 Dispatches of theEmergency Queer Reserve |
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Saturday, October 23 ( 8:48 AM ) Timothy State Keeping the Party Alive It was a room of some of the most social inept folks around. A social gathering for the Math Department of a small liberal arts college simply seems like an oxymoron in hindsight. But they had gathered to offer congratulations to their colleagues--a new adopted baby from China, and a marriage in Canada between the department's chair and his partner of 12 years. The conversation was rather forced and awkward, like the number 3.14. But when it came time for the toasts, that's when things changed. "Congratulations," said a man who was obviously uncomfortable with the entire situation in which they were offering congratulations as he couldn't make eye contact with anyone. "And I'm not a political man, but I look forward to the day when you don't have to go to Canada to get married." Now what happened next had to be a random fluke because these are not people who know of urban legends. These are not people who know of the impact of their words. These are not people who know of rumors of Richard Gere and gerbils. So when another person yelled out, "Oh, it must have been a challenge keeping those gerbils alive," he really had no idea what he was implying. His wife corrected him. "It's ferrets, honey. They have ferrets." # Sunday, October 10 ( 8:33 AM ) Timothy State Hair Nets Were out at Sidetraks last night. It used to be a cute neighborhood bar that showed music videos. But it's slowly grown to take over almost the entire block. Now it's more the equivilant f a huge gay conglomerate filled with hyper-gay boys who look like they have been outfitted for an Abercrombie ad The bartender wasn't too interested in serving with any sort of efficiency, he'd rather pose, shirtless having me wonder if he should have a hair net for his chest. # |
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