That's it, no more feeling guilty for calling a friend who is "compromisingly occupied" - dammit, don't answer the phone during sex, people! It's that simple!
Jeff C. is now a Professional Republican.
I still take no blame for the Cellucci/Swift administration. I voted in Maryland. How could Massachusetts do this?!?!?
Why bars close at 2AM and the T shuts down at midnight.
Oxford University: expansive, beautiful lawns - which no one is allowed to touch. What a waste. Give me a good ol' roll down mem hill any time.
Royalty. What a ludicrous idea.
I want DC to have home rule, and representation - none of this offensive shit Congress can pull, removing the Mayor's powers and renaming National Airport. DC has a higher population than some US States - why can't it have its own representation as well? Why should Congress have the right to suppress referendum results?
People. Like, what's up with us?
Most commercials.
Platform sneakers.
Why has god cursed Red Sox fans?
People who dress alike to be unique and rebellious. Come off it! Y'all are pretentious fucks! What part of I N D I V I D U A L don't you get?
So I went into a sub shop last week, since I hadn't had time to pack lunch that day. (Life sucks when you run out of granola bars, it really does!) Not only were they not selling any subs (sheesh! We should hire at least one or two for the party!), but they were charging $7 for a veggie grinder. FOR A VEGETARIAN GRINDER. Forget it! The one thing I can say for DC is that at least if I'm paying over $5 for a sandwich there, its going to be a damned good sandwich. (I miss Lawson's... :( Boston may have plenty of fabu restaurants, but the lunch places suck.
Parsley. I love Middle Eastern food, but I still think more than a touch of parsley can ruin even the best Tabooleh. Parsley is a garnish, people!
Lesbians who sleep with men, long-term, yet despise bisexuals and bisexuality. And how the men can stay with them. Some people just have issues! What, are they afraid they'll be branded with a scarlet letter "B" on their foreheads or somesuch nonsense? Pffft. The world could use more Boston fans!
Football fans. The game is so damned boring!
Why on earth someone would decorate an office in all gray - for pete's sake, I work for a non-profit, not Dilbert's boss! How are people supposed to work in an environmnet that's all gray and black and no natural light? Idiots.
Women's Clothing. How come men's clothing is always measured in detail (34-36, or whatever) and women's clothing is generically S, M, L or some randomly assigned number? XL could mean 5'10", 150lbs., or 5'2, 200lbs. I sense some discrepancy in these body types! Yet they're expected to wear the same size. What a sick, sexist society we live in.
These new bloody $20 bills - they look like Monopoly money.
True Love - I suspect that it's something that no one ever really figures out, but people either believe they've found it, or they don't believe in it at all. How does one ditch bitterness, angst, and cynicism about the whole deal?
It's obviously all a giant conspiracy. True love doesn't exist.
Blue M&Ms - what kind of sick, twisted mind came up with the deranged concept of Blue M&Ms?
Raisins. Who the fuck voluntarily perverts innocent cookies and breads by adding raisins?!?!?!?
Teletubbies.
I've been encountering stupidity a lot lately - it seems that I have a very low tolerance for fools.
See, it's close-minded hypocrisy that tends to frustrate me and make me nauseous - and there's just soooo much of that around. There's no end to self-centered bigots in this world, and that scares me.
I still don't get how wedge issues have succeeded so well - how one oppressed minority can, in turn, be cruel and oppressive to another. How a "progressive" organization can still turn out to be exclusionary and selfish, yet claim to be more "open-minded" than others. Obviously I still have too much faith in humanity.
The example I often return to is biphobia - and I don't know which bugs me more: the fact that people say it doesn't exist or that it does exist. I'm sick of being around gay people who don't like bisexuals as a rule. Activists who are fighting as a career choice to be able to love whom they want, fuck whom they want, and even marry whom they want, yet are often prejudiced and elitist towards bisexuals, failing to respect our right to love and fuck and marry whomever we want.
As Drewcifer once said, part of the definition of bisexual is the ability to love/fuck/etc. someone of the opposite sex. It feels sometimes like bisexuals can only be taken seriously if they're involved in a "gay" relationship.
So, despite years of activism and surrounding myself almost solely within the queer community, there are still people who cannot "accept" me or my presence because I'm involved with a "boy."
Fucking hypocrites.
The DC Metro - SHEESH! They closed down Dupont South for a year to work on the escalators, and now that they've reopened it, they only use one escalator at a time. Brilliant decision over rush hour.
People on the Metro - talk about rude and inconsiderate! I've seen people plow down old ladies and children; I've seen old ladies and children plow down anything in their paths; I've been unable to get off at my stop because people won't move; and basically, it's just Yet Another reaffirmation of the 90's as MEMEME!
