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Rant, News, and a Goodbye
17 years ago
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You guys know I never make these things, but there's just a lot that has to be said. Probably because I don't make journals, it's all built up.
Anyway, here goes.
Okay, first the rant. The GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) at my school was hosting a day of silence to protest a beating that occurred a few days ago. In my typical, open-minded fashion, I thought "more power to ya". What really left a bad taste in my mouth was how a lot of the other kids in the school behaved. Someone actually had "Straight pride" stickers with little male and female symbols around the words printed and distributed.
This is where I first get annoyed. I mean, it's easy to say that you're proud of being part of the widely accepted majority. That's like taking pride in enjoying eating food. Not many people don't enjoy eating food, so it's a pretty safe bet that everyone'll support you on that.
Okay, so it's a kinda weird parallel, but the point remains the same:
It takes virtually no courage to stand up and say "Look at me, I'm the norm!" like that. In fact, I think it's kind of cowardly, like they have to announce it because they're afraid that if they're quite for any period of time, people might start accusing them of being gay too. It takes much more courage to stand up for what you believe in when almost no one else does... Which is the case in my hometown, where we're essentially bred to be football players and cheerleaders, with the exception of the few of us who will ever amount to anything... Most of whom, by the way, were part of the day of silence, or choose not to be part with an intelligent reasoning.
What made it worse was the day, really. If they wore the stickers or shirts that they did on any other day, I probably would've just shrugged and kept walking. The fact that they chose the day of silence out of sheer spite, however, made me want to rip the stickers off peoples shirts all day.
Ironically, I was quiet most of the day, not as part of the protest, but because I knew I'd go off on a tangent about it if I opened my mouth to speak. It's really amazing, though, how just being quiet for the sake of having nothing to say had so many people glancing at me like they were afraid I was gonna rape 'em or something. Like I was a different person, and that when I wasn't even actually part of the protest, but just because of a misunderstanding.
There's more, much more, but I'm not going to get into it.
...Honestly, after today, I don't have much of their "straight pride" left. I'm really pretty disgusted by their actions.
Okay, the news. I'm headed to the UK on Saturday. I'll be there until Monday the 28th, so if anyone has anything they need to say to me before then, better get it out sometime today or tomorrow. It should be a lot of fun. I'll bring back pictures. :3
What's really got me amp'd up, though, is that, after months of waiting for a response, I just got accepted to West Chester University Pennsylvania! It was the only collage I applied to, so I was starting to get nervous after having to wait so long, but I got in, so it's all good. X3
Anyway, that's about it. ...Oh yeah, the Good-bye is just a public so-long for my trip to the UK. You know, in case I don't get to say so personally for whatever reason. Wish me luck over there, hope for my sake that I have a safe return. I'll hope to see you all in about a week, when I get back. ^^
Keep well, everyone. ^^
-Reed
Anyway, here goes.
Okay, first the rant. The GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) at my school was hosting a day of silence to protest a beating that occurred a few days ago. In my typical, open-minded fashion, I thought "more power to ya". What really left a bad taste in my mouth was how a lot of the other kids in the school behaved. Someone actually had "Straight pride" stickers with little male and female symbols around the words printed and distributed.
This is where I first get annoyed. I mean, it's easy to say that you're proud of being part of the widely accepted majority. That's like taking pride in enjoying eating food. Not many people don't enjoy eating food, so it's a pretty safe bet that everyone'll support you on that.
Okay, so it's a kinda weird parallel, but the point remains the same:
It takes virtually no courage to stand up and say "Look at me, I'm the norm!" like that. In fact, I think it's kind of cowardly, like they have to announce it because they're afraid that if they're quite for any period of time, people might start accusing them of being gay too. It takes much more courage to stand up for what you believe in when almost no one else does... Which is the case in my hometown, where we're essentially bred to be football players and cheerleaders, with the exception of the few of us who will ever amount to anything... Most of whom, by the way, were part of the day of silence, or choose not to be part with an intelligent reasoning.
What made it worse was the day, really. If they wore the stickers or shirts that they did on any other day, I probably would've just shrugged and kept walking. The fact that they chose the day of silence out of sheer spite, however, made me want to rip the stickers off peoples shirts all day.
Ironically, I was quiet most of the day, not as part of the protest, but because I knew I'd go off on a tangent about it if I opened my mouth to speak. It's really amazing, though, how just being quiet for the sake of having nothing to say had so many people glancing at me like they were afraid I was gonna rape 'em or something. Like I was a different person, and that when I wasn't even actually part of the protest, but just because of a misunderstanding.
There's more, much more, but I'm not going to get into it.
...Honestly, after today, I don't have much of their "straight pride" left. I'm really pretty disgusted by their actions.
Okay, the news. I'm headed to the UK on Saturday. I'll be there until Monday the 28th, so if anyone has anything they need to say to me before then, better get it out sometime today or tomorrow. It should be a lot of fun. I'll bring back pictures. :3
What's really got me amp'd up, though, is that, after months of waiting for a response, I just got accepted to West Chester University Pennsylvania! It was the only collage I applied to, so I was starting to get nervous after having to wait so long, but I got in, so it's all good. X3
Anyway, that's about it. ...Oh yeah, the Good-bye is just a public so-long for my trip to the UK. You know, in case I don't get to say so personally for whatever reason. Wish me luck over there, hope for my sake that I have a safe return. I'll hope to see you all in about a week, when I get back. ^^
Keep well, everyone. ^^
-Reed
Have fun in the UK.
Thanks.
...I'm gonna have fun anyway, though. :3
...
Yeah.
Anywho, I hope you have a fantastic time out in the UK.
Anywho, thanks. :3
And have a fun trip, I'm off next week as well, to Toronto! ^^
...Eh-heh... What a mess it is here. I hope everything cools down by the time we get back... ^^;
Ah, Toronto, nice. Our band actually went there for our trip last year. It was fun.
...So, yeah, thanks and you enjoy your trip too, huh? ^^
Well congrats on getting in ^^ and I hope you have a fun time over at UK. Your gonna have to tell us all about it when you get back, ok? ^^ See ya in about a weeks time.
Thanks. I'll bring back pictures, apparently by popular demand... ^^;