tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post1577470098809750936..comments2023-10-31T10:54:45.392-04:00Comments on //Dreams In a Fitted//: the outcastShawnQthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15147916946659284843noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-30007469964904350832009-12-31T01:00:30.544-05:002009-12-31T01:00:30.544-05:00Again a honesty a possessions post. Offer your cro...Again a honesty a possessions post. Offer your cronyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-40357664434055279762009-12-28T09:31:33.309-05:002009-12-28T09:31:33.309-05:00Easily I assent to but I contemplate the collectio...Easily I assent to but I contemplate the collection should prepare more info then it has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-19672991115696333282009-12-27T19:39:08.447-05:002009-12-27T19:39:08.447-05:00Opulently I assent to but I about the brief should...Opulently I assent to but I about the brief should secure more info then it has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-16903998315057238132007-12-30T01:23:00.000-05:002007-12-30T01:23:00.000-05:00Another great post, ShawQT! I can certainly relat...Another great post, ShawQT! I can certainly relate to this. My mother and I used to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation on Saturdays together (when we were home). Oh, the memories. <BR/><BR/>I've always been different, not just in the area of sexuality but in general. As a teenager (and as a college student), I never felt like I completely belonged. I felt as if I was constantly changing masks depending upon where I was and who I was with. I never felt like there was a place where I could completely be myself. So I, in essence, hid. And I paid the price for it. <BR/><BR/>I'm at a place where I'm much more comfortable with myself and my sexuality. I'll admit that I still have my moments (depending upon the situation) but I've come a long way. Still a work in progress. I'll have to agree with Daryn. If there is one song that could sum up how I felt, it would be Mariah Carey's "Outside". Despite it all, I wouldn't change a thing.BuddahDesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022313007546950986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-69800256520419271732007-12-23T22:11:00.000-05:002007-12-23T22:11:00.000-05:00i have always felt like an outcast in my life away...i have always felt like an outcast in my life away from sports because u know i am a tracksstar so i fit in ther ebut in my family i felt like an outsider because all the bois wud talk about there girlfriends and i wud just sith there hoping nobody wud ask me anythingTrackstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12292248918948141777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-50573332699876592762007-12-22T06:06:00.000-05:002007-12-22T06:06:00.000-05:00Wow!! Great post! I've never really had to stand u...Wow!! Great post! I've never really had to stand up, to someone, about being who I am. But I loved she speech. It was so...REAL!!<BR/><BR/>By the way, I LIVED for "Star Trek: Voyager" (every Wednesday nite, on UPN...Re-air on Saturdays)! And, I used to have a crush on the captain's son, on "Deep Space Nine"...LOL!!<BR/><BR/>;-)RocaFella07https://www.blogger.com/profile/17534304644471842431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-26839707896122833282007-12-21T12:29:00.000-05:002007-12-21T12:29:00.000-05:00I didn't know that Star Trek was so progressive. ...I didn't know that Star Trek was so progressive. Who knew!?!<BR/><BR/>I felt like the outsider growing up and in the closet. I felt that noone could possibly understand how I was feeling. Even though I wasn't telling people that I am bi/gay, I knew exactly how my family and friends/associates felt about it. Which was pretty much the way that the council felt in the clip. <BR/><BR/>After I started coming to terms with my sexuality and began to accept myself, I just began living unapologetically. Now, not to make myself seem so brave, because I never said the words "I'm bi/gay" to my parents, although I did to my great-grandparents. I just began bringing my dates around the family, they knew who I was living with even in a one bedroom apartment and taking my lovers on vacation with me/us, etc . So in a way, they know without me saying. Still may be a cowardly way of handling it but it is my way and it works for us.Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381669996518441790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-42646395562560802542007-12-21T10:15:00.000-05:002007-12-21T10:15:00.000-05:00Captain: Tell that to Jesus, lol.Captain: Tell that to Jesus, lol.ShawnQthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147916946659284843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-49721668958102540592007-12-20T21:47:00.000-05:002007-12-20T21:47:00.000-05:00Sometimes the things we love destroy us without ev...Sometimes the things we love destroy us without even knowing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-9249614889374211492007-12-20T21:46:00.000-05:002007-12-20T21:46:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-69574372323255655452007-12-20T10:19:00.000-05:002007-12-20T10:19:00.000-05:00Hey Shawn. Great post. I've had to make several st...Hey Shawn. Great post. I've had to make several stands after coming to terms with who I am. I have never watched Star Trek but this was a great theme.<BR/><BR/>If there was a cure for sexuality I used to think I would take it becaue being "normal" would be easier. But as I get older I realize there is no "normal" and we all have things about us blocking perfection. Thats what makes us human. I used to feel my sexuality was the block for me, now I don't feel the same.Dayne Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785784969695629211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-24976665722086702292007-12-19T19:49:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:49:00.000-05:00Shawn...supI have never been in a situation where ...Shawn...sup<BR/>I have never been in a situation where I had to defend myself the way she did in the video. Wow...in front of a judge. That is so crazy. They want to cure her of her feelings to be and offer love. I would think that it would be a gift to want or give love to someone outside of what is 'normal'.<BR/><BR/>I do remember a time when I was asked if I was gay. This was when I was about 4 years old. My grandfathers wife sat me on her knee and said that it was ok that i confess to her that i was gay. I didn't even know what gay was at that time. I didn't even know about sex or even about kissing at that time but she was trying to get me to confess to her that I was gay.<BR/><BR/>I've never felt that it was some huge deal or need to tell the world about my sexuality cause to me it don't matter to you unless you want to have sex. That's my rationale. Don't want Don't ask.<BR/><BR/>I felt sorry for the lady in the video. I thought at any moment she was going to open her shirt and expose her breasts in some heroinic display of telling the judge to kiss her ass.<BR/><BR/>I guess we all feel like an outcast at times and it does not necessarily have to deal with sex. I feel like an outcast at work sometimes for having the skills that I have. I guess I feel like an outcast too when I'm with people who have a date and I don't have a date at that time...LOL...that feels awquard. But in terms of being gay I do sometimes feel picked on when I'm in a crowd of people I don't know and someone might be talking about gay people. They don't necessarily have to be talking negative about gay people but sometimes I might overhear people talking about some actor or singer and then they will whisper "but isn't he gay". I don't say anything and I don't even look their way cause I would be taking care of my own business at that time but it does make me want to ask: "why does that matter".<BR/><BR/>Anyhow...I do get in many positions when women hit on me. They might even be with their dudes on a date and still flirt with me. Should I stop her and say "look lady, I like dick like you like dick"? I mean. I like women too if they classy and sharp like me either dressed down in leather with a nice smell good make me flirt back....<BR/><BR/>I don't mind feeling like an outsider. I love the outside. I love being out.Playboy Adonishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05515975391185907787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-39962504347308484452007-12-19T19:13:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:13:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Playboy Adonishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05515975391185907787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-64010400494138362252007-12-19T19:07:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:07:00.000-05:00I'm guessing most if not all of the people who rea...I'm guessing most if not all of the people who read this post will be able to identify without even seeing the video (like me). I am hard pressed to think of a social situation in my life where I have not been or felt like an outsider (not always outcast) for some reason. I got used to being different as a very young kid but as a teen I found this song and I think it really sums up my life. It's not a "feel good" song but it went a long way in letting me know that my experience was not an isolated one so thot i'd share the lyrics with you. :)<A HREF="http://www.lyrics007.com/Mariah%20Carey%20Lyrics/Outside%20Lyrics.html" REL="nofollow">Outside</A> by Mariah CareyDwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740129432016276173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-40677684093984280102007-12-19T14:11:00.000-05:002007-12-19T14:11:00.000-05:00Actually Whozhe, it was your post that inspired me...Actually Whozhe, it was your post that inspired me to post this one!ShawnQthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147916946659284843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31821974.post-75122281846524083462007-12-19T13:57:00.000-05:002007-12-19T13:57:00.000-05:00Powerful video!! Well written by the Star Trek cre...Powerful video!! Well written by the Star Trek creators. I remember having to stand up for who I am to my family when I came out. I wish I'd seen this episode it would have helped me with the words. But I to am okay with who I am.<BR/><BR/>You posted this video the same day I raised the question, would you switch?, on my blog. Coincident or spiritual?WhozHehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15651969021075559014noreply@blogger.com