C6D valentines
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boxofdelightsI got three (<3!) valentines, celebrating three kinds of love.
First, from Geoffrey Tennant to Anna Conroy:
Dear Anna - Your birthday was last week, and I meant to surprise you but I forgot - You know me, I'm shit at that kind of detail, that's why God gave us stage managers and also - which is precisely the point - why God blessed me and this benighted festival with you, who are a miracle of logistics and unsung heroine - and someone ought to be singing your praises but apparently I dropped the ball - the play is driving me mad, Richard is driving me mad, why haven't you poisoned his tea yet? - Anyway, the point is, when I finally snap and burn this bloody place to the ground, you will be the one pure thing saved from the wreckage, because you are the only thing about this damn place I have never had cause to regret and never shall. You and the Bard, Anna.
Many happy returns, late and little as the wish may be.
Geoffrey
That massive run-on sentence is a really good take on Geoffrey's voice. And I am so pleased to see Anna get a drop of the appreciation she so deserves.
And then this, from Billy Tallent to Billie, the daughter he discovers when her mother attends the Hard Core Logo reunion tour:
Dear Billie,
I guess now we'll see if your mom opens your mail. She'll throw a shit fit if she figures out I'm talking to her precious baby, so do us both a favor, kid, and don't tell her.
(Mary, if you're reading this, that's pretty fucking sad, stealing your thirteen-year-old's mail. You don't want to talk to me, fair enough, but Billie's old enough to make her own choices. When I was her age - ok, never mind)
Sorry, kid, got carried away there. The whole point here was to send you something nice, not drag you through yet more of your parents' bullshit.
Listen, the truth is, we all fucked things up good for you, and probably I should have never tried to horn into your life in the first place, but a real, live kid, you don't just walk away from that without a second thought. Well, some people do & maybe that's the kind of asshole I'm supposed to be, but it turns out not. I'm the kind that screws up the people he wants to be close to, I guess, which is not better but that's how the dice roll.
Anyway, I don't know why I'm writing this except to let you know that I'm thinking of you and I hope you're ok - Billy Tallent
Yeah, Billy's parenting skills are terrible. But he is sincere and trying.
Last, romantic love, from Ray Kowalski to Fraser:
Fraser, I'm betting since you've never had a birthday party, you've probably missed the good parts of valentine's day, too. Well it's way past time someone put a stop to that. No one deserves an empty mail box on the 14th, you least of all. And this is just the beginning. Hold onto your hat, buddy!
RK
Thank you to my generous giver.
Then there's the one I sent, which is romantic like Heathcliff: I'm terrible for you, but I'm the only one for you, and I'd rather destroy your life than see you happy without me. From Joe Dick to Billy Tallent. And here it is.
It was fun to browse the Valentine card aisle as Joe. I was very tempted by the card with princesses and toe rings, but decided it wouldn't work because it had characters who didn't exist in 1996. I am filled with admiration for everyone who manages to drop their own persona to inhabit another: I felt sure that Joe Dick would begin his valentine with "Hey, cuntface," and end it with a pictogram of his name, but me, I just. couldn't. go there.
First, from Geoffrey Tennant to Anna Conroy:
Dear Anna - Your birthday was last week, and I meant to surprise you but I forgot - You know me, I'm shit at that kind of detail, that's why God gave us stage managers and also - which is precisely the point - why God blessed me and this benighted festival with you, who are a miracle of logistics and unsung heroine - and someone ought to be singing your praises but apparently I dropped the ball - the play is driving me mad, Richard is driving me mad, why haven't you poisoned his tea yet? - Anyway, the point is, when I finally snap and burn this bloody place to the ground, you will be the one pure thing saved from the wreckage, because you are the only thing about this damn place I have never had cause to regret and never shall. You and the Bard, Anna.
Many happy returns, late and little as the wish may be.
Geoffrey
That massive run-on sentence is a really good take on Geoffrey's voice. And I am so pleased to see Anna get a drop of the appreciation she so deserves.
And then this, from Billy Tallent to Billie, the daughter he discovers when her mother attends the Hard Core Logo reunion tour:
Dear Billie,
I guess now we'll see if your mom opens your mail. She'll throw a shit fit if she figures out I'm talking to her precious baby, so do us both a favor, kid, and don't tell her.
(Mary, if you're reading this, that's pretty fucking sad, stealing your thirteen-year-old's mail. You don't want to talk to me, fair enough, but Billie's old enough to make her own choices. When I was her age - ok, never mind)
Sorry, kid, got carried away there. The whole point here was to send you something nice, not drag you through yet more of your parents' bullshit.
Listen, the truth is, we all fucked things up good for you, and probably I should have never tried to horn into your life in the first place, but a real, live kid, you don't just walk away from that without a second thought. Well, some people do & maybe that's the kind of asshole I'm supposed to be, but it turns out not. I'm the kind that screws up the people he wants to be close to, I guess, which is not better but that's how the dice roll.
Anyway, I don't know why I'm writing this except to let you know that I'm thinking of you and I hope you're ok - Billy Tallent
Yeah, Billy's parenting skills are terrible. But he is sincere and trying.
Last, romantic love, from Ray Kowalski to Fraser:
Fraser, I'm betting since you've never had a birthday party, you've probably missed the good parts of valentine's day, too. Well it's way past time someone put a stop to that. No one deserves an empty mail box on the 14th, you least of all. And this is just the beginning. Hold onto your hat, buddy!
RK
Thank you to my generous giver.
Then there's the one I sent, which is romantic like Heathcliff: I'm terrible for you, but I'm the only one for you, and I'd rather destroy your life than see you happy without me. From Joe Dick to Billy Tallent. And here it is.
It was fun to browse the Valentine card aisle as Joe. I was very tempted by the card with princesses and toe rings, but decided it wouldn't work because it had characters who didn't exist in 1996. I am filled with admiration for everyone who manages to drop their own persona to inhabit another: I felt sure that Joe Dick would begin his valentine with "Hey, cuntface," and end it with a pictogram of his name, but me, I just. couldn't. go there.
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Date: 2014-02-14 07:49 am (UTC)I got three (<3!) valentines
I think that should be =3. *g* (Sorry, couldn't resist!)
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Date: 2014-02-14 01:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-02-15 05:20 am (UTC)