The Magic of "The Blue Lagoon" and Insightfully Neurotic Writers

It's Saturday morning-ish, and "The Blue Lagoon" is on television. Boy, those two can't act, but the serious near-underage pornographic nature of the thing is enough to keep one riveted. But I can't be the first to have realized this...

And a good quote from "The Fortress of Solitude" (Jonathan Lethem), read as I fell asleep last night. (The context matters less than the sentiment, which felt powerful to me at 1 a.m. for its almost taunting way of highlighting the ambivalence of anxiety.)

"Fathers, fathers, why so grim? Today you emerged from your houses, your hiding, and were warmly welcomed. Smile, fathers. Relax. Today this world wants you in it."