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Long entry ahead, be aware.
Apr. 18th, 2006 01:00 amPromised there would be more. From porn stars offering themselves to terrorists, (possibly with or without a plastic bag brassiere), seemingly innocuous yet insulting phrases uttered unintentionally by a golfer, high-speed water drops moving along on high heat, the Internet is a varied place.
This article offers an interesting self-help thought: You are not yourself. Actually, let's parse that slightly differently and try again: "You" are not "yourself". That's better, but it's still not quite right. You'll have to read the article. It tries to take the idea of positive thinking one step further, transforming it into positive commanding, putting oneself as the catalouger of the mind.
A poem honoring the English language. More specifically, how its pronunciation rules increase the amount of chaos in the world just by existing. I'll put this next to an analysis of "tag" and its variants as exemplars of how responsibility flows in the real world. It's up to you to figure out why. Names are not often accidental in these worlds.
J. Brad Hicks (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bradhicks) has put up his reasoning in defense of feather head-dresses and ass-less chaps, or "Why it's a bad idea for GLBT people to be silent, regardless of the perceived damage to acceptance that some people commit by being out and obnoxious." He then follows this with Who's Being Rude to Whom at a Pride Parade?, hinting strongly that people who are offended by what they see at a Pride Parade went there to be offended by it. In both those articles, he puts down and reinforces the point that until society is okay with there being GLBT people in their midst, really, truly okay with them, and all the things they do, then GLBT people are in danger from society. Considering that the new abstinence education policies say that GLBT people should never, ever, engage in sexual activity at all in their life, I'd say he's right. (Here's the text of the guidelines themselves) I'd say that's true of any minority, be it lifestyle, fandom, or otherwise, really, and that while there are likely to be "examples made" occasionally of people who are outspoken, (usually when a series of bad situations all come together on one individual) that it's better to be out about as many of your kinks that you can be that to keep yourself closeted. We're still working on that, actually. We're not entirely sure that we'll ever get to the level where we could face the firing squad (as Evey would have) over being ourselves, but we may never know about that one until presented with the choice. I think my confidence would be better were I on solid ground of my own, and not worried that the floor was going to drop out from under me suddenly. At the same time, there is a certain, perhaps suicidal, instinct among us to say "You know what? Fuck this! Shwanekee and waffles for all, and I don't care whether you don't like strawberries on them!"
( Personal DNA meme test - Considerate Artist )
( Second LJ-Cut: Restlessness and introspection )
Anyway, that's enough out of me. I think I've finally laid down all the concepts and words I wanted to talk about for tonight. So, bed. Tomorrow is the last day of courses. I'm likely going to celebrate it with a pint and then with wiffleball.
This article offers an interesting self-help thought: You are not yourself. Actually, let's parse that slightly differently and try again: "You" are not "yourself". That's better, but it's still not quite right. You'll have to read the article. It tries to take the idea of positive thinking one step further, transforming it into positive commanding, putting oneself as the catalouger of the mind.
A poem honoring the English language. More specifically, how its pronunciation rules increase the amount of chaos in the world just by existing. I'll put this next to an analysis of "tag" and its variants as exemplars of how responsibility flows in the real world. It's up to you to figure out why. Names are not often accidental in these worlds.
J. Brad Hicks (
bradhicks) has put up his reasoning in defense of feather head-dresses and ass-less chaps, or "Why it's a bad idea for GLBT people to be silent, regardless of the perceived damage to acceptance that some people commit by being out and obnoxious." He then follows this with Who's Being Rude to Whom at a Pride Parade?, hinting strongly that people who are offended by what they see at a Pride Parade went there to be offended by it. In both those articles, he puts down and reinforces the point that until society is okay with there being GLBT people in their midst, really, truly okay with them, and all the things they do, then GLBT people are in danger from society. Considering that the new abstinence education policies say that GLBT people should never, ever, engage in sexual activity at all in their life, I'd say he's right. (Here's the text of the guidelines themselves) I'd say that's true of any minority, be it lifestyle, fandom, or otherwise, really, and that while there are likely to be "examples made" occasionally of people who are outspoken, (usually when a series of bad situations all come together on one individual) that it's better to be out about as many of your kinks that you can be that to keep yourself closeted. We're still working on that, actually. We're not entirely sure that we'll ever get to the level where we could face the firing squad (as Evey would have) over being ourselves, but we may never know about that one until presented with the choice. I think my confidence would be better were I on solid ground of my own, and not worried that the floor was going to drop out from under me suddenly. At the same time, there is a certain, perhaps suicidal, instinct among us to say "You know what? Fuck this! Shwanekee and waffles for all, and I don't care whether you don't like strawberries on them!" ( Personal DNA meme test - Considerate Artist )
( Second LJ-Cut: Restlessness and introspection )
Anyway, that's enough out of me. I think I've finally laid down all the concepts and words I wanted to talk about for tonight. So, bed. Tomorrow is the last day of courses. I'm likely going to celebrate it with a pint and then with wiffleball.
