Monday, August 26, 2002

Why??12:25 PM CST (Link)
queer film festivals and non-queer films

straight people on queer mag covers

These aren't the most egregious examples. I've seen worse. But I'm tired of seeing "gay icons" instead of gays on covers and in movies. Let's get real.

Oh, and while we're at it, the angst-ridden coming out movies need to go. We need more movies that deal with homosexuality not as the subject, but as a matter of fact. Such as a sf flick where the main characters just happen to be lesbians. Or a murder mystery where the chief investigator is queer. It's a nice fact, but it doesn't have to have a major impact on the plot line. Or a music biopic where the star is this folksinger chick who pisses off her lesbian fanbase by telling them not to act queer during her performances. Oh wait. That's not fiction. That's fact.

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Lil Ms. Not-A-Geek Strikes Again08:59 AM CST (Link)
Mel went to work with a whole front shirt pocket-load of ballpoint pens today. I laughed (loudly and for a very long time) and challenged her to tell me she wasn't a geek. She's still in denial.

Sunday, August 25, 2002

If I had a hammer...09:16 PM CST (Link)
But I don't. Now. Mel just broke my hammer. It is (was) a good, Stanley-brand hammer with a hickory handle. I've owned and guarded this hammer for probably 15-20 years. She doesn't know her own strength, especially with doors. A couple of weekends ago, Mel managed to break one of our garage doors. She managed to get it closed OK, but now we can't open it for fear of it falling apart. One time she broke the door off El Mercado Restaurant on S. 1st Street. Yes, she did. I'm not kidding. She tried to open the door and the whole thing came away in her hand. She also broke a brand new crowbar once, but that's another story. Let's just say the lady at the returns counter at Builder's Square was REALLY impressed.

Mel said she'll buy me any hammer I want. Do I want another Stanley with a hickory handle or one of those newfangled jobbies with the fiberglass handles? Decisions, decisions. Whichever one I choose, I'll probably have Mel try it out first, so that I know it's sturdy.

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