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Journal Entry: Mon Jun 29, 2009, 4:42 AM


My mother passed away on 13 June after suffering from schizo-affective disorder (a type of schizophrenia) for more than twenty-five years. She was 46 years old. Though I was not entirely permitted to do so by the doctors, I flew home for the funeral; later today, I am returning to London.

If that sounds a cold, harsh way to speak of a mother's death, I do apologize. My mother was the single most important person in my life, and the sting of her death--the ache of being an orphan--burns in depths I've only just discovered. I protected her for my entire life--from herself, from sickness, from others--and this last public announcement, clear and clean and glossy, is the last protection I can offer a woman who tried her best to give me a broken world. I did not simply love my mother, I adored her.

In these last few years, I have buried so many people--me, the man who wasn't supposed to live to 30. But I will live to 30, now; I will--and beyond. And because I cherish life, I refuse to ask, "Who's next?"

In lieu of your sympathy and well-wishes, I simply ask you to volunteer yourself or your time to helping people with, learning about, or getting someone aid for psychological and emotional disorders--even if that someone is you.

Because my mother, you see, was the bravest woman I knew.

©2009 =kjherstin
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You may call me Bill or Pip; my legal name is Kevin, but I haven't used it in years. I'm a twenty-something editor, a self-professed punctuation junkie with a penchant for words, and a Catholic. I am also a very private, shy homosexual living my day-to-day between New York City and Oxford.

I like talking about sex, politics, books, relationships, religion, grammar, philosophy, literature, music, baseball and football. I have an old obsession with black and white movies and anything noir, and a true appreciation for Jimmy Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, and Cary Grant.

We'll probably get on well if you know who Robbe-Grillet is, enjoy Borges or Nabokov, can admit to liking Oscar Wilde, hate James Joyce and John Steinbeck, like Keats, appreciate Donne, and believe that Baldwin and Capote are among the greatest American writers in literary history.

Or, if reading isn't your thing, hit me up with a "Hello!" I welcome random IMs and notes.

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  • Current Residence: Bloomsbury, London
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Large
  • Print preference: Magnets
  • Interests: Reading, Writing, Teaching, Football, Baseball, SciFi channel, News, Politics
  • Favourite genre of music: Classic rock, Classic punk, Rock, Indie
  • Favourite poet or writer: Robbe-Grillet, Baldwin, Borges, Capote, Camus, Donne, Nabokov, Wilde
  • Favourite game: Civilization IV, FFXI, Monopoly, Scrabble, World of Warcraft
  • Favourite cartoon character: Bumblebee the Transformer (old school)
  • Personal Quote: A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. (Albert Camus)

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hope you're ok, Bill :heart:
thinking of you.

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Bill: here's a reminder--

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Thank you! I did, indeed, forget.

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i saw twisted stuff last night. Twisted, ungodly, depraved stuff.
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Hey Bill, I hope you're doing well! :hug:

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:icondokiplz: I hope you're doing well, Bill. :heart:

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I am so glad you're okay. :hug: :heart:

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