Annie Proulx

Go see Brokeback Mountain, but before you do, read the short story by Annie Prouxl (pronounced "proo"). You won't regret it, and you'll be pleased at how true to the story the film is.

It's a love story, for sure, but it speaks more to me about opportunities gone by and of having to realize there are times, places, and circumstances which render us incapable of molding our own fates. Sad as it may be, we can't all change the world and so often our only options are to play the hands we've been dealt.

"[I]f you can't fix it you've got to stand it."