words, words, words
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If I begin to detail myself here, will you understand?
P. I am me
Q. I don't always know exactly who that is
R. I am Quaker
S. I like words and playing with them
T. I like genmaicha tea
U. I like the word napkin more than most others
V. I spend time walking my neighborhood
W. I cook rice often
X. I sleep well most every night
Y. I eat large amounts of fruit and vegetables
Z. I munch, sleep, write, create, cook, bike, watch, walk, listen, hope, learn, drink, live, breathe, touch, know, question, taste, copy, read, stare, carry, talk, dance, finger, try.
raisin@gmail.com
albums:
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Erasure: I Say, I Say, I Say
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
George Michael: Listen without Prejudice
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
songs:
Wild is the Wind: Nina Simone
Come Undone: Duran Duran
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Rachmaninov
My Funny Valentine: Chet Baker
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate: The Flaming Lips
This Must Be the Place: The Talking Heads
Hyperballad: Bjork
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Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Thanks, Reichen. As much as I am jealous of you for having other gay friends and lovers at the Academy, since I never had even one, I am glad to hear your story. I've had too many people tell me, oh, i heard being gay in the military was no big deal now, people accept it and stuff. No. It still hurts, all the time, all kinds of people. the solitude and the silence can be unbearable.
Still, times are changing. I've heard from people i knew back on the base, that word has circulated about my homosexuality. Everyone seems interested in it, and I guess few people are upset about it. I don't care much, don't know anybody on the base anymore (yes, even after only six months). shouldn't they change the policy then? seems like many people would accept it better now than ten years ago. but then, would they? there's something when it's hidden, when nobody's open about it. As for now, gay sex is still a crime under the military code. I suppose this is why I make it clear to most everyone i meet that i'm gay, and that i'm comfortable with it. i want to hear myself say it, i want to shake people sometimes and force them to be more aware of the people around them, what effect their conversation might have on them. I'm tired of being silent.
2:22 PM
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