Josh’s Comments (group member since Jun 17, 2010)

Josh’s comments from the Q&A with Josh Lanyon group.

Mymymble wrote: "Oh no! Oh woe!
After two years waiting, the kid has got his first operation date.
It is Christmas Eve. )-:"

WTH

Antonella wrote: "Josh wrote: "Hello, my dears.

Sorry to have been so scarce. It's really difficult to explain what's been going on with me, because I don't understand it myself..."

Hi, Josh! It's nice to have new..."

The political atmosphere for sure. Even though, in theory, the election is over and won and there is hope for sanity and reason... We are now squarely in the midst of what I believe is the most dangerous period of all.

I'm trying to keep an ongoing list of my sales and promotions--of which there are currently many--on my website: http://joshlanyon.com/home/news/

Jordan wrote: "And there's also my noisy neighbors. Management says they're taking this case to the legal team. \0/ I mean, I just want them to stop throwing late night parties every other Sunday. That's not too ..."

Good God. I mean... Who does that past the age of twenty-two? I don't think it's my imagination that people are not just ruder, more unkind, they're more self-righteous about being jerks.

Jordan wrote: "Josh wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I am just super cranky and exhausted right now. Within the last two weeks, Adrien has gone off her schedule major and wants to go out at 2 or 3 in the morning, but we're..."

Marlowe spent the whole time glued to my side, but Spenser was more proactive about trying to get us in one space. Quite a sense of law and order in that little one. :-D

Jordan wrote: "I mean, a very old tv show now, but Due South had a lot of great humor in it, as well as crimes to solve. :-)"

That and Slings and Arrows are two I've always meant to watch.

Jordan wrote: "Josh wrote: "Hello, my dears.

Sorry to have been so scarce. It's really difficult to explain what's been going on with me, because I don't understand it myself. I've been largely unable to write, ..."

I'm really looking forward to Two Gentlemen Sharing. Although I suddenly can't find my copy!!!! WTH.

Jordan wrote: "I am just super cranky and exhausted right now. Within the last two weeks, Adrien has gone off her schedule major and wants to go out at 2 or 3 in the morning, but we're out there for nearly an hou..."

I was sick last week. It turned out to be just some minor (five-day) thing, but because I had chills and fever and cough, the SO slept in the guest room. That did not go down well with Spenser. He wanted us together and he spent four of the five nights running from room to room, whining, whimpering, dragging (mostly) me downstairs to let him out, chewing on his squeaky toy as he trotted up and down the second floor...

It. Was. Hell.

But now that the SO is back in the master bedroom, Spenser is suddenly fine again and we're all getting our beauty sleep once more. So you have my sympathy.

Speaking of which...

I have to admit the pandemic kind of interrupted my celebration plans, but one thing I'm moving ahead with is a FATAL SHADOWS COLLECTOR'S EDITION. This is a hardcover edition with a foreword by Dal Maclean and an afterword by Nicole Kimberling and codas and several original illustrations.

Not sure when it will be available for order because I'm still waiting on the last illustrations, but I think it will be a very nice collectible for fans.

Johanna wrote: "Listening to Doris Day singing Christmas songs. So. Soothing."

YES. I will be digging out the Christmas decorations and music early this year. Not that I'm feeling particularly holiday-ish, but I want to. I want to generate that feeling of comfort and joy.

BTS

My nieces are ARMY. And slowly but surely I've been coerced into listening. I love that song "Dynamite." I can't help smiling every time I hear it.

Alison wrote: "I've been re-watching Yuri!!! on Ice, the queer figure skating anime and it's so lovely. It's nice and upbeat and soothing and cheerful, which I needed. I'm trying it dubbed in English this time (I..."

This is something I'd forgotten about but have been meaning to watch forever.

KC wrote: "So I'm looking for a good, fun, relaxing TV series, preferably comedy. Just finished all the Modern Family, then The Good Place, and now watching Kimmy Schmidt (which...I'm not sure how I feel abou..."

I recommend giving Schitt's Creek another try. I couldn't get into it either, but the SO convinced me to give it another watch, and some of it is very funny.

Also PSYCH. If you've never watched the entire series, it's really got some laugh-out-loud moments.

Any good gossip or book news? ;-D

Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I'm actually wondering if anyone knows anything about Rainbow Romance Writers, the chapter of Romance Writers of America for LGBTQ+ Romance? Their website seems to be down and I'm wo..."

I quit RWA. I was disgusted by ALL OF IT.

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Five things I love...

Hmmmmmmm.

1 - Rachel Maddow

2 - Comfort food (yeah, I am loving that TOO much right now)

3 - The fragile tenacity of Democracy

4 - The Marlowe and Spenser Show (twenty-four hours of canine comedy)

5 - The promise of a brighter day

Hello, my dears.

Sorry to have been so scarce. It's really difficult to explain what's been going on with me, because I don't understand it myself. I've been largely unable to write, but it's actually kind of worse than that. I've been unable to listen to music, to watch movies or TV or read fiction. FOR MONTHS. I've never experienced anything like it, and I'm not fully out of it yet.

Social interaction was limited and also often difficult.

Which is why I haven't been here. Or anywhere, really.

It is--I am--much, much better now that Biden has won. However, the margin keeps me up at night. One thing I really did not understand, would not have believed, was that Trump could possibly grow his base. I didn't see that coming. I truly thought that no one who had not initially voted for him could have seen anything in the last four years that would have convinced him he was a smart choice.

I was wrong about that.

Half of this country is not just ignorant, they are actually brainwashed. These conspiracy theories...

Another thing I was wrong about is the naïve notion that even hard core "Republicans" would not sell out our nation, our democracy when push came to shove.

Again wrong. Tragically wrong.

Watching Trump's antics over the past week+ I don't know where this ends. Even if Biden is inaugurated, this country is so divided, so polarized--and how do you get past that when so many reject facts, education, knowledge in favor of conspiracy theories and emotional babble?

But I'm glad to see so many comments, glad to see so many of you are still optimistic, still reading and thinking and speaking out.

Karen wrote: "I've been holding my breath, along with so many others. Tears of relief today."

Yes. I burst out crying when it was called for Biden--to the alarm of the SO, who then also began crying.

Then I cried again at the images of bells ringing out in Paris and fireworks in London.

Tears of relief. Tears of joy. Tears for everyone who died who needn't have if we'd had a fucking leader who gave a damn. Tears because it's a long way from over but at least now there's hope.

SamSpayedPI wrote: "I know, right? How can anyone be screaming "You've got to count every last vote" in State #1, and "stop counting votes now!" in State #2, and not see anything wrong with that?

It's like confirming..."

Is it any wonder we've all been teetering on the brink of breakdowns for months and months? This country has gone insane.