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October 11, 2006
Happy National Coming Out Day!
OMG I'm Gay! gay, Gay, GAY! A homosexual! A fudge packer! A fudge packee! A Green Bay Packer packer (I wish)! I'm, like, totally gay. I'm so gay I'm on a published list of homos in the student newspaper at the academic institution where I work. I'm so gay I'm in print, muthafukkas.
There, I got that out of my system. I feel better. No better time than the present to celebrate such an idea as being open and honest about one's orientation, as recent events on the Hill show what closets, secrets and hubris can to a person's psyche, party and career. People have an amazing capacity for creating their own versions of reality, regardless of what actual life calls on you to do. For more insight into the secret world of closeted gay Republicans here in DC, check out the second paragraph in this insightful piece by Andrew Sullivan:
In Washington gay life, the real Republican closet cases really do seem to exist in their own little, separate social bubble. You don't see them out in gay parties, gyms, cafes, restaurants or bars much. The worst are so screwed up no one would want to socialize wth them anyway. The openly gay Republicans, in contrast, are everywhere on the social scene... In my experience, the divide in DC is not between gay Democrats and gay Republicans; it's between those who are out and those who are not.
More sound words on closets here. I came out when I saw that a gulf was growing between me and my family and friends. I was able to forsee a time where they wouldn't know me, and I didn't like that version of the future. The things I thought I had to keep quiet about where making me a mystery to both me and them - and that's just not my style. Secrets are a kind of mental constipation - and an impacted psyche is just not pretty. Eventually, it all comes out one end or another. While it was challenging managing my 'out' status at first, these days it's been no great sacrifice.
In a sad display of intolerance, students at Gallaudet University here in DC, a major sign-language academic institution, have been protesting the appointment of a non-impaired university president. Apparently similar appointments have been protested before because the candidates were "not deaf enough". A university president has to wear many hats, from spokesperson to HR to development coordinator. Administrative experience should trump the presence or absence of being able to hear, in my opinion. Talk about a quiet riot.
This quote from John Stewart made me laugh so hard I cried:
I actually feel sorry for [Ann Coulter]. Once your career is based on denigrating 9/11 widows, what's your second act? Unless you dig up Mother Teresa and stick a dildo in her eye, nothing could be more offensive,
- Jon Stewart on the drag-queen who pretends to be a conservative for money.
My Peapod grocery delivery did not come today! This is the first time this has happened. However, when they arrive with the groceries and you are not there, they leave your groceries in a crate...packed with DRY ICE! I hope I get home in time after work today and there'll be some left for me to play with.
I'm looking forward to another Blowoff this Saturday. No rugby this weekend, so I plan on sleeping in both Saturday and Sunday. Aaaah....
Posted by jimbo at October 11, 2006 10:06 AM
Comments
I'm curious about this Peapod. Do you have them deliver the same necesities on a weekly basis, or do you individualize each order based on what you are hungry for?
I usually don't mind going to the grocery store, but I also would be concerned about the quality of fruit, veg, etc. selected by someone else.
Posted by: tony at October 11, 2006 10:57 AM
I'll have to write an entire post about Peapod...a number of people find it odd that I use them in the first place - but I don't have a car and live 8 blocks from the grocery store. For large orders, it makes sense as I spend as much on a cab as I do on Peapod's delivery service charge.
I usually have them deliver every 2 weeks for my 'big shopping' items, like jugs of water and heavy things. THese orders are usually of the same stuff. You have to exceed a $60 order or something like that.
The fruit and vegetables are very fresh, especially if you get your delivery between 6-8am. This requires some forethought, as that slot fills up quickly. But that slot also ensures that your stuff hasn't been in the truck all day sweltering, especially in August.
My veggies have always been fresh and crisp. The only problem with such items are volume...you choose from a range, so sometimes your acorn squash will be HUGE for a single person. Or your fryer chicken will arrive more the size of a turkey or small ostritch.
Posted by: jimbo at October 11, 2006 11:37 AM
Hee, hee ... small ostritch. That must be fun stuffing in the oven.
Posted by: SmartAss at October 11, 2006 12:27 PM
You can only be blackmailed if you have something to hide, which is why closeted gays are now considered a security risk, rather than the other way around.
Re Gallaudet: She was appointed without any real input, total cronyism, if you've followed the story. Besides as someone put so eloquently in the Metro Express "Is it too much to ask that someone be fluent in sign language rather than 'having some mastery'?" I'd say no, no it isn't. I wouldn't want someone who spoke halting English running an English-speaking university in a foreign land. There's deep symbolism and practicality that shouldn't be f'd with.
Posted by: copperred at October 11, 2006 3:49 PM
For a view from the inside, a view gays and lesbians should take far more seriously than Fox 5, see Deaf DC's blog. http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-10-11/worlds-apart-divergences-in-perspectives-on-the-protest/
Posted by: copperred at October 11, 2006 5:21 PM
Oh! Do the dry ice and red food coloring experiment!!!
Posted by: homer at October 11, 2006 6:09 PM
Peapod is great when they show up. 8 times out of 10 they're late. Like several hours late.
Peapod is the new Comcast.
Posted by: Dumbek at October 12, 2006 7:20 AM
At least they leave it. Safeway just cancels the order and leaves.
Posted by: moby at October 12, 2006 2:44 PM
Peapod is something like Whole Foods?
Posted by: Stash at October 13, 2006 2:01 PM