Gonna miss her.
Thoughts and prayers.
Do we have a Youtube clip of that moment?
I’ve never seen one. How about when you search, what do you find?
That’s an internet memoriam thread for you; I’m sniffling and smiling at the same time.
I never thought of Opalcat as being anything but awesome. My condolences to her family and friends.
Wow, I can’t believe it. She was such a vibrant personality. I hadn’t interacted with her in years, but I still remember some of her threads like they were yesterday. Particularly, the buckeye thread and when she was working on that self portrait. Bye Opal.
- Well, There are several names that jump out to me when I think of the TM’s (and I think back to the usenet days): OC is/was one of them.
In a totally selfish move, however, how do I find out what my registration number is? I’m curious as to how old I am here…
You’re number 6263. When you view your profile, it’s the last part of the URL.
Just now seeing this.
To paraphrase one of our memes, Heartache Ensues.
I have a prior commitment on the 23rd, but I will pause at 10am for a moment.
This is very sad news. 
Argh. I just “heard” this via an ATMB thread. What a loss. She was very kind to me when I first showed up here, and earned my first pile-on, and I’ve had a soft spot for her since.
OpalCat’s Mom,
(1) I am very sorry for your loss,
(2) I hope you stay with us,
and (3), goodbye, Opal.
OpalCat was a force of nature. She was artistic, passionate, kind, caring, and quite special.
We met on the old aol boards, a long time ago in an internet far away. We clicked, how in the world I don’t know. She, along with a host of other wonderful people who only knew me by a username and some lines in a text helped me get the courage and wherewithal to get out of my first marriage. I got to meet her a couple of times as she came out here with her husband and son to hang out.
We drifted apart as our lives changed and life happened. Something I will always regret. I was able to follow the snippets she let out on her livejournal, and was very happy she found someone to make her last few months gold.
One time when we were IMing each other, I meant to write honey, but typo’d it as “hondy”. Opal found it vastly amusing, and so for years we would refer to each other as hondy.
Fare thee well, hondy. I hope you find a lovely new world to explore and create and make wonderful.
Melissa
Never interacted , but she was one of the SDMB icons for me . Loved her self portrait. A terrible loss. RIP **Opal **
Glad you put that in–I had seen the reference and never knew how it started.
OpalCat’s Mom, if you have information about the Atlanta memorial, I’d try to attend. I was hoping that since she had moved back, I’d have the opportunity to finally meet her in person.
The service will be at 2 pm, Saturday, March 30th at Morningside Presbyterian Church, 1411 N. Morningside Drive, room 201. The entire family will be there, including Dominic and Rob.
Katherine’s online obituary and guest book are at Katherine Fernie Obituary (2013) - Tucson, AZ - Arizona Daily Star
I can’t believe I’m just coming across this thread now.
I’ve been on this board since we used to attach the number “2000” to things to make them sound futuristic, and OpalCat was already an institution. She was more than a participant, I remember her hosting a temporary site for this board at “fathom” when this one went down.
Sad, sad news. My condolences to her family, specifically to you, her mother, since you seem to have personally joined this thread, and to all who have been touched by her.
So many Dopers were touched/amazed/amused by Opal. I hope we had the same effect on her.
Opalcat, may your new path be lit by the loving memories of your friends here.