It was such a wonderful vacation.
Oh, that's great to hear. I'm glad you had a good time.
How's the consulting going? Getting enough hours?
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Jun 08, 2012 9:45:08 am PDT #8939 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
javachik - Jun 08, 2012 9:46:07 am PDT #8940 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
'suela, YES. I have to turn down work, actually. It's going exceedingly well. Thanks for asking (and I hope to see you in person soon!).
-t - Jun 08, 2012 9:47:18 am PDT #8941 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't been yet, java. He's only been out there sort of temporarily a year and is in the process of moving permanently right now. He's on a ranch outside of Kerrville, his in-laws' place - I think their mailing address is Kerrville but they aren't in town.
javachik - Jun 08, 2012 9:49:09 am PDT #8942 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Heh. He could be neighbors with my cousin! B lives outside of Kerrville, too.
meara - Jun 08, 2012 9:52:04 am PDT #8943 of 30001
I think there might be some in your community who don't give a crap about outside acceptance? Or they do but they don't want to change to be accepted?
Exactly. Some people are very "screw them all" (like some young radical queers I know who are like "marriage is the patriarchy! we dont' need it!") and some are like "Hey, I want acceptance and marriage and all that, but where the hell has that been the last 30 years as I dealt with AIDS and my family and church disowning me? Nowhere. But my leather/bear/drag family has been there for me, and I shouldn't have to disavow that just to get acceptance" which is so valid...but it's true that it's the Ellens and the nice couple down the street who are changing hearts. So tough.
javachik - Jun 08, 2012 9:54:45 am PDT #8944 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Those are really good illustrations and I totally understand.
Consuela - Jun 08, 2012 9:57:13 am PDT #8945 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Speaking of gay rights (or the lack thereof), Moscow has apparently banned Pride for the next century. And no, that's not The Onion.
Tom Scola - Jun 08, 2012 11:00:15 am PDT #8946 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Kat - Jun 08, 2012 11:05:10 am PDT #8947 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Although Matt has an excellent point, that the very non-threatening image conveyed by PTA-Daddies has thrown the hard-core homophobes into a tizzy, because they know as well as we do that being unthreatening is a first step to acceptance (for some folks).
And because those PTA-Daddies actually challenge not just homophobia, but also the dominant gendered roles in society. Those hard-core homophobes are probably equally tizzied by the stay at home dad.
Jesse - Jun 08, 2012 11:17:13 am PDT #8948 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, there are a lot of straight people who aren't "standard" enough for the hard-core homophobe types. For that crowd, I literally think it's going to be waiting for them to die, really.
I have several plans this weekend! Probably movies tonight, whale watch (!!) tomorrow, sitting at a table for Alzheimer's on Sunday. I also have to get to the post office, because two of my dresses sold! So that's fun.