MMT

Today, I was working in a coffee shop when 2 gay men walked in holding hands. As you might expect, heads started turning. Then a young girl at the table next to me asked her mom why 2 men were holding hands. Her mom replied, "Because they love each other." MMT

MMT is www.makesmethink.com
Check it out! I love this site! You can learn so much and these stories are really heart felt and emotional but good!

Lady Gaga Before She Was Gaga

This is for everyone to see that she is not a complete freak! She is an artist who isn't afraid to be different. She goes out to space with so much she does to show that people can be different and that differences should be embraced. They really can be beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RwIDdfwebc

Gay Straight, Black White, Same Struggle, Same Fight

So I'll be honest that I'm not really a huge supporter of gay marriage. I don't like to act like our community deserves something. I do thing marriage is deserved but I don't want to seem like a complainer. I understand that alot of people can't really support marriage between the same sex. BUT I do support it! Today in history class I thought about how the civil rights era and what African Americans went through has so much similar to today. For so many people back then, they couldn't understand what it was like to be black and feel discriminated against. For someone who isn't black, they can't share the experience of what it was truly like to be of that color. Today, I think people have such a hard time understanding how just like youre born with a different skin tone, well homosexuals are born with a different tone, only internal. For so many people it is hard to put yourself in a place where you can understand what it would be like for you to be that person. I think about how someday I may have a partner and how the little things matter. Like how if you are not married to someone you can't visit them in the ER because you are not "immediate family". So someone like Janice Langbehn who was on a cruise with her partner when her partner had an aneurysm and was taken to a hospital in Miami. Who waited for hours for her partner of 20 years who she had taken in foster children with, just to be told her partner passed away. Imagine if this was your reality

You've had an impact greater than you'll ever know

Dear Fatima

I will never forget you

Project Lazarus 2010

So I had an amazing spring break! I went with an AMAZING group of people to New Orleans to Project Lazarus. This is a shelter for homeless people who are also HIV +. Driving into New Orleans with a beautiful sunset in the distance, I knew it was going to be an incredible week.
I guess the image I have of AIDS/HIV in my mind is the emotional scene in RENT where the people living with HIV are at their community meeting support group. The facilitator asks one of the guys how he feels saying, "How do you feel today?". They then sing a beautiful song with lines "Will I lose my dignity?" and "Will someone care?". Project Lazarus has made this scene somewhat of a reality. Monday and Wednesdays they have community meetings to come together and talk about how they are all doing. I enjoyed spending time with my group and the residents so much. It will be something I remember forever. We always played games like bingo. We tie dyed shirts with all the residents and had a fun cookout. I worked out with Larry at 6 am one morning. Simply having someone there who care was so good for these residents. I'm not going to go too much into their stories, but the residents came from every experience.
From the stripper who danced for money, but became a chef to make ends meet. Who was raped in jail. Who has an amazing outlook on life given his situation. Who is planting a garden big enough to feed a village. Who isn't afraid to make his voice heard. From the man who grew up in the projects, got caught up in the drugs, the killing, and the sex. Who had sex with so many women he didn't know who the HIV came from. Who looks like the hulk walked out of the comic book. Who is strong, brave, and is making a change in his life. From the women with boobs the size of camel humps. Who was diagnosed with HIV, who broke down to the point of getting schizophrenia. Who now hears voices in her head. Who tenderly holds the hand of another resident while watching Lil Wayne concerts. From the man who longs for affection, writing love letters to one of our group members. Who has never had that embrace, that connection. The individuals of Project Lazarus who search to find meaning in a life washed away. Who are rejected by their family and friends. Who long for happiness when it seems the world has gone out. Who long for strength when weakness and fatigue knocks on their door. Who go to work and try to aid society. Who want the world to see that they are people and nothing less. Who show beauty in the simplest of ways. No one there to hold them, put them at ease. No money to support themselves. A solitary struggle. One perplexed by judgement and scorn from the outside world. Project Lazarus is a place of acceptance and openness. The damage has been done. Move on, cherish what you have. Because today there is truly "no day but today".

Britney

I guess I'll put something up about the world of pop culture. For all that care, Britney is back to blonde and I'm so happy! I like her how I've always remembered her. She's actually looking really good. I hope her and Gaga collaborate!!

Iceyyy

So more ice is breaking away from Antarctica..I hate talking about global warming but I always think about it. What if we really are gonna be screwed by it? So, I have definitely tried to be more green. I also think it's healthier for yourself if you are (organic food and what not). I say even if I don't think it exists why not treat it like it does? That way we're on the safe side for if the world were to turn into a huge fireball

The Bananas aren't the only thing that's been hanging from the tree here! ahhhh

Fail!

Ok so we all have our embarassing moments but Failblog is like no other! I love watching these videos. I think it's something good for a monday! Here's one of my recent favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdm1ri_1s10

"Woooooooo" haha her reaction!