May 2010
17 posts
Sea Monster
While out seashell-gazing and reminiscing on the days when I was one of two thrill-seekers of the sea, I look up, glance moonward and wonder if I see you gliding my way through the ocean water. I strip down to my shorts and before I know it I’m stiff and cold in the water with beams from the lighthouse revolving in my right peripherals and seaweed tangled at my soles. My mind scoffs at the...
in my letter to repeal dont ask, dont tell
I am just one of a majority of Americans who recognize that on the battlefield it doesn’t matter whether a soldier is lesbian, gay, or straight. Gay men and lesbians can contribute great efforts in our beloved nation’s military. I think it is important to send out the message to all Americans who desire freedom that anyone who wants to fight for freedom should have the liberty to do...
I would heart this a thousand times if I could :)
[phone rings]
me: hello?
caller: Sebastian?
me: yes
caller: do you know who this is? this is your uncle sam (my great uncle - cousin brian's father)
me: oh wow - hello!
uncle sam: I am just so happy for you. Congratulations. I'm so glad you are working things out.
me: wow, thank you. that means so much. i don't know what to say.
uncle sam: Well you are just a wonderful person and I love you and good for you for working this out. And you should do whatever you need to to be happy, because you deserve that. And I am just so happy for you. Congratulations.
[oh also, he managed to say "Sebastian" at least 10 times in our conversation : )]
I just finished...
Revolutionary Road. and, well, wow. I had already seen the movie, but the ending, though not surprising, resonated with as much intensity as it would have if i hadn’t seen the movie. I think that it was so strong because the Wheelers ( the main characters) want to move to France just like I do. They feel as if it’s just right around the corner (just like me) and all that they have to...
mills: "Art is truth"; but can truth be political? →
Andy Sturdevant of South 12th posted an excellent essay about John F. Kennedy’s assertion that “art is truth,” which comes from a speech Sturdevant excerpts, compares to Glenn Beck’s remarks on art, and partially disputes.
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Kennedy was likely contrasting the art of the West with …
Fred Phelps once fought for civil rights. →
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