Up late, watching re-runs of SyFy shows ("Alphas," "Haven" and now "Being Human" [my favorite tonight of the three]) after a new "Four Weddings," which was good. The sourpuss bride (Connie) who was so critical of the other weddings came in second. I thought she should've come in last. I loved the winner (Rita), but my favorite was Douirin's Assyrian Catholic wedding, with the beautiful blue-and-purple orchids everywhere (including in her hair) and the great band and silent-screen style video at the reception. I thought the orange wedding with the thousand Origami cranes should have come in third.
Was at the gym earlier, after a nap.
Also read a long NYT article from 2000 by Andrew Sullivan about testosterone here. He's been HIV+ for a long time and was put on testosterone therapy way back when (self-injecting it - before the gels came out). He linked to the article from his recent post here. I'd never read the 2000 article.
Andrew Sullivan is a smart gay guy from England who recently got his green card (after they lifted the ban on preventing HIV-infected foreigners from becoming permanent residents). I don't know that he's done much good for our country by coming here, however. He's a self-described "conservative," and look where that movement has gone. But even Andrew writes here of the Republican presidential candidates: "He's [Huntsman] so easily the most electable and most qualified of all the candidates it's almost painful to see how his party has moved beyond him into the twilight zone." [My emphasis.]
I was struck by this line in the 2000 article:
Maybe being a gay conservative in England can get you somewhere (or maybe not, since Andrew came here). But here, I think a gay person is a fool to align himself with a movement that is not only hostile to gays but also hostile to ordinary people and the welfare of the country as a whole. Income inequality is definitely not a good thing, but Andrew seems to embrace it. And why did he come here? To become "more equal" than the rest of us?
(From George Orwell's Animal Farm: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.")
Was at the gym earlier, after a nap.
Andrew Sullivan is a smart gay guy from England who recently got his green card (after they lifted the ban on preventing HIV-infected foreigners from becoming permanent residents). I don't know that he's done much good for our country by coming here, however. He's a self-described "conservative," and look where that movement has gone. But even Andrew writes here of the Republican presidential candidates: "He's [Huntsman] so easily the most electable and most qualified of all the candidates it's almost painful to see how his party has moved beyond him into the twilight zone." [My emphasis.]
I was struck by this line in the 2000 article:
And as our economy becomes less physical and more cerebral, as women slowly supplant men in many industries, as income inequalities grow and more highly testosteroned blue-collar men find themselves shunted to one side, we will have to find new ways of channeling what nature has bequeathed us.[Emphasis added.]
Maybe being a gay conservative in England can get you somewhere (or maybe not, since Andrew came here). But here, I think a gay person is a fool to align himself with a movement that is not only hostile to gays but also hostile to ordinary people and the welfare of the country as a whole. Income inequality is definitely not a good thing, but Andrew seems to embrace it. And why did he come here? To become "more equal" than the rest of us?
(From George Orwell's Animal Farm: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.")
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