But I hate tofu and never eat it...

[felis_ultharus]

1. There was a lovely windstorm last night. They were predicting 80 kmph winds, but I don't think it actually topped 60. Too early to tell yet if trees were uprooted, like they were last week.
   
   
2. It's been fun catching up with friends. I saw Sean Monday and Tuesday, and hopefully will see him again today. Sam -- for those of you keeping track of these people -- is married now. It's funny thinking that the kid you used to babysit for is married.
   
   
3. I spotted Victoria's Gay Guy -- this city only has one at any given time, and when he flees to greener pastures another appears to take his place. This one was a gorgoeus redheaded twentysomething working the counter at Zydeco, a novelty and kitsch shop.
   
   
4. Victoria has more novelty and kitsch shops per capita, I suspect, than any city on Earth. If you need a t-shirt boasting your sexual prowess, Jesus action figures, boxing nun puppets, or those crystal balls full of electricity, you have plenty options. Strangely, I have yet to find a store specializing in DVDs, which perhaps says something about the entertainment tastes of Victorians.
   
   
5. Tofu causes male homosexuality. You heard it here first. I suppose, conversely, nothing promotes male heterosexuality like filling your mouth with a nice, big slab of meat.

Comments

[maidenofirisa.livejournal.com]

1. That's some wind. Does it happen often that trees get uprooted?

2. I'm glad to hear you had fun with some friends! (They're growing up so fast :p)

3. How long do you think that one will last?

4. If you are mentionning them, it means you saw them, right? Who would want a boxing nun puppet?

5. People who eat soy become more feminine... (What is it with people thinking that all gay men are feminine?) If that's true, maybe I should eat more soy ;) No wait, I just read, it might also give me cancer. I kept hoping this article was a joke. Do people really believe this?

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

1) The nice little wooden portico in my parents' garden was knocked over. And there have been a few crushed houses throughout the province.

3) He'll be here until he can grab the first ferry (fairy?) out of here, I'm sure.

4) I suppose if it was either a boxing nun puppet, or a real boxing nun, I'd take the puppet. And yes, they had all those things. I've also seen Where the Wild Things Are panties in these stores.

5) I've learned that when it comes to inventing reasons for homosexuality, the religious right will leap on any explanation, however desperate, to keep themselves from the reality. There's a great scene in the movie But I'm a Cheerleader where the victims of an ex-gay program are urged to find the "root" of their homosexuality. One girl's explanation: "I was born in France."

[montrealais.livejournal.com]

I spotted Victoria's Gay Guy -- this city only has one at any given time, and when he flees to greener pastures another appears to take his place. This one was a gorgoeus redheaded twentysomething working the counter at Zydeco, a novelty and kitsch shop.

Did you hit on him?

[rougemacabre.livejournal.com]

My sentiments exactly. ^_^

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

I couldn't take my eyes off him, so I was very un-subtle. He was giving me the I'm-only-tolerating-you-because-I have-to expression I'd given myself during my clerk days, so I got my purchases and slunk out of the store.

[yumemisama.livejournal.com]

In his defense, I was a cashier once for about three weeks and Russell Crowe could have walked naked into the Wal-Mart where I was working and I would have ignored him. The only way to survive retail is to shut your brain off. ^^;;;

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

I'm still adjusting to friends my age getting married... I don't even want to think about the kids I used to babysit. >_<

I heard it here second actually. But *snicker* that is the most ridiculous article. I eat tons of tofu AND take birth control pills and trust me, I'm not feminine. Oh but I like men... that must be the tofu! Oh! And my brother likes to play female characters in MMORPGs, that must be the soy milk my mother gave him as a baby! What have we done?! We must warn the world!

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

'Course, we all know you're secretly a gay man, Oh Empress of the Bishounen Armies. Must be the tofu :p

[rougemacabre.livejournal.com]

Glad things are going well for you. How's the NaNoWri2W going?

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

5,284 words since Monday ^_^

[sugar-spun.livejournal.com]

I'm a vegetarian and have been for twelve years now. Does that mean my interest in men is artificially induced?

My mother will be so disappointed.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Clearly.

And if you make tofu for any menfolk, you might want to warn them.

[rougemacabre.livejournal.com]

You know, the bad part about that article - I was convinced it was a joke website. Something akin to The Onion. So I went to find information on it, only to find out it is a conservative online news sight. >.>

How the HELL do they explain all the Asians who eat soy as a regular part of their diet? They seem to have no issues with reproduction.

And the bit about small homosexual penises. How can they even claim this as legitimate journalism? *sigh*

[montrealais.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? Well, that certainly hasn't been *my* experience.

Seriously, didn't they do a study that says we have bigger ones than average?

[rougemacabre.livejournal.com]

Technically, they did not say "Homosexuals have small penises." Here's the exact quote:

Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality.

However, if soy supposedly leads to small penis size and homosexuality, one would presume homosexuals have small penises.

That they would even think this ludicrous excuse for an article newsworthy is pathetic.

[seal7.livejournal.com]

Waitwait... they MEAN this? LOL! I read it and seriously thought it was a joke too... akin to the Onion.

[rougemacabre.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who took this as a joke at first.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Cite and quotation linked below ^_^

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

terren_divided once mentioned an absurd sociology theory he'd heard that southeast Asians were (the theory goes) had a less sexual, more intellectual culture because of their (presumed) smaller genitalia.

So if you were to ask about Asians, I bet the response would be, "See! There's the proof!"

And as montrealais pointed out, the only study on gay versus straight penis size (http://www.unl.edu/rhames/courses/readings/homofinger/homo_ua.html) came out with gay men being longer on average:

"Studies have shown gay men have more circulating male hormones in their bodies and larger genitalia, he says. The penis size study by a Canadian team was published last year and based on interviews and measurements of more than 5,000 men made by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction between 1938 and 1963.

On five measures of penile length and circumference, gay men scored higher than straight men. The explanation, again, could be hormone levels before birth that affect both reproductive organ size and sexual orientation, conclude the researchers from Brock University in St Catherines."

In an article published when the study was released, the difference was said to be "about an inch."

[yumemisama.livejournal.com]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's probably more comfortable for you than it is for us. "Cervical bruising" is right up there with "severe menstrual cramps accompanied by stomach flu" and "root canals performed by a crazed, unlicensed dentist without anaesthesia" on the list of Things I Do Not Want To Experience In Life Any More Than I Really Have To.

[yumemisama.livejournal.com]

I suppose, conversely, nothing promotes male heterosexuality like filling your mouth with a nice, big slab of meat.

I want you to know I nearly spit soda all over my keyboard because of you. ^^;;;

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Then my work is done ^_^