By Jeff Walsh
Sitting in the president of Atlantic Records' Los Angeles office, during a day-long string of interviews, Extra Fancy lead singer Brian Grillo finally realizes how far he's come four years after the birth of his band.
"It is so incredible in here. It just hit me that I'm sitting in the president's office looking all the way as far as Santa Monica, and I have the whole office to myself," Grillo says. "It's almost as big as my whole house."
By Jeff Walsh
In a recent phone interview, Brent Calderwood reflected back on his years of being openly gay and politically active. From the time his picture appeared on the front pages of area newspapers, to his stint as senior editor at insideOUT magazine, and then his freelance writing career. Of course, there was also his run as a media mogul, speaking on gay issues on radio shows and on the nationally-syndicated Gabrielle Carteris talk show.
By Jeff Walsh
No one will have to remind Kelli Peterson that high school is a time she won't forget. And even if this 17-year-old did forget her senior year, she can just look back on the newspaper and local television clippings, and -- of course -- there was also that MTV News segment.
Peterson, who has been an out lesbian at East High School in Salt Lake City, UT for two years, decided to work on starting a club for gay students last winter.
ah this whole thing is doing my head in. basically i'm seeinng this guy, but over the last couple of months i've been starting to think quite a lot about this girl i know. shes pretty much amazing, she beautiful shes funny we get on well, and shes bisexual. we've always flirted with each other, and then last friday we were flirting pretty heavily, an the next thing i knwo we're kissing. this repeats several times, then we went back to her flat an spent the night drinking and talking. nothing else happened, but theres such an edge between us, its prety clear we both wana screw each others brains out. thing is she's 8 years older than me, also sorta seein someone tho its not a big deal, and im pretty certain my best friend wil desert me if she found out. yeah so you think its not a big deal, two girl kiss, pretty normal, i want it to be more than that, i want to be with her really badly. on the other hand i gota conisder what my friends will do, and the guy im seeing, i love him to bits but id end it if i knew i coudl be with her. ha how teen magazine do i sound.
I am sorry that I am bothering you all again...but I was sitting here looking at the little bulletin board my mum has and theres a post card there that I have to describe. It has a picture of a highway with three signs. The far left lane has a sign that says "Gay" the far right has one that says "Bi" and the middle has a sign that says "Straight" with a mini sign underneath that reads "Be Honest" I thought I would share that cause I think its cute.
If you're in love with your best friend and have been trying to tell them, but they keep denying it [because that would mean we both would be lesbians]and you suddenly stop talking to you best friend because you can't bear to be just friends with them. Now when you bump into them and they ask you why you havent been talking to them, and you just say you've told them over and over and now you want to just let go.
My my my... all right, lets see if I can get all of this down. *takes deep breath* Here we go...
My life at the current moment in a nutshell:
So yah ::dances around happily:: Had a bad day but its okay (I just rhymed!)cause someone responded to my last blog and that comment made me happy...but sad. ::grumbles:: Nothing can work out right when it involves me. La la la al al al. I have a crush on a person, and I know I shouldn't cause its not gonna work atleast not right now, but I do. ::sigh:: Stupid blonde me. I really hope though that her friend doesn't hate me.
Okay, I thought of some quotes...
I spent the day with my boyfriend yesterday and I had a wonderful time. It was strange to be with him here, near my home. We went to all of the normal places, places where I could easily run into people I know, and I enjoyed the thrill of it. It didn't matter, because I loved being with him.
We started our day by going to lunch at some place way out in the middle of nowhere. The waitresses' names were Billie and Becky Lou and the like, and the parking lot was filled with pickup trucks. Before we got out of the car, he gave me a flower, and I had to try my hardest not to kiss him right there. I reminded him that we had to be discrete, though; I pointed out where we were. "There are plenty of fences for us to be tied to out here," I told him. It wasn't as melodramatic as it sounds. We both smiled. We had just seen The Laramie Project, both a stage version and the movie, the week before, and it was sort of a catalyst for the relationship.
