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August 15, 2005

La vie est gaie

Yesterday I received a Friendster message from someone who came across my profile and told me they liked what they saw. The whole message is pretty flirtatious (I don’t think it’s just me reading into it). Believe me, I’m flattered, but oh yeah, let me mention … it’s from a woman. And if you’re just joining us, I’m as gay as a daisy in May.

On Friendster profiles there’s no pre-made category to indicate your sexual orientation; however in the “interested in meeting people for” section, if you pick “relationship” or “dating,” there are variants appending the word “men” or “women.” Otherwise profiles are pretty neutral, unless you come out (as it were) and say so in the write-in sections.

There really should be a box I can check that says “gayer than springtime.”

Awake

Just a little piece of advice: if, like me last night, you are kept awake by backache-induced insomnia and decide at 3 in the morning to lull yourself back to sleep by watching TV, do not watch, say, a NOVA program on the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Honestly, I don’t mean to make light of the whole thing. I had recorded the episode and intended to watch it at some point, but last night was just not the ideal time. Back in bed I lay awake even longer. The image that stuck with me was news footage of water rushing through a city street like river rapids, full of debris and (one can only imagine) bodies underneath.

It made me wonder about the current state of relief efforts. ReliefWeb has a good collection of information resources.

Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer. Happy Monday.