This Year's Model of Humanity

1. On the Way Home -- Real Life
So, every night when I drive home from work, I pass a church. Said church has one of those outside billboard things that changes regularly. Recently, it has been saying 'few people have ever repented of silence'.

This strikes me as a horribly short-sighted thing to say. There are many occasions when silence is the wrong response. If something immoral/unethical/illegal is going on, it is wrong to stay silent about it. I mean, hello, 'all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'.

I mean, they probably don't mean "don't rock the boat" there, but that's still how it sounds to me every time that I read it.


2. Straight Bar -- Queer as Folk (UK)
There is a moment of perfect music on QaF (UK). Well, more than one, but this one is priceless. So, Vince goes to a straight bar and it is his first time in a straight bar. And the song that is playing? Game of Love.

I will quote the relevant lyric for you: The purpose of a man is to love a woman and the purpose of a woman is to love a man.

How perfect is that? Vince is in the straight bar, everyone assumes that he's straight, too, because he's in the closet at work, and, of course, as the song reminds us -- the natural assumption is that he's straight. Because that's 'normal' and that's, well, the way it is. The purpose of a man is to love a woman. And Vince's presence there reminds us that the song is complete bullshit.


3. Last Six Minutes -- Queer as Folk (US)
So, I've downloaded and watched what I've been told is the last six minutes of QaF (US) ever.
( Spoilers for the last six minutes of QaF (US) ever )

Thought about doing the 'ten things' meme, but I have a hard time remembering stuff like that. I got to fly a two-seater plane once when I was around 16 (left me with an intense adoration for the control of flying, though I've never pursued it -- may be part of why Jack O'Neill is so appealing, though). I've had a rhino brush up against a car I was in; it almost took off the right-side rear-view mirror. I've hand-fed a Sumatran Orangutan and handled a Burmese python multiple times. I saw Stephen Hawking live. Brilliant -- he was treated like a rock star.

I'm sure that there are other things, but my memory doesn't stay in lines.
( Spoilers for all seasons of both series )

After watching the S3 promo that glitterkittyjen linked to I figured out why Justin bugs me: he's too washed out. Blonde everywhere, no contrast. And his haircut makes him look so young, which is probably the point but which is also completely unappealing to me.

Of all the guys on the US version, I'm most attracted to Mikey (Hal Sparks made me go 'ooo' when I saw him in Dude, Where's My Car?, Hal Sparks is, in short, my type), on the UK version it was Stuart, who, from what I've seen, is a very different creature from Brian.

So, yes. I like contrast on guys. Also, I tend to like the shorter guys. Although, there are always exceptions. Which is why it's a tendency and not a rule.

Not that any of this particularly matters, as I do not get Showtime.

Unrelated side note: Am still deeply in love with silviakundera's B/X vid for Let Me Grow Old With You. I always get this little thrill when Buffy checks Xander's watch. Just casually picks up his hand and checks his watch, like "I do this all the time".

Related side note: Figured out who Justin was reminding me of in the promo! Luke Skywalker!