Titanic

Jack is poor but happy. Rose is rich and engaged, but sad. They meet and fall in love on Titanic, the ship of dreams.

"I'm the King of the world!"

Nude drawing, sex, murder hand, hit the iceburg

. . .

Oops.

Ship sinks.

"Jack, this is where we first met."

He dies, she lives, and promises to go on.

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The Nutcracker

It snows heavily. I tramp, late, to the bus stop. I run to the theater, up to the second balcony, and finally enter during the overture. My old friend debuts as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Tears fill my eyes; I meet her parents, but not her. Later, I wish her a Merry Christmas.

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