Saturday, February 25, 2006

Faggot, anyone?


I'm currently taking a class dealing with the many facets of human behavior.

The first two sessions focused on childhood emotions and social behaviors. As part of the learning process, we had to visit a K-8 school and a nursery/pre-school. I observed how in each different age group, the social interactions amongst the children changed. There's a term that child psychiatrists like to call the two-year-olds........"the terrible two's." These kids for some reason scream and yell at each other - not really over toys either.

The next session focused on how alcholism and drug dependence modifies the human behavior. As part of this learning objective, we had to sit in a session of Alcoholics Anonymous. In the meeting that I attended, there were about 10 alcoholics present. The meeting began with an "AA prayer," mainly with the recovering alcoholics recognizing their wrongdoing and that they will surrender their will to their God. The AA members were not all street bums with no families - there were bankers, computer engineers (watch out, Benny), housewives - most of them just look like normal people that no one would suspect of being alcoholics.

The next session focused on the social mis/conception of HIV patients. The professor managed to secure some volunteers with HIV to come and share their experiences with the class....(I wonder how much they got paid. Speaking of which, the school also paid people to have us practice gynecological exams....i wonder how much these gals get paid. ) I have always wondered why gay people turn gay. Some say it's genetics while some say it's more to do with their upbringings. The volunteer that came to my discussion group was a rather interesting character.

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Richard is a 30 something year old male with HIV. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1990 when he went to his physician complaining of an unrelenting fever. He found out that he contracted HIV from his partner because he did not believe in using condoms - he prefers "barebacking" as he liked to call it. He never really went into details on how he became gay. I had to go visit his website to learn of his childhood history. He was born and raised in Texas. First of all.......it's Texas!!! Who in the world would think that a rustic place like texas would harbor the makings of a gay man.....but then again, there's that movie, Brokeback Mountain. He had 3 siblings - I believe they are all sisters, or maybe he has a brother also.... His dad was in the military and constantly drank. His father and mother constantly argued throughout his childhood, continuing to argue until their divorce when he was around 10. At times when he visited his grandfather (mother's side). He hated his grandfather.

"My grandfather, Ted or as we called him, Papa, which was my mother’s father, started playing a “game” called “uncle” with me. Papa, would wrestle me down to the floor, grab and squeeze my private parts and tell me to say “uncle”. It was implied that if I said “uncle” that he would let go, however, he would just tell me to say it louder, the whole time rubbing, grabbing and squeezing my privates. No matter how loud I would say “uncle”, it didn’t seem to matter, he would let go when he wanted to. Once, I started yelling for my mother, while he had me pinned down, she walked and stood at the door. He did stop, but, I was mad at her for not getting in his face like she did Miss Yarbrough, and tell him not to touch me EVER again. "

At 11 years of age, "A neighborhood boy and I went into a old shed behind an abandoned house and played “you show me your I will show you mine”. I tried to put my dick in his butt, but it wouldn’t fit. "

He also mentioned that after the divorce, his mother sort of went crazy. She would always beat him for reasons that he did not know. It got to the point where his grandmother had to call for social services to intervene, at which point, he was sent to Children's Home, where he was also sexually molested.

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Reading shit like this makes me sad. I didnt realize there were kids out there being treated like this - being sexually molested and beaten upon. And then you have spoiled brats like me who complains how it's not fair that I dont have an M3 like everyone else in my high school......

Disclaimer: Why do I have a picture of cigarettes, you ask? For you ingots out there, "faggot" is british for cigarette or a bundle of sticks. One can smoke a pack of faggots. One can also throw some faggots in the fireplace if it gets too cold.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Being a smart ass.......

Trying to procrastinate from my studies, I decided to venture into the mysterious domains of the digital internet world.

The thought of surfing porno sites crossed my mind, but it would just put me in a more depressed state. Talk about adding insult to injury, it will only remind me that I am not getting any sinful carnal pleasures. I eventually came across several websites that deals with IQ's. I have taken these online tests before - I never know if they are accurate. My typical IQ score ranges from 126-133. On my most recent IQ test, I managed to score 129. Here's how i fare against society:

40 - 54 Severely challenged (Less than 1% of test takers)
55 - 69 Challenged (2.3% of test takers)
70 - 84 Below average
85 - 114 Average (68% of test takers)
115 - 129 Above average
130 - 144 Gifted (2.3% of test takers)
145 - 159 Genius (Less than 1% of test takers)
160 - 175 Extraordinary genius

Above average.........eh, I guess I can accept that.