Tomorrow will be two months since maybe the last time I'll ever talk to my mom. I've been feeling really good for a few days and told myself "You can handle reading the last message she wrote you that day. It can't be that bad." Not sure how bad I can say it is but … Continue reading *LAUGHING CRYING EMOJI*
Time can do so much
These days I'm trying to listen to more music and read more books. I've never been very adventurous as a music appreciator. I need to wring every note of each individual drop of seratonin before I'm done with it. I need referential points of stimulus so I can evaluate myself against them like a calibration. … Continue reading Time can do so much
Float on ’em
Things have finally settled down in the new place in the new town. Now that I have left behind Huntington and the memories there life is easier and on my terms. The new neighbors are friendly and welcoming, we live on a dead end street on top of a high hill and that suits me … Continue reading Float on ’em
Look at us, who knew?
"But now I'm singing again because I don't fear the jealousy of those who might overhear. "
Surety
In the past, I would become angry and wonder what kind of person that made me. Now that I know who I am I'm not afraid to feel any emotion.
Wandering royalty in strange lands
Having hope is heartbreaking but the alternative has been even more painful. I'm grateful it wasn't deadly. I'm grateful that I'm starting to believe in myself again. I'm grateful that I'm starting to see myself, once again, as wandering royalty in strange lands.
Fair Enough
Believe it or not, I try to not comment if women I don't personally know regurgitate the tired old "All men are trash" deal. For a lot of reasons. Today one of them actually directly addressed me and so I felt it appropriate to respond to their insistence that this "doesn't include, (me), of course" … Continue reading Fair Enough
Dusty Issues
This weekend made it a delight to be a professional wrestling fan. While I can’t afford the $140 pricetag on the Collective PPV package, it was a treat to watch the gifs and tweets and video clips roll in from different sources. In a way, I was able to see some of the incredible indie … Continue reading Dusty Issues
No Mercy
Us white folks are so flummoxed by the idea that multiple Black men could de-escalate a conflict in public like Denzel Washington and others did because we are shamefully invested in a public narrative about how unreasonably violent Black men are. After all, aren’t Black men so dangerous that even fully armed grown adults in … Continue reading No Mercy
Absolute Freedom
I think gender identity as a civil rights issue actually gives us the best chance we have legally to secure civil rights for all and it's also going to be one of the most difficult feats to achieve. The US legal system will never admit that it does not have the power to classify people … Continue reading Absolute Freedom
Queer Pandemic 