How Brokeback affected me

[desertrat]

wow, that sounds really poetic - the story doesn't want to end....beautiful !

[Rob in Puyallup]

Very good, Rei-g!

Namo Amitabha!

 

[Rei-gyoku]

I was very excited when I found this site, and I enjoy reading fanfics almost every day.  Especially a fanfic called "Somebody New" saved me from the devastation I experienced after watching BBM.ajfan

Ajfan-san,
A Belated hello to you.  How bad was your devastation and how long did it last?
I'm trying to find a real life person in town with the fever, but so far unsuccessful.
Yoroshiu.
Rei-g

[Rei-gyoku]

wow, that sounds really poetic - the story doesn't want to end....beautiful !

Hi, Martina/desertrat
Thank you.
The pen just wouldn't write and I started talking to it,
"Okay, nothing ends.  Got your message here."

Rei-g

Very good, Rei-g!
Namo Amitabha!
 

Hi Rob,
Do you think I should name this notebook "The Maha Brokeback Sutra"?
Gosh, now I don't know what's Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese.
Almost like trying to tell chana, chickpea and garbanzo apart.  Oops, beans!

Rei-g

[Bobby19in1963]

Beautiful! Rei...thanx! for sharing.

Bobby

[Rei-gyoku]

Beautiful! Rei...thanx! for sharing.
Bobby

Bobby, nice meeting you here.
You are one of the authors of Beyond BB, are you not?
(The book is still on order    not sure when it will come in)
And your story in still continuing, I understand.

Hope to be able to share more with you.

Have to go now, it's nearly 1am here.
Rei-g

[Bobby19in1963]

Yes, I feel fortunate to have my story in our book.  It was crucial to my coming out process...helped push me to do it.  I do have 'the rest of the story' that I will be posting soon.

Nice to meet you, my Friend.

Bobby

[Jay63]

Rei-g,
Thank you for your beautiful post.
I believe that many or most who are still here after all these months,  have ritualized some aspect of the BBM Experience.

Your spin on this is very much appreciated,  and yet another thoughtfully reverent perspective.   

Jay

[Janie-G]

Hi.I haven't posted here for a very long time.Too long maybe.But something happened this week which I think is worth sharing.
Like many people here I've come to realise that the "Brokeback effect" has set me apart from people I know.Superficially,things are the same;we see each other socially,gossip,help each other out,etc. but there's an emotional distance there.Something in me was released by Brokeback which they didn't experience.
So,when I tentatively lent one friend,"Beyond Brokeback" I wasn't expecting much of a reaction.Maybe a polite,"Interesting book.Thanks". Yesterday the phone rang and my hubby answered it and passed it over to me with a concerned expression.
The sound on the end of the line was of someone who'd been crying and who could hardly speak.Completely choked up.Eventually I heard the story.She'd begun to read,couldn't put it down and finally collapsed in tears.Never read anything so moving or absorbing.
Now she began to understand what had obsessed me for over a year.Could she borrow the DVD? Nothing I said over a year made her want to see the film but reading this book did.
So,I await the result of her first viewing of Brokeback.
Needless to say,I gave her the book to keep.

[Rob in Puyallup]

I was very excited when I found this site, and I enjoy reading fanfics almost every day.  Especially a fanfic called "Somebody New" saved me from the devastation I experienced after watching BBM.ajfan

Ajfan-san,
A Belated hello to you.  How bad was your devastation and how long did it last?
I'm trying to find a real life person in town with the fever, but so far unsuccessful.
Yoroshiu.
Rei-g

Rei-g,

I've been on this forum since very early January 2006 and still haven't found a real "brokeaholic" in the Seattle/Tacoma area...

[Rob in Puyallup]

Very good, Rei-g!
Namo Amitabha!
 

Hi Rob,
Do you think I should name this notebook "The Maha Brokeback Sutra"?
Gosh, now I don't know what's Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese.
Almost like trying to tell chana, chickpea and garbanzo apart.  Oops, beans!

Rei-g

Naw, ya gotta add the word "prajna" to the title... "The Maha Prajna Brokeback Sutra".

("Prajna" or the Korean version, "Ban-ya" or "Pan-ya", is my dharma name. )

And beans... they are a good thing... Musical, ya know?!

[Rob in Puyallup]

Janie-G,

What a great story... I'm looking forward to reading how the movie affects her too! Please let us know!!!

Rob

[fritzkep]

Wow, everybody!

It's been a couple of weeks since I got back from the BBQ and Alberta, but things have been busy and it's only now that I've caught up with this thread.

People, the poetry of your writing here is very humbling. Rei-g, a very special どうもありがとうございます to you for your words.

Thank you all so very much.

[CellarDweller115]

Janie-G, thank you so much for letting us know about this!

[paintedshoes]

I am often inadequately prepared for what I wish to say...

Rei-g...thank you for that lovely story of the writing of Brokeback in your own hand...I am envious of your ability and decision to do that.  To me, it is loveliness in all it's glory and joy....thank you.

Janie....OMG, dear sister in Brokeback....how much this must affect you, knowing you may have changed someone forever, for that is what Brokeback   tends to do, isn't it?  Change people?  Please let us know what happens with your friend as she sees the DVD?