I almost didn't know what to write today. I have been so busy with school and my leg is killing me. I think I have arthritis because it hurts every time the weather drops below forty degrees. I was in class tonight, cultural anthropology, and we watched Paris is Burning a documentary on the whole ball-vogue-gay scene in the 1980's. It was sad and beautiful and funny and made me think how these men are so representative of the human condition. The need for approval and love and family and the desire for prestige and status. I was actually a bit jealous of them, they created families where there was nothing, just loneliness. They took the image of masculinity that was being forced on them and empowered themselves by competing on who could not only pass as a woman, but competing on who could be the best. It is so rare that in this world of disconnection and distance we are able to find people that we can relate to and that accept us for who we are. These men, who complain about not having money or power, of not having fame and fortune, have it all. Love.

Margaret Cho has a really great, informative website that she has dedicated to love. Its called
Love is Love is Love click here. It has a lot of information on gay marriage and stuff. I have to get some rest, so I apologize if tonight's posting is short. Take whatever time was spared to read this to be thankful for whatever love you are receiving. If you aren't then think about how you can open yourself up to love. Its like in Field of Dreams, "if you build it, they will come."

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