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Posted by Kazumi
on 2/11/2009, 9:49 am, in reply to "The next ~1000 words"
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You know, I, too, have always considered myself to be anti-social -- until this weekend, when I realized I really wasn't! I had obviously outgrown that phase, but had never noticed.
I look back on nine years ago -- which was the first time I met Douglas, but not the first time I'd seen him on stage (it took me three years to get to stage-door!) -- and I remember how shy I was, not just about meeting Douglas, but about doing brunch with total strangers. (In hindsight, I'm really glad I went to that brunch, because that's how I met english. =) )
Whenever I saw Douglas, I would ask for an autograph or a picture. And after about a gazillion of each, I would still ask, because otherwise, what would I say?
When I found myself approaching Douglas without a pen or camera in hand this time, I didn't think anything of it. I'd forgotten my own M.O.! It was only afterwards that I realized how much I'd changed.
And when I found myself going from lunch to coffee to dinner to coffee -- not just with people on this Board, but with people I'd met elsewhere -- with two shows in between where I did even more socializing, I finally came to the conclusion that I must not be nearly as anti-social as I'd made myself out to be.
So perhaps Douglas brings out the butterfly in all of us -- and in my case, the buttefly stuck. =)
As for Story of My Life, yes, I could tell that the show wasn't quite resonating with you. =)
But it totally resonated with me -- I wept through the whole thing! Not because I was touched by the story about their friendship, but because the show was filled so many of life's little themes -- pride, guilt, love, and knowing in the end that everything will be okay.
So although this show may not be for everyone, I'm truly grateful to english for pointing me in the right direction, because otherwise, I may have missed it!
And I'm grateful that our friendship has developed into something that can withstand a difference of opinion -- just as long as we agree about Douglas. ;-)
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