Life in California

[usullusa]

I was out at a restaurant with a bunch of my new friends here in California and I was suddenly struck by how awesome they all are. We literally made a list of queer movies to watch next weekend and then proceeded to come up with a "Gay Agenda" for the lulz.
I love that we sit around in the living room, watching a show, and point out when there is gay subtext. Just. I can talk about queer stuff and not feel like I am a Character. I am not trying to imply that any of my wonderful, amazing friends back home are homophobic, or offensive, or in any way not supportive. I love all of them profoundly and they are family to me. I've just never had a group of friends where I felt that I didn't have to tone down the rampant queerness of my conversations. Again, this is not because anybody in particular is intolerant. It's that it made me the eccentric one, or The One Who Always Talks About Gay. It was a quirk.

It feels really awesome not being eccentric anymore. Not that I don't freely admit that I am eccentric as hell. But I don't want to be eccentric about this.


Please don't comment defending yourself. I am not accusing anybody of anything. It's just a difference in interests and perspectives.

Comments

[xturncoatxiii.livejournal.com]

California: it makes you gay.

and by California I mean the Bay Area.

I could have a more verbose&eloquent response but I refuse to English anymore it's late.

[usullusa.livejournal.com]

I think the point was that I was already gay. Just now I feel less like I'm imposing on people's patience when I talk about queer things.

[xturncoatxiii.livejournal.com]

I meant other people like me being gayed by California

but I give up words forever I cannot

[usullusa.livejournal.com]

Obviously it was the California air. It has gay cooties.

You can never word. <3