I am alive! Also some stuff about sexuality, commissions, and a meme.

[badbastion]

Hello all!

It's so great being back home that I've been neglecting my online activities. I've tried to skim through my flist, and I've bookmarked a few fics to read, but other than that I've been going to the beach and hanging out with my family and stuff. It's so great :D

There are, however, not-so-great things about being out in public. One of them is that in the South (and probably everywhere else) people are opinionated and feel entitled to share their opinions with complete strangers, no matter how offensive @_@ So I went with my sister to Boy Scout camp to pick up a nephew's fishing rod that he lost, and while I was waiting, I stepped out of the car to smoke and had this awkward conversation with another smoking man.


Him: *gripes about having to smoke in the parking lot*
Me: Yeah, they're pretty much making most places smoke-free these days.
Him: They won't let you somke, won't even let you dip. But they'll let the faggots in.
(Now, this was kind of a slap in the face for me. It isn't every day, or even every year, that someone just throws that word up in casual conversation with me, so I was kind of shaken.)
Me: That is offensive.
Him: What?
Me: I am offended by that.
Him: *tries to justify it by explaining how since they've allowed homosexuals in the Scouts, people have stopped donating and many lodges have had to shut down*
Me: I think I'm glad they're letting them in. And I think we shouldn't talk any more, because I'm gay.
Him: Oh. *HUGE SIGH*

So, I went around to the back of the car and finished my smoke, and I told my sister about it on the way to the lake. By then, I was over being shaken by it, and I found it funny how robotically I delivered my "That is offensive" and "I am offended by that" lines, lol.

So, it was recently National Coming Out Day, and I officially did that a few years ago. But, if you didn't know, I'm bisexual. I consider myself/sometimes call myself gay or queer, because that's a lot easier to explain/easier for people to understand or believe than bisexual. So hi, I'm badbastion, and I'm bisexual. I love people in all shapes and sizes and colors and genders and orientations.



Commissions! I'm working on them. Life got really busy last week, but I'll be putting my nose to the grindstone this week and getting some serious progress made. If you're reading this, feel free to prod me in a week if you want to know where I am with your commission. Otherwise, if I don't have a rough sketch or any progress to show you within a week's time, I'll email you and let you know I haven't forgotten you. Even if you're not reading this, lol.

One more thing! I have a very special place in my heart for this meme, because it was here that I posted my first two pictures and my first fic in the SPN fandom. It's a great meme and it produces some wonderful fanworks, and I think EVERYBODY should take part in it.



A Dean-focused h/c comment fic & art meme
[Click on the image to go to the meme.]

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Go Go Prompt and Fill! :D

Comments

[matchboximpala.livejournal.com]

As a former smoker, the first thing that I thought of upon reading this was that one day smokers will be more reviled than gays.

I won't mind living in that world (though I do think smokers have rights, too). It is just a little bizarre to have lived long enough to see this change.

I'm so happy for you that you are near your family and finally have a chance to relax.