Hey Everyone.
I just wanted to post the link to this video clip on my blog. It's from my favourite show the L-Word ( Thursday nights @ 10pm on Showcase ) Just to relate something back to my original Blog topic : Gay/Lesbian Media. I just wanted to give you a little taste of it so you can see what it's like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv9OX31ckWU&mode=related&search=
The clip involves 2 characters Alice and Dana. Alice and Dana were together for a long time but then separated but since Dana was diagnosed with cancer the two have one again become close. Dana's cancer has spread and she has been hospitalized. Alice has stayed by Dana's bedside the entire time and is reluctant to leave her when one of the nurses suggests that she should go get some fresh air and get outside the 4 walls she's been couped up in. Alice leaves Dana's side to go get some time out of the hospitals unsettled atmosphere only to return to find that Dana has passed away in her absence.
This episode is entitled ''Losing the Light''
It is BY FAR the best episode I have ever seen out of 4 seasons. The writing was BEAUTIFUL. A tough emotional journey for the veiwer and especially for those who were attached to Dana's character. I think the night this episode aired, at the moment of Dana's death, a little peice of every L-Word fan died with her.
When you become attached to fictional characters it's so hard to see them die. The night this episode aired I cried for an hour after the credits rolled. It was a very heartbreaking moment in L-Word history. One of the most beautiful moments in the history of the show and one of my absolute favourite. I can't make it through a single time watching it without crying.
Enjoy
Chris
Monday, October 22, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
My Thoughts on Pride
Theres something I've been tossing around my mind for a few days now that has been bothering me. Maybe this is just me taking things too seriously but maybe not.
We've all heard of the 7 Deadly Sins. In my drama class right now we are doing plays dealing with this concept. The 7 Deadly Sins are Lust, Gluttony, Greed Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride. Now before this project arose, I admit I didn't know ALL the Sins but I could name of a few of them. But I never knew that Pride was included in this list of things that are associated with sinning but it's there and when you look up the definition of Pride this is what you get :
Pride : a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to give compliments to others though they may be deserving of them, and excessive love of self. ( says wikipedia )
I can't even figure out why having Pride is a bad thing. I mean isn't Pride meaning you are proud of yourself for the things that you accomplish, overcome and acheive ??? THATS what I think about when I think about Pride. Especially when it comes to being gay. When I think of myself and pride and being a lesbian I think of how I overcame the fear of my life changing in a BIG way and of disappointing and losing the love and respect of my family and friends. I accomplished finding out who I am and accepting a new way of life where not everyone's going to agree with me or support who I am. I acheived respect from those close to me for being brave enough to come out and be able to say '' I'm a lesbian'' and then having to lose some friends and some relationships that I had developed over the years because some people had reasons not to stick around. When I think of Pride I think of how proud I am of myself. I don't think I'm better than ANYBODY and I don't think anybody is better than me. I believe we're all equal, all the time. No matter our gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. I compliment others when they have done good things and give them the praise that they fully desreve. And YES I have love for myself, because if I didn't love who I am and embrace my flaws and have self - respect I would JUST NOT BE ME. So when I say I have Pride, I don't use the definition of Pride that tells of sin, ignorance and selfishness. I have my own definition for pride that is special and significant to me. I don't care what Wikipedia says. To have pride is to be proud. If thats a sin then I guess my parking space in heaven will have to go to someone deemed more worthy than me because perhaps I'm enjoying sinning way more than anyone should.
Chris
We've all heard of the 7 Deadly Sins. In my drama class right now we are doing plays dealing with this concept. The 7 Deadly Sins are Lust, Gluttony, Greed Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride. Now before this project arose, I admit I didn't know ALL the Sins but I could name of a few of them. But I never knew that Pride was included in this list of things that are associated with sinning but it's there and when you look up the definition of Pride this is what you get :
Pride : a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to give compliments to others though they may be deserving of them, and excessive love of self. ( says wikipedia )
I can't even figure out why having Pride is a bad thing. I mean isn't Pride meaning you are proud of yourself for the things that you accomplish, overcome and acheive ??? THATS what I think about when I think about Pride. Especially when it comes to being gay. When I think of myself and pride and being a lesbian I think of how I overcame the fear of my life changing in a BIG way and of disappointing and losing the love and respect of my family and friends. I accomplished finding out who I am and accepting a new way of life where not everyone's going to agree with me or support who I am. I acheived respect from those close to me for being brave enough to come out and be able to say '' I'm a lesbian'' and then having to lose some friends and some relationships that I had developed over the years because some people had reasons not to stick around. When I think of Pride I think of how proud I am of myself. I don't think I'm better than ANYBODY and I don't think anybody is better than me. I believe we're all equal, all the time. No matter our gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. I compliment others when they have done good things and give them the praise that they fully desreve. And YES I have love for myself, because if I didn't love who I am and embrace my flaws and have self - respect I would JUST NOT BE ME. So when I say I have Pride, I don't use the definition of Pride that tells of sin, ignorance and selfishness. I have my own definition for pride that is special and significant to me. I don't care what Wikipedia says. To have pride is to be proud. If thats a sin then I guess my parking space in heaven will have to go to someone deemed more worthy than me because perhaps I'm enjoying sinning way more than anyone should.
Chris
Thursday, October 11, 2007
I'm realizing I may not be that inspiring and it's Sad.
Once Again I am lost. I have seen nothing related to gay/lesbian issues and media lately. Ususally I'd be hearing things right and left. My parents usually bring up news about it they they read online or in the paper. My friends bring things to my attention that they've seen of heard on t.v. But I have nothing and it makes me sad because I like to consider myself somebody who knows a lot about gay/lesbian issues. Maybe I'm in a slum right now of the media world is too busy talking about Britneys kids or Nicoles pregnancy to talk about anything worthy of me blogging about. I feel I'm letting my blog down. My hopes are that next week brings news and if not I will make some of my own.
ACTUALLY, speaking of news of my own - I'm thinking of starting a Gay, Lesbian,Bisexual, Transgender Alliance.Group here at Central. I made a guidance appointment the other day to get some more courses for next semester and to talk about how I might go about getting my idea off the ground BUT unfortunatly my chaotic timetable had to come first and foremost and took up the entire half hour appointment so I will have to make another appointment to discuss my idea.
The idea to have a GLBT, came to me last year while I was working on a math survey and had to pick a survey topic. My survey of a whole 7 PEOPLE concluded that there was enough support to have one ( those surveyed were A( all straight B) all bored and C) all shocked that their assumed straight class mate was talking about starting a club for ''dykes and fags''. Since then it's something that I've kept tucked in the back of my mind. I want a GLBT at Central so bad so this year I'm making it my goal to get some type of group formed before I leave this building for good.
So I pose this question to you, my blog readers, would you support a GLBT here at Central ? I'm not saying you have to join or even get excitied about it ? It's just be nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks this is a good idea and that everybody doesn't hate my ideas.
I leave you today with that question.
Chris
ACTUALLY, speaking of news of my own - I'm thinking of starting a Gay, Lesbian,Bisexual, Transgender Alliance.Group here at Central. I made a guidance appointment the other day to get some more courses for next semester and to talk about how I might go about getting my idea off the ground BUT unfortunatly my chaotic timetable had to come first and foremost and took up the entire half hour appointment so I will have to make another appointment to discuss my idea.
The idea to have a GLBT, came to me last year while I was working on a math survey and had to pick a survey topic. My survey of a whole 7 PEOPLE concluded that there was enough support to have one ( those surveyed were A( all straight B) all bored and C) all shocked that their assumed straight class mate was talking about starting a club for ''dykes and fags''. Since then it's something that I've kept tucked in the back of my mind. I want a GLBT at Central so bad so this year I'm making it my goal to get some type of group formed before I leave this building for good.
So I pose this question to you, my blog readers, would you support a GLBT here at Central ? I'm not saying you have to join or even get excitied about it ? It's just be nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks this is a good idea and that everybody doesn't hate my ideas.
I leave you today with that question.
Chris
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Another Day , Another Entry and I Don't Know What to Write About.
I don't have anything that inspiring to say today. It's Wednesday. It's cloudy out and possibly raining and I'm NOT looking forward to walking home.
Because I have nothing else to talk about, I will talk about a topic which I know lots about and is related to my blog topic : ME ! So Because the topic of my blog is gay / lesbian related things I'm gonna tell you about how I came to be who I am today. Theres not much time so this one will be short but if I run out of time I'll add to it tomorrow.
So as you may NOT know, I grew up with two mothers. My mother and her partner met way before I was born. My mothers partner already had a child and I came along many years later. When I was 12 or 13 ish my parents split up and I chose to live with my mothers ex instead of my mother. My mothers ex already had another partner and within a month we were all living together along with my mothers' exes new partners son. Thus started a new family unit, which has been added too by the magic of invetro ferlization to bring my youngest brother into the picture. The parents I live with now ( my mothers ex and her wife ) are now expecting baby number 2 which is coming next month maybe even earlier. So I've been raised in a homosexual environment since the get go. I never thought about being a lesbian myself. I grew up normal. Playing with Barbies AND army men. A Perfect Balance. It wasn't until high school when things started to change. I started to distance myself from my boyfriend of 2 years. Things just didn't feel right anymore. Things stopped being fun and I felt like something was wrong with me because I found myself not caring as much about him anymore as I once had.
The real kick in the pants happened when I was 16. It started with a simple look at somebody across the room. At first glance, the boy seemed to be everything I wanted. He dressed the way I myself wanted to dress. When he walked he had all eyes on him. From behind....the guy looked like a god sent gift from heaven. Then he turned around.....and noticed I was looking.....and thats when I saw.....that my attractive looking guy....was an even MORE attractive looking girl. That is where the story begins and unfortunaly thats all there is time for. I don;t know what else I can say that can really explain more. That was the defining moment right there. 3 and 1/2 years later Here I am !
I expect comments galore on this one LOL. No you don;t have to. This entry was purely for posting sake but it lets you know where things started for me.
Comments and Questions welcome. Toss stuff out there ! Tell me what you wanna here , whatever.
Chris
Because I have nothing else to talk about, I will talk about a topic which I know lots about and is related to my blog topic : ME ! So Because the topic of my blog is gay / lesbian related things I'm gonna tell you about how I came to be who I am today. Theres not much time so this one will be short but if I run out of time I'll add to it tomorrow.
So as you may NOT know, I grew up with two mothers. My mother and her partner met way before I was born. My mothers partner already had a child and I came along many years later. When I was 12 or 13 ish my parents split up and I chose to live with my mothers ex instead of my mother. My mothers ex already had another partner and within a month we were all living together along with my mothers' exes new partners son. Thus started a new family unit, which has been added too by the magic of invetro ferlization to bring my youngest brother into the picture. The parents I live with now ( my mothers ex and her wife ) are now expecting baby number 2 which is coming next month maybe even earlier. So I've been raised in a homosexual environment since the get go. I never thought about being a lesbian myself. I grew up normal. Playing with Barbies AND army men. A Perfect Balance. It wasn't until high school when things started to change. I started to distance myself from my boyfriend of 2 years. Things just didn't feel right anymore. Things stopped being fun and I felt like something was wrong with me because I found myself not caring as much about him anymore as I once had.
The real kick in the pants happened when I was 16. It started with a simple look at somebody across the room. At first glance, the boy seemed to be everything I wanted. He dressed the way I myself wanted to dress. When he walked he had all eyes on him. From behind....the guy looked like a god sent gift from heaven. Then he turned around.....and noticed I was looking.....and thats when I saw.....that my attractive looking guy....was an even MORE attractive looking girl. That is where the story begins and unfortunaly thats all there is time for. I don;t know what else I can say that can really explain more. That was the defining moment right there. 3 and 1/2 years later Here I am !
I expect comments galore on this one LOL. No you don;t have to. This entry was purely for posting sake but it lets you know where things started for me.
Comments and Questions welcome. Toss stuff out there ! Tell me what you wanna here , whatever.
Chris
Friday, October 5, 2007
The First Post : Inspired by my iPod
I wish I could write something truly inspiring in this space right now but because of lack of caffeine this is as good as it's gonna get.
A couple months ago ( like July- ish ) a friend told me to download some songs by these 2 girls called Tegan and Sara. This wasn;t the first time I've heard of these girls. Practically everyone I know listens to them and rave about them. Me being the picky person that I am when it comes to music hesitated when it came to listening to new music. I know what I like and it's hard for me to accept new music into my little music bubble. BUT I ended up putting some of their song on my iPod before that start of school and they have stayed there, unlistened to, until last night. I was sitting on my bed as I usually do ( my bed doubles as my office - I have everything I need right there in reach : notebook, pens, usually a bottled beverage, iPod, etc ) and I was flicking through my song list when I came upon these hidden treasures once again over a month after ignoring them. Least to say the next hour was devoted to listening to all 11 tracks I had on my iPod by Tegan and Sara. My Verdict : out of those 11 songs. I really like 3, no wait 4. No actually 5. Yeah I think it's 5 songs. I don't know much about Tegan and Sara except the fact that they are idenitcal twins and that they're target audience is teen lesbian youth ( but you can probably still enjoy even if you haven't joined the darkside lol ). I like each one for a different reason but for lack of time I'll just list them and expalin why I like them I guess.
1. Back in Your Head - it's a happy little tune. first one I heard that got me hooked. Off their newest C.D
2. Superstar - It's a really good song. Made up of a bunch of different elements. One of those songs I'd wanna see live. Great lyrics. Lots of energy.
3. Where does the Good Go - cute song. Makes me smile for some odd reason. Lovely. A love song.
4.I know I know I know - This song I like because it reminds me of somebody I used to have feelings for. It kinda makes me feel better about not being able to totally let go. Overall message I think : Love can last a really long time even if you're not dating.
5.Not Tonight - My favourite. I can 100 % RELATE TO THIS SONG. STORY OF MY LIFE. For anyone at a crossraods. For anyone who's feeling lost. It makes me really think about what I love the most, whats keeping me alive, what's keeping me here in the moment. I can't talk enough about what this song means to me. It's simply great.
So theres a few lines about some good songs. I would tell you to listen but chances are if it took me over a month to get around to listening to them, you'll be way less ambitous than I am to go download these tunes. I'm just putthing this up here because I think it's cool.
Coments/Questions welcome about anything.
I hope my entries will get better than this.
I'm thinking about starting my own blog for my writing ( if anyones intrested I will get that up and running and post a link on here )
Thats all. Now I'm just wasting time typing.
I probably made spelling mistakes but I'm not intrested in going back and fixing them all now.
Enjoy
Chris
A couple months ago ( like July- ish ) a friend told me to download some songs by these 2 girls called Tegan and Sara. This wasn;t the first time I've heard of these girls. Practically everyone I know listens to them and rave about them. Me being the picky person that I am when it comes to music hesitated when it came to listening to new music. I know what I like and it's hard for me to accept new music into my little music bubble. BUT I ended up putting some of their song on my iPod before that start of school and they have stayed there, unlistened to, until last night. I was sitting on my bed as I usually do ( my bed doubles as my office - I have everything I need right there in reach : notebook, pens, usually a bottled beverage, iPod, etc ) and I was flicking through my song list when I came upon these hidden treasures once again over a month after ignoring them. Least to say the next hour was devoted to listening to all 11 tracks I had on my iPod by Tegan and Sara. My Verdict : out of those 11 songs. I really like 3, no wait 4. No actually 5. Yeah I think it's 5 songs. I don't know much about Tegan and Sara except the fact that they are idenitcal twins and that they're target audience is teen lesbian youth ( but you can probably still enjoy even if you haven't joined the darkside lol ). I like each one for a different reason but for lack of time I'll just list them and expalin why I like them I guess.
1. Back in Your Head - it's a happy little tune. first one I heard that got me hooked. Off their newest C.D
2. Superstar - It's a really good song. Made up of a bunch of different elements. One of those songs I'd wanna see live. Great lyrics. Lots of energy.
3. Where does the Good Go - cute song. Makes me smile for some odd reason. Lovely. A love song.
4.I know I know I know - This song I like because it reminds me of somebody I used to have feelings for. It kinda makes me feel better about not being able to totally let go. Overall message I think : Love can last a really long time even if you're not dating.
5.Not Tonight - My favourite. I can 100 % RELATE TO THIS SONG. STORY OF MY LIFE. For anyone at a crossraods. For anyone who's feeling lost. It makes me really think about what I love the most, whats keeping me alive, what's keeping me here in the moment. I can't talk enough about what this song means to me. It's simply great.
So theres a few lines about some good songs. I would tell you to listen but chances are if it took me over a month to get around to listening to them, you'll be way less ambitous than I am to go download these tunes. I'm just putthing this up here because I think it's cool.
Coments/Questions welcome about anything.
I hope my entries will get better than this.
I'm thinking about starting my own blog for my writing ( if anyones intrested I will get that up and running and post a link on here )
Thats all. Now I'm just wasting time typing.
I probably made spelling mistakes but I'm not intrested in going back and fixing them all now.
Enjoy
Chris
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