Like being at the start of a wake

Last night MizA and I went to Anthony Martignetti book coming-out party. Quick context: Martignetti has been friends with Amanda Palmer since she was 9 and they are still very close. He's also recently come through a serious illness that was initially thought to be terminal. AFP wrote the intro to Martignetti's book of stories, and she and Neil Gaiman joined him on-stage for a couple hours of readings.

MizA wrote up something.
Cos was there, and he wrote something, too.

( I had a somewhat different response )