The Homosexual Agenda has finally been uncovered; you can read it here.
OK, I do have a confession: if I am ever awake at 6AM, it usually means I haven't been to bed yet -- it definitely doesn't mean that I'm headed for the gym. That is a vicious stereotype, and I for one will not stand for it anymore!
Needless to say, the Head Homosexual will not be pleased by this.
(Via Librarian's Rant.)
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I can't afford the gym, so I have to work out with dumbbells in my bedroom. Which sounds slightly more sleazy than I intended.
I am flattered that you think I have a profession to opine about. I do like Sedaris a good deal; I read his first book years ago, while I was on jury duty, and the rest of the jurists thought it was hilarious that I was laughing quite that hard. That said, I've never gotten around to reading his other books, although I bought them (except the latest, because Homey don't play hardcover). One day I will, but I think I had a reaction to his quasi-celebrity: suddenly every jerk who listens to NPR knows who he is, and can quote "The Santaland Diaries" to me.
My only complaint about him (and I have this complaint about a lot of people) is the overuse of irony. I don't really know how to explain it, except that at some point, you just hope they will finally show a real human reaction. I do realize that he is a humorist, and it it would probably harsh everyone's mellow if he just started ruminating over a dead kitten in an alley in Paris, but you can't be funny all the time. I've read somewhere that this latest book is a lot more personal, which intrigued me. I probably haven't explained it well enough. I'll just say that my generation seems to use irony as a way to prevent showing any genuine emotion, which seems to me to be somewhat cowardly. But the guy is still a hoot; his sister Amy is, too.
I haven't read Augusten Burroughs, largely because, having heard the details of his life, the prospect of reading about it summons up all sorts of Puritan demons that I would rather just let lie. Mostly I'm afraid that I'll regret that I've never gotten hammered and participated in a coke-fueled orgy with a bunch of guys who's names I never learned. But I do know that he gives a great interview, and I may get over myself enough to eventually read him.
I am a fan of Oscar Wilde, Joe Orton, Quentin Crisp, Charles Ludlam, and Noel Coward too. I have a great deal of respect for the tradition of gay humorists, and I read them obsessively while I was an undergrad. It is a heritage I strive to (someday) live up to.
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