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What I remember about Alabama when I worked there was no one ever honked their horn, at least where I was. That was nice.

Well don't stop there. We need details!

I was too frightened to venture into a booth (eventually got over my fear ), so I thumbed through some gay magazines. I knew so little about sex then at 18 yo. I remember the excitement and fascination looking at the pictures of the hot guys.

I'd like to see a list of places to stay away from. Especially places with the highest per capita of religious kooks.

I keep seeing positive things about Ashville, NC.

There has been some buzz a movie is happening for this book. The right people need to get behind it I expect. A screenplay was finished and a live reading happened last week

Todd Almond's jukebox musical Girlfriend is at Signature Theater in Arlington, VA this Spring, April 17 – June 10, 2018.

I'm sure a lot of comics have borrowed that same material! I love watching these B&W routines on YouTube from the early days of TV!

I think so.

So we were flying back from Vegas and the turbulence was so bad we thought the plane was going to crash. The lady next to me told me to pray and I said I don't know how. So she said then just do something religious. So I took up a collection.

I enjoyed the Independent Spirit Awards more. Shorter, more relevant, and a lot of funny stuff. Even the Oscars poked fun at itself (such an easy target) with some of the schtick last night, and all this pandering to the fans just wastes time. Got a lot of laundry done. Eddie Vedder was my favorite part, the in memoriam. His cover of Room at the Top by the late Tom Petty was so apropos. It's up on YouTube for now, anyone wants another listen.

Of course.

T.C. won best male lead at the Independent Spirit Awards this afternoon in Santa Monica. I loved his acceptance speech. http://cdn02.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2018/03/timothee-chalamet-spirit-awards-2018.jpg

Andre Aciman is in Southern Cal lately. For the Oscars? But also doing a lot of Q&A for a book tour. Here is his interview on KCRW bookworm radio show, discussing CMBYN and Enigma Variations. By now it's clear he doesn't like labels. The conversation about sexuality and desire was interesting. https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/andre-aciman-call-me-by-your-name-enigma-variations Aciman points out how liberals can be the most prudish people. From my view, Enigma Variations will not sit well with folks that need labels and folks that are prudish. It is another great book by Aciman, just as CMBYN.

Does Timothee have big feet? Or is it just the camera angle?

Love these Ellen interviews.

In certain red states.

Sorry to hear you had to work with people like that. For all of the crushing, frustrating challenges my organization unleashes on us, at least there is no tolerance for the kind of behavior you describe. It rarely happens, and I'm thankful for it. I've worked around people like you describe years ago, but now I'm not sure I'd have the tolerance for it on a daily basis.

Sad how maximizing the revenue stream became the one objective. Decisions about health at my prior clinic (HealthPartners) seem to come from a checklist the doctor reviewed on a screen. Waiting times at my new clinic (Hoag) are excessive. Patients stuck in the sprawling waiting area become upset, but what can be done? <-- That's a rhetorical question.

I doubt if Sufjan will walk the red carpet but still wonder what he will wear at the Oscars. He has so many talented friends. Perhaps one of them has found an appropriate style for him. Hoping it is something understated as not to outshine his own beautiful heart and his outward beauty. Speaking of fashion, this article about the first time Sufjan Stevens saw CMBYN has a zany twist concerning a Gucci coat, and yet....that's Sufjan. http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/sufjan-stevens-on-his-call-me-by-your-name-songs.html

29 years. That's great g56whiz. The movie does evoke a lot of feelings. Both of the fatherly scenes with Prof Perlman and Elio got to me, the first one being where he told Elio if there is anything he want's to talk about. How he said it got me choked up. Who really had a dad like that? The things movies can do to us. The book evoked similar thoughts, perhaps more so, especially about the idea of bisexuality and what was going on when we were young with certain friends that wanted to play but then eventually married women. On another note, one of my CMBYN comrades just e-mailed me that the Academy Awards announced Sufjan will perform Mystery of Love from CMBYN at the Oscars.

An out gay character

A writing instructor of mine read from Lolita to the class. The thing about Lolita is that is great writing. So she asked whether the story itself is reason enough to ignore great writing. Same thing in At Swim, Two Boys. Did the young Irish gentleman overstep by being sexual with Doyler or Jim, and is that enough to rule out the book. Of course not. The movie LOEV was omitted by OutFest, likely for a scene that is quite bad behavior, but should we totally ignore a great movie for that instance? Can people at least comment on the quality of art to balance their agenda against the content? Seems that few can, especially in our politically correct worldview today. Back to Truhart1 point, when I was 17 I was horny AF. There was a new teacher at my high school, just out of college. Mr. Ligori. Handsome. Great body. If I had been stuck with him in an Italian villa..... I would have let him do things with me. My fantasies come true. CMBYN is just a story that explores these kind of desires. So, maybe we can get over it, whether the content of the story is acceptable. But I doubt we can.

Seems most don't know the definition of pedophilia, e.g. priests are generally not pedophiles. Their victims have all reached puberty. In the case of Oliver, he did not come from a position of power and did not plot, trick, intimidate or cheat Elio in any way. I agree 100% @TruHart1 . It seem others are quick to paint their own layer of filth over too many things that are mostly innocent and beautiful, especially when it is a same sex relationship. Aciman pooh-poohs the idea of an age problem with his story. I agree with Aciman and say pooh-pooh to those that call it filth. Elio was loved by a man named Oliver. In the book we learned how that love never died. Seemed genuine.

Love how that alternate ending splices in a piece from the audiobook, which is a must listen. *****************BOOK SPOILER***************************************************** Towlerode mentions how in the book they meet 15 years later, but omits they speak on the phone before that, when Oliver and family visit the villa. That was when Oliver had to stop for his tears and his being choked up at the memories of Elio and the villa that summer, or perhaps at the memory of his grief, having left behind his cor cordium, as Oliver referred to the memory of his Elio in the book.