like I knew what was going on and had decided to smile anyway

2014.04.16
I wanted to smile like an adult-- understated and careful, like I knew what was going on and had decided to smile anyway.
Victoria Loustalot in "This is How You Say Goodbye", her memoir about her gay father who died of AIDS.

Aerial view of Manhattan in 1944:

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Haha, I remember having my dad (or actually, the janitor who worked for the church my parents were assigning) "helping" with my pinewood derby car (aka doing everything)... nice to hear there's some science behind it!