RisiaSkye

[CarolineOh]

I am sure everyone will agree with me when I say that Risia is a wonderful woman who I admire greatly. I eagerly look forward to reading her thoughts, and appreciate the effort she has put into making this such a wonderful, supportive community.

Good luck with your studies Risia. Keep destroying that dumb blonde myth, girlfriend!

 

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[WillowPuss]

Absolutely ...

Best of luck to you Risia

 

[Shadowsdream]

absolutely!

Risa is always a voice of reason and calm understanding.

Good luck in the studies and having a little time to just unwind from time to time as well.

 

[Titania1616]

wishing you the best!

 

[MissTaken]

Yes,

Risia rocks.

 

[Kirabeth]

Warm wishes and good luck Risia

 

[MotorCitySam]

I hope Risia knows how much we all appreciate her good work.
Good call, Caroline.

 

[CarolineOh]

I hope Risia knows how much we all appreciate her good work.
Good call, Caroline.

Thank you honey, I guess that means I don't deserve that spanking you were threatening me with on the other thread, huh?

 

[MotorCitySam]

Thank you honey, I guess that means I don't deserve that spanking you were threatening me with on the other thread, huh?

Now I think you got one coming from me and one from Risia too.

 

[CarolineOh]

Now I think you got one coming from me and one from Risia too.

Oh, poor me.

 

[WillowPuss]

I have an almost new fly swat that I will donate, if you want to use that???

And I am sure that you could get contributions from others - you only have to ask. Hint even?

 

[DRxBlue]

Great idea CarolineOh!

If it weren't for Risia and her intellect, i never would have discovered this forum, or BDSM. i really feel i owe her a lot.

The discovery of the lifestyle has enriched my life immeasurably. The least i can do is wish for her success in her studies. (which i'd like to hear more about)

i'm wishing really hard!
Doctor Blue





(edited for spelling...DOH!)

 

[CarolineOh]

<bump>

Welcome back, darlin'!

 

[RisiaSkye]

Wow. I'm speechless. (okay, nearly so ) What a remarkable wealth of support. I'm truly blessed to know such generous, positive, and wonderful people.

Thank you, all of you, from my heart. I'm very touched by this.
And an extra thank you to Caroline, for making sure that I didn't miss it because I was away for a few days.


RS

 

[Never]

Risia is the bomb.

 

[CarolineOh]

Risia, as intelligent and insightful as both you and cym are, I wonder if you have any idea how much the two of you mean to us stumbling neophytes.

 

[RisiaSkye]

Never: Hey, girl! I didn't even know you were back with us. Are you doing summer school? How's life treating you? It's great to see you here again; I've missed your witty repartee. Seriously.

Caroline: Oh, honey, putting me in the same category with cym is so misleading! She's the guru, I'm the opinionated loud mouth...there's a world of difference between the two. But, being compared to her is very flattering (though I can't say how *she'd* feel about it!); many thanks for the genuine compliment. I swear, you are so consistently patient, kind, and generous (and not just with me, either) that YOU should be the model we all strive to emulate.

Oh, and Congratulations again! You and Sam make a wonderful match, and I wish you both nothing but the best.

 

[SierraMoon]

i'm sooo glad to see you back here, Risia.... you have been missed!!!

 

[RisiaSkye]

Why, thanks Sierra! And here I thought nobody would notice I was away. Sometimes, I can't really believe what a great group of people we've got here. It's been a tough few days; this was just the best possible thing to come home to, here at Lit.

To steal a line from the Guru herself (our beautiful cym): You all make me proud to be perverted!

 

[DRxBlue]

i KNEW Risia would protest...*grin*

CarolineOh? Have you noticed that, in spite of the agreement of many wonderful minds and hearts about their excellent qualities, both Risia and cym are prone to pooh-pooh our opinions.

You'd think that they would bow to the accumulated intelligence we represent. Maybe it's better that they don't. If they were to begin to "believe their press clippings" they wouldn't be much fun any more.

i've learned to restrain myself, but it's been very difficult when i'm constantly confronted with reasons to "extravaganlty praise" them both.

i just sit back in awe these days. Welcome home, Risia. Maybe you get a little break?

Once more, great thread and again delighted excited applause for your upcoming marriage.

 

[SierraMoon]

Why, thanks Sierra! And here I thought nobody would notice I was away. Sometimes, I can't really believe what a great group of people we've got here. It's been a tough few days; this was just the best possible thing to come home to, here at Lit.

To steal a line from the Guru herself (our beautiful cym): You all make me proud to be perverted!

oh yes, we definately noticed that you were away... you and cym are 2 of the strongest forces on this forum, when either of you are silent, the forum is just not the same!!

 

[RisiaSkye]

Re: i KNEW Risia would protest...*grin*

CarolineOh? Have you noticed that, in spite of the agreement of many wonderful minds and hearts about their excellent qualities, both Risia and cym are prone to pooh-pooh our opinions.

Only the opinions which flatter us so, Blue. The rest, and I feel pretty comfortable speaking for cym on this one, we respect tremendously.

You'd think that they would bow to the accumulated intelligence we represent. Maybe it's better that they don't. If they were to begin to "believe their press clippings" they wouldn't be much fun any more.

Uh-oh, cornered by logic--and Blue's sneaky turning of my own words! You're a devil, Doc, an absolute *devil*!

Seriously, though, I *do* respect and much appreciate the wealth of intelligence, insight, and many other admirable qualities that you all represent. I'm just wary of buying into praise too much--particularly such generous and flattering words as those in this thread. You're absolutely right about one thing, though: speaking just for me, if I were to "believe my press" I'd not only be no fun, I'd be dangerous.

It's wonderful to feel appreciated, particularly by such a great group of people, but I've already got a tendency to let my ego outgrow my abilities and accomplishments, and arrogance can be a very dangerous thing--particularly in a place like this, where the advice we (all) offer may have a direct effect on not only a person's happiness, but their health and safety as well.
Not to over-emphasize my own importance, or that of any one poster or even the forum as a whole, but I know in my heart that the day I stop seeing my own faults, recognizing my limitations, and cautioning against taking my own (or *any* single person or opinion) too seriously, I'll be guilty of the worst kind of intellectual arrogance--attitude substituting for insight. I'd NEVER want to become someone for whom reputation matters more than ideas and fostering an ongoing conversation, or who takes themselves so seriously that they stop being able to acknowledge and laugh at their own frailties.

i've learned to restrain myself, but it's been very difficult when i'm constantly confronted with reasons to "extravaganlty praise" them both.

Hmm...methinks I know where the quoted phrase originates!
You're too kind, as always, Blue.
But your extravagance in praise, like your intelligence and compassion, is part of you, and thus is something that I value very much. Thank you for, well, for being you.

i just sit back in awe these days. Welcome home, Risia. Maybe you get a little break?

Thanks!
Nope, no rest for the wicked. I'm home for one day, to teach a summer school class. Then Wednesday, I'm off again into the desert, this time to celebrate mi madre's 50th birthday. Then, it's back again next Tuesday to teach, resume writing, begin studying for the qualifying exams, and continue fighting the fallout of a miscommunication in the administration of my department at school. It makes me tired just thinking about it. But, this too shall pass.

I'm really something with the pithy-if-cliche commentary, aren't I?

For anyone doing the math: (Yes, my mother was young when she had me. Yes, I'm in my 20s. Don't hold it against me, please. Trust me, I've got more varied and intense life experience than most any other twenty-something you're likely to meet. I've been an adult, if an exhuberant & talkative one, for a shockingly long time, regardless of what my biological age would suggest.)

 

[DRxBlue]

i can't argue with any of the above

the day I stop seeing my own faults, recognizing my limitations, and cautioning against taking my own (or *any* single person or opinion) too seriously, I'll be guilty of the worst kind of intellectual arrogance--attitude substituting for insight. I'd NEVER want to become someone for whom reputation matters more than ideas and fostering an ongoing conversation, or who takes themselves so seriously that they stop being able to acknowledge and laugh at their own frailties.

That's beautiful! THAT's the Risia we know and love and have missed so much. We know that your absence is in a very good cause though.

The work you're engaged in is fascinating. i believe we all look forward to more glimpses of what you've been doing, and the reaction of academia also.

One funny thing, the phrase "extravagant praise" was attributable to you, but i got exactly, verbatim! the same reaction when i first sent feedback to CarolineOh! It's a conspiracy i tells ya!

Tell your Mom that being 50's been really good for me. (feels a little funny to say so)

No rest for the Wiccan, eh? Be well, as you always say, and be BACK when you can.

 

[Never]

RisiaSkye:
"Never: Hey, girl! I didn't even know you were back with us. Are you doing summer school? How's life treating you? It's great to see you here again; I've missed your witty repartee. Seriously. "

No, no summer school. I'm in Maine doing hard labor for my parents. Life is fine in a boring, shiftless, when-will-school-restart way. I hope you didn't miss my wit too much, my life as a college freshman has dulled it considerably. It's odd, those brain cells didn't seem that important when I was drinking.