Vote - Week 9

[clauderainsrm]

This week's topic was "Sucker Punch".

Life decided to pull a sucker punch of its own, by taking out two old friends and heavy hitters,  with a bye-out.

Goodbye toalycewilson  and eeyore_grrl

Second Chance is starting soon. So I hope we will see you there!

In the meantime though, it's time for the rest of you...

To face the Gatekeepers.

Yes. The topic Sucker Punch was in fact a sucker punch.

For those of you who have never experienced this before, it's a like a Contestant Only poll. Except that you don't vote.

It's like last week, except you don't get your friends to vote for you.

Don't let that stop you from reading, and commenting on each other's work though - or sharing your favorite pieces. It may not impact the voting, but it's still something that's very important to be doing for each other.

It's a special panel that I personally put together, to read, to decide on their favorites, and to send me a list. I compile those lists (like I do with the Contestant Only week) and eliminate people accordingly. :)

We will be losing a minimum of 5 contestants, with a maximum of 8.

I've given them until Thursday at 8pm EST to send me their lists. The results will be posted soon after that.

Good luck to everyone.

Comments

[babydramatic_1950]

I wanted to comment directly to your entry, but found myself trying to type in black on a dark red background. No. Which reminded me of one of the things that I never liked about LJ: too many "artsy" choices about type fonts, colors, etc. There probably would have been a way to change my type font to white but it was too much trouble. Anyhow, I can comment here. I know most of your story from your memoir so this entry was not "news". But of course as always it was brilliantly written. I am a "Toby" of sorts. Seeing your entry reminded me that often the sick partner who is left at home is angry and acts out. Fortunately my partner never acted out in the way you did; with her it was more digging in her heels and refusing to do *one thing* (and this was before she became as ill as she is now; at that time she was about the age I am now) while I was killing myself all day. I worked and did all the housework and she never had the energy to do anything but she did have the energy to go to a museum with a friend, for example. And she spent a lot of money. My money. Probably the worst thing she did was buy things on my AmEx card and leave me with sticker shock.

I am so happy that you are not in the place you were in when you were living that experience. You have come through a lot and continue to shine in every way.

[bsgsix]

I'm sorry it's hard for you to see. I guess I don't see it because I don't comment directly from that page or something? I swear I'm still trying to figure it all out here. :) But I AM here, as are you, and that's good.

Thank you for your comment about my entry, though, and yes, some of that was in the memoir. This was a bit more detailed - one broken down scene in a much bigger story, like the memoir - and to you, no, probably not "news." I've known you for a while now! Funny to think that we've known each other since before my TBI, and from Idol to boot! :)

Anyhow, I'm glad you found it well written, and the acting out is more a DID thing. With the alters, who try to protect me but have taken on so much trauma, I think they sometimes get confused. I know they are parts of me; I created them to help me. And they do. But they have their own ways of coping, and their ways don't always align with my own.

I'm so tired, so I apologize if this is a rambling comment! Cancer stuff is really taking it out of me. But I, too, am happy to be in a different place. Eight years can change everything, and for me and Toby, it definitely did. And thank you! I'm glad you see that in me! *hugs*