Urban Legend

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When I was in high school there was an urban legend or rumor going around that there was a little town in some woods that had not been developed. At that time there were lots of areas that hadn't be developed. The little town was supposed to be a bunch of small houses built for little people who had left the circus for a place to retire. Of course I never believed it. I can remember driving around late on a Saturday night with a bunch of friends and several beers trying to find the Little Town. It wasn't until my senior year that we actually happened upon the little town. It was dark and we were a little on the drunk side (it wasn't as bad then to drink and drive as it is now) but we were able to actually see about a half dozen tiny little houses. The houses couldn't have been more then 10 feet tall. All the doors and windows were tiny. Just the right size for little people. It was pretty amazing to see. The legend was true!

This morning while running some errands I decided to take the back roads home because at that time of the morning the traffic was still awful on the main roads. So I decided to drive through the area where I remember the little town used to be. The area is basically at the end of a housing development. It's a big chunk of woods with just one road through it. It's not really a town as it is more of a cluster of houses. I was able to find it easily on my home this morning. Almost all the little houses are still there, however, it looks as though no one lives there anymore. All the houses are really run down and a few boarded up. This small piece of land had escaped the developers over the years I thought. But as I got to the end of the road I saw a bulldozer parked and a few huge piles of dirt. I guess little town has finally died and will be replaced with McMansions. Sad to see it go. I guess the legend is gone. Funny thing is back in high school and even today, I never saw any little people. Just little houses.

Poll Results

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I've had this poll up a few weeks and it's time to change it and report the results. DC is known as a big bottom town but it seems from the votes, there are more versatile guys out there then bottoms. Now this assumes that I only got votes from guys in DC. That can't be true because there are readers all over the country who voted. That could also mean that guys aren't as willing to call themselves bottoms as much as they will call themselves versatile. The poll didn't get many votes overall. Maybe people don't care for polls. Who knows. I think it's fun non the less. I put up another poll over in the side bar. Check it out and vote.

Fahrenheit 911

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Last night I went to see Fahrenheit 9/11 with Ken (a post about him is coming soon). We got our tickets first and then went to have a quick dinner at The Silver Diner. I had a hamburger, he had catfish. It was good. Then we were off to the movie. Got some decent seats and the theatre wasn't that crowded at all. Since the movie has been out a few weeks, I didn't expect it to be too crowded. But of course some chatty people had to sit next to me even though there were plenty of seats open in the theatre.

The opening of the movie is all about how the Supreme Court gave the election to Bush. Watching the scenes and following the chronology of events, I was reliving my anger from 2000. The movie was just beginning and I was already mad. The movie continues with the events that lead up to 9/11. After that the connections began. From that point on I was shocked and amazed at how connected Bush and his father are to the Bin Ladens and the Saudis. Point after point was made with evidence showing the very tight relationship between them. No wonder Bush wanted to take attention away from Bin Laden and 9/11. He didn't want the connection to be known. He put all the attention on Iraq and Saddam. It was mentioned just briefly but I believe Bush also wanted to get Saddam because he tried to assassinate his father back in the gulf war. The movie continued showing connections and how the lack of evidence of WMD's in Iraq and how senseless this war is. There were some very sad moments during the movie. Some images that were hard to see. I was quite amazed at the amount of research and detective work Michael Moore did to create this movie. I'm so glad we have free speech so that this movie could be shown. I think the sad part is that the people who are going to see this movie are not the people who need to see this movie. It's like preaching to the choir.

At this point, I just can't see how Bush can be re-elected with such strong evidence against him. There is NO reason for going to war with Iraq. He says he's helping Iraq become a free, democratic society while at home he's creating discrimination against gays and lesbians. I hope eventually he will be held responsible for what he has done to our country, the men and women who have lost and will loose their lives in Iraq, and for what he's done to the country of Iraq. I left the theatre mad, frustrated, and feeling sad. If you haven't seen this movie, you need to see it. And recommend it to all your friends, especially if they are republicans (even though I can't imagine anyone actually being friends with republicans).

Three Questions

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1. On which date do you sleep with someone? On the first? On the second? On the third, fourth or fifth?

2. Should you date someone who reads your blog daily and comments regularly?

3. Should you date a fellow blogger?

Book Time

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Last night I finished reading Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris. It was a quick read and overall I enjoyed the book. It's a series of essays written about his family and parts of his life. The first few stories really had me rolling. Several in the middle were just okay and not that humorous. Towards the end there were a few that made me smile or chuckle. There were some tender moments as well. Overall a decent read. I wouldn't compare it to some of his other books though.

Next up is Father's Day by Phillip Galanes. This is a debut novel for this writer so if I like it I guess I'll have future books to enjoy. Barnes and Noble reviews the book as follows:

Matthew Vaber racks up an obscenely large phone bill by compulsively dialing for dates on the “Pump Line,” a gay phone-sex service with which he's become increasingly disenchanted. Unfortunately for Matthew, this activity fails to free him from coming to terms with his overbearing mother and the dysfunctional family dynamic that resulted in his father's recent suicide.

What brings this potentially maudlin plot to vivid life is Matthew himself — antic, urbane, crafty, and as dedicated to perversely undermining his own happiness as he is to needling his mother about the past. As he sets out to make sense of his father's death, Matthew is forced to relive his childhood, and with his mother's reluctant assistance, his search for truth helps Matthew appreciate his father in a whole new way. And somehow, in the midst of the emotional whirlwind his hunt kicks up, Matthew begins to break down the psychological wall that has kept him from intimacy and tethered him to the Pump Line. Newly awakened to the possibility of real connections and commitments in his own life, he is finally prepared to step, albeit gingerly, into what looks like true love. Both laugh-out-loud funny and wise, Father's Day is a fiction debut that once begun, is impossible to put down.

Sounds like a decent review. I may just enjoy this one. Hell, if it has some gay characters in it, I'll enjoy it. I love my gay love stories.