There is a threat in this world that threatens the very people that support it. Ex-gay camps, or as they really are, gay concentration camps, make money off of the gullible people that are willing to send their kids on one of these retreats. These people scoop the personality and critical thinking skills (or what is left of them) out of a person’s head and collect your money. This is not a tin foil hat conspiracy theory, it is actually happening right here and right now! Sometimes, people are able to break free from the programming that goes on at these camps (thus creating ex-ex-gays, who speak out against the institution). However, given this very real threat, we should all be aware of it and do everything we can to stop it. Continue reading ‘Ex-Gay Quackery and Why You Should Care’
Monthly Archive for May, 2008
I have a certain set of tools that I actively use to post to my blog. While it can be posted to when I am at any computer, I use the following hardware most of the time when I am writing on my blog. As a former tech-obssessed geek, I have a tech preference for certain brands as I have had experience with cheap crap. Dell, Lexmark and other craptacular brands like that are obviously low quality and I would never purchase them. However, Apple and Pentax are brands that I trust, because they have never broken down through reasons that could not be blamed on me. However, these things of mine fall apart thanks to being in my possession. Continue reading ‘What I use to author this blog’
On Tuesday, I will be making the trip to Indiana to finalize the legal name change. I have a few sets of clothes packed and enough food to get me there and maybe to help me survive the trip back. I have enough reading material to interest me for the trip there, and when I get back, I will bring back the rest of my reading materials in my second suitcase (hope Areya can spare $5 for the extra suitcase fee that Greyhound levies, I am broke after Wells Fargo levied one false overdraft fee too many). Other than that, I am totally ready and excited to attend the name change hearing before the judge in the middle-of-fucking-nowhere, Indiana. And I am totally excited to head the hell back here to Colorado and obtain my fully female ID card with the DR 2083 that I had to have Dr. Wilson sign. Continue reading ‘My pilgrimage to Indiana and the blog’
I would like to make it clear that this is not a splog. It is true that I am doing commercially-motivated posts for advertisers on PayPerPost. However, I am only doing so with the concept that this blog will still contain my own original and unique content. I have no desire to turn this blog into a splog (or a spam log) and I will not exchange links with splogs. Sorry, but I don’t need that hubris. (And yes, this is a very short rant post but trust me, it was warranted)
I just joined PayPerPost because well, I can’t finance this surgery fast enough and I need more money. However, I am not willing to do anything that would compromise my ethics (such as joining the military). Therefore, I have decided to dedicate a portion of this blog’s posts to promoting commercial interests, new products and services and anything that I would feel no ethical repercussions for promoting. The posts will be placed in the new category that I created specifically for posts like this (see Commercial Whore) and will be tagged with the name of the advertiser. Continue reading ‘Just joined PayPerPost’
Right now, I am having some troubles with my good friend, Becca. On Sunday night, I falsely accused her of ‘using me’ just so she could get access to my computer. Now, when I logically think about this, nothing could be further from the truth. But logic never permeates thoughts and actions when they are done without thinking and in the moment. So, I shot my mouth off and falsely accused her of wrongdoing without any basis at all. And of course, this depresses me and angers her because we are separated by a wall created by my own stupidity. Just fucking great.
Now, as you know - I am a transsexual whose biggest ambitions in life are to transition and become a writer and a professor at a University. However, there is all the flotsam about self-esteem and appearance that really bothers me. And right now, the one thing I can do to improve my self-esteem and appearance is to lose weight. Since I weigh about 200 lbs and have a ‘beer belly’, this is something that needs to be improved. So, I am planning to start attending Bikram yoga courses and I have contacted the Bikram yoga college in Westminster. So far, it seems like the best deal in the Denver/Boulder corridor ($50 a month for the first month, $50 for the second month if you can make 25 courses in the first 30 days that you paid for and $130 thereafter). Continue reading ‘Contemplating Yoga’
Father Joe: So you believe in these kind of things?
Fox Mulder: Let’s just say that I want to believe.
- From X-files: I want to believe
There are a number of Christians that would accuse me of being close-minded towards their god. That I have somehow “lost god” in my life and I need to have him back. But ironically enough, since I have lost the idea of the Christian god in my life, I have been getting better and better. Continue reading ‘Like Mulder, I want to believe’
In a wonderful move towards marriage equality, the Supreme Court of California has legalized same-sex marriage and thus, provided another venue in the United States for marriage equality to be fully recognized. I would like to personally thank everyone that made this victory possible, but I sadly will not leave Colorado until I have my surgeries completed. But at least I know that when I find the love of my life, I won’t have to travel to Canada or the Netherlands to get legally married to her. Whee!
So, just what the hell have I been smoking and who the fuck is Unitar, you might be asking? You are going to be amazed, but first I must ask you are you ready to hear about this amazing truth? Are you sure? Well, my friend - Unitar is the god that the Unitarian Universalists worship. Don’t believe me? Then take a look at the UUA’s website? Still don’t believe me? Do a Google search for Unitar. I am certain that there are millions of sites that talk about the love and good will of Unitar. Continue reading ‘Praise be to Unitar!’
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