I am relatively well-read, passably intelligent, and of a temperament that can be best described as cynicism tempered with a bit of romantic longing. I enjoy a good argument, so long as the other side understands that disagreements don't always mean a loss of affection.
I'm a little tired today, as the past week has consisted of me and my co-workers going all around the metropolis interviewing people for our section. We've talked to a senator, a councilor, a furniture designer, and a broadcaster in many different cities, and doing that in this heat isn't exactly at the top of my favorite things to do.
Physical discomfort notwithstanding, the conversations we've been having with these people have been very interesting. I've had my school insulted("That university's only claim to fame is its longevity."), asked to vote for a certain party, and gazed at really beautiful furniture. The week certainly hasn't been boring.
Maybe it's not quite the same thing, but it always puts a smile on my face that whatever the new hot spot in the metro is, the gays are always there first.
* * * * * Three videos today. One has a spoiler for Glee, one is an actual glee club performing, and the other features 8-bit characters decimating New York.
Getting back to work after the holidays has been a little rough for me. Nothing to do with my colleagues, of course, mostly just me having a hard time shaking off the holiday mindset. I'll hopefully be back in working mode by next week.
Work has certainly not been stuck in the holiday spirit. Just this past week, we had two celebrity interviews, with loads more coming next week. I really should start shaping up before I get myself fired or something.
* * * * * It's been a mixed bag with regards to the gay marriage question all around the world. While Martha Stewart and Portugal are okay with the gay, New Jersey voted 20-14 against gay marriage.
I am reminded of Douglas Adams and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
* * * * * Videos under the cut for you guys, ranging from koala sex shows to walrus self-pleasuring to Bear Grylls giving himself an enema. Yes, you are reading everything correctly.
Two female koalas put on a sex show wile Andy Roddick is being interviewed.
Presented with no comment.
I should really start watching this show. I swear.
When we featured Danton Remoto in 60 Minutes, he talked about how there is no coming out process for the gay man here in the Philippines. Everything is always implied, and it is up to everybody else to read what's between the lines.
That has also been my experience. While there has never been a formal coming out process with my own parents, I have never hidden the fact that I openly appreciate cute guys being shown on TV. I tell them point blank that I am going to a gay bar or am walking with the Pride Parade. And while my parents have never been uncool about it, they've never talked about it with me either.
Which is why what happened yesterday really took me by surprise.
As most of the Filipinos on my flist already know, the latest season of Pinoy Big Brother begins today, and I have an unhealthy obsession with it. I commented that they should really include a gay housemate, and from out of the blue my mother hits me with this stunner: "Why don't you join?"
I guess I should have expected it, in a way, going on and on about cute guys and gay rights the way that I do. But the straightforwardness of it all still caught me by surprise. I think that may have been the first time my mother has out loud acknowledged me being gay
* * * * * However, the awkwardness of that particular situation can't be compared to what these guys must go through. I can quite honestly say that I would have no idea what it would feel like to come out to my parents at 12 years old. I don't think I would have the courage to do so.
But it does make sense that they're doing so at an earlier age. And I also understand why the first reaction of the parents is to ask "Are you sure?" I definitely knew I liked boys when I was 10, but I really only came to terms with it when I was in college. In between that I had this belief that i was really bisexual and bound to find the right girl any moment soon. That didn't exactly turn out the way I thought it would.
* * * * * This entertained me more than it really should have.
