thinking back

rick and rui blogged about what they miss in plymouth and i thought i'd chime in with my two bits. i think what i miss the most is the spontenaiety, the ablility to just spur of the moment gather together with one or ten friends for tea, conversation, or a full fledged function. i have tried to replicate this here and on the weekends it works fairly well with certain friends for certain things. it always works with kellyn, which is comforting and we have a great time dropping whatever we're doing for a ride around the green belt or a dip in the river or a random fart fight, which despite what she says, i always win. i also miss the people i became quite close to while there, and you know who you are. informal shout out to the international coalition.
less substantial misses: the sea, better food selection for vegan/vegetarians, being in a prime location for other european travel, smaller filters for rolling my own fags, london, and stopping at the local spar for a freddo frog and chardalusco.
cheers, mates.

living in the ghetto

we are officially living in the ghetto, however, we now have some cool neighbors so it's not so bad. we do have other neighbors, a father/son combo who screamed profanity at us for music on at 4 p.m., another who begged me not to call the police when her man was sporting a 3 inch bloody slash from a knife fight, and the benign windchime lady who loves loves loves butterflies.
in addition, i can hear everything the people in the next apartment over are doing, and i mean everything, and they do everything at least twice a week, there is a suicidal kitty on the third floor, and i've seen the idaho falls crime scene investigation unit on not one but two occasions. i've even been mistaken, twice, for another cindy someone who used to live here and is wanted for something but she's like 54 years old and i keep telling the police that i am a different syndie, a younger syndie, a stay out of trouble/jail syndie, but they keep coming...

fun for a girl and a boy!

some people are like slinkies.....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...

summer reading

have purchased harmful to minors: the perils of protecting children from sex, by judith levine. received great reviews, so here's to a (clentch your thumbs) great read. stay tuned for a review. other books that are finished, almost finished, and yet to be finished include the following:

* better off by eric brende
* our right to drugs by thomas stephen szasz
* cunt: a declaration of independence by inga musico
* the sexual outlaw by john rechy
* failure is impossible by lynn sherr with susan b. anthony in her own words

of course kellyn has her own list including books from the henry and mudge series as well as that wacky junie b. jones who reminds me of a toned down pippi longstocking, one hell of a girl who kicks ass by the way. i heart pippi.

reviews to follow... after the men's world cup of course... go england!

crazy dream: take two

dreamt i was being hunted by happy tree friends. don't know what this is? google it.

quote of the day

cowardice asks the question, 'is it safe?'
expediency asks the question, 'is it politic?'
vanity asks the question, 'is it popular?'
but conscience asks the question, 'is it right?'

and there comes a point when one must take a
position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular,
but one must take it because one's conscience
tells one that it is right.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

compensation?

image by syndie a.

uh.. excuse me, but i believe i requested the extra large tiara.

welcome to salt lake city gay pride 2006, which lacked the energy of events in the past. there was a decent turnout, however, the folks participating looked as if they would rather be curled up at home with a tall glass of ice tea and a nearly naked pool boy/girl. i kept waiting for the energy levels to pick up but they never did.

i was also disturbed by the commercialization. "want a mortgage?" "get a credit card and get a free tote bag!" the little speciality booths, like the CTL ring maker, were extremely scant. it's as if the gay community is being preyed upon under the guise of support. disgusting.