| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. To this day, she has no idea what a "Lolita" is. |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| Fairy Tales. Literally. |
| Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
It was bound to happen, what with the way the hand of Brokeback seemed to reach out and touch everything.
A teacher in Lexington, MA read a children's story called King & King...
 ...to her class of seven-year-olds without getting permission from their parents first. That apparently unleashed a shitstorm grande (hmmm...there's a pun in that somewhere) that has the conservative right up in arms and parents' rights groups threatening lawsuits.
In the book...The crown prince rejects a bevy of beautiful princesses, rebuffing each suitor until falling in love with a prince. The two marry, sealing the union with a kiss, and live happily ever after. Now that sounds like a cute little tale. And they were royals too? I'll bet their wardrobe was FABULOUS.
Gay fairy tale sparks civil rights debate |
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I am not sure what the teacher's agenda was here, but she definitely made a mistake. Come on, 7 year olds?
I really think that ultimately what many think Broke Back did to advance the visibility of gays will actually end up making it necessary to go underground.
The right white (and sometimes they are actually neither) was already threatened by the browning of America and add to that the "sweetening" (no offense meant here) they have no choice but to lash out. The incidents of hate crimes will definitely be on the rise. Not a prediction just the nature of the beast.
All you have to do is look at periods when we were going through tough economic times. The po white trash then takes it out on the working class Blacks and Latinos they feel are taking the jobs that they aren't qualified for or too proud to do except for the fact that they are running out of Black Label beer.
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i'm trying to figga out, how the story got out that a teacher read this story to the 7-year olds?
ya think one of the kids went home and told mommy & daddy or watched spongebob on t.v.? spongebob probably would get the vote, in fact, the kids probably weren't paying attention anyway.
we are talkin' about 7-year olds here ladies & gentlemen!!!
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Lance, my man, years ago I would have been in the "they're only 7 year olds" corner. However, when I my youngest was in pre-K -- so we're talking 4 year olds -- he came home and said, "Bobby and Sam say they're gay."
When I asked him why, he said, "It's gross, I don't want to tell you." I didn't want to press him and casually got back around to the subject a day or two later. I stressed that he could tell me anything and that even if it was gross it was sometimes best to get an adult's opinion. Well, you could have bought me for a penny when he said, "Sam and Bobby say they're gay because they suck dicks."
So, my man, 7 year old don't mean nothing these days.
Oh, as it turns out I mentioned this to Sam's mother. She and Bobby's mom had both been married before and had older son's from the previous marriage. As it turns out, the older brothers had taught the younger ones how to give head. Go figure.
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I guess my upcoming work, "Spot Loves Pussy" is completely out then. It's a quaint tale of a dog who falls for the neighbor's kitty cat. When their masters learn of the torrid affair, Spot and Pussy make a suicide pact involving heroin and the hydrant down the street.
Still trying to work out the plot kinks.
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yeah, good point juan. i keep forgetting these days, kids are more acute about the environment around them and with 500+ t.v. channels and the internet of an adult mind, there's much of "life" to grab.
you're one sick puppy matt!!!!
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I am not sure what the teacher's agenda was here, but she definitely made a mistake. Come on, 7 year olds?
I really think that ultimately what many think Broke Back did to advance the visibility of gays will actually end up making it necessary to go underground.
The right white (and sometimes they are actually neither) was already threatened by the browning of America and add to that the "sweetening" (no offense meant here) they have no choice but to lash out. The incidents of hate crimes will definitely be on the rise. Not a prediction just the nature of the beast.
All you have to do is look at periods when we were going through tough economic times. The po white trash then takes it out on the working class Blacks and Latinos they feel are taking the jobs that they aren't qualified for or too proud to do except for the fact that they are running out of Black Label beer.