YUMMMM Coffee.... coffee with sugar, and cream... I like my coffee like I like my women... err woman... sweet and light. I know that is probably one of the worst lines to say! I really like it and it really makes me laugh to myself so I will continue to use it til my woman or someone tells me that it is really old and I should stop using it!
I like to say things that are funny to me... I tend to realize that I can easily crack myself up and maybe sometimes for longer than necessary. It's sometimes just the simple things that make me happy and keep me laughing even if it is just to myself.
Anyways, I like coffee and tea for the taste and also the ritual aspect that goes along with it. There is something in the act of preparing coffee or tea. Adding milk and sugar and then enjoying the first thru last sips and the awaking that follows. Very pleasant!
I have discovered that I drink and fix up my coffee like a proper southern Indian should. Lots of cream and sugar. It was exciting for me to hear that I have followed suit even being a great distance away from the Indian soil...
This weekend was a bit of a crazy weekend. Energetically it felt like there was a strong force that wanted to collide together. My friend and I were driving to our dancing that we do and we had a near miss. She handled the situation amazingly and neither one of us or the car were injured. She also shifted something huge in the way of accidents.
It was LGBT pride weekend in Boulder. It is always an interesting event that happens. I am glad it happens, but there is something about it that makes me feel a little uncomfortable. Maybe it's the fact that is in the center of downtown. People from all over come and visit. I think it is the exposing of and being so vulnerable to the public and wondering how safe of a space we are in. We are most likely safe in the way of physical space, but I don't feel safe to the comments that passerby's say. I heard one person say " This is just an event that happens once in a while." That comment made me feel defensive and disheartened. It is frustrating that it is a day or event that "allows" for the public to let us be gathering in a big group in public. I am ready to feel comfortable in my skin. I have a ways to get to before that happens. Society does too. I know that it is only fair for all people be treated with love and respect above and beyond anything else. It felt like an off day for me. I have realized the last few prides have felt off for me because it's a bittersweet day. A day of gathering together and being in community with other LGBT's. It is great to run into friends and acquaintances you haven't seen in a while. It is hard to think about the fact that we are considered unequal in some people's eyes based on it being a person of the same sex we love.
It's interesting because what came up for me was that I had to hide that I was a Lesbian for about 20 yrs before I came out. It was hard and scary to hide for so long. For the most part I haven't had many people harass me to my face. It is the looks you get. Then it's the voices in the back of my mind of people who used to speak so negatively about GLBT people before I was out. I am working on trying to get those voices out and listen to my heart and what my truth is. Society has a ways to go before accepting it and being more aware. I think it is true that ignorance equals fear. Education and exposure is the key here. It is happening. I saw an awesome commercial for using the term "that's so gay." It is making people aware of the fact that it isn't a good phrase to use anymore. Yeee haaa! I like it!
I had a great experience at a Drag King show. It was so amazing to see other preformer's dancing and looking like the opposite sex. It was inspiring to say the least. I love the whole concept and idea of gender role playing. I actually really love to wear a fake mustache around or when I do go to a queer event. There is something about wearing a disguise and making people do double takes or think twice. I would like to practice a bollywood song and have 12 dancers behind me singing right along! I think it would be a blast for all.
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