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I've always said that it's a good feeling to find that someone you crush on shares your orientation, but I've never been able to adequately explain that feeling. It's something that I don't think most straight people can understand -- after all, most of the people you crush on are oriented the same way you are. For us, it's much rarer, and therefore precious.

Terri gave me the words to explain it best: "You know that you can put that person on your 'list' and if you ever did come on to them, they wouldn't scream 'Goddamn faggot!' at you."

Oh, and add Chad Allen to the list of successful openly gay actors. Such a short list. Feh.

Ok, I really ought to work now.

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OK, so I've made fun of the poetry of others for a long time. Poetry is a tricky thing, and not everyone can do it. Some people can't even come close.

In the spirit of fair play, however, I bring you this poem written by me back in high school. It's execrable. Feel free to laugh at me. It references the Pern series of books, so if you don't get the references, that's why. Or maybe it just stinks. :)

Requiem
Even now,
All these years later,
After a Fall,
He remembers her face.
Not as it was
In the end --
Twisted,
Ravaged,
Destroyed --
But as it was
Before.
Before the Thread had,
So cruelly,
Wiped the last vestige
Of beauty
From her face.
Before the cry of her dragon
Signalled her death.
Before the wailing keen of the other dragons,
In turn,
Signalled the death of
A dragon
And a life
And a love.

An admittedly slightly-pissy message from the GM to his players.

When I send out questions to my players, either on the game's LJ or via email, it isn't for my own health. It's for the health of the game; it's to give players a way to influence future plotlines.

If one does not answer said questions, one cannot complain when other characters/players get more to do.

If you sent something in, clearly this does not apply to you.

I knew I loved Joss . . .

Joss Whedon is the creator and producer of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and the now-canceled Firefly.

The Onion: Who could you take in a fight?

Joss Whedon: God. I'm constantly yelling at Him. A lot of my writers are quite religious, and I'm always yelling, "Come on! Strike me down! Wuss!" I don't know why I have such anger toward somebody who doesn't exist.

My reaction to Angel:

The HELL?!?
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You know, if JMS and Joss Whedon combined forces on a show, our heads would explode before the first commercial break.