Thursday, July 24, 2003

Okay. I've put a new little commenting board over there to the left. I'm not entirely happy with it. There's that border that's completely incongruous with the rest of the site. We'll see how it goes. In other news. I got a job at Wal-Mart. Yay for me! And with that, I once again enter the world of the wage slave.

Spewed forth by John at 11:46:00 AM

Grr.... It seems as though my old commenting system is no longer working. So I've had to get a new one and install it. Of course, that means that any old comments (not that there were that many) have been erased. Oh well.

Spewed forth by John at 10:57:00 AM

Wednesday, July 09, 2003

Okay. I just found out that I read a fake Harry Potter. It was a good story though. Hmm. Now I need to read the real one.

Spewed forth by John at 12:18:00 AM

Monday, July 07, 2003

I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was actually pretty good. I do have a few questions, though. First off, what is the deal with Joe and Akshay (two new Gryffindor students)? When Joe sees Harry at one point, he says "j00 rozorz meh soxorz." This is a little more than friendly, especially coupled with what the first years do for Harry when he's in the infirmary after the final Quidditch match.

Joe wrote him some sort of incomprehensible get well note (| 3 j00 |-|4rrY g3+ \/\/3|_|_ $00|\|!), Mike made him one thousand paper cranes that quickly flew away, Akshay gave him some sort of odd and fluffy penguin that he called Tux, and Chris… well, we won’t say what Chris did….

Hmm. Anyone familiar with "l33t" would understand the get well note to read "I [heart] you Harry, get well soon!" And a thousand paper cranes? Well, maybe that's appropriate. And a stuffed Tux, too. But what exactly did Chris do? It seems fairly obvious that Joe has a thing for Harry...maybe he should hook up with Chris. This raises yet another question. Why are there suddenly so many seemingly overt homosexuals in just one house at Hogwarts? Because the protagonists are all Gryffondors, I wouldn't expect too much information about other house's members, but you'd think that someone--maybe Peeves or Myrtle--woul have spilled the beans on some homos there. Another thing...with the number of boys in the Weasley family, you'd expect at least one of them to be gay.
I am totally aware that these books are intended primarily for children, so don't go looking at me like I'm crazy. But if you have any thoughts on it, hit me with a comment.


Spewed forth by John at 2:20:00 AM

Wednesday, July 02, 2003

People in this town are so considerate! I was putting water in my radiator this afternoon and the only thing I can imagine is that someone driving on the cross street must have thought I forgot I was gay because he yelled out "Faggot!" as he drove by. And all I could think was ''No shit." Let's see... I was in the parade, I have a rainbow sticker in the back window of my car, and I kiss my boyfriend when he picks me up at my house. Damn! He must have found out my secret! sigh Such is the world we live in.


Spewed forth by John at 10:40:00 PM

Tuesday, July 01, 2003

This weekend was absolutely awesome. We got my car working (kinda), I know a bit more about cars as a result, and I was in the pride parade here in Houston.
Matt and I were in the Covenant Church (the church we attend) float. It was amazing being able to work on the float before hand--not that the float was super spectacular, but it was done with care and pride. Even though I've never been accused of it, I think I'm a bit slow at times because this was the first time I truly felt accepted by the church. I know that's not the case; they accept me because of my association with Matt but I feel like, because of this weekend, even if I weren't with Matt, I would have been accepted. Other than that, we all had fun completing the float, then riding it in the parade.
During the parade, there were three really memorable occasions. A man, tears in his eyes, came up to Millard, shook his hand, and said, ''Thank you." I don't know the reason why, but my best guess would be the church's acceptance of homosexuals and participation in the parade were very inspiring to him.
We encountered two small groups of protestors on the parade route. This was not really upsetting to me though. They were merely expressing their beliefs, and even though I don't agree with them, I have no problem with their expression of those beliefs.
There was one troubling thing though. After the second (and larger) of the two groups of protestors, a woman came up to the float and asked me if I thought they sucked. I told her protesting is good, but they're not very good at it. This ties in with my whole polarity theme. I am almost sure that, if the woman had her way, the protestors would not be allowed at the parade. The very thought of that almost makes me sick. Once a group's voice is removed from them, it just becomes that much easier for the powers that be to assert their views and authority over all of us. It's scary to think, given that situation, how easily our hard earned rights could be taken away from us. I'll leave with two very poignant and applicable quotes.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire
"Every rose has a thorn." -- Poison

Spewed forth by John at 10:25:00 PM