Aug 14, 2007 15:49
I live in a rural area... Bible belt.. you know.. where one of the local preachers made a big point of telling all the newspapers.. that Harry Potter was leading the children of God into HELL.. I think he forgot the adults..
I grew up in the 80's... you know big hair.. REAL rock.. and roll .. Madonna.. and Bon Jovi were the King and Queens of the music waves.. The birth of MTV and Music Videos..
And of course somewhere in there.. The sexual revolution really began.. and AIDS became a threat.. the unknown disease..
Being gay or friends of gay people get you lectured... and preached at from the local religious idiots....
Is there a point to this??? well yeah..
A girl I went to school with.. (remember 80's) Her name is Rhonda.. was married.. and now divorced.. She began working at the nursing home...where I work..
Now I've known Rhonda.. 25 or more years.. We was out on break.. and when I take breaks.. I take my notebooks and try to do a 15 min speed writing..
Rhonda was jabbering.. and jabbering.. and I was making the appropiate nods.. and sure.. really..
"I'm Gay, Kim."
I look up and say .. okay..
"Aren't you upset??"
I don't work on fanfiction at work.. I try .. but not when people are around.. I get ribbed enough.. I took the notebook I was writing in.. opened it back to my character page.. I handed it too her, I said read the list.. the two top are the main characters.
"Hadrian and Seth? You gonna call her Hadi?"
"NO HIS name is Hadrian.. and HIS name is Seth.. "
"You're writing Gay erotica?!"
No..I'm writing a story about a gay couple...this one is about a threesome with a werewolfe theme.. This one is het and slash.. It's about real life.. Nothing you can say can surprise me..
I think she was trying to shock me.. but I shocked her..
personal,
real life