Hey world...
It's Tuesday and I don't go in to work for another 5 hours. I've been here 11 days and I've yet to spend one at home doing nothing. My friends back home would be shocked. Yesterday I was off so I spent 12 hours out and about. Actually, I spent most of my time at Lisa's house, playing with my Godson. I seriously can't get enough of him. Usually I'll play with a baby, goo goo gaa gaa type ish and then give them back, I almost didn't want to give him up. Any way, so we went here and there and I met some more of Lisa's uncles. Her family is too funny! Last year when I came down for Spring Break her Uncle Terry took a liking to me. Well this time around Uncle Terry has some competition. It seems Uncle Ronnie has a thing for me too. We were shooting pool and he just kept staring at me! At one point Lisa said she has a message for me...I won't repeat it here, but I had to laugh out loud! I did turn a bit pink, but that's what usually happens to me when I am flustered. It was on the tip of my tongue to let Ronnie know that I was Terry's but I didn't. I should've gone with my gut. LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! Those gents are much too old for me anyway and I hope they realize that.
It was getting late and I decided I wanted to have some dinner. I called The Beast to see if he wanted to grab some grub but he'd already eaten so he asked if a movie would suffice. Who am I to turn down a free movie? Seriously, one of his friends is the manager at the movie theater RIGHT UP THE STREET from where I am staying. I scooped up Law and we all met to see The Island--"Lincoln Six-Echo (Ewan McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island," reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide "spare parts" for their original human counterparts. Realizing it is only a matter of time before he is "harvested," Lincoln makes a daring escape with a fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Scarlet Johansson). Pursued by the forces of the institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers."--Courtesy of Y! Movies Any way, the movie was interesting, kinda weird, surprisingly humorous, had some action, but ended quite poorly. I'll leave it at that so as not to give it away to those who may want to see it. There is a line in the movie that has now become my FAVORITE, especially since it pertains to kissing, which is also a fave of mine!!! There was some drama after the movie, but I'm not going to get into it here. Law and I are both off tomorrow so it seems we'll be spending the evening together. I can't wait! We might be able to persuade Marciece into hanging too.
We all had such a great time. We were transported back in time (6 years ago) when we were dubbed The Three Muskateers. Ciece would say something and Law and I would die laughing. Oh man, or Ciece would laugh during the movie and we would just crack up too cause it sounds sooo funny coming from him!!!! (Laughing RIGHT NOW at the thought). I got a little teary eyed. I missed them sooo much. We were consumed in each other. We were there for one another through rough patches in our lives and we never judged. We accepted one another w/o question. My mom wrote about the guys in her blog. I'll repost it here at the end, but I never knew she felt that way. I knew she loved them, but I didn't know how much. I remember the VERY first time she met Law she asked me if he was gay. I quickly said no, he had a girlfriend (naivete at its finest). My mom dropped the subject completely (or so I thought). I asked Marciece later that night before we all went to bed if he thought Law was gay and his response was, "Nah, I just think he's not afraid to explore his feminine side." So we just let it go. Continued enjoying the summer. Marciece had just graduated, I was officially a Senior and Law moved from Fish to Sophomore. That right there should tell you how great of a person Law is...the fact that a Senior and a Junior had no qualms about hanging with a Freshman (and I don't mean the actual status, but the age difference and maturity level). We spent most of the time in my pool. Remember the nights we'd go skinny dipping? ROFLMAO! Don't worry, I told Mami a loooong time ago. The three of us would spend hours laying in my bed just talking. Things we'd like to do, people we'd like to meet. Our hopes, goals, and dreams. Life in general. We only left my room to eat (since I had the master room). Law came out the end of his Soph/beginning of Junior year. He came over and was quite nervous. He kept laughing, then he decided he needed a smoke. So we head out to the front yard and he's looking everywhere but at me and says. "yeah soooo, I'm bi" I asked if it was bi but leaning more towards women or men? He said men and I said, "Honey, you're gay." He said he knew but he wanted to ease into it. I just hugged him, said congrats on finding himself. He was so surprised at how I took it, even more surprised that the people in school didn't turn on him. Of course he'd been throwing off signals left and right that year, I guess we knew it was coming. I told Marciece and he was like, that's cool. As long as he's happy. The other night Ciece and I were chillin' at his place, reminiscing about the three of us and I asked if he was just BSing me all those years ago about him thinking Law was just in touch with his feminine side. He smiled and said he didn't want to think about the possibility of Law being gay because he didn't want it to hinder their budding friendship or deter him from enjoying Law. He said that when Law finally came out, it didn't even matter. I just smiled and thanked my lucky stars to have friends like him. Ones who don't prejudge others. Ones who won't sit there and impose theirs beliefs of what's right and wrong onto you. You know the type-they'll sit there and say, 'I don't have a problem with your lifestyle cause you'll have to answer to God...' That really pisses me off. Don't say anything if you don't mean it. That sentence is a contradiction. Law was scared to death of what his parents would say, because they're religious. Law denied what he is because he knew he'd go to Hell if he admitted and gave into his being gay. I told him I'd be sitting right along side of him because I'm for everyone being happy and finding acceptance and love. I believe, contrary to what anyone says, including the Bible (GASP!!!!!) there are too many foul people running around in this world for God to truly be upset over someone loving another person of the same sex. Who are we to stop them from spreading love around? Who are we to treat them like second class citizens? I've had the pleasure of meeting and becoming friends with lesbian couples and gay couples. Some who have families and some who are fighting for the right to have/adopt children. I also know PLENTY of HETEROSEXUAL couples who are HORRIBLE at parenting, yet they're allowed...funny that two people so full of love that have the means and the desire to share that love can't do so because they love the 'wrong' person...Law calls me up and says. "I'm going to do it. I'm going to tell them." I asked if he wanted me to come over. He said no. An hour later I get a call and he's a bit emotional and hasn't told them yet. He wants me there. It's close to midnight and I have work in the morning, none of that passed through my head at the time. I threw on some PJs and headed over. We had a pep talk and then I waited in his room. About a half hour later I hear my name being called. I was sooo scared, I thought they'd hate me for not telling them or cluing them in...Law's parents were GREAT about the whole thing. We were all a little nervous for him. We'd be lying if we said differently. He's the ONLY son and the ONLY child AND he's Hispanic. They were shocked, and they admitted to seeing the signs (hindsight) but just brushed it off. His parents thanked me for being such a great friend. They were crying and so I started crying. I told them how I feared they'd hate me for keeping the secret, but hoped they understood it wasn't for me to tell. They embraced me and said they were proud to have me as part of their family. Of course his mom said something about no grandbabies, but Law and I clasped hands and I told them we'd already discussed that. One night, when the three of us were making pacts with/to each other it came up. Should Law and his partner (whomever he may be) run into problems adopting, I'd be their surrogate. That did them in.
Geez, start off in one area and end up in another. Sorry about just spilling it all on yall like that. I'm just so emotional over being home I guess...
Mami's Blog Entry:The Children of my HeartWhile I have three children of my own, and have mentioned them here. I have not mentioned the children of my heart. These children came to me through my kids. Little do many of us realize, our children's friends can touch us in many ways.Enter Lorenzio (my name for him) and Marciece (I always want to put a Q in his name). They sort of came in at about the same time, both in high school with my oldest, and they along with my daughter quickly became the Three Muskateers and stationed themselves in my home. From the moment I first met these two, I felt an emotional pull, and I also knew two things right away. One, that my daughter had a thing for Marciece, but I knew he was not THE one for her. Two, that my Lorenzio was gay. Yes, You read correctly! Of course, at that time, I am not sure he knew he was, I never asked him, though I did ask my daughter and she said no. It was for Lorenzio that my love grew even faster. I guess I was preparing deep down inside for the day when He realized he was gay, and for the day he would tell his parents. I guess I prepared myself to give him all the love I could because I had seen too often what rejection from family does to a gay person. I was NOT going to allow him to feel that there was anything wrong with him!!! Thankfully, he did not need what I was prepared to give, his parents understood and accepted him. Lorenzio keeps in touch and he is doing well. He better always wear a raincoat too.Marciece on the other hand was very much a heterosexual but with such an open mind. His quiet strength and his beautiful mind would leave me in awe sometimes. At that time, I could see the inner turmoil he may not even know he battled with. He seemed adrift for a while, not sure what he wanted to do with his life. He was sometimes quiet but always honest, I found that such a refreshing quality in someone so young. He is grown now, still handsome, writing his music, he has made a CD which I am still waiting to hear, and I am sure that which ever road he takes, it will always be the High one.
Pressed by a Fairie // 11:32 PM
