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A Little Respect My Heart Goes Bang

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

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@thejohnjernigan, AIDS, Alabama, atlanta, Birmingham, buy John's book $3.99, Cruising, dating, Dead or Alive, drag queen, Erasure, funny, gay, gay dating, homo, humor, LGBT, Looking Hbo, new wave, queer, relationships, sex, the 80's, transgender

16 years old, cruising Highland Park in Birmingham’s Southside, singing along with Dead or Alive and Erasure, searching for a distinguished gentleman: so so GAY! and criminal?

“The other night a close friend told me
Never let my heart fall into careless hands
I said,”Thanks, that’s very nice, appreciate your good advice
But things don’t always go the way that I planned”

“I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you’re making me work so hard
That you give me no
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me”

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Straight Outta Compton, Boyz in the Hood

24 Monday Mar 2014

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90's rap, AIDS, bloods, Boyz in the Hood, buy John's book on Amazon, crip walk, crips, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, gay, hip hop, HIV, Ice Cube, LGBT, N.W.A., Serena Williams, snoop Doog, Straight Outta Compton, Too Short

Straight Outta Compton, Boyz in the Hood

Found: N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton t-shirt, 50 cents at the Sheriff Youth Ranch thrift store in New Port Richey.

Eazy E, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Too Short…that was my jam, until Eazy got the HIV and his T-cells peaced out. Let me put it to ya like this “Rollin’ 20’s Westside Crips”

Then I let the Alpine play
I was pumpin’ new shit by NWA
It was “Gangster Gangster” at the top of the list
Then I played my own shit it went somethin’ like this

Cruisin’ down the street in my 6-fo’
Jockin’ the bitches, slappin’ the ho’s
I went to the park to get the scoop
Knuckle-heads out there cold shootin’ some hoop

Cuz the boyz in the hood are alwayz hard
Come talkin’ that trash and we’ll pull your card
Knowin’ nothin’ in life but to be legit
Don’t quote me boy, I ain’t said shit

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Jared Leto

02 Sunday Mar 2014

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30 seconds to mars, AIDS, best supporting actor, cinema, Claire Danes, Dallas Buyer's Club, dating, gay, HIV, Jared Leto, Jordan Catalano, Lesbian, LGBT, love, movie reviews, movies, My So Called Life, queer, relationships, sex, the Oscars, theater

Jared Leto

“To all the dreamers out there around the world watching this tonight in places like Ukraine and Venezuela, I want to to say we are here, and as you struggle to make your dreams happen and live the impossible, we are thinking of you tonight.”

“This is for the 36 million people who have lost the battle to AIDS. And to those of you who have ever felt injustice because of who you are and who you love, I stand here in front of the world with you and for you.”

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All Cried Out

28 Thursday Nov 2013

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12 Years a Slave, @thejohnjernigan, AIDS, Brad Pitt, Dallas Buyer's Club, dating, gay, HIV, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, john jernigan, Jordan Catalano, movie reviews, movies, My So Called Life, queer, relationships, Thanksgiving

All Cried Out

Carmen and Melissa and Lidia and Sarah and Jim all invite me to have Thanksgiving dinner with their families. I decline, but I am glad they offered. Instead, I mope around the house. I cry a little and feel sorry for myself. Take the dogs for a long walk. Come back, cry. Eat pizza and doughnuts. Have a short nap. My mother doesn’t call. Watch the dog show and football game, then muster the energy to go to the movies, all emotional and whiny and teary-eyed like a woman or homo or something. I choose the Dallas Buyer’s Club, and cry. I cry for Jordan Catalano and I cry for friends that have died from AIDS and I cry because I’m lonely. After the movie, I sneak into 12 Years a Slave. I cry because of slavery. I cry because I am no longer young and skinny. I cry because I’m lonely, and I cry when something happens at the end of the movie of course. I come home and curl up with Cricket and Squeak, and I don’t cry, I’m all cried out. I’m going to get a haircut Friday and maybe workout and clean the apartment and go to the flea market and ask this guy John from Port Orange out on a date, to somewhere nice like the Olive Garden or the Red Lobsters. I want to be happy again, I sure hope that I will be soon.

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