it always gets me too.

i did a two person show in austin about this woman and her son (me) and the entire show was letters between the two of them starting with him beginning puberty at summer camp and spanning through the decades to him being mid 40s and recovering from the loss of his lover to AIDS and meeting his new lover who is also positive... beautiful, lovely show... much funnier than it sounds too.

anyway, the director was choosing music appropriate to the things going on and the time periods that the show moves through, and i helped choose several of them. i played him "together again" and he thought it was too upbeat and chiper for the end, and ended up using a U2 song "beautiful day" instead for the first show, and accidently played "together again" in the second show, playing it softly under my closing monologue, and literally the beat kicked in just as i said my last and the lights went down, and the reaction from the audience was explosive. they went apeshit, and continued to applaud over it even after the actress playing my mother and i had left the stage and were undressing untill the director kicked us back onstage for another bow.

it really is a remarkable and perfect song.

To the twenty plus souls that have crossed my path, Stymie loves and misses you.


I was already sad and this thread is fucking me up.

When I was growing up I had a friend, John. Other friends of mine would pick on him for being feminine and shit like that, I would always protect him and tell the guys to fuck off. Then we drifted apart because he went to a boarding school and stuff, the years passed and then... one day at least 4 years ago, it might have been more, can't really remember. It was World AIDS day and I was watching MTV, they had segments with HIV positive people from different European countries and BOOM! there's John. I hadn't heard from or talked to him in years and I find out from the fucking TV he's positive. Fortunately he was still healthy back then, I have desperately tried to get in touch with him but to this day I've failed. We live in the same city but I can't find him Since I know that it's common for people to be abandoned when they exhibit the symptoms and get sick, I so want to find him so he'll at least have one friend all of his life, IF, I say IF, he gets sick. He's in my thoughts, I'm hoping he's still healthy and that he'll keep being healthy. I love him.

My uncle Stevie died of terrible disease years ago. He was a kind and loving soul. I carry his name and for that I'm proud. I'm happy that my older dauhgter had the pleasure of knowing him. for all those living with HIV and for a cure to come soon.

One of our Orgers, theblueangel is also HIV+ and none of us have heard from him in a long time. I pray Andrew is doing well.

When I was growing up I had a friend, John. Other friends of mine would pick on him for being feminine and shit like that, I would always protect him and tell the guys to fuck off. Then we drifted apart because he went to a boarding school and stuff, the years passed and then... one day at least 4 years ago, it might have been more, can't really remember. It was World AIDS day and I was watching MTV, they had segments with HIV positive people from different European countries and BOOM! there's John. I hadn't heard from or talked to him in years and I find out from the fucking TV he's positive. Fortunately he was still healthy back then, I have desperately tried to get in touch with him but to this day I've failed. We live in the same city but I can't find him Since I know that it's common for people to be abandoned when they exhibit the symptoms and get sick, I so want to find him so he'll at least have one friend all of his life, IF, I say IF, he gets sick. He's in my thoughts, I'm hoping he's still healthy and that he'll keep being healthy. I love him.

One of our Orgers, theblueangel is also HIV+ and none of us have heard from him in a long time. I pray Andrew is doing well.