Hey, I'm Brian and I'm not going to use my last name just yet because my wife will probably kill me if I do. I'm the "share too much" type and she's the one who gets embarrassed when we're at a wedding and I'm speaking to 9 people at once. I'm a sociable fellow, a very opinionated person, and frankly, I'm a bit disorganized upstairs so I'm not exactly uninteresting. I (to my chagrin) placed out of my English classes in college 19 years ago, I missed out on the easy homework as well as the chance to meet people with a poor grasp of grammar and spelling since they tend to be the most fun in bars and parties.
I'm pretty shocked about the conditions in this country, a lot has changed since I was 20 and enjoyed my first serious success in New York. I'm talking about a LOT. Such as Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner A few months ago we had a man who not only won Olympic Gold, but spent about the last 8 years on reality television with his kids. There's Brody Jenner (who I believe was a good guy/bad guy on Laguna Beach, one of the first scripted shows to start the reality ridiculousness) and there's Kendall (who is now a fashion model) and there's Kylie (who I am not sure exactly what she does and feel that this should be the norm with people who lack extraordinary talent.) Their father, birth name; Bruce, is now Caitlyn Jenner. Caitlyn has recently been labeled a "hero" for posing in lingerie after deciding at age 65 that he doesn't just have a feminine side but that he's actually a lesbian in a man's body and took steps to correct that over a few months, showing that if you have enough money, you can customize your body like a classic car and turn a badly-botched-by-plastic-surgery/Botox. male face into an acceptable female face with a matching body, and, presumably a working V made from the same P that produced 3 good looking children.
Yesterday Ron Huckabee (R) made a joke, stating that he wished at times that he was transgender too, specifically when he was in high school gym class during shower time. The uproar has been deafening. How could someone be so insensitive towards an American Hero like Caitlyn Jenner whose transformation into a 65 year old woman was more impressive than Bruce Jenner's Gold medal? The remark will probably cost him his presidential campaign.
20 years ago, it would probably cost a magazine their business if they put a transvestite on the cover (unless it was a fetish magazine in the seedy section of your local shop) and Bruce Jenner would go from former Olympic Gold winner into social pariah. Most people would never have known about Ron Huckabee's joke, but would have heard at least a trillion like it. I myself admit that I do not understand the plight of the transsexual person, it just doesn't make sense to me to have a lesbian's brain in a man's body. What I CAN understand is that being married to Kris Jenner for so long might confuse anyone about sexuality, their own masculinity, and why they've suddenly become entirely submissive after leading a life filled with confidence.
I don't feel proud of Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner nor do I feel any dislike for him/her. I don't feel comfortable calling him or her a he or a she, I don't understand how a father becomes a woman. I'm sorry America I don't think or want your explanation to help me, I just wish that we could leave this stuff where it belongs, in the bedroom. I think that people should be able to marry each other if they love each other. I do not think it's natural that a man who has been in the limelight for 8 years should suddenly be wearing lingerie on the cover of every magazine and newspaper and that it should be forced onto people because it just doesn't sit well with me for whatever reason. I accept you Caitlyn, I just wish you'd accept that I'm uncomfortable with the subject.
I'm about to be a first time father and I plan on sharing just about everything with a hopefully growing audience. My chief worries about being a father are having to explain things that I don't have an explanation for, how to avoid letting my son be exposed to the new dangers of the world that I was never exposed to, how to not let learned behavior influence my parenting, how to communicate with my wife when we disagree on how to parent and how to put my foot down on issues that are non-negotiable that we've previously agreed on and that she changes her mind about.
Finally, I suffer from ADHD and Bi-Polar disorder and I plan on sharing a lot about that particular issue. I'm not ashamed of it, I just hope my baby isn't bipolar because it isn't something I wish on anyone. If that keyword in particular gets me a bunch of hits, I've hit some pretty high peaks and some of the deepest lows you can imagine. If you're thinking about suicide, I'm a guy you want to message because I understand (a lot of people say it, I actually really understand it) and would like to share some of my experiences with you so that you don't pull the trigger, take the pills, make the first cut, or do anything else that might keep you from realizing tomorrow that it's the chemicals in your brain that make you think there's no tomorrow. There is a tomorrow and things do get better, even if today you can't see it.
Nice to meet you and I hope you enjoy my blog.
-BG
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