I'm not a very trusting person especially around the internet so from now on, you'll have to be on my good side if you want to know anything about my life. My life's an open book, but only if you have the key. Leave a comment if you want a copy.

( Original Notice )

Tags: lockdown, private
the cool jams: Rumors— Lindsay Lohan

This is Part 2 of a pseudo-correspondence I'm currently having with my mother about the legitimacy of ex-gay ministries. If you haven't already, read Part 1 to get caught up on what's going on.

Dumbstruck by the impact of my last emailed attempt to debunk ex-gay ministries, my mother found a rather insulting, trite, and above all cowardly way to respond. One would expect (and I was certainly hoping for) a well thought out email or letter or powerpoint presentation probably citing NARTH, Exodus International, Focus on the Family (in short, The Bible) to try to prove that I'm in a state of gender confusion or that I suck dick cause I miss my mom's breast-milk or that gays are really descendents of Tom Cruise's demon-spawn who traveled back in time to piss on everything she (my mother) holds sacred. The sad truth is that she snuck a 24 page article into my carry-on hoping I'd find it on the plane ride back home (Boston). I didn't and it wasn't until she called me asking if I'd opened my laptop case that I discovered the stow-away red herring. The article is essentially trying to prove that the removal of homosexuality's removal from the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) is a political ploy and an indication of the country's submission to the homosexual agenda. Irrelevant.

( my response )

Tags: dsm, email, love won out, narth
feeling: annoyed

Behind the cut, you'll find a copy of an email I sent to my mother. In case you're wondering what brought this on, I found out less than 24 hours after arriving in St. Louis for spring break that she and my father went to Love Won Out. You'll find out what that is in a bit. Anyway, my only concern is that she might get overwhelmed by the length of the email. That wasn't my intent, but I suppose it's possible. Anyway, read on.

( the cut )

Huzzah! Berny has now invaded the world of LJ! Where cannot my seemingly limitless power reach on the vast expanses of these interwebs? I must confess, though. The real reason I started this LJ was so that I could read other people's. I have no intention of updating this regularly, so don't get your hopes up. I realize I said the same thing about 73h bl06, but 73h bl06 is basically my blogger version of an LJ and it already had a good 47 posts so I'm not switching now. Well hopefully this will suffice for a post. Until next time, addio.

feeling: chipper
the cool jams: Fly Me to the Moon- Frank Sinatra