I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.

I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.

I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.

We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.

I am the man who died ( Read more... )

1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.
        Female..... Any part under a car's hood.
        Male.... The strap fastener on a woman's bra.

2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.
        Female.... Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.
        Male.... Playing football without a cup.

3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.
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Thanks to Gray's Anatomy, this song seems to be stuck in my head now.  Every time I hear it I think of Izzy in her pink  prom dress lying on the bathroom floor.  The lyrics are rather powerful though.  Really, what woman hasn't had to call for an intervention and say either things change or they end?

Artist: The Fray
Album: How To Save A Life
Year: ( Read more... )

People in the South claim I don't talk like a Southerner, yet folks in Boston say it is obvious; I blame it on moving around so much in the past 10 years. Oh, and um stolen from gabbysmom et al What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland

"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are ( Read more... )

I sometimes think that my life has become so simple and drama free that I'm getting bored.  Who would have thought?  Don't get me wrong though, I have no desire to go back to the old lifestyle.  I do wish I could work from home more.  We hav ea nice office set up in a spare bedroom and the desk is next to a window with a gorgeous view of trees.  I ( Read more... )

Stupid is absent mindingly filling a cup with hot water to make tea and not paying attention.  Thereby not noticing when one's hand has moved slightly enough for the water to then pour on it.

Really stupid is doing this in the breakroom while both the VP of Compliance and the Director of Health and Safety are in the room.

I pretended that nothing had ( Read more... )

If a man is physically aroused, it doesn't much matter what else is going on -- he's ready. But a woman's sexual interest is more complicated.   --Sheryl Kingsberg, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio

Obviously, she has not tried to get some luvin from her man while 24 or the Super ( Read more... )

Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?  :-)

Now if only it could have somehow spread to Bill's office on Riverside.  tsk tsk

Spoke to Mom around 6pm today.  It wasn't until we were about 15 minutes into the conversation that she finally told me that my grandmother died at 6am today.  She "didn't want to upset me at work ( Read more... )

I received word this morning that this will most likely be the last week of my grandmother's life.  This weekend I am supposed to be at a friend's wedding.  Such a bizarre twist of fate ( Read more... )