the month rdr2 came out was a time of tranquility in the world of warehouse jobs. truckers, dudes from diff depts, high school part-timers, 10 year managers - all they had to do was mumble 'soyouplayreddead?' and breakrooms and smoking zones, loading areas and catwalks were at peace and giddy with cowboy talk
My dad was dealing with some mixed feelings so I told him "In therapy when something is too complicated to do a simple 'pro and contra list' we sometimes do an excercise where you imagine all these mixed feelings around a table in some kind of conference, letting each tell their bit and you leading the debate."
and my dad didn't really respond and just stared ahead so I kept preparing lunch. Until a few minutes later when he suddenly piped up: "I am having a bad time at the conference"
In 1992, Sinead O'Connor ripped up a picture of the Pope on live television, in protest of the rampant child sexual abuse the Catholic Church was actively covering up.
Ten days later, she was scheduled to perform at Madison Square Gardens, as part of a celebration of Bob Dylan. As soon as she got to the microphone, the audience began loudly booing her, seemingly in unison.
The organizers tasked Kris Kristofferson with removing O'Connor from the stage. He instead went out and put his arm around her and checked in on her and stayed until she'd steadied herself and was ready to perform. When she came off stage, he wrapped her in a bear hug.
"Sinead had just recently on Saturday Night Live torn up a picture of the Pope, in a gesture that I thought was very misunderstood. And she came out and got booed. They told me to go get her off the stage and I said 'I'm not about to do that'
I went out and I said 'Don't let the bastards get you down'. She said 'I'm not down' and she sang. It was very courageous. It just seemed wrong to me, booing that little girl out there. But she's always had courage."
“Like… I thought that maybe being with you constantly, like every single minute of the day, would… I mean you’re probably gonna go somewhere else, yknow? You’ve never talked about staying in San Francisco like I have and I thought that if we took this trip it’d take some of the… some of the shine off you, or whatever, make it easier.”
“Oh,” says Eddie.
“Yeah, but it hasn’t, you’re still kind of… you’re still shiny.”
“Well,” says Eddie.
“So go easy.” He laughs, kind of bitter, kind of weird. He shuts his eyes. “When you leave, I mean. Make it… make it gentle.”
bunch of illustrations from go west by @oneangryshot which is a fic i have been borderline obsessed with for literally over a year
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