Shaneoid

My friend Craig came down from Glasgow today, it's the first time I have seen him since he moved away so it was good to catch up. Craig and I have not always been so close, but good friendships are built on lots of history, and I'd say I haven't made a better friend in all my 32 years on the planet. Outside my family, he is the only person who, when I talk to him, I feel like I am 'me'. We thrive on each others conversation and he listens to my crazy philosophies, which he can begin to understand as he is studying the subject too. I can't wait for him to catch up to Heidegger, then the real philosophsing will start! Craig taught me some valuble lessons in life, and was there for me at my lowest and highest. I had a thing for him at one point, but it wasn't to be and to both our benefits as we maintain a very good friendship. He thanked me today for convicing him to move out of Newcastle to go to Uni, it was my experience that I should have done that to get the whole University experience, and I passed this wisdom on to Craig, who is apparently having the time of his life, and I'm so chuffed for him.

We spoke about the whole gay thing as how it is percieved in modern times, it was interesting he said he was thinking of divorcing himself from the word 'gay' and using only 'homosexual' as a descriptive term for himself. He described how by calling himself 'gay', many of the new people he was meeting at Uni attatched a myriad of connotations to him, which has no bareing on his character at all. One even exclaimed "You're gay! That means we can go shopping together!"

*rolls eyes*

I think I will take his lead here, as I peer out in to what has evolved in to the gay lifestyle, it appeals to me like a razor blade sandwich, although I persist with it, 'no man is an island' as my Dad always said. I do prefer 'homosexual' myself, it points to a specific aspect of ones character, while 'gay' has been rolling in the mud for some time now and has picked up a lot of shit.