A few more thoughts on Pride....

[geminigirl]

I realized this morning that when I talked to my mom yesterday before the Pride Festival, that I'd simply told her I needed to staff a table at a street festival for work for a few hours. Now, considering it was in fact for work, and considering the field I work in, I wonder why I still felt compelled to avoid the gay issue...is it because I would have gotten some speech about hanging out with gay people/not meeting new men or something like that? Is it internalized homophobia?

I'm sure I would have heard something about Pride being not a good place to look for a boyfriend. Frankly, I think it's the perfect place to do that.

There was a serious lack of bisexual presence...I've envied Boston for their fantastically organized bi-community for years. Especially since I'm out of school and meeting fewer people. It does seem like things are happening here though.



To those of you who've noticed/commented about me just not being quite my usual self lately, you're right. And I'm sorry if I'm being a downer these days; I still feel self-indulgent when I get mopey. But you're right...I'm not quite the me I usually am. And I hope things change soon.

Comments

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Hugs offered.

(It seems everyone's been in a blue funk the last few days. But Mercury is no longer retrograde. Let's hope that fixes it.)

[geminigirl]

This isn't a mercury in retrograde kind of funk...I know what those feel like. That would be the whole gemini, ruling planet mercury kind of thing, where I can't get out of bed...more a case of enui than funk.

This is a needing to define some things for myself kind of funk, and figure some things out.

But I do appreciate your kind wishes.

[joshuapanther.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah Pride would be a perfect place to look for a boyfriend. You'd be able to tell the ones just there to look at the "freaks" right off the bat and rule them out. And then you'd already know that the rest of them aren't complete idiots.

[geminigirl]

There are still plenty of idiots at pride. And really hideously dressed people too.