"In some ways, it was comforting to date an undertaker. He had this whole mortality thing out of his system. He didn't brood like a tortured artist with a subconscious death wish. He didn't taunt death by driving sports cars around sharp corners with his eyes closed. Death wasn't a mysterious notion that he romanticized. Death didn't rule his life; life ruled his life. He lived remarkably in the moment, laughed easily. Being with him was like putting your mouth on the lip of a juicer-dish while the oranges were being mashed."

In preparation for the first showing of HBO's Six Feet Under on British TV on Monday evening, The Guardian reproduces Augusten Burroughs' article on dating an undertaker from salon.com.

I love this carpe diem stuff.

Posted by Hg on Saturday 08 June 2002 at 16:11.
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