So, just a quick little note. I had a conversation with one of the other supervisors on the job we are working on right now. He commented about my pink Coke shirt. I laughed and responded, what you don't like my shirt.
Okay thats it, just a little note. oh and for the record the shirt is not pink, it is faded red. cause that really makes a difference, right... right...?
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday was a big day for me. There were three people I tried to tell on Monday, NCOD. Of those three people only one of them responded to my initial message. So of my friends from college called me on Wednesday to talk about it, but I was out of town on a job so I told him I would call him Saturday. So Saturday came around and we had a chance to talk about it. It took him completely off guard, which I found funny cause one of my other college friend new I was going to have this conversation with him one day. O well, it feels good to finally let the secret out of the bag, and he was cool with it.
Right after I hung up the phone the other friend I tried to tell on Monday text me. He had a feeling I was gay anyway.
I find it really interesting how one person can perceive a person one way and one can perceive them another way.
Kris
Right after I hung up the phone the other friend I tried to tell on Monday text me. He had a feeling I was gay anyway.
I find it really interesting how one person can perceive a person one way and one can perceive them another way.
Kris
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
October 11th
So as most of my readers already know yesterday was October 11th, national coming out day. This last year has been a really big year for me coming out. So to celebrate NCOD I decided to tell some of my other friends that I have not told. Still haven't told my parents, I want to but it is so hard for some reason.
The people I managed to tell on Monday was an old friend from when I went to dive school in Houston, TX. We used to work together at Lowes while I was going to school. She was pretty cool with it.
One of my co-workers asked what October 11th was, but I have not had a chance to talk to him about it. I think I want to tell him, he has become a close friend and think that it is something he should know about me.
I also let a friend from college know, it has been a while since we talked, and although I could not get a hold of him directly, I left him a message. I am hoping he won't have a hard time with it (don't think he will).
Then there was a friend I used to work with. He lives in Washington right now. I tried to tell him, but he has not responded to my text messages, so as soon as he does I am going to tell him.
Well that is my story for October 11th. I hope everyone that took advantage of this day had a good experience, and if you do decided to start coming out of the closet, take it from me, don't wait for the next October 11th. Make every day that special day to someone.
Kris
The people I managed to tell on Monday was an old friend from when I went to dive school in Houston, TX. We used to work together at Lowes while I was going to school. She was pretty cool with it.
One of my co-workers asked what October 11th was, but I have not had a chance to talk to him about it. I think I want to tell him, he has become a close friend and think that it is something he should know about me.
I also let a friend from college know, it has been a while since we talked, and although I could not get a hold of him directly, I left him a message. I am hoping he won't have a hard time with it (don't think he will).
Then there was a friend I used to work with. He lives in Washington right now. I tried to tell him, but he has not responded to my text messages, so as soon as he does I am going to tell him.
Well that is my story for October 11th. I hope everyone that took advantage of this day had a good experience, and if you do decided to start coming out of the closet, take it from me, don't wait for the next October 11th. Make every day that special day to someone.
Kris
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Life isn't better dead!
okay, I don't know how many people are reading my blog, and what age range all my readers are. I would like to think that there are more than just my closest friends reading this, but I don't know.
People please, over the last week, five teenagers have committed suicide due to being relentlessly teased by classmates for being openly gay. There are two problems I see. The first is the teasing. I know it is a fact of life people, I understand that 100%, I myself was teased a lot as a kid. The difference is, it wasn't because of my sexuality, I was not out at all when I was a kid. The biggest thing is that kids don't know when to quit. Look at how this is effecting the teen kid. Parents need to talk to their kids about the consequence of teasing.
The other problem is SUICIDE. Suicide is not the answer at all. Okay lets think about it for a second. How bad is your life, ...not bad enough. I know its rough, but coming from someone that was teased through school, it doesn't matter after high school. I myself wish that I had come out a long time before now. I love being defined as gay, but I am 33 years old and have had a lot of time in my life to figure myself out. Here is my point though. Life is so much better of a choice than death. Think of it this way. Life will never have a chance to get better if you don't give it a chance to. The world outside of school years is so much more accepting of Gay's.
I don't want to see any more stories like these. If you are going to come out of the closet and you are young prepare yourselves it is going to be a rocky road at first. If you let it get to you, then they are going to continue teasing you. If you go along with the teasing and play along with the teasing, it will get old for them and they will move on to someone else.
Don't suppress yourselves because your worried about the ignorance of the teenagers. Let yourself out, and just make yourself as mentally prepared for it as possible.
Please leave your comment,
Kris
People please, over the last week, five teenagers have committed suicide due to being relentlessly teased by classmates for being openly gay. There are two problems I see. The first is the teasing. I know it is a fact of life people, I understand that 100%, I myself was teased a lot as a kid. The difference is, it wasn't because of my sexuality, I was not out at all when I was a kid. The biggest thing is that kids don't know when to quit. Look at how this is effecting the teen kid. Parents need to talk to their kids about the consequence of teasing.
The other problem is SUICIDE. Suicide is not the answer at all. Okay lets think about it for a second. How bad is your life, ...not bad enough. I know its rough, but coming from someone that was teased through school, it doesn't matter after high school. I myself wish that I had come out a long time before now. I love being defined as gay, but I am 33 years old and have had a lot of time in my life to figure myself out. Here is my point though. Life is so much better of a choice than death. Think of it this way. Life will never have a chance to get better if you don't give it a chance to. The world outside of school years is so much more accepting of Gay's.
I don't want to see any more stories like these. If you are going to come out of the closet and you are young prepare yourselves it is going to be a rocky road at first. If you let it get to you, then they are going to continue teasing you. If you go along with the teasing and play along with the teasing, it will get old for them and they will move on to someone else.
Don't suppress yourselves because your worried about the ignorance of the teenagers. Let yourself out, and just make yourself as mentally prepared for it as possible.
Please leave your comment,
Kris
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