Today I presented a video in my Practicum class. What this means is that as a therapist in training we have to videotape our sessions (no stress added, right?) and then present them to our classmates and professors (whom are seasoned therapists themselves) as part of our curriculum every semester we’re training as therapists in our internship. ( Read more... )

So that's it folks. Comprehensive exams for my M.A. in Child, Family, and Adolescent Therapy are OVER. Over and Out, do you read me? OVER. I thought I would be ecstatic and doing fucked up jumping jacks but one of my best friends and me just hugged eachother and nearly cried and collapsed-not necessarily out of relief or anything like that but ( Read more... )

Phew. I'm covered in sweat. Good thing too because I really needed a good workout to dispel all the tension in my lower back and neck. This week has been a SLAMMER. I've grown quite accustomed to the hustle-bustle life of a grad student, but my current program has taught me true stamina. This week we have our Comprehensive Exams, the Mother ( Read more... )

For the past few weeks I have been worried sick about my relationship, mainly due to the fact that a challenging revelation about me and Ry's future surfaced. I won't go into details but basically it was a clash of values pertaining to a very important issue. It made me feel like "the perfect gay couple" ideal that we are expected to live up to ( Read more... )

Parting with our illusions is truly like "parting with invisible ( Read more... )

Okay ( Read more... )

I'm very pleased that my thesis entitled "Homophobia as a Weapon of Sexism : Reality, Misogyny, and Heterosexism in Contemporary Gay Male Porn" is finally available in the general collection of the Minnesota State University Memorial Library! Anyone interested in checking it out can go here ( Read more... )

Being a native Texan has its perks ( Read more... )

Okay. I'm a bizarreness-magnet. It's true. I have a journal filled up with the bizarre moments in my life that are fodder for laughter in hindsight, but at the time seem cruel and ridiculous ( Read more... )

I adore these lyrics:

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"Oh perilous place ( Read more... )