My first tattoo was a crudely sketched set of drama masks on my right shoulder blade.
Comedy and Tragedy.
It was meant to symbolize not only my love of theater (raise your hand if you’d be surprised to hear I was active in drama when I was younger…), but also my propensity for extremes.
Comic, tragic.  Black, white.  [...]

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I resisted at first.
“I’m just not into that goth crap,” I insisted months ago when people suggested I read a novel about vampires.
“I’m damn near 30, thank you very much,” I scoffed when I heard grown women were swooning over books written for teenage girls.
“Thanks, but no thanks,” I told Avitable when he offered to [...]