larious.
whats the last book you read?
New Moon
if you were a pro baseball player, what would be your intro song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98
what's your lucky number?
6
I prefer not to have black cats cross my path. I admit it made me a little nervous when one did.
I think Scar in The Lion King is probably one of the most genuinely nasty villains in a Disney movie. He murders his brother and makes his nephew feel responsible for it.
Favorite disney princess?
Not really a princess, but one of my favorite Disney heroines was Belle from Beauty and the Beast.
Who would be your wrestling tag team partner, dead or alive?
Mickey Rourke, just because......well, he's Mickey Rourke.
Fave song from a musical?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08akOt2kuo
Sheer ridiculousness at its finest.
Do you enjoy sports? Do you play any sports? If so, what?
I like soccer but I haven't played it for a while.
Have you ever gone caving? If so, where?
No.
Have you ever gone hiking? If so, where?
I don't know if this counts, but if you go off the trails in Millcreek Park in Youngstown, there are some pretty steep/rough places to get through. We went there location scouting for our indie movie we're working on.
Have you ever gone camping? If so, where?
No, was going to go with Mark and a couple we worked with at the time on a friend's extensive property, but we broke up beforehand.
Do you believe that 'everything happens for a reason'...or 'you make your own luck'?
I think some things are meant to happen. But I don't believe whenever anyone dies, it was "just your time to go". To me that says there's nothing wrong with murdering someone, or people dying left and right needlessly, because it was "their time to go".
Does your family know about your sexual orientation? If so, was coming out to them difficult?
My parents know, and three of my aunts (as far as I know), and some of my cousins.
I came out to my mom in 2004, but she'd already known for a while because both of my parents had found pictures on the computer when we shared it before I got my laptop, and had basically just been waiting for me to come out. She accepted it, and has generally been pretty supportive, but went through a bout of depression after I confirmed I was gay, because she's "strictly a traditional person". She's also not the most educated person about homosexuality, and thinks people "become" gay.
Dad was in denial about it for a long time, and he and I have never really outright discussed it. Obviously he knows I dated Mark for years, but Mom would be the buffer through which information was passed. I'd tell Mom something, she'd tell Dad, etc.
They've both met Mark on several occasions, and both actually seem to like him well enough. I think Dad has loosened up about it (not completely).
One of my aunts was always going on about gays, but she finally watched Brokeback Mountain just because Heath Ledger was in it, and turned out to love it and went on and on about how good it was.
Mom told her a while ago I'm gay, and she told the other aunt she lives with. Both don't really seem to think much of it, and said something to the effect that their feelings about homosexuality and gay marriage are separate from their feelings for "their favorite nephew". Which I don't know how I feel about, it's kind of like saying "well gays are bad, except you, because we know you", but ok.
Since then a few cousins have found out through friending me on Facebook or Myspace where my profiles say I'm gay, and told their parents.
What would you say to encourage other closeted Hypesters who may be reading this thread?
Being yourself is not a sin. You do not choose to be gay, and in your heart you know that, no matter what someone else who doesn't understand what you're going through might tell you.
It is not a sin to be yourself, it is not a sin to love, and it is not a sin to want to be happy the same way anyone else does.
In 99% of the ways you could name, gay people and straight people are no different. Life is too short to go through it repressing who you truly are to suit someone else, it's your life to live, not theirs, and you're the one who will suffer if you deny yourself your chance at happiness. We all have the right to want to love and be loved and to have our shot at finding happiness, and NO ONE has the right to tell you that you don't.
