any sense of why it's happening, relax. You're young. You're allowed to make mistakes, it's how you learn to be a smug, slightly condescending but well-intentioned adult.

13. I wish I could still run the way you do.

14. My fingers, and my toes, are crossed for you. I want you to have that dream. But I also know that you will find another, fine and worthwhile dream if this one doesn't work out.

15. That thing that you said to me made a real and significant difference to my life. I treasure it, and value you.

16. Every time I think about meeting you, I feel very happy about the serendipity of the internet.

17. You are SO my secret twin/lovechild/crush.

18. Your adventures sound ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY brilliant.

19. Of COURSE you can do it. Der! You can do it better than anyone else could, too.

20. Thank you so much for the love and laughter! I like the fact that my face is ageing into smile lines because of people like you.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Awwww <3

And only part of 12, yes, because I'm already smug, slightly condescending but well-intentioned :P

Yes, you only get 12 at all because of boys. BTW, any news?

*howls*

I suspect it's the fault of the Australian sun. *nods*

I ♥ you; I really do. *squishes*

Hee! I want to visit Australia, but I'm somewhat chirpy (especially in the morning) already, so people might run screaming away from me if I moved there. :D

Awwwww ... thanks! I certainly hope #10 applies. I did get an awesome reply from a publisher, so I'll keep my fingers crossed. Still some work ahead, but yay! I don't suck! *\o/* Er ... well ... my novel doesn't anyway. I reserve comment on the rest. :D

You do realize, of course, that an awful lot of what you put on your list applies to you too, right? I'm just sayin'. *hugs*

Cheers, dear! I was thinking of you particularly in the ones about strength and about expanding horizons.

Thank you, oh poster girl for talented people who are also kick-arse parents!

HA! See, you think that makes you look bad, but you are talking to a woman who cheerfully wandered up the road with her baby nephew (those half-sisters were finally good for something!) in a carrying thingy, popped him down asleep on the floor of the bookshop, then started to wander back down the road with no baby.

The bookshop girl was standing in the doorway shrieking: "You! Come back! Long-haired girl! English lady! You FORGOT THE BABY!"

Startled from my dreamy reverie, I span about and did the only thing I could in the situation. I shrieked back: "Oh my goodness! MY NEPHEW!"

Because it is so much better to be known as a crappy aunt than thought a neglectful mother ;-) Yet this is still better than the time my dad lost me for three days. I was perfectly safe the whole time, I hasten to add.

Did you mean 13? I shattered my right foot in a big cycling accident 10 years ago this month and have never really been able to run well or regularly since. I miss it a great deal.

*catches flowers!*

Thank you, I like my flist, so I thought it would be a good time to remind some of it of its better qualities, and let the rest know that I have noticed their excellence! (BTW, you are such a 10, and I find you an 18, too, among others!

HA! 4 covers about 20% of my flist right now, and will probably expand to about 60% before we're all gone. Including you, missy! (and me for that matter ...)

And you have been a 15 for some time now, thanks to your 1-ness, too. You know, I'm quite enjoying this speaking in code thing.

Thanks for letting me know my numbers!

<3

And one day, I hope to accomplish a 4. :-)

That goes without saying! I would even read it in German, something I only ever managed for Michael Ende (my German is terrible).

Oh yes, during PMS esp, our heads are not a fun place to be XD Some peeps do use the meme to get stuff off their chests...but I've discovered that when I focus on the negative, my mood sours really fast. So I try not to do that.

15! That was one of the ones that I was sure didn't apply! Now I'm curious hahaha

Oh, you can read German! *squees*

May I rec you a book, then? It's Krabat, by Ottfried Preusler, and it's about a young boy who learns magic from a miller, along with eleven other boys. It's about your inner fight between good and bad and about the power of friendship and love. It's beautifully written, the language is simple but strong and I love it to little bits. If you managed Ende, Krabat shouldn't be a problem. And it's definitely worth the read.

Also, WB is shooting the film right now and it will hit the German cinemas in October. I like the trailer and can't wait to see what they made of the book. But if I have a chance to advertise the book before the film, I have to take it.

More I could read German a bit 15 years ago when I was going out with a German boy and loved Ende enough to work hard at it and sit down with a dictionary ...

Sadly, a head injury a few years later saw all my terrible German and almost all of my quite good French fall out of my brain. But I have just started to relearn Italian and it has convinced me that I would like my French back and would like to learn German properly. Amusingly I now have two other ex-boyfriends living in Germany, so clearly the universe is telling me that I should get my act together on this topic.

I have heard good things about Krabat, and that would be a good thing to set as a goal. I also want to read Lily Thal's Mimus in the original, as I enjoyed hit immensely in translation.

Telling you what it was would rely on me having a memory. Alas, not for years ... But I know at some point I was feeling bleagh and you made it all better.

Don't refuse yourself to the wisdom of the universe! Re-learn German!

I never heard of Mimus before today and just checked it out on Amazon. People are enthusiastic about it, so I might have to mark that one for reading. Thanks for the rec!

Oh, do! I dabble in medieval history and it's one of the best portrayals of some aspects of courtly life in the mid-medieval period I've seen, plus a cracking good tale!

Excellent. It is my considered opinion that that is the very best kind of person. After all, it doesn't do to be TOO nice. :oP

You know that you're 2, 5, 8 and 10 at the very least. *preens*

You know, I could get used to this positive sincerity lark. I guess we have something to thank the Australians for, other than mangling our language and winning our sports. :)

Seriously, *cough* thank you, that's very kind. *blushes and maybe shoves you a bit*

*Shoves back*

You're very welcome. And they lost the rugby. Twice.

Cup of tea?

No. 12 made me cry like a baby. I wish someone in my RL could say this about me. Thanks for writing that. You are a joy.

In fact, I would like to give back no. 20 to you because you are that to me. :)

On another note, I sent you an e-mail. Hope you got it. :P

Ooo tea! Super! :D

♥

I've heard too much sunshine can do that to people - make them pleasant and open. Not something I'm in any danger of suffering from over here. *looks balefully out of the window and a spectacularly cloudy and luke-warm July*

OMg that is too funny! I'm sure completely traumatizing for you. but funny since nothing bad happened.

Oh! your poor foot!

LOL This list was fun to read! Especially because I'm so out of things right now and I don't have an idea who all you mean by them but found myself, as I went, applying some of these to people on my own f-list. *grins*

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Page 3 of 4

«

1
2
3
4

»