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I’ve never watched Grey’s Anatomy, but I am aware of the behind-the-scenes fighting that inspired actor T.R. Knight to come out as a gay man. When I heard about it, I felt so nonchalant, almost like saying “Okay, so what’s your point?” I think it’s good that we are finally becoming so familiar with people being openly gay that we don’t even care when they announce it. That’s the way it should be. But this interview on The Ellen Degeneres Show reminded me that just 10 years ago, this was a very big deal. Before April, 1997, I didn’t have any really strong role models for gay people on television. I was 15 at the time and I was going through some confusion with my sexuality. Ellen’s coming out really helped me feel like I wasn’t alone. So seeing T.R. discuss the word “faggot” with Ellen brought to surface the realization at how far we have come in 10 years. His sincerity really touched me and he was so grateful to Ellen for helping pave the path. I agree. Ellen is such an inspiration to me. Now that I’m completely out (with family, with friends, with co-workers) it’s easy to forget that there are still many people who struggle with facing the truth. So I hope this segment inspires in some way:
Going to the dentist is probably one of the things I hate most. I’ve had a life-long affair with bad experiences at the dentist. My childhood dentist was a monster. He went on to create a popular mouth rinse that you can find at your local grocery store (I won’t name names). I don’t care how many thousands of people respect him, he was eeevil. There were several little things, but the worst was the time he pulled my tooth and it wasn’t numb yet! I will never forget the feeling of the tooth being torn from the roots in my gum. I’ve been involved with several bad hygienists who don’t know how to do a proper teeth cleaning. Several flossed my gums so hard that they bled. One woman was scraping around my teeth and slipped, cutting my gum open. Blood started seeping out of the wound and into my mouth. Instead of stopping, she proceeded until my mouth was filled with blood and my gums had swollen. My mouth was sore for almost 5 days. Luckily, it looks like I’ve finally come across a good dentist. I had a silver filling removed that I got over 13 years ago. It was breaking down and needed to be replaced with the much better new white stuff they use. I have no idea what it’s called. In addition, the tooth needed to be given a crown. Yes, a crown sounds sooo glamorous, but it’s not. I had a panic attack in the dentist chair because I had developed such a phobia. My heart was pounding so hard that I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t swallow, and I pulled a bunch of stuff out of my mouth and said “I can’t do this!” I hate to be such a drama queen, but I suddenly got very scared. Anyway, it all worked out, the dentist was great and it was actually the best experience I’ve had. They also have TV’s over every chair so I watched “Pirates of the Caribbean” while they did their work.
I have taken many forms of the Myers Briggs personality tests, and they do vary just a bit. But overall, they pretty much fall under INFJ and sometimes ISFJ.
Do you know those annoying older guys who always give you some stupid name? Don’t deny it, every family has one. Well, before they are annoying older guys, they have to be annoying younger guys. I am one of those guys. I don’t know when it started or why, but I must rename EVERYONE I meet. Why? I don’t know why. It’s like their birth name is just not enough. Specifically, I add a “y” to the end of them all. For example, Dan would be Danny, James would be Jamesy. It’s compulsive, I absolutely must do it. Even if I don’t say it outloud, I’m saying it in my head. But wait, it gets worse! If your name already has a “y” on the end, I expand on the madness, and give you some extra name. They are too hideous to list. Completely random, completely pointless, and I do it to every person. That’s my older guy habit.
The company I work for has a customer service department. During the holiday season, we usually hire temps, but that is a difficult process. It costs money, takes up time, and then people are out of a job again. So our company decided to try something different for Christmas 2006. All company employees were trained and assigned to work 2 hours a day with customers. In a very weird way, I had more fun doing that than I’ve had doing any job in years. I loved getting just a tiny glimpse into their lives. I also loved the satisfaction I felt when I knew they had been treated with respect. I know how awful it is to experience rude customer service. So when I talked to a customer, I did everything I could to treat them like kings and queens. I liked for them to feel important, because they are. So the holidays are over and I no longer help with the Customer Service. But the other day, a woman called in wanting to place and order and she asked to speak with me. She told one of our reps that I was so nice and helpful when she had talked to me. That was one of the best compliments ever. I know that I left a lasting impression, just by being nice to her. And she took note of it.
The one thing that straight women must understand about men is that they will stick their dick in anything. I betcha won’t get that kind of information in your Cosmo magazine, will you ladies? Seriously. Food, vacuums, couch cushions, in between pillows, we’ll try anything. Not that I would ever stick my dick in a foreign object. Anyway, Cory and I were talking about this T-Shirt from Penny Arcade. A story ensued about a juicer fucking fruit. So then I just had to tell him about this video of a man fucking a watermelon: Well next, Rey tells me about this video of pumpkin fucking: Ladies, just understand this: we will fuck almost anything.
Okay, on a scale of 1-10, this is just a 1… very little poop involved. It’s really just a “suggestion of poop”. *drumroll please* In response to my post about TV shows, Scott (Purple Twinkie) said “I need to send you some books.” Me: “Some what?” Scott: “Those paper things… with the hard covers.” Me: “I’m sorry, what’s paper? You’re really speaking another language today twinkie.” Scott: “You know PAY-PER. No, no, not PAY-PER-VIEW…. Paaae-per. People write and type on it. Words, that you read. Or it also comes on rolls…. you use it to wipe your ass with.” Me: “I have a magic gnome that cleans my ass.” Scott: “Ack” Me: “I have to be careful to not contract though.”
You can all stop holding your breath now, because I’m finally going to update you on what I’ve been watching. I know, you’ve been waiting so long… The ever elusive “sitcom” Speaking of sitcoms, the few that still exist, Two and a Half Men and The New Adventures of Old Christine are still the best part of Monday nights. Desperate Housewives I did find myself watching this Grease reality show. Don’t ask me why. I have no idea why I care who gets a role in the show, it was just on between Reba and Desperate Housewives on Sunday. Oh, and Supernatural is back on Thursday. I still somewhat like it because it’s rare to find a “mystery” on TV, but they have cut out all the hot gayness of it. Yes, I do believe my posts about it last year influenced the writers. A simple Google search will show that I came up quite high in topics related to the show being gay themed. So what are YOU watching?
I thought this was a very effective exercise. Write down your answers and really be honest with yourself. Keep it to yourself if you want, that’s what I’m doing. Or share it. Whatever you want, it’s just interesting to do. - What makes you happy at work?
Holy bajeezus! Have I not written since the 2nd? Hrm… I guess I’m just out of touch with blogging lately. I came to realize that my last post was about me being sick, and now a bunch of people are wondering if I’m better. Oops, sorry. Yep, I’m much better, thanks! I don’t think I would have been better if I hadn’t gotten medicine though. That sucks. I hate being reliant on doctors and medicine. I thought the immune system fought off colds? Oh well, serves me right for being so stubborn. Years ago, I read some study about why men die younger than women. One of the reasons was because they refused to go see doctors when they first got sick, and that made symptoms worse, which caused more stress on the body. I laughed and said “I’ll never be like that.” Truth is, I’m exactly like that. Stereotypically speaking (I’m being very general here), women will run to a doctor as soon as they feel ill. They get better too. Men will ignore it and try to “tough it out”. Argh. I didn’t mean for the post to turn into a lecture. Hmm, I don’t know what I meant but here I am. Thanks for all the kind messages. I’m truly lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful people. Sorry I’ve been out of touch. That’s the latest from Nathan Exposed Land.
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