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[25%Cotton]

i just watched this movie last night

 

 

a group of lesbians and gays in 1984 decide to support the miner communities who are on strike.

the beginning was a bit confusing and i didn't quite understand how the idea came about to begin with, it is based on an actual historical event so huh. anyway, it was funny and a bit campy but also had a lot of really warm moments.

 

there were a lot of times it seemed like it was going to fall into one of those "inevitable" gay plotlines that gay movies frequently center around, but the film kept moving along quickly without floundering or losing energy.

 

i recommend it. i had fun

 

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then today i watched this movie (yeah, i'm having a very gay weekend...):

 

 

a very, very beautiful movie... and the acting from Ben Whishaw (who you may remember as the composer from Cloud Atlas or Q from the recent 007 movies) is utterly flawless and tearjerking. he's probably my favorite actor. i wish the movie would've brought itself around a little sooner -- it feels like it deserved 5 or ten minutes more at the end... but it was quite a well made, delicate film.

 

it's on the slower side, pacing-wise, so if that's hard for you then this movie may be a bit tough for you, especially since there are like only 2 or 3 different locations that the film occurs in.

Edited February 8, 2015 by 25%Cotton

[25%Cotton]

Lilting is a beautiful movie    

yesssss

 

and ben whishaw (out british actor) was so amazing. i fell in love~

[25%Cotton]

going on a date later this month... ... ... the dude lives kinda far away and we mutually acknowledged that we live uncomfortably far from each other MOOOOONTHS back after we met up in my town one time.

(me: "i live in the middle of nowhere"
him: "hey look i can get there on one train"
*2 hours later*
him: "... this place is... so far from everything")

 

unfortunately for both of us,

we're both kinda lonely and desperate.

he's a bit odd for a japanese dude and seems to have very poor luck in finding people who appreciate him.

i'm shy and not interested in easy hookups and ... yeah just haven't met any gay people whatsoever in nearly a year.

 

it won't really work out because he wants to move to sweden as soon as he possibly can and i want to stay in japan. he's also not out to his friends.

*grah*

sorry, there's not much point in this post.

just wanted to get out some frustration i've been feeling lately. 

[25%Cotton]

The last boyfriend I had kind of put me off relationships. It was like two years ago now (lmao I need to get back out there) and I was still only 17 at the time and it was new being in different settings and experiencing new things in a relationship. I kinda chickened out. Especially since I realised then being "gay" was much more real than I imagined. I think my parents have always anticipated me coming home with and introducing them to a girlfriend and not a boyfriend, and even I got freaked out at the possibility of how that'd go. It's my own fault, being 19 and still not being out, or being in a position to openly talk about my sexuality. I think it's really daunting and frankly hard to being a socialite in the LGBT community without being "out". Anyone else feel the same?

i'm already 24... shit.

 

had a few boyfriends, though not for long. only with one of them did the two of us get really emotionally invested in each other. i'm really pushing with the scene now, though. 

chatting with a lot of guys on jack'd i could see myself enjoying an actual date with.

 

i'm not very active in the gay community outside of the internet, and i never go to bars or clubs, so i'm scared that when the time does come that i get a serious boyfriend or take part in the gay community, i'll be super naive, ignorant, and annoying to deal with.

 

i'm also scared i'm going to become like Liz Lemon on 30 Rock and not meet somebody i can actually be with until i'm in my late 40s. of course Liz Lemon won out in the end, but...  

Edited March 16, 2015 by 25%Cotton

[25%Cotton]

teaching about the existence of homosexuality banned in korean schools?

 

 

 

Training materials, issued to education offices in every city and province on 29 March, stated that ‘teaching about homosexuality is not permitted.’

‘Sex education is not intended to be an opportunity for teachers to share their views on sexuality,’ it added.

The document also forbids the use of terms for non-heteroxual orientations and orders schools to remove LGBTI-related information from their current curriculums.

[25%Cotton]

 

 

 

Off to Cali for awhile btw I'll be back the 14th~ <3

*O* i love it oh my god!!

 

anyway, i saw an add for a queer movie festival nearby and i decided to watch the teasers for some of the movies they'll be showing. i'm probably not going, but i liked this one:

 

 

apparently it's on the more comedic side. it looks cute.

[25%Cotton]

what are you guys watching?

 

today i ended up watching pretty much the entire gay storyline from The Fosters (that show with those two kids who became news a few years ago for being the youngest gay kiss on TV) through youtube clips. you might recognize these gifs:

 

 

 

anyway, i realized that these kids are basically 18-20 years old now which is insane because i was about 20 back when this was news (think it was just a few years after Justin & Austin's kiss on Ugly Betty, which itself was shocking TV at the time back in the pre-Glee era).

 

wondering if there's anything quality in America nowadays. the LGBT TV scene kind of over-saturated with meh storylines and clichéd d"token" gay characters, but recently i've just stopped hearing about them.

 

so, any recommendations? preferably something sweet rather than hyper-sexual

Edited August 8, 2018 by 25%Cotton