Damn! I liked her. posted by mischief at 6:35 PM on May 11, 2006
Reklaw, she was a vegetarian. Mushrooms were very important to her. posted by Jade5454 at 6:35 PM on May 11, 2006
Hey, what happens to Mimi and Hailee now? posted by mischief at 6:36 PM on May 11, 2006
I'm a vegetarian too.
I'll shut up now. posted by reklaw at 6:37 PM on May 11, 2006
Mimi, Hailee, Bonnie, and Mocha (all rescued Siamese) are with her parents in Michigan. They are missed, too! posted by Jade5454 at 6:37 PM on May 11, 2006
Reklaw you are a particularly ugly person on the inside, no? Might want to get that looked into. posted by Divine_Wino at 6:38 PM on May 11, 2006
That is some messed up disorder. It never ceases to amaze me the myriad ways the body can stuff up. RIP Catherine. posted by tellurian at 6:38 PM on May 11, 2006
that's a shame ... she was responsible for one of the silliest things ever on here ... and i mean that in a good way posted by pyramid termite at 6:39 PM on May 11, 2006
Sounds quite the sucky condition, from the article. Glad she got some time free of it.
Reklaw you are a particularly ugly person on the inside, no? Might want to get that looked into.
Well, how lovely.
I realise I might have come off a bit harsh, but seeing this set off a thought/feeling process in me that goes a little like this:
We're all wasting our life on the internet. Why post about whatever stupid crap here when our time is so limited?
I'm gonna go do something else. Seeya. posted by reklaw at 6:44 PM on May 11, 2006
In the end, she decided to have all the plugs and tubes pulled and be put in hospice. She was in a bad way and knew her body couldn't take any more. I will always be proud of her for making her own decisions at the end. She died, peacefully, in her sleep, with no one poking or prodding her every few hours. posted by Jade5454 at 6:46 PM on May 11, 2006
That thread gave me lots of laughs. I had no idea she was sick. How very sad.
Note to self: when dying, do not spend excessive amounts of time contemplating mushrooms.
"Bailey:..maybe the truth is there's a little bit of loser in all of us ya know? Being happy isnt having everything in your life be perfect.
Maybe its about stringing together all the little things like wearing these pants or getting to a new level of dragonslayer, making those count for more than the bad stuff. Maybe we just get through it and thats all we can ask for."
I loved that hilarious and fun Portobello mushroom thread and glad MiHail spent some time here.
Jade5454, I'm sorry for the loss of your dear friend.
May she rest in peace. posted by nickyskye at 7:03 PM on May 11, 2006
I thought she said she had cancer? I guess she 'dumbed it down' for us, by mentioning a disease with a similar prognosis.
And constantly itching all the time too. Wow, that would totally suck ass. At least with pain you can take pain medication, Opiods do nothing to stop itching. posted by delmoi at 7:37 PM on May 11, 2006
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And I mean, I'm truly at a loss for words. posted by evilcolonel at 8:21 PM on May 11, 2006
That thread, and her subsequent response, was one of the funniest things I've ever read here. The only appropriate response I can think of is to urge everyone to Donate Life posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:53 PM on May 11, 2006
MiHail, her earnest plea
became quite the novelty
and, oh, we criticized her
but we now recognize her
as a woman with heart
and perhaps it's not so cocky
folks should be able to tell apart
Chanterelles and Shiitake posted by dgaicun at 2:41 AM on May 12, 2006
wtf is a chanterelle?
posted by UbuRoivas
I'm with you brother, Australia is a mushroom deficient country. I had very little luck obtaining chantrelles in Sydney but I was recently at the Central Markets down in Adelaide and enthusiastically enquired of the vendors with the hope of obtaining some. I was assured by a stall vendor that they are not available fresh in Australia but could be purchased in a dried form from him (along with some morels). I proceeded to do so at a ridiculous price and was subsequently disappointed with my culinary outcomes. But hey MiHail, I found someone who knew what they were. posted by tellurian at 5:53 AM on May 12, 2006
Thanks for posting this. I loved that thread and had a lot of respect for her. posted by languagehat at 6:01 AM on May 12, 2006
Unless you are looking for Asian varieties
You'll get no argument from me there, I live in Ashfield. Other than those and Swiss Brown or Field there's not much else to be had and certainly nothing along the lines of a Chantrelle or Morel. My local providore in Five Dock does import whole, fresh (frozen) Porcini mushrooms.
I hope this digression is not seen as a derail from what is ostensibly an obit thread. I think MiHail would appreciate it anyway. posted by tellurian at 7:38 AM on May 12, 2006
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I'm sorry to hear that she is gone Jade5454, and I hope you are able to find some comforts, despite your mourning. Be well. posted by lilboo at 7:47 AM on May 12, 2006
I think it's used in threads about someone who has died as a kind of abbreviated signing of the guestbook, a simplified recognition.
We're all wasting our life on the internet. Why post about whatever stupid crap here when our time is so limited?
I disagree that all of of us are wasting time on the internet, as I think it is very much like time spent doing anything else meaningful in one's life, learning, sharing, reading books, newspapers or poetry, reading or writing letters, communicating and connecting with people, getting to know people's ideas, thoughts, opinions, aspects of their character and sharing aspects of one's own, enjoying art, expressing feelings, laughing...
After physical survival has been accomplished, I don't think any one sense is more valuable than any other. It's a matter of personal preference what senses one enjoys and puts effort into experiencing. Time spent touching may or may not be more valuable than time spent tasting, smelling, hearing or seeing. Time spent doing tangible things may or may not be more important to one's life than time spent doing intangible things.
It may have been difficult for MiHail to go out and do a lot, especially with the illness she was suffering. But even if she could have done anything, I'm glad she came here and shared her thoughts and company. posted by nickyskye at 8:01 AM on May 12, 2006
I don't even know what to say. Organ donors are far too rare. Please, please check out organdonor.gov. posted by Optimus Chyme at 8:30 AM on May 12, 2006
I give her kudos for just posting, I would like to myself, but couldn't even get the links to work. So I just stick to comments.
Jade5454, last year I lost my very closest friend at 25. so I know that even after 5 months are so you can still feel the hurt and even a little lost with out them. My thoughts and prayers, are with you and her family for the hard times still to come. posted by cdavidc at 12:13 PM on May 12, 2006
Respect for respect for the dead. I didn't know the lady (as for most here), but maybe this raises a few questions?
120 something posts here, and almost all are in a very different vein to the mushroom thread - that combined a lot of fun (my favourite thread too) with, let's be honest, a fair amount of attacking of the original poster.
Maybe, in retrospect, she was having a bad few days when that thread was happening? (There were areas where she didnt' come across well.) From the description of her illness, that would be more than understandable. Or were the responses to her post just too harsh? Or something else?
Of course, we don't know. It's hard enough to judge the reality of a person even if we meet them every day, never mind from a combination of a MeFi post and an obituary, both of which are distorted snapshots.
I guess my point here is that there's an element of respect and affection here that wasn't there in the mushroom post. I have no idea which is more justified, and I suspect neither do most of the people who've contributed to both threads. posted by Shinkicker at 6:09 PM on May 12, 2006
So this is what you miss (the mushroom thread) when you spontaneously quit MeFi for a few months. Read it now and it's amazing - I wish I could have contributed to the banter and had a chat with her.
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