OurLadyJ

first africa. who’s next?

for some reason, natalie connects me to who i am. so we were talking politics. something like this.

in 2003, the US would not appropriate funds for Uganda’s AIDS relief efforts until Uganda agreed to stop promoting condoms. Uganda (like many other African nations) agreed, and since then, their HIV rates have gone up

dr. dobson, pat robertson, gw bush and crew are once again taking advantage of having the upper hand and are (more obviously than ever) exchanging humanity for morality.

and here at home… infection rates continue to rise- our queer youth being marginalized by these abstinence-only policies going hand-in-hand with the right’s opposition to queer marriage.

our infections will slowly build up to become the billboards for abstinence-only education.

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.” -Desmond Tutu

virgo

suzanne and i went to mark morris’ 50th bday party last night

how i love that man

and his company

he’s the first person i believed

when he assured me that i know what i’m doing

and i’m forever grateful

brother mine

on the phone

my brother told me he’s going to iraq

23 years old

they paid for his college

not enough money in the village

to train a boy for the dollar world

so mother, father, church approve

and off he goes

into war

he tells me

“it should be fun”

mother courage

somebody’s feeling the rage…

mother courage in the park tonight rang and rang and rang

spectacularly

tony kushner’s translation:

“it’s like somebody put a sign on my cooch that says ‘remember- you have to die.’”

brecht displays our humanity

no matter how embarrassing

shakespeare in the park

it hurts to smile

cuz it’s raining

and it’s fucking early

but i’m a happy child of the lord

living for meryl streep 2nite in central park

philip says “who gets the hivies?”

(all together now) WE DO!!! WE DO!!!

flesh

warhol and i agree

but not always

i wonder if mr dallesandro ever learned any manners

or perhaps he’s just a good actor

who isn’t a good actor

flesh & i are only hormonal

& u too

just chemicals like the speed activating andy’s brain

soon i can doubt this man

visuals lose power

as the chemicals exchange

enter the blog

so now i can blog

it’s 3:30 am

i picked up wifi tonight

usually not available in my neighborhood

timewarner or something

usually asleep by now

but on vacation

i’m very much a night person

not so many people exist

in the dark