be forewarned, a rant
I really can't stand it when people throw around the statement: I'm Spiritual. And then, w/in two minuets treat someone else like shit. Are you really?
No, wait, think about it and i'll ask again: ARE YOU REALLY?
I'll give you a third chance and ask again: REALLY?
Three times? now I'm starting to feel like Christ.
Another thing i can't stand is when people do things for social reasons but can't identify it within them selves.
Example, some people pick up smoking out of INDIRECT social pressure and continue to do so out of habit, addiction, boredom, or a myriad of other reasons but complain of its side effects...wrinkled-leather-y skin, yellow teeth, nasty breath...
I think the biggest example and the most infuriating are the social climbers that I've known. While you are on your way up, you may want to consider being nice to those you pass. Do you honestly believe that you'll stay up there forever...?
The reason I point this out is because its ussually those people who can't identify it within themselves that harp on others for doing the same thing.
Boys and girls, i am not standing on a soap box to say that i have never done anything out of social reasons only but i am the first to identify that i am and ALWAYS the one to clean up the mess. If you dont like your fate, change it. these days, you dont see a person walking around with shackles on their feet who didn't initially put them there themselves.
I'm surprised at the banality of some gay men. I'm not pointing a finger at anyone in particular so stop taking this personally. But, if you living for sex, alcohol, drugs, money, all things finite and wasteful, well you are living for nothing. I hope you are keeping some kind of record. No one else will be.
I have always said (and probably a few times in my l/j) that if we, as a circle of friends, a community, a nation, but as much effort into getting the things we want truly (equal rights, equal opportunities, etc) as we do into getting sex and finding that place to forget, well, we'd all be bit more tired but a lot more satisfied.
Or maybe I'm the freak, and things we truly want are sex. And instant gratification just isn't fast enough.
Take this as what it is...a thought. an objection maybe. I would say 'a hope' but a hope is a desire for something that you dont think will never be obtainable so a more accurate choice would be 'a vision and a promise.'
No, wait, think about it and i'll ask again: ARE YOU REALLY?
I'll give you a third chance and ask again: REALLY?
Three times? now I'm starting to feel like Christ.
Another thing i can't stand is when people do things for social reasons but can't identify it within them selves.
Example, some people pick up smoking out of INDIRECT social pressure and continue to do so out of habit, addiction, boredom, or a myriad of other reasons but complain of its side effects...wrinkled-leather-y skin, yellow teeth, nasty breath...
I think the biggest example and the most infuriating are the social climbers that I've known. While you are on your way up, you may want to consider being nice to those you pass. Do you honestly believe that you'll stay up there forever...?
The reason I point this out is because its ussually those people who can't identify it within themselves that harp on others for doing the same thing.
Boys and girls, i am not standing on a soap box to say that i have never done anything out of social reasons only but i am the first to identify that i am and ALWAYS the one to clean up the mess. If you dont like your fate, change it. these days, you dont see a person walking around with shackles on their feet who didn't initially put them there themselves.
I'm surprised at the banality of some gay men. I'm not pointing a finger at anyone in particular so stop taking this personally. But, if you living for sex, alcohol, drugs, money, all things finite and wasteful, well you are living for nothing. I hope you are keeping some kind of record. No one else will be.
I have always said (and probably a few times in my l/j) that if we, as a circle of friends, a community, a nation, but as much effort into getting the things we want truly (equal rights, equal opportunities, etc) as we do into getting sex and finding that place to forget, well, we'd all be bit more tired but a lot more satisfied.
Or maybe I'm the freak, and things we truly want are sex. And instant gratification just isn't fast enough.
Take this as what it is...a thought. an objection maybe. I would say 'a hope' but a hope is a desire for something that you dont think will never be obtainable so a more accurate choice would be 'a vision and a promise.'