by Mark S. King | Nov 8, 2010 | Book Review, Family and Friends, Gay Life, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease
My memorial service will be fabulous, I can assure you of that. I first outlined it during the initial, deadly wave of AIDS in the 1980’s, and have edited it here and there over the years, updating the songs I would like played or the video footage shown.... 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 | 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 | Sep 16, 2010 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
In 1987, I was a 26 year old living in Los Angeles and trying to face the horror of having tested positive with HIV. Television blasted daily reports of the death toll, the suicides of people with HIV, and even the deterioration and death of Rock Hudson. But nothing... 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...
