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, April 06, 2004
Ex-gay. The Guardian published an excellent article about the ex-gay movement, detailing a day at the Love Won Out conference. i call it a bad cover-up, an obvious scam and dismiss it. And sure, to most people, it doesn't matter. but it's the young young guys whose parents drag them there to 'cure' them that hurts me. They're the ones who have to choose. and yes, it's all a choice. sure, we may be born with one sexual attraction or another, but it's a choice on how you're going to live your life. just as religion and pursuit of money are choices and mean that you have to swallow the losses of what you could have otherwise, choosing to live as a gay man means (for these young men) you won't have the full love of your family, you will feel their guilt and their pain.
i would like to stop anyone from preaching that gay-ness can be cured. but then, what would that solve? people preach crazy things every day, and we don't believe them. i would like high schools to stop preaching about how good the military is and how we all have our freedoms only because the military is willing to fight for them while the rest of you slackers enjoy yourselves. i would like kids to know that a committement to abstinence won't control your lust. unfortunately, young people have to sort out this terrible life for themselves. if they're lucky, they'll have some guidance, from their parents, a good teacher, or some random mentor they've picked out. if they're not, they're gonna just struggle alone.
ugh, i don't know where to go with this. there will always be people yelling at those who choose to live as they see fit. but all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, right?
5:47 PM
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