Next Wednesday I'm having lunch with my biographer...
Boys - I'm fucked. My last efforts will be for those and that that I love.
jim.
So sorry to hear that. Let me know if there's anything I can do.
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Twain was once asked, in a deposition of all things, whether some things he'd written were "true." His reply?
"Yes, literally, they are true, that is to say they are a product of my impressions -- recollections. As sworn testimony they are not worth anything; they are merely literature."
Fight hard and don't give in, Jim. Get as much down on paper, on tape or video as you can too. And post as much as you can here too. Best wishes, Bishop.
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I was just never ever really strong enough for anything, Mate.
Born too soon, I was knackered before I started.
Being a scrapper takes you only just so far.
I'll go quiet now.
My real life started with JS in '85. So let it end there too.
Ashes in the Thames.
T.I. has been such a laugh. The BEST people I've ever met online.
No self pity & no regrets. I've had such a lucky life because I've met so many wonderful people. And that's why we all ganged up to smite the bad guys.
- Keep that going, Mates.
One last word?
I'm as straight as fuck, but I want to go down letting the world know that, before I met my wife, Mr. Patrick Nahman was the love of my life.
He never layed a finger on me, but he gave me such an education in style & in what it really means to be a human being.
I was too young & too timid, but I really should have let that big guy fuck me.
He quite litterally picked me up out of the gutter and gave me a life.
What do I care anymore?
That's my story.
That Big Fat Jew was such a "Christian" to me!
Fact!
Your Excellency, kindly let him do as he wishes, respect his desires. Perhaps he is tired and does not wish to fight. The worst thing a person can do for someone in mortal peril is to create friction between their wishes and yours.
And this isn't theory. It is the result of plenty of time in hospices.
PS
See?
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What I have to let go of is the battle to connect with people. It's a stuttering thing.
I loved Paddy. Nobody had ever been so kind to me. That's why I stole for him. And I'm amazed I never killed for him. I might have done...
I kinda got disowned a bit by my own lot, but Pad always called me 'Son'.
- Yeah, he probably never meant it. But it's a very powerful word when you need to hear it.
I really must sleep.
Jim.
Opera was another thing that brought us together: Popp and Tebaldi.
I slightly hated how you knew more about him than I did for a while...
But there are levels to all of this.
I was a dumb kid to him. Always. Just a look-out in the bogs.
With you he discussed much more.
GOD, I miss him.
Says who?
There are no rules for how one spends their days, either the start or end of them.
It's all up to you. I hope you do as you wish.
I really have given up.
Which, I think, is the only thing which will help me to get better.
My desire to communicate is only a quirk. I can curb that.
And anyway what do I have left to do?
Katon educates the Trads.
This place runs its self now.
Ditto Modculture.
Chens does his schtick, although with just about zero credibility these days...
All the blogs tick over just fine. Whores & Bores all chatting away just dandy (apart from The Ivy League Look & Heavy Tweed - I'll always rate them).
It's over.
... Now I can just concentrate on Mango juice & the odd mid-afternoon hand-job.
But wot a laff it's all bin.
Blimey!
People of good intent usually start becoming talkative when faced with someone else's mortality. Some like that, being talked at, kept busy with things to think about. Others like to "coast a bit" and my wish is that everyone facing their demise should be able to do as they wish.
Some rage, some boast, some fight, some coast. It matters only to the person in question, really. The hard part is getting everyone else to respect this. As a (western) society, we suck at death. Much work do be done here. (Although morphine is a godsend.)
Now, I must be off.
Death is never far away from my thoughts. Terrible thing, when you're married, to know that one will have to go first. Don't know what I'd do without the old lady.
What a bloody awful self-indulgent thread!
I've had a kip and I'm back to normal now.
... Now where's that Chensvold?
Good to hear. Had me worried.
It's the meds. They make you cry too. 'Orrible muck.