Gay, or perceived gay by a drunk, it's still a hate crime.

[ravan]

Today was the first I'd heard of this (also here and here.)

Fucking horrific. Equally nasty is the burying of the story, the "oh, it can't be a real hate crime because the victim wasn't really gay." type of crap, and the "gay panic" defense.

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

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a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

hi,

i'm janina, and i don't know if you remember me -
any how, stephanie just got in touch w/me and i thought that great as i had been thinking of you and folks in the san jose house w/such wonderful memories and great fondness and wondered how you folks (meaning: you, aaron, carl & stephanie) were doing...
aaron gave me your user name and well, here i am...

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[ravan.livejournal.com]

I'm really, really bad with names. But I still see Aaron and Carl sometimes.

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

are you good w/years and such? like back in 1983?

aaron and i have been talking via livejournal

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[ravan.livejournal.com]

With the brain damage I've had since? Only somewhat. We had a lot of fun back then, that I do remember, and I wish I still had that place - it was a great place to have people over for a weekend.

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

oh, i think i've had my share of brain damage as well...
i do know that i had wonderful times at your place...where do you live now? you still have a house or are you in an apartment or something like that?

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[ravan.livejournal.com]

I'm renting a small house in San Jose. It's not a good place for entertaining and having people hang out, and I'm a bit bummed about that. But it's in my budget, and is one of those nifty historicals - over 100 years old!

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

yeah, where i'm living now (the man i'm living w/now) - this place is small, barely enough for 2 people -
i can't imagine having any more than that in the house...

how many cats do you have? my daughter has 2 (one's gonna have kittens)...i miss them a lot (see icon)

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Total in the house? Four! One for each roomie, essentially.

But they don't take up much room..... ;-)

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

this is BUDDY (aka: handsome boy) - he lives w/my folks and 3 of my 4 kids (they're in their 20's)...

oh, there's a ferret (grayson) that lives in my house, too...

:)

what're the name of your kitties?

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[ravan.livejournal.com]

The two older boys are Frankie and Tommie. The younger two girls are Collette and Speckles.

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

the ones in the icon:

the furry, fat one is JOEY
the longer, sleek one is BOO

they're both girls...

do you attend scifi/fanfic conventions?

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Cute fuzzies...

Yeah, the next one I'll be attending/working is SiliCon, in October.

Re: a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

i want to go to that one...the browncoats are having a masquerade ball and i think it would be fun...