Archive For The “Listen Up” Category

The First Time

I remember the first time I felt really strongly about equality for the gay community. It was probably around 2000 when I saw the movie If These Walls Could Talk 2 on HBO. I’ll be honest, at that point I had no real opinion on anything except that as humans we shouldn’t judged unfairly just [...]

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The Damn I Happen To Give

Everyone is talking about the bullying and the suicides and all the videos telling kids to hang in there, things will be ok. I read a post about how these videos are insulting and in the end, not enough. That maybe just telling kids to wait until the storm passes is making the situation worse. [...]

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My Mission in Life

  I love television. I’ve always loved television. I think there is something about a tv show and how you get to go along on this journey, for several years, with characters that you grow to love. It’s like they sort of become your friends, like you went through what they went through along with [...]

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Wax On Press Delete

I went out for drinks and good conversation with a new friend of mine. I met her a few months ago because I noticed she was a friend on my facebook, that she was a photographer and that she lived right down the street from me. We hit it off and she’s sort of become [...]

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My Fake Confidence

I’m not a very confident person, I never have been. I mean, I’ve had my things that I’ve had confidence with but they were always few and far between. I’ve always thought I’ve had a knack for reviewing movies, in some ways I think I could have made it a career if I had wanted [...]

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What a Day it Was

What a day it was. I remember so little of it. I remember how everyone giggled when they heard our vows. I remember tripping on my train during our first dance. I remember scarfing down our food at dinner because we knew we’d be pulled away any minute. I remember how incredibly handsome you looked [...]

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Because the Finales Have to Come Eventually

I hate this time of years. Yeah the weather is better and there are trees full bloom but then also all my shows end for the year. I am not a fan of this, if I could I would have my shows go all year long and never end. But they must happen, I suppose, [...]

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FYI

I haven’t contacted you in any way since February but I know you cannot say the same thing. Just because emails are anonymous doesn’t mean I can’t see right through them. If you are being anonymous in an email it might be a good idea if you don’t gush about one specific person (who is [...]

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Truth vs. Lies

It is better to be told a hurtful truth than to be told a comforting lie. In the end, the truth will make its way out and will hurt much more than it ever had to. ~Anonymous The truth hurts really bad. I know, I’ve had many hurtful truths said to me over the years. [...]

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Teens Will Be Mean

I’m sick over the suicide of Phoebe Prince and the teenagers that bullied her. From what I’ve read the school ignored the bullying, the parents of these teenagers just figured “it’s what kids do” and another teenager was pushed too far. How many kids need to die before bullying is taken seriously? I’ve said before [...]

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