(September 16, 2022 at 8:24 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

(September 16, 2022 at 8:13 pm)Astreja Wrote: Well, no.  A death threat was also involved.  Trying to control my hair length, wardrobe, weight and leisure time were red flags in advance of the "last straw" event when I actually left.

It kinda sounds like all of that might have been for your own good.

Good one, Ahriman.  That must be why I became such a success after I left Whatsisname - with the boot removed from my neck I was able to fly, and quickly regained everything I had lost... and then some.  (whacks silly little edgelord across nose with the rolled-up deed to her second fully-paid-off house)

(September 16, 2022 at 8:45 pm)Astreja Wrote:

(September 16, 2022 at 8:24 pm)Ahriman Wrote: It kinda sounds like all of that might have been for your own good.

 Good one, Ahriman.  That must be why I became such a success after I left Whatsisname - with the boot removed from my neck I was able to fly, and quickly regained everything I had lost... and then some.  (whacks silly little edgelord across nose with the rolled-up deed to her second fully-paid-off house)

Forgive me goddess, you are truly a strong, independent woman.

(September 16, 2022 at 8:51 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

(September 16, 2022 at 8:45 pm)Astreja Wrote:  Good one, Ahriman.  That must be why I became such a success after I left Whatsisname - with the boot removed from my neck I was able to fly, and quickly regained everything I had lost... and then some.  (whacks silly little edgelord across nose with the rolled-up deed to her second fully-paid-off house)

Forgive me goddess, you are truly a strong, independent woman.

Thank you, Ahriman.

(September 16, 2022 at 8:51 pm)Astreja Wrote:

(September 16, 2022 at 8:51 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Forgive me goddess, you are truly a strong, independent woman.

Thank you, Ahriman.

Do you want a foot massage?

(September 16, 2022 at 8:13 pm)Astreja Wrote:

(September 16, 2022 at 7:06 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Is that all it takes to get a restraining order?

Well, no.  A death threat was also involved.  Trying to control my hair length, wardrobe, weight and leisure time were red flags in advance of the "last straw" event when I actually left.

I'm sorry; you deserve better.

(September 17, 2022 at 12:14 am)Jehanne Wrote:

(September 16, 2022 at 8:13 pm)Astreja Wrote: Well, no.  A death threat was also involved.  Trying to control my hair length, wardrobe, weight and leisure time were red flags in advance of the "last straw" event when I actually left.

I'm sorry; you deserve better.

Thank you.  It has been better, like night and day.

(September 16, 2022 at 9:07 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Do you want a foot massage?

*meep* (hides ticklish feet under desk)

(September 17, 2022 at 12:44 am)Astreja Wrote:

(September 16, 2022 at 9:07 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Do you want a foot massage?

*meep* (hides ticklish feet under desk)

I'll get the lavender lotion.

(September 14, 2022 at 10:26 pm)Jehanne Wrote:

(September 14, 2022 at 8:32 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And even that doesn't guarantee anything.



After all is said and done, Salieri put his trust in the Justice of a supreme being to help create beautiful music, and his name survives only as a mediocrity with a non-existent rivalry against a much more gifted composer. And whether or not God is real, or whether or not Mozart was all that devout, his immortality project has succeeded wildly.

In all fairness to Saleri, his music is still performed and he has had a viable (yet small, as compared to Mozart) following long before Amadeus.  Most composers' music dies with them, and so, Saleri's compositions are, by any standard, still a "hit".  Even though they were only a one-hit wonder, Katrina & The Waves will be remembered long after their bodies have decomposed.

Also known as the group that won Eurovision the year Ireland entered My Lovely Horse.

(September 14, 2022 at 10:26 pm)Jehanne Wrote:

(September 14, 2022 at 8:32 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And even that doesn't guarantee anything.



After all is said and done, Salieri put his trust in the Justice of a supreme being to help create beautiful music, and his name survives only as a mediocrity with a non-existent rivalry against a much more gifted composer. And whether or not God is real, or whether or not Mozart was all that devout, his immortality project has succeeded wildly.

In all fairness to Saleri, his music is still performed and he has had a viable (yet small, as compared to Mozart) following long before Amadeus.  Most composers' music dies with them, and so, Saleri's compositions are, by any standard, still a "hit".  Even though they were only a one-hit wonder, Katrina & The Waves will be remembered long after their bodies have decomposed.

The amazing thing about Katrina & The Waves is that it’s a wonder they managed even one hit.

Boru