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[mostlikely2]

Dude I watched Brokeback Mountain yesterday. I hate it when celebrities die, because you kind of know them, at several hundred layers away. But then on the other hand, that's how well you know most people

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[dazifudo]

I was just sitting here trying to figure out why it made me feel so sad. I think you captured it perfectly.

[eirefaerie]

I love that you wrote this (while simultaneously being a bit jealous - I'm still stuck on WTFHEATHLEDGERWTF?) because it touches on aspects of death and bereavement that have always confused me. You're right, though, it sometimes seems like the more removed we are from someone, the better we know them. My lj friends know me far better than my friends and family do, because I don't tell my friends and family my thoughts and fears and hopes and pains. Writing is really just telling yourself the truth in an empty room, recorded for someone else to hear. Acting seems much the same way.

Although if you're going to claim that we did not fall madly, passionately and deeply in love when we met, I shall be very put out.

[mostlikely2]

1) Writing is really just telling yourself the truth in an empty room, recorded for someone else to hear. Acting seems much the same way.

Word, and beautifully said.

2) Never! True love waits until ... we all put out. Or are not put out. Or are put out. In any case, I got a tattoo of your face on my arm. Hope that's cool.

[eirefaerie]

Can you make it dance, like on Pete and Pete?

[14icedbear]

thanks, j. i didn't realize i was feeling a bit conflicted about having feelings about this until i read this. and now i feel a bit better.

[rosmar]

Last paragraph: damn straight. Thanks for posting this.

[writingortyping]

I often come across to strangers as somebody very vulnerable, and caring, and compassionate, and rigid, and pious, and generous.

Yes, but also very smart and uncompromising and fierce. The piety that comes across (for me - of course - all opinions expressed are my own and not intended to be taken as the intent of Warner Brothers, McDonald's, or Major League Baseball) is a fiercely intellectual one.

I have found myself writing something and thinking, "Would J go to town on me for being intellectually sloppy here?" If the mental query is answered in the affirmative, the thought in question goes straight to rewrite in the hopes of achieving clarity.

And for this, I am appreciative of our curious internet friendship (do we need a new word for friends online? It is a different thing from real-life friendship, but it does have a certain Venn overlap). It's a funny, spiky, warm, comforting, challenging kind of thing.

[mostlikely2]

That is a beautiful thing,or succession of things, to say to a person. Thank you so much for saying it. We've already continued this conversation in another thread, but I wanted to say thanks.

[writingortyping]

You're most welcome.