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[volatile_freq]

{sigh}
i've said it before....the next time someone talks shit about boulder to me, i'm going to punch them in the face.
since i decided this a few months ago, I've been hearing less boulder-bitching (i hear it in Denver, mostly).
Some hippies asked for a ride form Denver back up to Boulder, but after they talked shit about Boulder, I declined.
P.S.

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[pizzuti]

I gotta say that after starting classes at UCD, I found the campus to be much more diverse, welcoming and gay-friendly. You have a community college, state college and major university all on one campus, so people range hugely in income level and background. I'd say the campus is 40% nonwhite, and there are gay kids all over the place. Also, you can be gay there without this huge emphasis on being "straightacting" and having to work out 6 times a week just to fit in.

I didn't even realize that Boulder had problems until I saw an alternative. My boyfriend is Mexican (you know him...) and he says people in Boulder stare at him a lot and he often feels like he sticks out. It's easy to forget how comforting it is just to see people like you represented in a population, even when the people who aren't like you try their best to be supportive.

That said, there is a big difference between Boulder locals and Boulder students. I love Boulder locals - they're willing to learn. I can pretty much COUNT on my doctor being gay-friendly, for example. Boulder students, on the other hand, come from a more narrow range of backgrounds, and while there is a lot of cultural pressure on them to be superficially tolerant, they have subtle ways of letting their prejudices show, I think.

[volatile_freq]

no, i know. i was just pissy. when i am arguing a stance, i tend to go past my actual feelings and thoughts.
and your bf - !!! ok, he didn't seem that young when i didn't know who he was, but he's young now that i do!
p.s. tell him chuck remixed his song - just never sent it back.
And I liked the song.

[pizzuti]

???? what song?