iNtHEdOGhOUSE

2008-02-29T20:46:00.001-08:00

Martin Luther King Jr.

2008-01-21T06:15:00.001-08:00

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

love sacramento light rail stops!

2007-12-28T12:18:00.000-08:00

aaaawwwww...the poor thing

2007-12-28T12:03:00.000-08:00

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "bow wow and omarion":

I hope your not tryin to say they're gay or something cause you can kiss both they asses. You damn right I'm easily offended about both Omarion and Bowwow or any other artist really because they have enough problems without nothing ass bithces like you trying to start rumors!!! You probably the BIGGEST Homo of them all LOL!!!

~ The #1 Mrs. Grandberry a.k.a. Neisha

on a lighter note

2007-12-10T09:44:00.000-08:00

(unfortunately if you read the comments to this on youtube, you'll really see some hatefull ignorance)

uh, can you sing, "go to hell"?

2007-12-10T09:06:00.000-08:00

on james baldwin

2007-12-07T14:14:00.000-08:00

Some 25 years ago as a idealistic young political activist at UC Santa Barbara, Through my comrades at the un-official ethnic studies department, I learned of an author named James Baldwin. Soon after on a boring afternoon walking through downtown Hayward, I wandered into a used bookstore and low and behold there was a dog eared copy of James Baldwin’s “Another Country”. I was mesmerized by this novel. Being a privileged white boy from the Bay Area, I never had this kind of exposure. Being an enthusiastic (borderline manic) liberal (nothing short of a damn socialist) I was as empathetic as I could be. As important was my exposure to homosexuality. Reading this book was, perhaps, the first time I came across a positive (although slightly troubled) portrayal of gay men with beautiful and erotic prose of physical and emotional love between two men. It had a tremendous impact on my life. Anyway that very book has always, and still is on my coffee table.

From RaceWire

Kai Wright

Twenty Years Later: James Baldwin’s America Hasn’t Changed

Author and essayist James Baldwin died 20 years ago on Dec. 1.

Baldwin’s biographer and close friend, David Leeming, called his essays “prophetic,” as they articulated an eerily clear-eyed view of America’s peril at the hands of what, in Baldwin’s day, was politely called the “race problem.”

Perhaps Leeming has it right and Baldwin was a soothsayer. But a more plausible explanation is that Baldwin’s work remains contemporary because America’s racial caste system changed so little over the generations that his writing spans.

Baldwin considered race America’s poison pill. And he deftly portrayed Americans of all colors struggling to concoct their own individual antidotes—solutions that are temporary at best and always crazy-making because, at root, the problem is structural not individual.

Today, we still have not reached Baldwin’s understanding of race and racism. It remains a collective problem that we insist upon dealing with on an individual basis. As a result, even our greatest triumphs—the end of legal segregation, broadened opportunity for the slim black middle class—are undermined by broader forces.

In his first essay collection, 1955’s Notes of a Native Son, Baldwin describes an urban ghetto that since has changed only in aesthetic. “All over Harlem now,” he wrote, “there is felt the same bitter expectancy with which, in my childhood, we awaited winter: it is coming and it will be hard; there is nothing anyone can do about it.”

Then and now, reform efforts have failed to alter that bleak reality because they’ve made no fundamental changes. As Baldwin wrote, “Steps are taken to right the wrong, without, however, expanding or demolishing the ghetto. The idea is to make it less of a social liability, a process about as helpful as make-up to a leper.”

So today Baldwin’s Harlem still lingers atop the list of New York neighborhoods with problems ranging from dilapidated housing stock to communicable disease to food establishments that simply fail to pass health inspection. The same is true for other racially defined ghettos around the country.

What is different today is that few discuss race in Baldwin’s structural terms. Instead, we busy ourselves with word games.

We play gotcha with celebrities who use slurs, rather than noticing the morbid conditions African Americans are disproportionately asked to live within. We eagerly embrace commentators like Bill Cosby when they decry the way individuals have adapted to generations of ghetto life. But we nickel and dime any policy effort to change those conditions. We ban the N-word, and we leave the ghetto intact.

This neglect has the same impact today that it had when Baldwin dissected it in 1955. “All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand,” he wrote, “and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.”

Kai Wright, a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, New York. His new book, Drifting Towards Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming Out on the Streets of New York, will be published in January by Beacon Press. He is also publications editor for the Black AIDS Institute and author of two previous books on African American history.

2007-12-06T10:10:00.001-08:00

Iran: Young Man Executed for Alleged Sex Crime

2007-12-05T12:51:00.000-08:00

For Immediate Release
Contact: Hossein Alizadeh, IGLHRC Communications Coordinator, 212-430-6016

(New York, Wednesday December 5, 2007) - The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned today that despite an order by the Iranian Chief Justice to nullify his death sentence, Mr. Makvan Mouloodzadeh was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison at 5 a.m. this morning, Iranian time. Neither Mr. Mouloodzadeh's family or his lawyer were told about the execution until after it occurred. IGLHRC is still investigating the facts in this case.

"This is a shameful and outrageous travesty of justice and international human rights law," said Paula Ettelbrick, IGLHRC's executive director. "How many more young Iranians have to die before the international community takes action?"

Mr. Mouloodzadeh was a 21-year-old Iranian citizen who was accused of committing anal rape (ighab) with other young boys when he was 13 years old. However, at Mr. Mouloodzadeh's trial, all the witnesses retracted their pre-trial testimonies, claiming to have lied to the authorities under duress. Makvan also told the court that his confession was made under coercion and pleaded not guilty. On June 7, 2007, the Seventh District Criminal Court of Kermanshah in Western Iran found him guilty and sentenced him to death. Despite his lawyer's appeal, the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence on August 1, 2007. The case caused an international uproar, and prompted a letter writing campaign by IGLHRC and similar actions by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Outrage! and Everyone Group.

In response to mounting public pressure, and following a detailed petition submitted to the Iranian Chief Justice by Mr. Mouloodzadeh's lawyer, the Iranian Chief Justice, Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi, nullified the impending death sentence of Mr. Mouloodzadeh. In his November 10, 2007 opinion (1/86/8607), the Iranian Chief Justice described the death sentence to be in violation of Islamic teachings, the religious decrees of high-ranking Shiite clerics, and the law of the land.

In accordance with Iranian legal procedure, Mr. Mouloodzadeh's case was sent to the Special Supervision Bureau of the Iranian Justice Department, a designated group of judges who are responsible for reviewing and ordering retrials of flawed cases flagged by the Iranian Chief Justice. However, in defiance of the Chief Justice, the judges decided to ratify the original court's ruling and ordered the local authorities to carry out the execution.

Mr. Mouloodzadeh's execution came days after a panel at the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty.

You can read IGLHRC's action alert on our website: http://www.iglhrc.org/site/iglhrc/section.php?id=5&detail=797

Our Letter to the Iranian authorities is also posted on our website in both English and Persian: http://www.iglhrc.org/site/iglhrc/section.php?id=5&detail=798

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who me?

2007-12-04T12:11:00.001-08:00

2007-12-04T09:37:00.000-08:00

great show - clicky click

2007-12-04T09:35:00.000-08:00

Thanks Towleroad

my belief results

2007-12-03T09:50:00.000-08:00

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (89%)
3. Neo-Pagan (88%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
5. New Age (84%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
7. Secular Humanism (76%)
8. Taoism (76%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
10. Scientology (70%)
11. Hinduism (65%)
12. New Thought (65%)
13. Jainism (64%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (62%)
15. Reform Judaism (58%)
16. Sikhism (55%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
18. Nontheist (46%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
21. Islam (28%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)

World AIDS Day Tribute- Essex Hemphill-PRESENTE!

2007-11-30T14:53:00.000-08:00

Poet, editor, and activist Essex Hemphill was born April 16, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in Southeast Washington, DC, and began to write poems at the age of fourteen. He was educated at the University of Maryland.

Hemphill's first books were the self-published chapbooks Earth Life (1985) and Conditions (1986). He first gained national attention when his work appeared in the anthology In the Life (1986), a seminal collection of writings by Black gay men. In 1989, his poems were featured in the award-winning documentaries Tongues Untied and Looking for Langston.

In 1991, Hemphill edited Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men, which won a Lambda Literary Award. In 1992, he released Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry, which won the National Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual New Author Award. His poems appeared in Obsidian, Black Scholar, Callaloo, Painted Bride Quarterly, Essence, and numerous other newspapers and journals. His work also appeared in numerous anthologies including Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (1986) and Life Sentences: Writers, Artists and AIDS (1993). He was a visiting scholar at The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in 1993. On November 4, 1995, Hempill died from complications relating to AIDS.

From Poetry.org

Conditions XIV
Essex Hemphill

You left me begging for things
most men thought they had below their belts.
I was reaching higher.
I could throw my legs up like satellites
but I knew I was fucking fallen angels.
I made them feel like demigods.
I believed my mission
to be a war zone duty:
don't create casualties,
heal them.
But I was the wounded
almost dead.
Helping the uninjured.
Men whose lusty hearts
weakened in the middle of the night
and brought them to tears, to their knees
for their former lovers.
They could look at me and tell
they did not want to endure
what beauty love scars give me.
So touch me now --
Hannibal, Toussaint.
I am a revolution without bloodshed.
I change the order of things
to suit my desperations.
You can raise your legs,
almost touch heaven.
I can be an angel,
falling.

my new addiction

2007-11-29T09:34:00.000-08:00

Jay Brannan

2007-11-28T19:30:00.000-08:00

go white boy

2007-11-22T06:08:00.001-08:00

happy

2007-11-22T05:50:00.000-08:00

thanksgiving y'all. thank you for your supportive comments. i am thankfull for a second chance at life, for my wonderfull and beatifull bf, my family for thier support and love my frinends both physical and virtual, my new friends at AA, and the staff at the recovery center I went through. peace. -r

I'm back

2007-11-20T12:29:00.001-08:00

from rehab! 30 days goes by so fast! more to come soon.

2007-10-22T13:45:00.001-07:00

going to rehab!

Ok here’s the story:

2007-10-17T14:41:00.001-07:00

I’m an alcoholic. I like to drink but I want/have to stop. I have been trying but I have discovered how difficult it is. I’ve cut way back but I eventfully go binging. This infuriates my BF to the point of almost destroying our relationship. I have almost lost my job because of it and have hurt myself (not intentionally) I got a DUI because of it. I’ve been kicked out of bars and fought with BF and EX. I have to stop so I started looking into AA and substance abuse counseling. I haven’t started anything yet but I have to. It’s very hard. I have to do it for me and I have to do it for my relationship. In my heart I know I’d rather hold my BF’s hand than a cocktail glass. My BF is rather impatient with my progress (damn it’s hard) which leads to the second issue. Me and my BF have sort of been together for four years. about a year ago we really made a commitment to each other. I'm a nester. I want to create a home with him and have him move in with me. I'll continue this later it's kind of hard to write about this now. UPDATE: haven't seen or talked to the BF much in the last few days. test messages not replied to. feeling pretty down. heavy heart.

Congrats! Keep up the great work!

2007-10-17T13:49:00.000-07:00

Terra Naiomi Say Its Possible

2007-10-17T09:14:00.000-07:00

This is posted for my BF

I see the lights are turning
And i look outside the stars are burning
Through this changing time
It could have been anything we want
Its fine salvation was just a passing thought.

Dont wait act now
This amazing offer wont last long
Its only a chance to pave the path were on
I know there are more exciting things to talk about
And in time well sort it out

And though they say its possible to me
I dont see how its probable
I see the course were on
Spinning farther from what i know
Ill hold on
Tell me that you wont let go
Tell me that you wont let go

And truth is such a funny thing
With all these people
Keep on telling me
They know whats best
And what to be frightened of
And all the rest are wrong
They know nothing about us

And though they say its possible to me
I dont see how its probable
I see the course were on
Spinning farther from what i know
Ill hold on
Tell me that you wont let go
Tell me that you wont let go

Im not alright

This could be something beautiful
Combine our love into something wonderful
But times are tough i know
And the pull of what we cant give up takes hold

the last

2007-10-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

Last Kiss: My boyfriend this morning
Last Good Cry: Yesterday
Last Crush: Some guy named K.
Last Alcoholic Drink: Vodka
Last Phone Call: Sister this morning.
Last Text Message: From my boyfriend this morning
Last TV Show Watched: CNN .
Last CD Played: well it’s a you tube clip of a song I want my BF to hear Its posted here..
Last Book Purchased: Dry
Last Book Read: Running with siccors
Last Movie Seen In A Theater: Don’t remember
Last Movie Rented: Boy Culture
Last Download: I can’t actually remember
Last Curse Word Used: fuck it
Last Beverage Consumed: Water
Last Food Consumed: Pasta
Last Item Purchased: Cigs
Last Car Ride: Driving to work
Last Word Spoken: love
Last Annoyance: at myself
Last Disappointment: The fact that I sometimes and recently felt that I wasn’t good enough to be in my relationship.

2007-10-16T16:53:00.000-07:00

AdultLab

2007-10-16T15:14:00.000-07:00

running into some rough times with the BF and it's breaking my heart. I know we can work through this I just hope he is wiling.

for the bible tells me so

2007-10-16T08:31:00.000-07:00

for M

2007-10-15T07:59:00.000-07:00

they did find a brain!

2007-10-12T14:34:00.000-07:00

Students at Ohio State on Coming Out

2007-10-12T09:43:00.000-07:00

HNT

2007-10-11T16:04:00.000-07:00

how exciting

2007-10-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

All About You
A survey from ThatSurveySite

General
What\'s your age? 41
Height? 6\'
Weight? 180
Birthday? October 26
Birthplace? Redondo Beach, CA
Natural Hair Color? Brown
Eye Color? Blue
Race? Whitey
Religion? Agnostic
Medical
Have you had any surgeries? yes
Any allergies? no
Injuries? yes broken arm and leg
Do you currently have an illnesses? Yes
Personality
How would you describe yourself? eccentric, quirky, loyal
What\'s your favorite food? French
Drink? Vodka but trying to quit
Color? Deep red
Place? BF\'s arms
What\'s your style of clothing? casual
What kind of music do you listen to? hip hop
What do you like to do? sex count?
In your Partner
What is your ideal mate\'s hair color? black
Skin tone? black
Eye color? brown
Height? 6\'
Weight?
Would you like him/her physically fit? yes
You like \'em smart? absolutely
Is your ideal partner tough or sweet? little of both
Does it matter if they\'re good in bed? sure
Girl or guy? guy
Do you want to get married? yes and no
How about kids, and if so, how many? nope
Sex
What\'s your orientation? faggot
You like naughty or nice? little of both
Slow or fast? little of both
Hard or gentle? little of both
Does BDMS turn you on or off? eh
Do you prefer pain or pleasure? pleasure
Do you masturbate? yes of course
If so, how often? couple times a week
Do you enjoy it, and if so, how do you do it? yes of course
Do you have a favorite toy? i call it javier
Favorite position? versatile
In condoms and lubricants, flavored or no? no flavor
How often would you like to get busy? often
In Death
Who would you leave your possessions to? husband
What do you want done to your body? cremated
Do you have any regrets? not really

To take this survey, go to:
http://www.thatsurveysite.net/survey.php?id=19

bow wow and omarion

2007-10-10T13:12:00.000-07:00

Are Bow Wow and Omarion involved in a sexual relationship?? One can only hope.

Thanks Jane Doe

me dork

2007-10-10T12:52:00.001-07:00

TR Knight Glaad he came out

2007-10-10T08:48:00.000-07:00

TR Knight: National Coming Out Day PSA

whoa

2007-10-09T13:02:00.000-07:00

From Queerty

Let California Ring

2007-10-09T12:11:00.001-07:00

i'm not so bad after all

2007-10-09T09:50:00.000-07:00

You Are A Good Friend

You're always willing to listen
Or lend a shoulder to cry on
You're there through thick and thin
Many people consider you their "best friend"!

What Kind of Friend Are You?

check out this guys music

2007-10-05T14:52:00.000-07:00

wet fun

2007-10-05T09:05:00.000-07:00

i got raped in the shower this morning. man i love taking showers with the BF! on the shelf: shampoo, conditioner, doggy shampoo and elbow grease!

obama dot com

2007-10-04T11:20:00.001-07:00

he's a freak but shit the bed!

2007-10-04T11:02:00.000-07:00

2007-10-04T10:26:00.000-07:00

DAMN!

2007-10-04T10:24:00.000-07:00

Bodybuilding - Thug Workout-Fitness 3/3
Uploaded by ricquet

Donnie - 911 (Music Video)

2007-10-03T10:02:00.001-07:00

2007-10-03T09:27:00.000-07:00

Taken from Real Euphoria

1. Do you still talk to the person you last had a thing with? Yes that would be be my ex.
2. Have you ever seen your best friend cry? Yes but not often
3. What kind of vitamins did you take as a kid? Flintstones

4. What is the last thing you ate? Crackers and cheese
5. Did you get any compliments today? Not yet
6. Have you ever gone to court? Yes I’m a bad boy.
7. What does the seventh text message in your inbox say? Ditto!”
8. Are you friends with your neighbours? Yes
9. Do you have any regrets? A few but I don’t dwell on them. The decisions I have made are what has made me who I am and I am comfortable with that.

10. Do you remember your first kiss? Yes but I would like not to. A girl! Gross!

11. What towns have you lived in? Torrance, san pedro, Wheaton, Danville, Santa Barbara, Goleta, NYC, SF, Naperville, Seattle, Berkeley, Sacramento, Mejicanos, E.S.
12. What’s the last piercing you got? Eyebrow

13. When was the last time you drove more than 15 minutes? Quite a few months since I drove but the BF drives me.
14. Have you ever thrown up from drinking? Oh yeah hopefully that’s a thing of the past
15. Do you get jealous easily? At times particularly when I feel I’m being ignored.
16. Have you ever played Spin the Bottle? When I was a child.
17. Toilet papered someone’s house? No.
18. Have you ever had a crush on your brother or sister’s friends? No
19. Have you ever gone to a beach? A lot
20. Do you remember your teacher’s names from primary school? A couple
21. How good is your eyesight? Getting worse.
22. Would you ever want to swim with sharks? no
23. What would you say if I told you I was in love with your brother? Chubby chaser!
24. Have you ever been out of your country? Yes
25. Have you seen your best friend naked? Yes.
26. What’s the best wedding you’ve been to? My own
27. Would your parents be mad if you got arrested for fighting? Not if it was justified.
28. Where are your siblings right now? In the office with me
30. Do you have a Honda, Toyota or Nissan? Toyota for the time being soon to go bye bye
31. What’s the last dream you can remember? Can’t think of it now

32. Who was the last person to call you? The BF
33. What time did you wake up this morning? 5:00am
34. What are you doing this weekend? Hopefully a lot of good lovin’
35. What does the 5th text message on your phone say? Hey! How are you?
36. Do you drunk dial/txt? yes
37. What’s in your back pocket? Passport and wallet

GLBT HIstory Month

2007-10-03T09:13:00.001-07:00

san diego mayor reverses position to veto gay marrage rights

2007-10-02T15:22:00.000-07:00

this is really quite moving.

ahahaha

2007-10-02T12:24:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna have to steal this idea it's too good!

for M

2007-10-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

matthew luke sandoval

happy birthday dahling we miss you!

2007-10-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

2007-10-02T09:49:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Towleroad

clean shaven angry robbie

2007-10-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

my birthday month

2007-10-02T07:51:00.000-07:00

hysterical post from copyranter

2007-10-01T12:07:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

SUBTEXT: (You Gay Sluts, You!)

McDonald's ad snapped inside the entrance to a bar in Boystown, Chicago, the first "officially recognized" (?) gay village in the United States.
Well well, Mickie D's, you're all grows up, you're all grows up!

Now that's a Happy Meal! Want Guys with that? etc. (sorry)
But seriously; there's nothing as strong as post-McDonald's gas. And ripping Big Mac farts during that magical first night encounter is a major turnoff. You can try holding them in, but then you're making goofy faces while clutching your upper groin region—also a big turnoff.

You're much better off with an empty stomach, actually.
(snapped by Marah Eakin)

campaign from gay men of african descent

2007-10-01T11:50:00.001-07:00

Click graphic for gmad.org
Thanks to copyranter

nooses are more than just pranks

2007-10-01T08:34:00.001-07:00

Click on the image to read the article.

do what you can - stand with Burma

2007-09-30T11:38:00.001-07:00

Hi, have you heard about the crisis in Burma?

Burma is ruled by one of the worst military dictatorships in the world. This week Buddhist monks and nuns began marching and chanting prayers to call for democracy. The protests spread and hundreds of thousands of Burmese people joined in -- they've been brutally attacked by the military regime, but still the protests are spreading.

I just signed a petition calling on Burma's powerful ally China and the UN security council to step in and pressure Burma's rulers to stop the killing. The petition has exploded to over 200,000 signatures in a few days and is being advertised in newspapers around the world, delivered to the UN secretary general, and broadcast to the Burmese people by radio. We're trying to get to 1 million signatures this week, please sign below and tell everyone!

STAND WITH BURMA - CLICK HERE

Thank you for your help!

all about me

2007-09-28T08:37:00.000-07:00

Taken from Real Euphoria

1. Does someone love you?
Absolutely!

2. Do you know anyone named Dave?
Yes good friend from college I had a big crush on.

3. Ever kissed anyone with the name starting with a J?
yes

4. Has anyone ever mistaken you for a family member?
Nope.

5. Have you ever tried Propel Calcium Water?
Nope.

6. What colour are the walls of your parent’s bedroom?
Beige

7. Do you think that hair extensions look skanky?
mostly

8. Are you named after a grandparent?
My middle name.

9. Say you were given a drug test right now. Would you pass or fail?
Pass.

10. Are you taller than 5′6″?
you bet

11. Do you know anyone in jail/prison?
Yes

12. Ever see a dead body?
Yes.

13. Do you like the colour green?
not particularly

14. What is your best friend’s Dad’s name?
Henry

15. How old are you?
41

16. Who was the last person to send you a text message?
My BFs sister girl

17. Ever drove into the ghetto to buy drugs?
Yes a long time ago.

18. Last restaurant you went to?
Sandra Dee’s Soul food.

19. What is the weather like today?
Overcast and chilly

20. Last voice mail you received?
Sister wanting me to call her

21. What did you do yesterday?
Went to work then out to the bar to hang with friends, then the store to buy food then made dinner for my BF then we went to bed

22. What’s the first thing you would do with five million dollars?
Buy my BF a BMW and a rolex.

23. What nationalities are you?
Danish, Norwegian, English and German

24. How many hours did you sleep for last night?
6

25. Any upcoming concerts you want to attend?
Not really.

26. Who’s the last person that you felt was stalking you?
any troll at the bar

27. Have you ever been on your school’s track team?
No

28. What jewellery are you wearing?
Me and my BF wear rings. Yesterday I was wearing my AIDS bracelet.

29. If all of your friends were going on a road trip, would you?
Yes if it was in a motor home

30. How much money do you have?
None, I know pathetic

31. Do you swear at your parents?
Sometimes

32. Is your phone right beside you?
Yes always is.

33. Have you cried today?
Not yet

34. Do you think that someone is thinking about you right now?
I would hope so

35. Do you untie your shoes every time you take them off?
Mostly

36. What is the colour of your bedsheets?
Creamy yellowish

37. Have you ever crawled through a window?
All the time

38. Are you photogenic?
No my eyes are messed up

39. What’s your star sign?
Scorpio

40. Where do you spend most of your money?
I used to spend it on Booze and cigs now mostly cigs since I’m not drinking..

41. What was the last thing you did?
Of any importance? I bathed my BF this morning.

42. Do you have a tattoo?
Not yet thinking about getting SHANE done in bar code.

43. Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings?
No but I do watch the family Guy

44. Is there a secret you’ve never told any of your friends?
No. I’m open about everything. I told everyone that I tested positive if you can tell that you can tell anything.

45. Have you ever told someone you loved them but didn’t mean it?
No. That statement is too powerful to mess around with.

46. Have you ever changed your clothes while in a vehicle?
Sort of. I was driving through Utah with my pants off masturbating and got pulled over. I had to get my pants on in a hurry. Does that count?

47. What are you doing in 2008?
Creating a loving home with my BF

48. What is your ring tone?
Various hip hop artists. My BF’s ring tone is Ne-Yo’s “You make me Better”

49. What were you doing at 2am last night?
Cuddling/sleeping (BF)

50. Are your parents married/divorced/separated?
Married

51. What are you doing tonight?
Be with the BF hang out with friends..

52. What are you doing tomorrow?
BF and shopping

53. Who did you last message on Myspace?
Nobody on MySpace

54. What’s your opinion on sex without emotional commitment?
Used to love it and encourage it but now in a monogamous relationship and loving it.

55. Does it annoy you when someone says they’ll call but never do?
Whatever

56. What did you dress up as for your first Halloween?
I think a ghost

57. Favourite Disney movie?
Finding Nemo

58. What is the wallpaper on your cellphone?
MyBF

day 10

2007-09-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

and doing well. still digging the sobriety thing. it's amazing how things change. i'm in a better mood, not freaking out all the time. the BF is being sweet and charming. I'm clear headed and getting things done. it's great! if any of you have gone through what i have/am going through and want to chat, drop me a line sactosex@gmail.com or hit me up on YM at rbrondum@yahoo.com.

peace out

-ar

angry robbie

2007-09-27T14:12:00.000-07:00

2007-09-26T14:57:00.000-07:00

Please visit the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Click on the above graphic.

doggy chew toy

2007-09-26T09:47:00.001-07:00

president of iran

sober!

2007-09-26T08:16:00.000-07:00

nine days sober and loving it! of course the atavan and effexor helps but i'm really digging being sober. it's not easy at times but not as hard as i thought it might be. i get amazing support from the BF he's wonderful couldn't do it it without him.

2007-09-25T15:48:00.001-07:00

2007-09-25T12:18:00.001-07:00

No Homosexuals in Iraq? Fuck you!

The Man I Love

2007-09-24T12:50:00.001-07:00

Ivri Lider -

wow

2007-09-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

What an eventful weekend. I stopped drinking on Tuesday (for good hopefully) Wednesday I was feeling pretty good, Thursday I was feeling good…until about 7:00pm. I was sitting on a bench next to the BF drinking soda water with a dash of bitters. I had about three of them. All of a sudden I had the strangest feeling. It started in my legs. They started shaking uncontrollably. This with the strangest feeling I ever had started to frighten me a bit I grabbed my BF’s arm and that’s all she wrote. I don’t remember much after that other than waking up in the hospital. I am told that after I grabbed his arm, my whole body started shaking uncontrollably and then I went completely still. Every muscle in my body froze and went stiff as a board. My eyes were open but I was non-responsive. They tried to lay me down but I was so stiff my head hit the bench seat. I obviously bit my lip and tongue. People freaked and called 911. everybody was very helpful moving tables and chairs out of the way of the EMTs and debating whether I should be on my back or my side. I guess they put me on my side because my shoulder is sore. They rushed me to ER I sorta came to in the ambulance but I don’t remember much. Well, they wheeled me in (obviously) did cat scans, blood tests urine tests. Couldn’t tell what was wrong. Gave me some potassium, magnesium and a script for xanax. Follow up tests to follow. The BF has been more than supportive and loving, taking care of me 24/7. I love him so much.

Ne-Yo : Because of You

2007-09-20T15:39:00.001-07:00

Thanks to http://bloggernista.com/

just what I needed

2007-09-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

hysterical

2007-09-19T13:24:00.000-07:00

bad mix

2007-09-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

depression and alcohol don't mix. holy shit puking for days. i'm going to stop. the BF was sweet came over and made me soup, spent the night

DON'T ENLIST: from former NATIONAL GUARD POSTER BOY

2007-09-14T13:30:00.001-07:00

2007-09-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

Vital clues that might lead to an AIDS vaccine have been discovered by researchers studying the genetic code of HIV-2 – the less virulent and less common form of the virus.

Although both forms of the virus infect humans, HIV-2 goes on to cause AIDS in only 20 per cent of infected people. In contrast, HIV-1, which has spread disastrously through sub-Saharan Africa, goes on to cause AIDS in 98 per cent of people who do not take anti-viral drugs.

A team from Oxford University and the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) unit in the Gambia set out to determine why the human immune system is better able to resist HIV-2, which is largely confined to West Africa. Their studies centred on a group of women infected with the virus for over a decade.

They discovered that a tiny part of one viral gene called gag makes HIV-2 vulnerable to attack from the human immune system. What’s more, this gene hardly ever mutates.

The gag gene, which codes for just 18 amino acids, provides a signal for white blood cells, called T-cells, to attack the virus and sweep it out of the blood stream before it can do further damage.

"Clearly there is something special about the gag region – and it looks like vaccine researchers should be focusing on it," says Aleksandra Leligdowicz who leads the MRC unit. The thinking is that a vaccine containing the right part of the gag gene could trigger the body’s immune response, making it better able to prevent HIV-2 infection developing into full blown AIDS.
Vaccine key

Leligdowicz notes that the two per cent of people infected with HIV-1 who do not progress to AIDS show a strong T-cell response to the gag region as well.

Even more intriguing, most strains of HIV-1 also have a highly-conserved gag gene. The key to better vaccines could be finding just the right part of this region to include, she says.

The findings also indicate that a T-cell based or "cell mediated" defence against HIV is enough to render HIV harmless. For over a decade researchers have argued whether or not an immune response that involved antibodies in addition to T-cells was also vital.

According to Leligdowicz, the latest results suggest it is possible to devise a vaccine to treat HIV, which although not preventing infection or eradicating the virus, will stop the wearing down of the immune system that leads to AIDS.

Virologist Robin Weiss who researches HIV vaccines at University College London says. "Ultimately, I think that a vaccine that actually prevents infection will need to make an anti-body response as well as cell-mediated one.

"But the idea of a therapeutic vaccine does have legs. Not only would it treat people, it might make them less able to infect other people, so you would get a double dividend. The study of HIV-2, although a less important pathogen, might well teach us some valuable lessons."

Brenda Dickson 'Welcome To My Home' Parody - PART 2

2007-09-13T11:05:00.001-07:00

URGENT! union workers need help

2007-09-12T08:56:00.000-07:00

please click here and send letter to government of el salvador

damn

2007-09-11T13:12:00.000-07:00

i feel like crap. depressed lonely. crap. i want to fall asleep watching him. i want to feel his chest on my back and listen to him breathe.

2007-09-10T14:56:00.000-07:00

Concert sauvage dans le métro !
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2007-09-10T10:20:00.001-07:00

"If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door."
Harvey Milk

2007-09-07T14:52:00.000-07:00

tap three times

2007-09-07T14:39:00.001-07:00

for Generation Obama

2007-09-06T15:31:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Rod 2.0

learn and teach

2007-09-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

very good

2007-09-06T14:46:00.001-07:00

awesmome

2007-09-05T08:42:00.001-07:00

Be an Ally & a Friend

ahahahahahah

2007-09-04T13:17:00.000-07:00

dnt go dwn dat easy u gotta get 2 nooe ya dig?!.. hit me up if u interested so we can get 2 noe more ..

Mall, Movie theater, Clubs, and Beach.

The angryblkcub

2007-09-01T17:49:00.000-07:00

some of you may remember my best friend Gerald who passed away almost two years ago. i know some of you were his friends. i finally have some information on his death. please visit www.whathappenedtogerald.com for more information. caution: the images in the case file section are very disturbing. In the medi section you will find some very cute pictures of him when he was younger. peace out.

2007-08-31T13:19:00.001-07:00

i'm sorry this was just too funny

2007-08-31T12:38:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the Rob Log

suscpisions confirmed

2007-08-31T12:21:00.000-07:00

2007-08-30T14:55:00.001-07:00

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with a person, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”

uh oh

2007-08-30T10:40:00.000-07:00

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Seventh Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Very High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Extreme
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	High

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

old fun

2007-08-30T08:06:00.001-07:00

TUCKER CARLSON THINKS HATE CRIMES ARE FUNNY

2007-08-29T11:14:00.000-07:00

go on over to towleroad

2007-08-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

I know he should do time, but damn he's hot!

tune up

2007-08-28T12:52:00.000-07:00

the cialis worked great. BF is happy. sideways 8!

a good read

2007-08-24T11:47:00.000-07:00

Cheat Sheet

by Kellee Terrell

How—and why—the “down low” became an enduring, race-specific cultural myth of HIV and infidelity
On a 2005 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, best-selling African-American author Terry McMillan confronted her ex-husband, Jonathan Plummer, alleging that he was on the “down low”—a scenario in which men profess to be having monogamous, heterosexual sex while secretly having sex with other men on the side. As Winfrey looked on and the audience applauded, McMillan suggested that if she’d tested HIV positive as a result of his extramarital actions, she “would be in jail right now,” presumably for injuring him. And, indeed, Plummer acknowledged on the program that he had had sex with other men.

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got my BF a present today

2007-08-23T15:18:00.000-07:00

bring them home!

2007-08-23T10:18:00.001-07:00

2007-08-21T12:06:00.001-07:00

Your Score: Linear A

You scored

Not much to say, really. You're Linear A, the first alphabet ever written by the proto-Greeks - at least, as far as survives. Unfortunately, you made a bad career move and ended up being used by accountants and fish mongers, rather than to record epics. However, you did manage all your SEC filings on time.

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