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February 26, 2004

saying nothin'

Damn, yesterday I was riding on a cloud due to that dream about the hottie in the tangerine and cherry sarong. The feeling of that dream stuck with me all day. Looking at swoon.com's dream interpretation site, I see that it's not the man that's the important player in this portent, it's the jungle. He was leading me through a jungle, which symbolizes emerging from a foolish relationship. My dreams are so right on symbolic most of the time it ain't even funny. Still, he was hot and there were butterflies and flowers and shit, so it was a good dream too.

Unfortunately, my brief happy streak was broken this morning by this idiotic, sexist piece in this morning's Washington Post Express:

Ladies Who Mulch: Home and Garden Show
If the Oscars show is the Super Bowl for women, then the Capitol Home and Garden Show is the ladies' own auto expo: more than 500 booths filled with products and ideas guaranteed to get her heart racing and her hands redecoratiing, gardening and remodeling.
Dulles Expo Center, 4368 Chantilly Center, Dulles; Thu.-Sun., Feb. 26-29, $9; 800-274-6948.

So clearly, only women get excited over the Oscars, go to garden shows, and redecorate. It's not even a queer issue...it's totally sexist to assume only women garden. I have been gardening for 20 years, and am still going strong. And you spelled 'Capitol' wrong, asshole.

Girl Scout Cookies are ordered! Mmm...thin mints - 4 boxes of 'em to be inhaled in mere minutes.

I chatted with a few bloggers yesterday about public, real, gay rights activism. Some were all for it, others withered back from the idea in terror and self-preservation. Not a surprise in this town. It's kinda funny but some people think the Internet, Andrew Sullivan and HRC are our only saviours. The Internet didn't help Dean now, did it? Public activisim is not dead, nor will it die. The young'uns just need a good display to get them going in the right direction. As for your supposed impotent anger, shut up and do something about it! And make it real, not virtual. I'm planning on doing something.

Reminds me of something James used to say:
You're like a dull knife that just ain't cuttin'.
You're just talkin' loud, but ain't sayin' nothin'.

Speakin' of badness, Prince will be on the Tonight Show tonight. I may have to skip out on the Lantern and the possibility of seeing dreamy square-jawed man! I do have my priorities.

Posted by jimbo at February 26, 2004 11:21 AM

Comments

i think you're right about making it real... but what are your thoughts? i think we have to speak more intelligently and eloquently, both online and in real life. And maybe we should channel the energy equivalent of one night of clubbing a month into something tangible. Something explicitly poltical or social for our community?

Posted by: Mark at February 26, 2004 3:31 PM