I’m sure I’m not alone in having had the experience of being swept up in the moment, rushing into something that felt good at the time, only to wake up in the morning thinking “What did I do!”

(This is often followed by quickly and quietly getting dressed, or worse, waking up to someone else quickly and quietly get dressed, with perhaps a awkward muttered exchange of unfelt pleasantries.)

Yesterday we had a little love-in here at Comstock Films. It was rather hastily thrown together, a reaction to enflamed passions and impulses that felt like they could not be ignored! It ran all day and into into the wee hours of the night, attended by 62 friends and strangers of widely varying tastes and proclivities. By the end, as the last guest was saying good night, I was sitting in an undershirt with a tumbler of scotch. I’m not much of a drinker or night owl, so if I’m up at three in the morning drinking hard liquor, there’s a good chance the next morning will find me stirring a healthy dose of regret into my coffee.

I am very please to tell you that is not the case this morning!

The guests were well behaved and generous. During the 15 hours of our love-in they bought 26 copies of Marie & Jack, 27 copies of Xana and Dax, and pre-ordered 10 copies of Damon & Hunter, 8 copies of Ashley & Kisha, and 29 copies of Matt & Khym. I still need to double check the figures, but rounding up the nickel to make the arrithmetic easy it looks like we had $1,936 in sales. With the matching funds that makes a total donation of $3,872. Still just a gesture in the big scheme of things, but a gesture I’m glad we’re able to make, and I’m deeply thankful to all of you for making it happen.

So that’s it, it’s done. Today sales from our site go back to the decidedly more prosaic task of helping me and Mrs.C keep our rent current, our children clothed, our lab bills paid, and our refrigerator stocked – the sort of things a storm like Katrina reminds us we’re so luck to have as “burdens”. Thanks again to everyone for their generosity and support.

Yours very sincerely,
Tony Comstock

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