Wow. YOU GUYS. Holy freaking wow.
I'm sitting here in my fancy red dress (which is made of silk and has no sleeves, so y'know, not the most practical article of clothing on a snowy day with temps below 20). Important thing to note: It's World AIDS Day. (At least seven of the conspirators work or have worked in HIV services; another conspirator rode her bike a gazillion miles last year to benefit HIV services; there are probably even more connections that I know nothing about.)
This afternoon, the red notebook made its way back into my hands. (I've pawed through it twice, and I still haven't really seen everything in it yet.)
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| Practically bursting at the seams. (Hey, HP, those shoelaces really ended up coming in handy!) |
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| Finally reunited. |
I'm not sure how I'm going to identify everyone's contributions (some are really easy, but others aren't). I don't know how I'm going to make sure everyone who had a part in this will get to see the full, final product (it's important to me that all of you do). I'm not sure how I'm going to fill the remaining blank pages....
This is me, in true red notebook fashion, challenging myself to be brave by making my first real vlog:
Thank you all for agreeing to play along in this odd little idea of mine. In just shy of 11 months, the red notebook traveled to 14 states and the District of Columbia. A total of 28 people (including me, and Rehab's kid, who drew in it at lunch today) took custody of the book and made some kind of magic with it.
As Tony Kushner wrote at the end of Angels in America: You are fabulous, each and every one.
