by Mark S. King | Nov 1, 2010 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News
If I clear my mind, I can transport myself back to so many fun moments during the 2010 HIV Cruise Retreat. Maybe I’m zip-lining through the rain forest of Costa Rica, or I’m gorging myself at the dessert buffet. The water slide high above the 3,000... by Mark S. King | Oct 18, 2010 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
When I was nineteen years old, I vacationed to Los Angeles and won a car on “The Price is Right.” In the following years, if I really liked you and wanted to impress you — or give you a small, wacky glimpse of my life — then at some juncture... by Mark S. King | Oct 5, 2010 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease, News
“You’ve got to fight back. You’ve got to fight back hard.” — Abby, the young vampire of the new film Let Me In In the melancholy new vampire thriller Let Me In, the most unnerving scenes for me had nothing to do with fangs or... by Mark S. King | Sep 28, 2010 | Anita Mann and Acting Gigs, Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
Zombies are deeply misunderstood, in my mind. They’re outcasts, picked on, and are the perfect stand-ins for things we fear or don’t understand. Things like death. Or gay people. Or disease. Or getting a disease from gay people that could lead to death.... by Mark S. King | Aug 31, 2010 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, My Fabulous Disease
Never in my short life had I been camping. I hated the grit of dirt and leaves, bugs, peeing outdoors, and the looming prospect of sleeping amongst it all. The woods looked like the terrarium for my pet alligator, and from what I could tell, Wally didn’t sleep... by Mark S. King | Aug 14, 2010 | Family and Friends, Gay Life, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease
Stephanie’s feet are bare, and she is on a sidewalk, and she is dancing. And everything in the world is exactly as it is supposed to be. We’ve already been hanging out with each other all evening, our group of a dozen or so. I’m visiting Atlanta for...
