Comments for Alone and Unobserved

Comment on Enduring Homophobia by Sunday in Outer Blogness: Personal Narratives Edition! | Main Street Plaza

Sunday in Outer Blogness: Personal Narratives Edition! | Main Street Plaza — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:15:22 +0000

[...] in the air? Or is it “Talk Thursday” that has folks reminiscing about life-altering memories? And about finding your personal history’s place in history? And in [...]

Comment on Enduring Homophobia by Jendar Morales

Jendar Morales — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:22:33 +0000

you may have heard of this, but last march two 11 year old kids, from different schools, committed suicide around the same time as a result of been bullied. they were constantly being made fun of for being gay, even though nobody ever really found out whether they were gay or not. when i read this in the new york times my heart broke. i believe more action should be taking regarding this. it just breaks my heart.
Jendar Morales´s last blog ..*Some thoughts on being mormon, single and 25 years old

Comment on Enduring Homophobia by JP

JP — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:07 +0000

I had some of the same bullying experiences but in Catholic Private School. Junior High was awful. I survived. Thankfully, in my liberal Public High School I had very little harassment and things turned around for me for the positive there.

I hope that the recent legislation will in turn not only penalize hate crimes and enforce policies to help individuals, but eventually change attitudes.
JP´s last blog ..Tarzan Zoo Prank

Comment on Online Shenanigans by JP

JP — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:27:01 +0000

You’re funny!
JP´s last blog ..Tarzan Zoo Prank

Comment on Dance Is a Metaphor by erinannie

erinannie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:07:17 +0000

Beautiful. And accurate.

Comment on Online Shenanigans by Craig

Craig — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:05:09 +0000

Those are mind-blowing. I’m trying to come up with scenarios which would lead to either call.

The first one I was going to go with an elderly person who just needed someone to verify what the site was before they looked at it, but then I realized that you said they claimed to be reading it from a business card. Weird.

On the second one, I’m guessing they had a tiff with said “J” user and want to avoid having their IP address logged. Yet, somehow it seems fitting that in Utah a person might think it’s a more acceptable excuse to claim spying on one’s own household. :)

Comment on Enduring Homophobia by Sean

Sean — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:17:06 +0000

@MoHoHawaii: It’s true. It’s a wonder any of us survived. :-/

@Eric: I saw that! So exciting. This issue is getting a lot of attention right now—sadly it’s mostly because of all the suicides and hate crimes that have been happening. :(

Comment on Enduring Homophobia by Eric

Eric — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:11:35 +0000

Coincidentally, I saw from @JoinTheImpact on Twitter this morning that Alabama (of all places…) has enacted an anti-bullying bill that includes LGBT students. Link: http://bit.ly/2u8H1P

Comment on Enduring Homophobia by MoHoHawaii

MoHoHawaii — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:51:55 +0000

I loved this story. Survival always seems like a miracle.
MoHoHawaii´s last blog ..Halloween costumes – keeping it butch

Comment on Happy Hour by Sean

Sean — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:51:10 +0000

Braden: Can’t you do inter-library loans to the SLPL?

Yes, you can, and I’m actually a good person to go to in the library if you want one. But I have no way of knowing if that’s what this patron wanted, because he wouldn’t tell me.

I guess the moral of that story is: if you want an interlibrary loan, it’s best that you ask for it. And if you don’t know the correct term, explain what you want instead of hanging up on me when I don’t immediately understand you. Librarians can’t read minds. *sigh*

Chism, welcome! I’m glad the ghastly hour I spent on the phones today lifted someone’s spirits. :D