Happy Birthday

Marilyn.

I'm a sucker for women with sad stories and there's so much about Marilyn that draws me in.

She embodies all those questions about ambition and the arts, selling who you are versus selling what you do, confusing another's admiration and acquisition for love, all that really tangled crap that makes life so goddamn complicated, and so goddamn interesting.

I named one of my characters Marilyn for all these reasons and a few dozen more my analyst could list if I had an analyst.

For that, I want to say happy birthday, Marilyn.

And thanks.

Things would have been a lot less interesting if you hadn't stopped by.