I'm so bad at blogging. Here are my last 11 weeks:
Let me start off by saying that vacation sucks. So. Much. AHHHHHH. I have sooooo many fake (facebook) crushes on so many people. Also, I think my friend is a closeted gay. I feel like I have a lot of closeted gay friends. But that might just be because I have lots of asian friends, and asians, as we all know, are all prissy.
"His Dark Materials", initial thoughts:
I recently purchased "His Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman and from what I've read, the book is definitely a lot better than the movie. There's a lot more story than I originally thought, and the characters have a bit more emotion to them. I'm very excited to see what happens at the end of the first book, which is apparently surprising and devastating, according to Janet.
To be honest, however, I don't know if I'm going to enjoy this book especially with this whole anti-religion thing that has been woven into the plot (if this book has nothing to do with what I just said, just ignore everything that was said thus far). I usually despise books like this, mostly because it describes organized religion, especially Christianity, in a way that is offensive and often times incomplete. I have a feeling (and tell me if I'm wrong, just don't tell me what happens at the end of the book) that the book is basically going to say: "guys the magisterium and the clergy, and thus religion, is sucky because they're outdated and interested in controlling people and power". I definitely agree with that to some extent, but to present this idea without discussing what religion has to offer is really unfair. Of course I think organized religions and their practices are overbearing and outdated sometimes, especially as a gay man, but I think religion is meaningful and important, nonetheless. It has given me some sort of meaning to life, an ability to believe that I am significant. My religion offers me love from someone that could never falter, which, ironically, has gotten me though some really tough times like overcoming my own homophobia. To me, these kinds of books are basically encouraging children to reject religion from the start without really describing why religion is important. Of course, a book that could do both would probably be really confusing and disorganized, but these ideas are often hard to comprehend and we should be encouraging children to think really hard about these idea, and not encouraging them to passively reject or accept religion. I think books like this are potentially dangerous. I begins to makes people, like so students are Wes (I'm sorry if you feel like this is about you. If we've had a conversation about this topic, this doesn't refer to you) reject religion blindly and look down at religious folk without truly understanding what is is to be religious. Sorry about this sidetrack. I just get annoyed sometimes.
Fall semester '07:
I'm still waiting for my integrated chemistry grades. LAME. I didn't do particularly well in Biochemistry, but I'm pretty happy with my grades so far. I'm on my way to being a fabulous chemical manufacturer (I have a feeling that I'm just going to like mix things together in a giant pot and make vitamin c with my degrees from Wes. Do I smell a new leather briefcase/shoes from 5th ave/Newbury Street? Most definitely!).
The status of my head:
So I've decided just to shave it all off. Hopefully I'll get through this with some sort of self-esteem left intact. My biggest fear is that I'll eventually look like an overweight bald guy that could take and harm your children. Thanks gay stereotypes! I'm really scared about potentially cutting myself or getting razor burn and bumps before my big shadowing experience. I'm also really scared about the top of my head being uneven. I have no idea what's underneath the hair. Scary. I hate change. I hate the dixie chicks for reminding me that I get older and stuff. Lame. But I couldn't be fabulous without them. Nope. Next semester is going to be a very lonely semester. Please don't ditch me if I become ugly.
Family:
I came out to my sister! She was really cool about it. It happened on the train. It was awkward, especially for the people that were sitting next to us. But yay! They tried to talk to me about it once this break, and I left the table without letting them finish the sentence. They haven't mentioned it since then. My mom's coworker, also tried to get me to go out with her daughter. Awkward. I was not okay with this. She's like 16.
Europe:
It's totally going to happen! Lauren and I booked tickets today. I sense lots of beautifully tanned boys and girls and lots of alcohol and marijuana and maybe some anonymous sex at a hostel in the near future. Hot! I'm about to watch this movie named "Hostel" by Quentin Tarantino and apparently its about these boys that meets these really hot girls that live in this totally hip hostel and it's totally this awesome film about what happens to them. Maybe I'll get some tips on what to do/not to do! I'm excited. I'll keep you guys posted.
So I'm going to ride these next two weeks out and head up to Boston to visit Janet and possibly Mad! This is so very, very exciting. Apparently, they (or Janet) will shave my head and change the way I look. FOREVER. And tons of awesome partying and stufff!!!
Guys, thanks for making it this far. =) <3.
p.s
My realistic new year resolutions:
1) Get rock hard Abs for banging Chests before spring, but after eating more ice cream (what I am currently doing).
2) Don't party.
3) No more porn.
4) Be a vegetarian. Again. And not that sort-of-vegetarian bullshit. I hope the food with bon-appetit gets better.
5) Be more realistic.
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