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Thread: Gator cake and tales of woe.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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Today we are gathered here to celebrate the birthday of Erin even if she herself is celebrating in Heaven.
What gifts will you bring? How many times have you been gator bait? Or, did you catch her on one of those rare occasions when her loving heart was showing to all the world, or at least to you?
I'll give a case of Eden wine, grown and bottled here in Florida. Then I'll make her laugh by telling her how afraid I was of her until it was my duty (gulp) to ask her to join in the creation of the quilt (AKA Hamster Ball) for Miss_Molly. She was sweet and funny and gracious in her response.
That was my first interaction with her, and a wonderful memory!
-------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Ferijen
Shipmate
# 4719
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Happy birthday Erin, never smile at a crocodile, but it's ok to grin at a gator, right?
I really - REALLY- miss Erin's presence around here. I'm sure we could find a troll worth sacrificing for the occasion.
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Barefoot Friar
Ship's Shoeless Brother
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Two bars of Green & Black's.
I never crossed swords with Erin, but I did laugh at those who did. It was almost always entertaining.
-------------------- Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. -- Desmond Tutu
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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I shall unroll the banner we shippies on the craft thread made in memory of Erin. Then I will wonder for the umpteenth time where to send it, and if Lamb Chopped ever unearthed the Mola Alligator she was making. Somehow, Erin never did belong in Limbo!
-------------------- Women in the church are not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be enjoyed.
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Amos
Shipmate
# 44
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Remembering the generous parcel of Double-Stuf Oreos Erin sent me once, I shall bring some of those. Soooooo good for you.
-------------------- At the end of the day we face our Maker alongside Jesus--ken
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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Erin's best legacy was that the Ship has carried on without her, and we haven't killed each other (yet).
I will remember the little model alligator that I sent Erin many years ago (I took a picture of it first).
I will also remember the joke she played on several of us - sending cards through the post with a load of shiny confetti inside, which of course all fell out when we opened our cards. And the packet of Mint Oreos she sent me when I said I'd never tried them before.
The alligator may have had a fearsome bite, but she also had a very well-organised brain, a kind heart, and a huge twinkle in her eye.
-------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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Oreo snap!
-------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Ann
Curious
# 94
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I saw this in a book recently and immediately thought of Erin.
During the Ark, I "talked" to her a few times in the Ark Cafe - she had no feeling of "I am the admin and the rest of you are dust" and, as far as you can giggle in the cafe, was giggling about some stunt she'd pulled on the Ark.
I also remember when the boards were down for a few weeks for refurbishment - the time that avatars were introduced and some smilies, she hid the new smilies in some threads across the boards (you could look, but you couldn't post - but she could). She then ran a competition for those who were bored enough to keep logging in to watch the paint dry to find all ten (I think it was). In All Saints, she'd added the vomiting smilie to the Birthday and other Days thread against a particularly sappy Day - with a comment to the effect that Motherboard was going to kill her for that!
-------------------- Ann
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Carex
Shipmate
# 9643
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She liked white chocolate if I recall...
I remember a Hell thread that got the Circus hosts in trouble - that was about the closest I ever got to a love nip from the gator.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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loved that women. Even though I know I irritated the piss out of her.
I don't remember our first interaction - fairly safe to bet I said something stupid and she cut through the crap and called me on it.
When I first came to the Ship I came across as a alaskan-elitist snot. I've never really felt that way (okay, moments...) but I was green at carefully choosing my words. (another benefit of the ship - honing my writing skills) I dont even remember what the subject was but I made some comment along the lines of "you people dont understand what it's like up here!" which is often true but was very inelegantly put and made me sound like Bertha Betterthanyew. Erin ripped me a new one and basically claimed I was full of shit. She was wrong. But I was wrong, too, in not putting my argument in a way anyone could even remotely accept or empathize with. I totally had it coming - I can't expect people to hear my arguments if I put them in a way that sounds like a petulant child. That first year I was schooled a lot. By Erin, RooK, RuthW, Pyx_e, jlg, Sarkycow, and KenWritez. I was used to being the cleverest speaker (not smartest - just most eloquent) in the room - but those were small rooms. Hello, Ship! And here's one bigass room.
We also got into it over television once. I basically find most television to be insipid, vacuous, bullshit. Erin very... sharply... pointed out to me that in a country the size of this one, one of the few things we all have in common that we can all share in is television content. it's discussion is a way to bond over common things when you're separated by miles and ways of life. a shared experience. She was absolutely right, and that's a damn good point. I still hate most television, but I try not to pass judgement on those who don't. I've been tempted once or twice to look up a rerun of Project Runway for her sake. Sounds like the kind of show I'd hate- but she loved it. there must have been something redeeming.
One thing I always loved about Erin is that we could could be having it out on the boards, both barrels and lots of bloodshed, and still chat amicably in email and private messages. a beauty of Erin was that she didn't confuse disagreeing on an issue with disliking the person.
so my contribution to the party - I'm bringing a bunch of those punching bag thingies that bounce right back up in your face. One will look like George W Bush ('cause I know how fond she was of him) and another will look like Hurricane Joanne and another will look like the fuckstick who last cut her off on the freeway and another will look like the medical policy makers who drove her fucking nuts at work and another will look just like me. Cause I suspect she'd love that.
-------------------- Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote: Originally posted by Ann: During the Ark, I "talked" to her a few times in the Ark Cafe - she had no feeling of "I am the admin and the rest of you are dust" and, as far as you can giggle in the cafe, was giggling about some stunt she'd pulled on the Ark.
I remember a couple of those stunts. And Ark Cafe Erin was one of the coolest, most laid-backed, most earthy versions of Erin I ever experienced.
She used to come in on Admin mode (in that cafe Admins got a different kind of dialogue box) and bark out unexpected things like "Pick up the conversation. You people are boring me."
I would give her a urinal cake, in a velvet lined box. With a candle in it.
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.” Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
# 107
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I used to send Erin links to alligator cartoons that struck me as especially funny. I'll find some more to send.
Moo
-------------------- Kerygmania host --------------------- See you later, alligator.
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Gill H
Shipmate
# 68
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I introduced her to Maya Gold G&B, and she told me I was her dealer.
In Dec 2010 we visited Florida and I told her I would wave when the plane flew over Jacksonville. We saw G&B for sale in a cinema in Orlando and my first thought was 'must tell Erin'.
-------------------- *sigh* We can’t all be Alan Cresswell.
- Lyda Rose
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Golden Key
Shipmate
# 1468
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I'll give her a direct line to Joss Whedon, creator of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" series. She can talk to him about a sequel!
-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
# 57
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A Humble Pie, for me to eat.
P
-------------------- It is better to be Kind than right.
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Golden Key
Shipmate
# 1468
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-------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Niteowl
Hopeless Insomniac
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As a newbie I only had to watch Erin in action slicing some poor fool to ribbons once to learn that respect was the order of the day if she called you on something. After that I enjoyed reading all of her posts, from the slice n dice to the intellectually well put posts. Sadly, I wasn't here long enough before she died to have had much interaction with her. The ship is a fine testament to her and refuge for me on the net with it's highly intelligent discussion.
-------------------- "love all, trust few, do wrong to no one" Wm. Shakespeare
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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I'm thinking that if we all got together to sing "Shine, Jesus, Shine" or "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam", she may get ticked at us enough to come back and slap us!
I miss you, Erin.
-------------------- Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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