Insert Sad Face (a random lamentation)

I joined the conglomeration of bloggers and the like (on technorati.com) - - only to find that much like the last kid picked in gym class, I suck in the blogosphere.

We all must start somewhere.

But I am ranked 2,664,948 (0 links from 0 sites).

I feel as though its written with a smirk.

Then a distantly familiar voice says "If you build it they will come" only to be drowned out by another voice that says "If you don't do well in this class, you don't graduate."

Ok, I'm not solely driven by a need to succeed within the walls of this (fine) institution. But I want to be popular. Pick me! Pick me! Perhaps smaller more random posts might tickle someone's fancy. Even my friends don't seem to be reading about my amazingly long winded, albeit amazingly astute observations.

Is anyone else picking up on the fact that I seem to write as though I have a British accent???????
Oh well.
Eliza Doolittle me any day.



pick me. pick me.

EPIPHANY OF THE DAY: fuck focus groups

Perhaps it's a bit late in the game to talk about the ill-fated SNICKERS commercial that ran on Super Bowl Sunday. Perhaps I am just another one of the faceless voices, jumping on top of my cyber-soapbox, stomping my feet at the injustice.

The ad in question depicts two mechanics who share a Lady and the Tramp-esque liplock in the name of good, old fashioned candy. The commercial shifts gears in the last seconds, when the men double back and proceed to rip out their chest hair in the name of masculinity. Did this tip of my gay flag ? A bit. I saw it for what it was, yet another testiment of homosexuality being the absolute worst thing that can "happen" to a man. The horror of a feminized masculinity woven into the fabric of our beloved country.

Then alternate endings for the commercial surfaced, in which the 'offended' party slams the kisser's head with the hood of the car repeatedly. My gay flag flew up at full mast -- full of effeminate sparkles and rainbow disco balls, I was officially and deeply offended. Can I take a joke? Yes. But forgive me for failing to find the 'funny' in a fucking candy commercial that literally depicted a hate crime. Think that's a little harsh? Overly sensitive? If we lived in a time of equality, I might say that media watch groups like GLADD were up in arms over nothing, but when the leader of the freeworld makes it his personal crusade to take away MY basic human rights on a daily basis ...

Forgive me, but...The laugh catches in my throat. It twists itself into this knot of self-loathing that seems to reside in every gay person... or any minority for that matter. Regardless of whether they live in a farming community or gay mecca, the reality is the same, second class citizens.

To their Snicker-y credit, the delightful candy makers removed the offensive ad, but I'd be lying if I said the chocolatey goodness that I once wholeheartedly enjoyed didn't taste a bit off, the snickery goodness is somehow tainted. Hate does not mix so well with chocolate, (or so it seems -- though I've heard it goes down swimmingly with a well presented cheese plate).

Now the outrage seems to have died down. GLADD is still pissed. My boyfriend is pissed. But the everyone else seems to have moved on. What stays with me is that this wasn't just a lesser known candy bar, trying to shock me into trying it's tasty morsels. It is a billion dollar company, and the ad was broadcast on the night-of-nights, where commercials are reaching their supposed peak.

And it dawns on me, like a thousand gay slurs -- This piece of shit commercial went through HOW MANY FOCUS GROUPS? How many people selected at random saw this commercial and laughed their asses off? It was shown on Super Bowl Sunday ! Out of all the little hopeful ads, SNICKERS tested this and the demographic ate it up -- literally. So the consensus, from corporate heads to focus groups was that SNICKERS had a real winner on their hands?!?! Overly sensitive? Nah. I can take it and dish it with the best of them. Disheartened....? Disgruntled...? Disgusted...? Fuck yes.

Apparently everyone is ridiculously stupid. Did I laugh at first ? Sure, look I'm gay, I get it -- it is one of the most popular punchlines, I walk around worried that I'm the only one who is not in on the joke, because I AM the joke. Then there's a side of me that says that gay rights have come such an incredibly long way -- and to give the world a little credit. Then I sit down to watch the Super Bowl (breaking down gay stereotypes already -- I'm a pioneer that way) and I'm reminded that I'm not paranoid.

Are they out to get me? Not everyone.

But the President of the United States AND Snickers ?!? I challenge anyone to rival that kind of bull shit. Fuck Snickers, Next time I'm hungry... I will wait. (aw, snap)


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The first posting.... completely full of potential.

Only to be squandered through reckless living and meaningless posts.
Read on for more mediocrity.


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