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Ten years ago
Jul. 26th, 2004 02:30 pmReading ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
verlaine's recent heartbreak story sent me tumbling back into being sixteen, clumsy and shy, and for the first time in years I remembered Douglas. For those of you who read Matt's journal, he was my Grace.
( the story of a starry-eyed Trekkie )
But Matt's post made me wonder where he is now. I searched for a while, then found this, in a local Northern Irish paper from 2001:
THE works of Shakespeare will be on view in Carrickfergus Castle this Friday (24th), as 26 year-old Belfast actor Douglas Burke performs a one-man show in aid of Action Cancer.
It was the death of a friend from the disease that prompted Douglas to stage the charity event. He said: “I wish to dedicate my performance to the memory of my late friend Kam On Wong, who died of cancer in 1994.”
So he was still acting, even if only in Carrickfergus, and still grieving. I feel all mixed-up and joyful and sad. I want to congratulate him for keeping it up, and to apologise for the horrid, fluffy-bunny platitudes I gave him about his friend's death, not even really believing them myself any more.
verlaine's recent heartbreak story sent me tumbling back into being sixteen, clumsy and shy, and for the first time in years I remembered Douglas. For those of you who read Matt's journal, he was my Grace. ( the story of a starry-eyed Trekkie )
But Matt's post made me wonder where he is now. I searched for a while, then found this, in a local Northern Irish paper from 2001:
THE works of Shakespeare will be on view in Carrickfergus Castle this Friday (24th), as 26 year-old Belfast actor Douglas Burke performs a one-man show in aid of Action Cancer.
It was the death of a friend from the disease that prompted Douglas to stage the charity event. He said: “I wish to dedicate my performance to the memory of my late friend Kam On Wong, who died of cancer in 1994.”
So he was still acting, even if only in Carrickfergus, and still grieving. I feel all mixed-up and joyful and sad. I want to congratulate him for keeping it up, and to apologise for the horrid, fluffy-bunny platitudes I gave him about his friend's death, not even really believing them myself any more.
