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Jun. 25th, 2006 @ 09:45 pm (no subject)
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New LJ Name - BuddyBoller

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Jun. 15th, 2005 @ 11:20 pm Zach's Shockwave on the Blogsphere
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(orignially posted on my blog here)

I have recently been following a 16 year old gay guy from Bartlett, Tennessee named Zach's effect on the blogosphere...

He recently came out to his parents as homosexual , and their response to this fragile information is to send him to an ex-gay religious camp called "Love in Action". Now... this all would have probably boiled over and things would have gone on as normal in these ex-gay camps, only Zach had created something of a "fan base" or "support group" with Myspace's blogging. His blog can be found here. It begins (from the bottom) with a few cute Myspace blog serveys, his coming out, displays the rules of Love in Action, his agony as he prepares going to this ex-gay camp, and a final "thank you for your support, and here I go" type entry.

People read his writings and the strict rules that LIA ("love in action") enforced on his blog. Soon, other blogging individuals and groups caught wind of his struggle. The word seems to have spread like a wildfire. According to Intelliseek's Blogpulse, In the past two months the topic of LIA has nearly doubled in blogging discussion (from about an average of about 0.02% of all blog posts to 0.04% of all blog posts)... I dont know if the link will work, but the chart displaying this can be found here. This search included both "Love in Action" and LIA search strings, but searching only on the string "Love in Action" the jump is far more drastic, the surge begins around the date of June 5th (two days after his most recent blog), that chart can be found here (again... I dont know how long this link will last).

One such group is the QAC (Queer Action Coalition) who have graciously volunteered to organize protests in front of LIA. (recent news and archives can be found on their blog here)

Another individual is E.J., writer of the blog Cherry Blossom Special, whom has been writing very open minded blog entries on this topic... one in particular is looking at the parents of Zach as human, which is probably one of the better articles, because it gives a different perspective - yet keeps a very positive and constructive viewpoint... that blog can be found here.

Wendi C. Thomas has also made a contribution to the knowledge of LIA, two of her articles can be found here(pdf) and here(pdf).

There has been rumors that Zach will leave LIA very soon... many will anxiously await not only the completion of his finding his sexual identity, but what impact his simpy writing in a myspace blog has had on the blogosphere, and what the blogosphere is now doing to help prevent forcing people of all ages to deny themselves their identity.
Jun. 9th, 2005 @ 10:02 pm vacation!!! w00t
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Tone: mellow
Chillin/Rockin/Dancing to: Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl"
I'm currently at my Aunt Paula's house... Watching television with my grandmother while checking my e-mail, looking at mishaps, and finishing up w/ a blog entry.

Anywhoo - my father informs me Saturday that my grandmother wants me to visit her in Oceanside so I can hang out with my cousins.

Well... sunday comes along and I head over to my Aunt Joy's in Orange County... I get to see and hang out with my cousins: Mikey, Sara, Desiree, and Dejah. My Aunt Joy, Aunt Maggie, and Uncle Mike. Along with Aunt Joy's bf... I cant remember his name. And Desiree's Boyfriend, Gordon. We talk about psychology and personality types... all good times. Uncle Mike and Aunt Maggie drive me over to Oceanside. I get there... hang out with my grandparents that were there (start on endangered species puzzle). Then I go to sleep.

I wake up monday, expecting to go to the zoo w/ U. Mike, A. Maggie, Desiree, Gordon, Grandma, and Grandpa to the San Diego zoo... but because Desiree was running late and U. Mike was having back problemos we decided to have a "lazy day" Desiree and Gordon eventually came and we all talked... which was interesting. Later on we decide to get chinese... so we do... and Dejah and her boyfriend, Brian came to eat food with all of us. It was good times... (Brian was supper cute and cool... Dejah sure knows how to choose 'em). That nite, since parents dont like their children getting sexual while they're around... I shared a room with Gordan as Desiree slept in the other timeshare w/ her parents (U. Mike and A. Maggie). lol - to say the least Gordon was having Desiree withdrawls. I came out to Gordon as a "practically gay bisexual" and I also told him that there's not much I could do about his frustrations because he's Desiree's.

Tuesday comes around... and generally all that was was spending time with Millie and another nun at a retreat and also a quiet restaurant called the Bread Basket... I had a delicious chilii-in-a-bread-bowl. I leave with my grandparents as the two nuns bless me and put my voyage through life in their prayers... I gave an appreciateive laugh, nod of the head, and a hearty "thank you". We then went back to Oceanside and hung out at the pool and such... pretty relaxing. I cooked pasketti sauce for dinner the next time under the guise of U. Mike.

Wednesday we finnaly get to go to the San Diego zoo - w00t! I bring sunscreen along and announce that people put some on, because it WAS a beautiful day... and beautiful, sunshiney days = sunburns... Des and Gord put on their sunscreen, but I dont think U. Mike or A. Maggie heard my announcement. A. Maggie ended up with a horrible sunburn... and when I say horrible.. I mean - jeez - red red red red red red!!!! But we saw lots of animals.. I got a few cool souvineers for ppl. We left the zoo and went back to Oceanside to have the spagetti dinner (which the sauce was delicious if I do say so myself :-P)

Thursday... I wake up... get dressed... get packed... and head over to my Aunt Paula's. Where we figure out how we are goin to get me all the way back home to Moorpark.

So... the plan is. I go with grandma and grandpa to trainstation... they get me on a train to Moorpark... I get to the train station... walk/take bus home... and well... I'm home... for just over 2 weeks before I turn big 18. Who knows what will happen then... Time will tell... time will tell.

What a way to kick off the summer... yippie skippie
Jun. 3rd, 2005 @ 05:48 pm Graduation... Grad Nite!
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Tone: in awe
Well... Yesterday was the day the class of '05 graduated from THS@MC. Well - I kinda did too, but as a future grad (I'm going to take college classes in the Fall). Which is all good and dandy, since they still let me go to Grad Nite.... w00t!

Here's the basic jifts, I hang with Marisa, Mel, Jamie, James, Cin, and Robert (I can never really remember Cindy's bf's name). So... first we hop on Splash Mountain! w00t! That was fun times. the pic is great... and I'm waiting for that pic to be posted somewhere :-P. Then, we wanted to go on Indiana Jones, but the line was uber long... so we went "fuck this"... and went over to fantasy land. I went on snow white, they went on the carosel... then we get lost... then I decide that I dont want to play hide and seek and found this cool bunch of Oxnard graduates to hang out with... we went to the teacups - fun times... they got dizzy - I didnt, lmao. Then we nabbed something to eat... then we went to startours and buzz lightyear. Then I decided to break off from them and go on my merry way. I went to the dancefloor and moved my body to the music - had fun, but although I was wearing a pink shirt... I dont think it's a good indicator of homosexuality nowadays... damn metros. so I end up going on Pirates twice and Haunted mansion twice... then I took the long hike back to the bus. Although I spent half the trip alone... I still had a blast.

So... now it's the summer. I (hope to) get a job, (hope to) get and drive a car, and (hope to) turn 18. Well, I am going to turn 18... but it's a big thing for me... kinda wierd and surreal that guys will no longer run away from me because I'd be "jailbait". Well... anyways, I'm free for whatever peoples, untill I get a job... If you want to hang out - feel free to hit me up!
May. 21st, 2005 @ 12:26 pm I'm a charmer... who would've guessed
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I am the Charmer

Charm is seduction without sex. Charmers are consummate manipulators, masking their cleverness by creating a mood of pleasure and comfort. Their method is simple; they deflect attention from themselves and focus it on their target. They understand your spirit, feel your pain, adapt to your moods. In the presence of a Charmer you feel better about yourself. Learn to cast the Charmer's spell by aiming at people's primary weaknesses: vanity and self-esteem.

Symbol: The Mirror. Your spirit holds a mirror up to others. When they see you they see themselves: their values, their tastes, even their flaws. Their lifelong love affair with their own image is comfortable and hypnotic; so feed it. No one ever sees what is behind the mirror.

What Type of Seducer are You?
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