If you dream
Monday, October 24, 2005
As an out Lesbian who happens to work as a Congresswoman in the House of Representatives, Tammy Baldwin (D - Wisconsin) is a sort of figurehead in the GLBT movement today. Something she said in a speaks, some time ago, recently reached my ears. It has had a profound effect on me, and I hope it will you as well.
"If you dream of a world in which you can put your partner's picture on your desk, then put his picture on your desk and you will live in such a world. And if you dream of a world in which you can walk down the street holding your partner's hand, then hold her hand and you will live in such a world. If you dream of a world in which there are more openly gay elected officials, then run for office and you will live in such a world. And if you dream of a world in which you can take your printer to the office party, even if your office is the U.S. House of Representatives, then take her to the party. I do, and now I live in such a world. Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it's now OK to express ourselves publicly. We must make that day ourselves, by speaking out publicly - first in small numbers, then in greater numbers, until it's simply the way things are and no one thinks twice. Never doubt that we will create this world, because, my friends, we are fortunate to live in a democracy, and in a democracy, we decide what's possible."
I cannot say those words are any more true in my life than after the 4th and final Gay Awareness Month I will organize. When I came to this University the Rainbow Resource Center (RRC) was getting off its feet in a new space, when I came to the University there was no Wyo AIDS Walk, when I came to the University Spectrum (then the LGBTA) was supported by one advisor and no board. My dream was to change these things, or see other's dreams in them come to fruition. Today I will be speaking before the Union board on what it means to have more space for the RRC, I will be asking the Greeks what their real involvement in the 5th annual Wyo AIDS Walk will be, and I will begin the process of letting others assume control of SPECTRUM in some very real ways. This last weekend I participated in this town's FIRST HOMEGROWN DRAG SHOW! I have lived in a world where so much was possible, and now look around myself asking why not more.
When I go set on the Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue committee for this university I am reminded of a man who had a dream, a dream he lived, and a dream which many more live today. Today, I take the next steps in living my own dream. A dream where I too am treated equally, even if today it only means that my resource center gets to live next to everyone else's and not in another building amongst administrative offices.
posted by ZEUS @ 3:18 PM, No comment,
New Gaydar
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Many people have wondered how gaydar works. Well, a new breakthrough technology has been developed to hone-in on your "inner gayness." Rather than try to further explain, they released a picture which shows the very thing the new gaydar is looking for.
posted by ZEUS @ 8:13 AM, No comment,
Email Addresses for the Masses
Monday, October 17, 2005
So in reading a wonderful website known as T-shirt hell... I came across some wonderful email addresses.
*Disclaimer*
There are not real email addresses to the best of my knowledge.. I have NOT tested them, and you shouldn't either!
Personally I am having a hard time choosing between being Zeus@
IKillClowns.com
ImABadLittleGirl.com
TouchMyInfection.com
and
AbortionsTickle.com
What would you be?
posted by ZEUS @ 9:26 AM, No comment,
Activist Burnout!
Friday, October 14, 2005
Ok.. so after a month of prepping a drag show, two awareness month events, a 15-20 hour a week job, my full law school schedule and participating in some homecoming things.... I need to find a hole to crawl in. Unfortunately..... I have a week to go.
Wish me luck.
posted by ZEUS @ 8:54 AM, No comment,
How would they know?
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
I got this joke today in my email...
An old woman walks into the store to buy dog food. When she gets to the register she is told she has to bring the dog in, because old people eat dog food and they want to make sure she has a dog.
When she comes back she is told that dogs are not allowed in the store and thus goes home unsatisfied.
The next day she tries to buy cat food, but is again told by the sales-clerk that old people eat pet-food and thus she must produce proof of cat by bringing in the animal.
She does this, and is again told "no cats allowed in the store."
So the next day she brings in a box, goes and gets her dog and cat food and precedes to the register. Again she is told she must show proof of pet. To which she replies, "I am not allowed to bring my pets into your store, but if you'd please kindly stick your hand in the box, you will be satisfied that I do, indeed, have pets."
The register clerk declines mumbling something to the effect of "it'll bite/scratch/claw/gnaw me to pieces." This, the old lady assures the clerk, will not happen. So the clerk sticks his hand into the box and immediately discovers that the old woman does indeed have pets. What is in the box?
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Now if I forward this message to 8 people, I am assured the answer will be revealed to me. The message's subject is "this really works." This raises a question - how can anyone tell me this works? They wouldn't KNOW! Especially if I am in the first 8 emails they send out, they would not have even seen the answer let alone been able to tell me about it. I would hope people have more to do with their lives than continually send these emails. And further, said person would be lucky to have 8 friends. But.. I have a theory...
Most people who get this email will look at it and say.. "damn that is a piece of shit." Some of those people will even respond and let their friends know that this is a piece of shit. Thus the email has the propensity for generating "piece of shit" 8 times. The old woman's cardboard container* holds 1 piece of shit for every email you send to a now former friend.
Unfortunately for me, this email comes from family who are too dense to get the game - yes, as are all of you, I too am related to someone who is the reason these emails exist in the first place.
*I decided using the word BOX there was going to get too many awkward chuckles aimed at this kind old, ingenious, woman.
posted by ZEUS @ 1:39 PM, No comment,
