Does the greasy wheel get the oil?

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Apparently, my ranty complaints about the way “things get done” withing the queer community have landed me in hot water, so to speak. At a “strategy meeting” yesterday, I was asked to co-chair the Utah GLBT Leadership Task Force. That’s right, I’m being asked to take a leadership position among community leaders. ::sigh:: I guess [...]

I can’t believe it.

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Okay, so I’ve been something of a N’orleans-o-phile for several years. I think it was a combination of Anne Rice books, some stunning documentaries, stories from friends about Mardi Gras, and other books set in the Big Easy. I’ve been hoping to plan a trip to Mardi Gras for several years now. I almost went [...]

Mormon movies

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

So the other night, when I went to see The Brothers Grimm, Century theatres almost pissed me off before the movie even began. The first two trailers they showed were for The Work and the Glory: American Zion (the second in a planned trilogy about the founding of the LDS church) and God’s Army 2: [...]

The pussy response

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

So, I got this in my email today… Dear Jere, I hope you had the opportunity to read Senator Scott McCoy’s OpEd in Sunday’s Tribune. If not, here’s the link http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2979558 In addition, I think it’s important to be aware of Rep. LaVar Christensen’s intentions of introducing legislation that would require that a biological, adoptive [...]

LaVar Christensen – give it a rest already.

Monday, August 29th, 2005

I hate writing about this case, but it’s in the news again. It’s been in the Tribune, and now it’s showing up in the Deseret Morning News. (I’ve had bad experiences bringing this topic up – it’s apparently quite controversial in the community because all the lesbians in Salt Lake know at least one of [...]

Rocky and the "Hostile Environment"

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Looks like Mayor Rocky’s in (PR) trouble. From the Salt Lake Tribune: Canned Anderson employee fires back Spokeswoman: Deeda Seed says the mayor is an abusive grump; Rocky says it’s just sour grapes By Heather May The Salt Lake Tribune Rocky Anderson’s spokeswoman has now become his detractor. On Friday, the Salt Lake City mayor [...]

Brothers Grimm

Monday, August 29th, 2005

So I just got home from seeing The Brothers Grimm. I was a bit surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Matt Damon has never really impressed me all that much as an actor, but Heath Ledger created a character so unlike his previous work that I had to double check that it was actually [...]

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Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Ha ha ha ha ha! I love it – Phelps was actually chased out of town. Hee hee.

Shocking News

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

I got a chance to catch up with Nick from Vegas for a while this morning. While we talked, I learned two shocking pieces of news that are hard to cope with. You know have we all have those casual friendships that we never give much thought to, but we notice them when they’re gone? [...]

Engage the hyper-blog drive…

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

So guess what I’m doing right now… I finally got the internet access working in my room, so now I can blog (or, you know, play on the internet) at all hours of day or night. Since Michael is developing an online submission/editing system for the paper, and since I’ve synced my contacts and calendar [...]