Bweh. Thanks to yesterday...

[annathepiper]

I am feeling a big, powerful need to reaffirm my friendships. So to all of you folks out there, consider yourselves quietly hugged.

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[framlingem.livejournal.com]

Luv ya :)

*returns hugs*

[annathepiper]

*hugs back* Thanks hon; I'm especially touched by this just because I've only begun to get to know you. But hey, hugs out of Newfoundland are extra special. :)

[kathrynt.livejournal.com]

Aww. I love you too.

[annathepiper]

*snugs a Q* Not sure if you saw when you were IMing me, babe, but I DO love that baby sweater you made. The ladybug buttons are adorable. :)

[alinsa.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Ooh! Me three! Me three! Even if it doesn't always show. ;)

[annathepiper]

*smiles and skitches a vixen and snugs her* Likewise, hon. :) Thank you for being there.

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

*hugs bis sis back* Anytime you ever need someone to talk to, just give the word.

[annathepiper]

Thanks, kiddo. I have a real bad habit of internalizing things that stress me out... and it tends to go right into my muscles. Yay, screwed up back and shoulders! ;p (See previous post re: needing to see a chiropractor.) This is me trying to do something about letting out some of that stress; it helps to know my sister is listening.

*hugs*

[poetry-lady.livejournal.com]

/hugs/ It's that kind of day.

[annathepiper]

*snugs tight* Yes. Yes it has, and the echoes of it are still rumbling through me. But it helps to hear from you. Thanks for being there. :)

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

aww. *snugs da golden elf*

[annathepiper]

*snugs a l'il orc* Thanks for being there, hon.

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

i saw solarbird's post :( what a shame, and a waste :(

*BIG HUGS*

[annathepiper]

Yeah. Not much more I can say to it, really.

But thanks for being there. It's deeply appreciated. I owe you a hug in person next time Dara and I come up to Vancouver.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[annathepiper]

*snugs her favorite Kit* Thank you, hon. For being there, and for being the Kit that made me do Nanowrimo and get off my ass and WRITE SOMETHING. :) I'll probably be telling you that a lot in months to come; hope you're prepared. ;)

[jessicac.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[annathepiper]

*snugs back* Thanks hon--it's very much appreciated, especially since I know you have a bunch of stuff on YOUR plate right now!

[firni.livejournal.com]

huggles!

[annathepiper]

*hugs a Firni* I just have to say I love that kitten icon. :) Awwww!

[murson.livejournal.com]

I feel this ain't enough, but...

*long distance hug, and some Good Thoughts sent your way*

[annathepiper]

It helps. Hearing from you is good all by itself. :) When Dara and I come to Scotland next year for Worldcon, perhaps we'll have a chance to exchange hugs in person, hrmm?

[leian.livejournal.com]

chalk up another on your hug count, hon.

*snugs good*

[annathepiper]

Thank you much, hon, it's appreciated! *snugs* I'm so pleased that you're liking McKinley. Not to mention Great Big Sea and the M&C soundtrack. :D

[thomwatson.livejournal.com]

Love ya muchly!

[annathepiper]

You too, guy. :) Thank you, by the way, for your blog posts--I've been reading them, and I went and looked at Wil Wheaton's blog because of your post about it. It was very heartening to see what he had to say, and the outpouring of support he got in the comments. Hell, I even appreciated that one person who didn't agree with him but who made a very specific point of asking for rational discourse on the matter.

[lyricae.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[annathepiper]

*snugs a Cheryl* Thanks hon! And btw, congrats on your new car; don't let anybody give you grief about New Car Smell. ;)

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

*hugs close*

[annathepiper]

*snugs back* Thanks hon--and thanks again for touching bases with me tonight about the story. :) Yay feedback! *chants mantra to self that constructive criticism is a good thing, for later when I need to learn to take this from editors ;)*

[veiledpanda.livejournal.com]

*big hug*

[annathepiper]

*snugs back* Thank you, hon! It is very much appreciated. And just so it gets mentioned, I did very much enjoy having that lunch and movie out with you the other day; if you're ever up for a repeat performance, let me know. :) I am wondering if RotK is still playing anywhere... and not to mention that I feel almost morally obligated to go see Hidalgo when it comes out, just because mmmmmmmm Viggo Mortensen mmmmmm... but anyway.

Thanks. :)

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

*SNUG*

[annathepiper]

*snugs back* Thanks, guy, it is very much appreciated. Been reading those posts of yours about your recent health ick--hope you get all that out of your system soon. :(

[king-chiron.livejournal.com]

*hugs* back at ya!

[annathepiper]

*giggles* Hugged by a badger. ;) That does tend to make for interesting mental imagery!

Thanks, guy. *hugs*

[kairee.livejournal.com]

*snugs from the lurking fox*

[annathepiper]

*snugs back said fox* Thanks hon, it is much appreciated. :) I'm glad we found one another on LJ--you're Tribe, after all! :)

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Hugs and love to you and yours.

[annathepiper]

*snugs* Thank you very much--and though we've yet to meet, it means something!

And that puppy icon is absolutely adorable. I just had to say that. :)

[wrog]

hugs.

Even though I've never actually met p.h., i'm just sort of sitting on the sidelines shaking my head in disbelief. It was a good try; you might be flogging yourself about what more you could have done, but as far as I can tell it would be pointless.

[annathepiper]

Thanks, Roger.

I'm... not particularly bothered by the what-ifs of what more I might have done. That much, at least, I am pretty clear on. That part that makes the hurt is the awareness that she's doing what she believes is right. Dara and I are doing what we believe is right. It's just that... these are two absolutely incompatible viewpoints. :(

I do not begrudge her her right to believe what she wishes. I'd explain that to her, if I thought she'd listen; I'd try to tell her that no, it's not impinging upon her religious freedom to give people she disagrees with equal, fair treatment under the law.

But, well. It wouldn't do any good. So.

*snugs*

[mnemozine.livejournal.com]

*snugs*

[annathepiper]

*snugs back* Thanks hon--and thanks for being there.

I keep thinking of you periodically and wishing we'd gotten to RP more. Especially now that I'm doing a story involving versions of my Aether characters. :) Though I do also still think of Kestrel, who seemed neat to me!

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

*hugs*
Cathy

[annathepiper]

*snugs* Thanks for being there, hon! It's much appreciated.

Hugged

[catrysa.livejournal.com]

Only if you consider yourself DOUBLY hugged in return!!



Love you Anna!

Re: Hugged

[annathepiper]

Awwwww. :) Thanks! And likewise!