I read a NY Times article called "Aging, Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight" about older people who are gay and having trouble finding long-term care for themselves or their loved ones.

Here is a link if you want to read it.

This picture was just heartbreaking and beautiful to me so I wanted to share it.


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Was anyone else miffed at MoveOn.org's ad (General Petraeus/General Betray-us)? I like a lot of things that MoveOn.org has put out/published/promoted etc. but I thought this was mis-targeted. It made me upset that they were calling an army general a traitor when, in reality, I think he knows what's best and is doing his damndest to deal with the ( Read more... )

So, I hardly ever (read: never) update anymore. I mostly just read other people's entries and comment in an LJ community I belong to ( Read more... )

I'm not sure if the news just doesn't include this (it doesn't cover Iraq at all, ever) or if it isn't harped on like it is on American networks, or if I just don't pay attention ( Read more... )

I know this is a stupid thing to complain about, but I'm tired of sweating constantly. It just seems like I'm always hot here. I can't take my backpack off until I get in the door after school because the back of my shirt is always soaked. (Sorry, I know that's gross.) I've given up on trying to prevent ruining the underarms of my shirts; that's a ( Read more... )

More thoughts. I just wanted to get this down before I forget it. It is important to me to record all these cultural revelations and things that I experience ( Read more... )

Time for another set of ponderings from my head. Prompted by another cultural whatsit ( Read more... )

Another ponderance brought on by living overseas for a while.

I realized today walking home from class how much I love the English language, for the fact that it is a living creature, always evolving, and you can play with it in so many ways, create new words, manipulate it to form the most beautiful things. I thought of this because I realized how ( Read more... )

This continues to bother me: here in Salamanca (and every place in Spain that I've been to), you can pick out the extranjeros (foreigners) without even trying. I really wanted to not be like that. But I'm sure people can tell when I walk down the street.

In the town where I live it's even easier because it's overflowing with foreign students during ( Read more... )

went to a Chupiteria (a bar where their specialty is shots) with the group last night after going out for desserts and had a shot of absinthe in honor of my 21st birthday. (now keep in mind i don't get wasted. i had my one token drink and got the hell out of there. too many creepy people.)

instead of thinking about how risqué or exciting it was, ( Read more... )