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i just put up an away message about preparing to go to france and i felt as though i was someone else writing that away message. i actually envisioned the people who might put up an away message like that.
its so funny, what am i doing in france? im so unworldly. i only know the stereotypes so i imagine emily being swallowed by sophistication and berets. what a fool am i.
i cant wait to see caroline though. i think im stepping into a surrealist painting that i will awaken from in 10 days and immediately remember details that will quickley fade with the digestion of the sun by the horizon.
i will be traveling solo which both pleases and frightens me.
but as usual ive stumbled into a tangent - i really wanted to talk about this show that i watched last night about sexuality, in which a creole tribe in africa believes that god sends us spirits. these spirits make us who we are and some people are sent more masculine spirits, and others more feminine. the spirits that invade us decide our attraction to either opposite or same sex.
they said that "god makes people, we dont make ourselves, god makes us, and he makes some people homosexual."
i was incredibly intrigued by this. because of this belief, homosexuality was completely accepted in their culture, and the two women they were talking to had been married to men all their lives, then suddenly, in their 50's, they entered a relationship with another woman. and that was ok, because the spirits vary thoughout your life. it's funny that such a supposedly primitive tribe had such a progressive ideal. i dunno, thought it was neato.
fin.
its so funny, what am i doing in france? im so unworldly. i only know the stereotypes so i imagine emily being swallowed by sophistication and berets. what a fool am i.
i cant wait to see caroline though. i think im stepping into a surrealist painting that i will awaken from in 10 days and immediately remember details that will quickley fade with the digestion of the sun by the horizon.
i will be traveling solo which both pleases and frightens me.
but as usual ive stumbled into a tangent - i really wanted to talk about this show that i watched last night about sexuality, in which a creole tribe in africa believes that god sends us spirits. these spirits make us who we are and some people are sent more masculine spirits, and others more feminine. the spirits that invade us decide our attraction to either opposite or same sex.
they said that "god makes people, we dont make ourselves, god makes us, and he makes some people homosexual."
i was incredibly intrigued by this. because of this belief, homosexuality was completely accepted in their culture, and the two women they were talking to had been married to men all their lives, then suddenly, in their 50's, they entered a relationship with another woman. and that was ok, because the spirits vary thoughout your life. it's funny that such a supposedly primitive tribe had such a progressive ideal. i dunno, thought it was neato.
fin.