JZmayhem

Editor, reader, fan of language, fan of history, God & science, utter dork. She/her. AO3 zmayhem, Spoutible @JZMayhem, @zzyzyvasmay

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

I saw my father for an hour last night. Prior to seeing him, I donned:
* A pair of gloves
* A full-length vinyl gown with thumb loops at the ends of the sleeves
* A second pair of gloves over the thumb loops and the ends of the gown sleeves
* A mask
* An opaque hairnet
* Goggles

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@ColorMeRado @WonderKing82 Erasure isn’t passive.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@StedesLeftShoe My mom wants me to use it as a writing sample to get an agent, bless her.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@StedesLeftShoe OTOH, I got to explain the wide wild world of fanfic to my 81-year-old mom, which was genuinely fun and she was fascinated. I didn't even get to the part where the root cause of this vast universe was Ann Rice being a jerk--maybe during a future chat!

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@StedesLeftShoe Thanks for the boost... it's kind of dying, with 3 kudos after nearly a week, but I'm glad I wrote it. I just wish more than 3 people would see it (okay, my mom saw it and loved it, but she's not my target audience!).

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@JamesMLoft @DonnaDiva @LauraChapin Lucky that she was able to get the care she needed without additional trauma on top of an already traumatic event. Very lucky.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

For a million billion years I've made noises about writing an epistolary fic involving Lucius and his favorite sister. It's done! #ofmd https://t.co/JcFthvcPDo

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

and I ask, who is Vida that he deserves so much?
and why does only God see the just man in disguise,
and if all this is the grace of God,
why doesn't it ever happen to me?

/end

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

#VidaBlue

ANGELS SHADE VIDA
by Nancy Willard

When the sun breaks over the desert
other people fight back with tents and turbans,
polarized glasses and sad houseboys with fans.
Only Vida has angels to shade him.

1/4

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

And then I see him going down the street
with a hundred wings whirring over his head
and incense of myrrh and peppermint fanning the air
and a hundred halos to light the way at night,

3/4

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@iamchanteezy Happy birthday to you!

[Sorta Damocles @sorta_damocles]

@JoJoFromJerz

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

Hear me out: Richard Scarry's Busy World, only it's Captain Bonnet's Busy Ship. That is all.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@oossik @halleberry Elsewhere she's claiming I lied about my father's death. I do indeed have to get angry.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@JadedNurse63 You are cruel.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

I saw my father for an hour last night. Prior to seeing him, I donned:
* A pair of gloves
* A full-length vinyl gown with thumb loops at the ends of the sleeves
* A second pair of gloves over the thumb loops and the ends of the gown sleeves
* A mask
* An opaque hairnet
* Goggles

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@JadedNurse63 Again, this was 4/7/20. It absolutely happened. On what do you base your claim to encyclopedic knowledge of Oakland's protocols three years ago?

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@JadedNurse63 @halleberry Blocking you now. I wish nursing had a way to screen out people like you.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@JadedNurse63 You are not. You're jaded and hostile. You remind me of the nurse who almost drove me to suicide at a past job. I hope to fuck you retire soon.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@JadedNurse63 Different people process different things different ways, you cockbite.

[JZmayhem @zzyzyvasmay]

@JadedNurse63 Also, you're picking nits over someone's deathbed narrative? Fuck you very much.