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They have a fight. Triangle wins.
The best advice.
Bunny suicides, cute + tragic.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
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Trailer for the new documentary called “We Were Here,” by David Weissman, which discusses the arrival and impact of HIV and AIDS on the inhabitants of San Fransisco.
“It’s impossible for a single film to capture the devastation wrought by AIDS, or the heroism with which many in the LGBT community responded to it. But director David Weissman’s documentary is such a powerful achievement because he just about does it.” Jake Weinraub, TheWrap.com
Watching the trailer made me realize just how little I know about this (relatively) modern part of the history of my country. I know some of the facts, but I don’t know the stories from people who lived it. I’ll see this documentary when I can get my hands on it, but I’d also like to read about it. Can anyone recommend good books on the subject, either Creative Nonfiction (essays, memoirs) or historically accurate fiction?
Music is crucial. Beyond no way can I overstress this fact. Let’s say you’re southbound on the interstate, cruising along in the middle lane, listening to AM radio. Up alongside comes a tractor trailer of logs or concrete pipe, a tie-down strap breaks, and the load dumps on your little sheetmetal ride. Crushed under a world of concrete, you’re sandwiched like so much meat salad between layers of steel and glass. In that last, fast flutter of your eyelids, you looking down that long tunnel toward the bright God Light and your dead grandma walking up to hug you—do you want to be hearing another radio commercial for a mega clearance, close-out, blow-out liquidation car-stereo sale?
