Name:Evan Country:Canada State:British Columbia Metro:Richmond Gender:Male
Expertise:* in sitting around doing nothing * in eating, breathing, metabolizing, sleeping* in listening to people, trying to understand* in not knowing much that is of use Occupation:Case Management / Social Work Industry:Non-profit / Social Services
What does it mean to be gay and be a man? There seems to be no straight answers and we don't have elders or role models we can turn to for simple and easy answers.
How would you define what is a manly man? Would we follow in line or out of the line? Trying to fit in the straight world? or the gay world?
This is an interesting documentary I am looking forward to watching some day.
Masculinity has to be a special challenge for gay men
because we are attracted to other men
and so the question of what makes a man, a man
and how I can be the thing that I desire
is the central question of who we are as a people.
I wonder how the changes in society's attitude towards masculinity will influence our process of figuring this out ourselves and in turn how our outlook at masculinity will influence society at large...
In the meantime, enjoy this amazing performance of a few Thai boys!
I just can't stop loving how they dance! They did the complete dance number of the Wonder Girls of the song Nobody. The song is awesome too!
I accidentally stumbled upon Phillip Toledano's photo site about the Days with My Father. I hope you will spend some time exploring the site.
It took me some getting used to but I managed to navigate through and at moments tears well up in my eyes.
How would you spend time with a loved one, especially knowing the time is limited?
Hard to avoid but think of my dad... As I was having fun last night out and about with friends for Halloween, my dad had another pain attack where he cannot sleep the whole night.
Cherish the love! This song came to my head... Seasons of Love
COMPANY
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love. Seasons of love.
SOLOIST 1
525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan. 525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?
SOLOIST 2
In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried. In bridges he burned, or the way that she died.
COMPANY
It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends. Remember the love! Remember the love! Remember the love! Measure in love. Seasons of love! Seasons of love.
To me, this is a festival of FUN. Perhaps in the past, the function of this holiday is to commemorate the dead or allow us a reason to contemplate our intimate connection with the dead...
but modern sensibilities have completely distorted and transformed it to a commercially money-making night of fun and craziness! =P Nothing to complain about as I am preparing for a night out of fun fun fun!
Besides, I still have holidays that really do bring me close to the deceased. The Chinese holiday of 清明節 Ching Ming Festival to commemorate the dead and 盂蘭節 Yue Laan (Hungry Ghost) Festival where all the ghosts are released out for a night to visit the living. Curiously, the Yue Laan concept is similar to that of Halloween... A special night where the ghosts and supernaturals are out and about roaming the streets and visiting the living...
Yet the cultural responses as to what is the best approach to face such a night were so completely different. Chinese would never thought of imitating those nightly creatures! In fact, it is thought to be a completely bad idea! The Chinese's approach is more to appease and avert or just simply stay out of their way.
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