I Commend You On All You've Done

I Was Paralyzed With Fear. It Was Unbearable To Be Among Other Kids Who Were Just Standing Around Being Fine. It Was One Of The Many Inconveniences Of This Paradox I Lived With -the More People I Was Surrounded By, The More Frighteningly Alone I Felt.

Relations Between Black And White Would Be Greatly Improved If We Were More Accepting Of Our Fears And Our Feelings And More Vocal About It.

She, Uh, Came Out Of The Closet Recently, My Niece. Um... She Announced To The Family That She's A Lesbian And... She's Seven, Did I Mention That? And, Uh, I Don't Even Know If She Knows What A Lesbian Is, But I Support Her Completely. And, Uh... I'll Tell You What's Heartbreaking. My Sister Punished Her For It. Can You Believe That? No Pussy For A Week. Which To Us May Not Sound Like... But When You're Seven, You Know, A Week Is A Long Time.

You Want The Actors To Disappear Into Roles And Stay Under The Radar, And That Gets Harder When Someone Is Known For Their Actual Personality, Or Who They Seem To Be.

The Reason The Rest Of Us Remember, Like, When John Lennon Died, Is Because It's A Moment When Adrenaline Is Surging.