ARK

I recently watched "Evan Almighty" with the kids. What a great film. I loved the ending message. Life is about ARK: Acts of Random Kindness.

Just thought it was appropriate to this blog, and wanted to share.

Thanks to all of you for the kindness you show to me. It means a lot!

Halloween Moon

I thought this was so awesome, I just couldn't resist posting it. :)

Happy Halloween!

Is He Gay?

When I was at the pride center last week, I checked out a book that caught my eye at the library there.

"Is He Gay? For every woman who's met the Ideal Man and is wondering...why hasn't he tried to kiss me?" (by Ed Baker and Chris Busick).

Noah and I enjoyed reading it together one night, and here are the thoughts I enjoyed the most! It is comprised of a bunch of comics and scenarios that should scream to the girl, "Hello, he's gay." A page following each comic lists "hints" and a "superhint".


Here's the intro page...

"You've finally met a guy who makes every moment feel like a Kodak commercial. Your inner voice cries, "I DO!" but your sex drive screams, "WE DON'T!" As your relationship reaches new heights of intimacy, the snapshots seem clearly platonic. You ask yourself, "Why didn't I see this coming?" We answer, "Because you haven't read this book."

There is a comic of him holding back her hair while she throws up. What a saint! So much like my gay husband. The superhint: "HE TAKES CARE OF YOU". Yes, he always has. :)

Comic of them cuddling in bed. Hints: "You spoon him...he goes to sleep..." Story of my life!

Other hints: "he cooks", "he can shop till you drop"; superhint: "SHOW TUNES" LOL!

Favorite Store: "The Pottery Shed"; hints: "candles, sconces, throw rug" (Mine loves to shop, especially in kitchen stores or stores with decor.)

Goodbye: "brotherly hugs, passionless pecks"

He doesn't call for days. Then finally...

"Last minute invitation, he's making pasta, video's containing questionable subject matter." (Comic says, "I rented Gods and Monsters")

Getting to know him, "He has great taste and he's neat, drapes are billowy and tied back, subscribes to International Male, Architectural Digest, People, TV Guide, Wallpaper, Exercise for Men Only, Detour, W, Vanity Fair, & Martha Stewart Living." For mine, it is Men's Vogue and Better Homes and Gardens.

"Erratic calling patterns...He's not jealous..."

Comic, girl talking to friend..."I just don't get it." She says, "He's gay."

Comic, on a date: "I have a question to ask you..." He interrupts, "You look so HOT tonight." "I do?"

Hints: "flattery". Superhint: "Strawberry Margaritas"

"He is so not gay. My friend is stupid...I think she's gay."

Hints: "You're in denial" (Footnote: "Possibly, so is he.") ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH! 30-something years of denial for both of us.

Comic: "Let's get out of here!"

But instead of sex, he ends up giving her a facial.

Verdict: GAY!

Disclaimer at the end of the book:

"The authors of this book recognize that the content is one MASSIVE generalization. There are bound to be exceptions. Neither author, in fact, owns a sconce. With that in mind, if you have any complaints, questions, or are single and too pretty, feel free to contact us."

Funny book. :)

Advice on blogging from a gay Mormon blogger

I was talking to a friend about my decision to start this new blog. He laughed and told me about this blog post from "Soy Made Me Gay". As he read it to me, I had a much needed laugh, so I had to re-post it here for your viewing pleasure!

How To Be A Gay Mormon Blogger

Some of you may be asking yourselves, “But, Clint, how can I be a gay Mormon blogger?” Why with my new patented 21 step program, you too can be blogging your gay little heart out.

Step 1 - Get baptized on your 8th birthday.
Step 2 - Realize you are gay while memorizing your high school’s cheerleader routine.
Step 3 - Have a panic attack.
Step 4 - Try to act as straight as possible for about ten years.
Step 5 - Start reading the blogs of gay Mormons on the internet.
Step 6 - Feel an enormous kinship with people you have never met.
Step 7 - Join an online support group for gay Mormons.
Step 8 - Decide that you aren’t going to participate any more in the online support group (this is best done within two weeks of Step 7).
Step 9 - Sign up for a Blogger account.
Step 10 - Start posting several times a day.
Step 11 - Revel in your new discovered gayness and feel the rush as your challenge your belief system (this is best accomplished by using words like “bubble”, “Prozac Valley”, and “Mormon Corridor” as much as grammatically possible).
Step 12 - Freak out by the “realness” of it all and shut your blog down.
Step 13 - Repeat Steps 9-12 at least twice.
Step 14 - Decide you are going to start a blog with a different tone and for a difference audience than you have previously written: an unabashedly gay Mormon blog for straight Mormons.
Step 15 - Start getting more traffic than you have ever gotten with major traffic spikes when large LDS blogs link to a post (at this point you should notice how the people who comment on your site are much more civil that they are on other sites).
Step 17 - Wonder how your post “5 Things That Straight Guys Do That Are Really Gay” still gets the majority of your search engine traffic.
Step 18 - Have the Church enter into a major political battle with gays in California.
Step 19 - See the worst sides of the two groups of people that make up a large part of who you are - this should change the way you view both of them.
Step 20 - Get one of your posts published in an LDS magazine.
Step 21 - Decide that you want your writing to go new directions. Seeing that your gay Mormon blog has reached the end of it’s usefulness, you decide to bring it to a close.

So that’s it, that’s how you become a gay Mormon blogger. Be sure not to skip any steps however, otherwise you have to start all over again (and Step 1 is way harder the second time around).