everyone wants me to ride into the sun.

[cool_confusion]

it's been a few days since elliott died, which still isn't a reality to me in the slightest. i sincerely believe he will be known as the genius of our generation, and will be appreciated like he should in years to come. i don't want to say that it was a selfish thing to do, but it was. at least in that manner, his girlfriend finding him, with that

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[jealous_monk]

I had no idea that you thought so highly of him. It's weird, I've been trying to listen to his records these last few days, and I've deffinetly ended up hearing them differently. I don't mean this to sound morbid, but they sound fresh. It's almost like the songs mean more. Not to say that I doubted his sincerity, but when you listen to a sad song, sung by a man who's just stabbed himself in the chest, it tends to resonate a little bit more.

I think that Figure 8 is a beautiful record. I like to listen to it in bits and pieces instead of straight through.

I've been thinking about the whole thing a lot too. It's a very violent way to kill yourself, and I don't remember hearing of anyone using the same method. I can't imagine what it feels like to sit there bleeding to death, or to have to be discovered by someone that you're living with. It's deffinetly effected me quite a bit and I'm sure that it's being felt in New York much more than here.

I just got back from Paris, but I'll write you an email this afternnon.