I now own all the lord of the rings movie, because the box set with all three of them is out.

wheeee!

and today I’ve finished pumping up my bike. It has a mirror, a speedometer, a headlight and a tail light now. It’s great for saving all the gas money I’m going to this summer by biking instead of driving to school and work.

Ok, I’ve thought long and hard about this, but unlike some people, I won’t be tossing around buzz words like homophobic, overgeneralization, mob mentality, or any illogical words like that(at least not too much).

First things first: Yes, I realize that it is wrong for me not to treat the Flamboyant one like everyone else. I also realize that it is demeaning to both myself and him to continue to belittle him. From thence on, I shall try to at the very least tolerate him. Does this mean that I will look forward to meeting him everywhere? No. Does it mean that I will be at least polite if I run into him? Yes. And I will try, though some nastiness might leak out from time to time. This shouldn’t be any big surprise as I’m nasty occasionally to everyone. I do have to say thank you to certain people for helping me realize this, even if the way in which they did it was a bit inefficient.

Second thing: Flamboyant. Does any other word describe this man as perfectly as that? Find one, and I’ll use that. But in all seriousness, on friday morning, after $ beer night, I posted what I did not because the flamboyant one irritated me so much, but the conversation afterwards did. JP tried to talk me out of being irritated, and that pissed me off. THAT’S in essence what I was blogging about, not el flamboyante.

Third thing: to call someone a homophobe because they didn’t take actions that weren’t even taken by the target OR the other person offended by the comments is just plain out of line and stupid. If you are going to make a comment like that, you should have stood up then and there. As I was not offended by the comments, I saw no need to interfere.

Fourth thing: You are asking about an open minded and honest individual on a page titled Froyd’s Rants, a logical fallacy looking for an argument? What kind of drugs are you on?

Fifth thing: First time I make a comment in public(not on this blog), and it offends someone, shame on me. But if it is you who is offended, then you best speak up, because if no one says anything, I’m just going to continue talking. If it CONTINUES to offend you and you still don’t say anything, then shame on you.

Sixth thing: Just because I don’t like one individual, doesn’t mean I have a problem with all who share ONE CHARACTERISTIC. I could name a few gay people I am friends with, but why? Why should I demean them and pigeonhole them on one characteristic when they are so much more than that? Why do you pigeonhole me and pick the fact that he’s gay and call me a homophobe? Does that make ANY sense? Hell, if one of his arms were on backward, you could say that I dislike him just because of that. It makes just as much sense as saying I dislike him because he’s gay.

Seventh(and last) thing: I like the fact that it’s not people who know better, or elder people, but a person who’s one year older than me, and one who’s quite a few years younger than me are the ones who are telling me that I’m this and that. They’ve known me personally for about a year. Apparently they know me well enough to tell me exactly what I am, who I know, why I know them, and why I have issues with them.

Eighth thing(I lied): This blog is on space that I pay for, on my servers, on my time, and is my space, beholden to no one. I’m going to add this to the side bar later on, but if you find something offensive, that’s what the comments are there for, or you can email me. But the moment you tell me not to do something with THIS space, is the moment you should go somewhere else on the net.