Blind Prophecy

Tonight is packing time for DisneyWorld. I’ve checked the forecast for Orlando and discovered (no surprise) it’ll be hot and humid. Now I have to decide exactly what I’d like to shove into my suitcase for a four-day trip.

I pack like a girl. I tend to overplan my wardrobe for any vacation. If I’m not careful, I’ll end up with everything from formal business suits (you know, in case I have to go to an emergency funeral) to sarongs (on the off chance that I miraculously have the body and tan required to wear one in public).

The big debate I’m having with myself right now is over underwear. I have no shame about going commando, although it’s not something I do terribly often.

Reasons for Underwear	Reasons for no Underwear
Hot and humid means sweaty parts	Extra layer means extra sweaty parts
Avoid teasing from co-workers	Enjoy teasing cute boys
Mom would die of embarrassment	Save space in luggage
Won’t seem like a whore	Will seem like a whore
Conceal embarrassing moments of excitement	Quick access during moments of excitement (in private, of course)
Hygiene (or so I’m told)	Less to wash when I get home
Lift and push	Aah, freedom!

Well, either way, I have to do laundry tonight. You’re supposed to wear red clothing for Gay Days, and I’ll need to do a load of colors in preparation. I’m going to try to limit myself to 4 appropriate outfits (shorts and t-shirt or Hawaiian shirts) and maybe a very light jacket for the evenings.

The new issue of QVEGAS came in today. The magazine just keeps getting better each month. I can’t believe how wonderful our team has become. I’m so proud of my co-workers, they raise me up and make me look better.

We had a debate in the office today over the issue of visibility at the events and parties we sponsor. I guess there’s some question about public displays of affection at an event we’re holding at one of our advertiser’s place of business next month. We also began discussions and planning for our candidate endorsements in the upcoming elections.

My feeling on this is that I hate people with double standards on PDAs. If you have a problem with gay people holding hands or kissing, you’d better have the same issues with straight people. I also think that it’s horribly unfair to ask transgender folks to hide themselves in public (another issue brought up during the discussion). While my coworkers try to decide how to deal with this subject, I remain pretty firm in my belief that we shouldn’t be throwing an event if this is even a question.

Actually, most of my co-workers are pretty much on the same page, so I guess it’ll mostly be about convincing our advertiser to chill out.

I put together a detailed 6 page questionaire for political candidates to answer about a variety of in-depth topics. Whether or not we really grill them on all these subjects is up for debate, but I hope we finally force our elected officials to really face up to the issues they’ve long ignored in our community. I’ll let you know more about that after we have our planning meeting on Monday.

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