right: bink watching the tc marathon pass the basilica while collecting the archbip's anti-gay marriage dvds to turn into art____________
0 people threw anything out of cars
0 people yelled mean things
0 people spat
1 camera battery (mine) died after 9 measly pictures
2 employees of the church brought coffee and donuts to us at 7 a.m., before the first mass
2 marathoners swerved out of their way as they ran past the basilica to hand over their dvds
3 people said they didn't like what we were doing (but not in a scary way)
4 media agencies sent reporters
9 hours I hope to sleep tonight to make up for a sleepless last nite
13 = years lived by the girl who wrote up, printed, and handed out a flier alongside us: "What can $1,000,000 do?" (the estimated cost of the 400,000 dvds)
25 people, at least, drove up and handed us dvds out their car windows
55 unasked for dollars donated
79 helpings of bemusement at hearing self, recently ranked "mildly pessimistic", declaim into a reporter's microphone:
"This is a done deal. Gay marriage won't happen here today, but it will happen tomorrow. This dvd is the desperate act of people trying to cling to the past."
...or word to that 100% optimistic effect
100? pounds, it seemed to me, the TV cameraman's steadicam weighed, when he left me pick it up
546 dvds handed over to DVD to ART
many hugs from people of all ages
some tears
countless expressions from friends and strangers (of all types!) of blessing, gratitude, interest, joy, faith, hope, and love to bink for offering a positive outlet for the jumble of feelings––dismay, frustration, hurt, grief, outrage, fatigue, and more––the dvd engendered
