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I have it on my Amazon Instant Videos It's a great movie as well and I don't care if they're brothers, or half brothers. Love is love. I might consider it

"All the world's a stage" Just saying

If I keep watching more gay movies, I might just end up making my own blog for reviewing these, but as for now, I will just write a review whenever I feel like it: "Were the World Mine" was a movie made in 2008, so it is quite recent, but I did not hear about it until I began looking into a list of recommended gay themed movies. First off let me get this off my chest, I hate Shakespeare adaptations in modern times, especially after watching the wreck that is "Private Romeo" (a gay themed movie that could have done so much more with the material). I went into this movie without high expectations despite its high recommendation and its interesting plot point. This film is loosely based on "A Midsummer Nights' Dream", one of my personal favorites of Shakespeare along with Henry IV and Hamlet. I was completely surprised by the high quality of the acting, choreography, dance numbers, and music (It's like Glee with a better plot). The story is not merely about Timothy, a gay teenage boy, having the ability to turn people gay as the description may tell, but there is a lot of story and characters, just like a Shakespearean play. The subplot involving the mother dealing with her gay teenage son is intriguing and deals with a lot of heart wrenching issues about the fallout of coming out, not merely from the standpoint of the gay kid, but the family as well. There are a lot of points to go over from the guy Timothy wants to be with, who he had to release for his own happiness rather than Tim's, to a real "fairy", who is the school's English teacher (she's really interesting, I wouldn't even be surprised if she's the actual Titania) There's the story of a closeted teenage boy, who does not have the will to come out to express his love, which turns out to be a major plot point near the ending. Also, with all the stories and plots, I was completely rolling on the floor with the hard ass rugby coach turned gay doting lover for the Principal of the school after getting sprayed by the gay potion. You got to watch it to believe The theme of the story is a simple fact, "accept the world, yourself, and others", I think the essential fact of the story is that being gay is a fact; even if you can change the world to suit your wants, you cannot change the world to suit your needs. No matter how many people can be changed into what you want them to be, you will never get the world that you dream of in either case. This story is as much a social commentary for gay rights' activists or homophobics in their eternal crusade for us and against us. The world will never be as we want it to be, nor the world that they want based on their view. We must all come to a common understanding of each other and the world; it is not tolerance or suppression of our or their desires that will achieve this, but a clarity that from each other's dreams that we find a common future together. I will have to deduct a point though, because it is a teenage angst movie, which we have all seen before in movies like "Beautiful thing" and "Get Real", but I think the presentation and the message were fabulous! I rate this 9/10 Hulu has it now for free with commercials: http://www.hulu.com/watch/351637 I recommend this movie for fans of Glee, especially if you want to watch a musical with an interesting plot and premise. I am not a big fan of Glee, but I did enjoy this musical spectacular. I might consider watching "Judas' Kiss" next, so if I do write a gay themed movie review I will consider that one.

What if you are expressing a thought of love without actually communicating it directly, but instead write a lot of poetry about unrequited infatuation The root of all imagination is conception in thought; my idea was that thought itself even unexpressed can be art through how a person lives and exists. A writer can be an artist on both the descriptive level and the abstract level.

Just had a thought,something really simple: Is literary fiction art? (Quite obvious to ask, but no one has posited this as its assumed answer to be yes) Literature relies not on visual or direct objects to be considered art, but the narrative imagination and depth of details or emotional relativity to gain its dimensions. However, if you cannot see it except from your own mind's eye, which is entirely subjective without a physical entity, then is written work art? And if you do presume that subjective non-physical "entities" like a story of fiction is art, then is thought itself art? I can conceive of massive buildings and irregular shapes, complex life forms and distant alien worlds, but that is a concept without form. Beyond questioning literature, I am questioning concept itself, which is the root of what allows a literary story to become art as you the reader must conceive the world we are creating in front of you.

Thank you for all the well wishes!

My blogs are pictures of my life at a certain point in time, so on my birthday on all the possible days for this to happen, I close on my house. I can bore you with the process that had occurred through the last 2 months, but I won't. Suffice to say, I believe the Municipal government of Boston is incredibly corrupt and is getting kickbacks from contractors in order to enforce ordinances that seem on paper to be easy to follow, but in practice, require an accuracy that can only be done by measuring at the closest English inch measurement unit. (This city is not liberal enough to go into the metric system, but that's another story). Somehow fate just so happens that all these things were completed last Friday and my lawyers and bankers next available date was June 24th 2014. I don't know if this means anything or if my life is based on such a strange trajectory of ideals, annoyance, failure, trial, triumph, and completion at a symbolic time of personal change. Yet, now after all that trial and angst, I am happy to have property attached to my name, a place to call my own, a patch of dirt that I can sow to bear fruit or sell to bear funds

As I am getting older and wiser as a human being and a writer, I am recognizing a lot of fictional tropes that people fall into when writing characters. In order to create picture perfect fiction, writers fall into stereotypes like the fairy tale storyline of medieval and ancient kingdoms. For example, the princess stereotype is not merely a Disney concoction, but a revisionist historical view of females in actual history. Actual princesses did not stew around in their rooms looking pretty and trying out gowns all day, in ancient times, they were working in fields along with servants, threading cloth for clothing, and learning valuable skills from midwives and others. In other words, a Princess was not merely a trophy wife. Even among gay fiction writers, a majority of readers and writers seem to follow this strand of storytelling despite how fictitious it really was to how society functioned. A lot of people don't think critically about how a society would function at 1/1,000th the population level. Manpower would be a commodity, so even nobles and royals would have to get dirty and work with normal trades of commoners. If you read Greek epics, you would hear stories of Royalty and Nobles being herdsman, farmers, and other types of professions usually not associated with that level of power in society. In Chinese and Indian epics, it is the same, power does not mean laziness. It got me thinking as I am writing a series of stories for my modern Science Fantasy Causality, based on the newly introduced character Amunet. (My idea for Causality's structure is conceptually a story of divergence and concentration, there will be a lot of side character stories to flesh out motivations, along with a main narrative.) To recap this characters' introduction, she's an ancient African royal, drug dealer, unethical scientist, and morally ambiguous healer along with being the first Vampire. This is my interpretation of the Ancient Egyptians consort of Amun later called Ra, Egyptian God of the Sun. In Mythology her role was replaced by another female consort, Mut, in later dynasties of Egyptian history, but I think the concept of a "hidden Goddess" is very interesting. Her early life is what I am trying to write right now as a Nubian princess, which is an interesting tale in itself. I don't know if writing her as a real world Princess of the Ancient world is a good idea, but at least, it feels right to create a character that is not a whining beauty or a fairy tale satire.

Let's all praise the magical flat screen machine that links us to everyone in the world without knowing how it works exactly To the 00's kids, seriously, you guys are overly dependent on automation, if your cable connection is disrupted or you need to do a reset on your home wireless router, you are up a creek. While your cell phone can work off towers, your iPads are mostly dependent on your home network being up, unless you are paying for an additional service plan. The 90's video is outdated for sure, but the kids seem way too simplistic.

Wonder if this will ever be considered an outdated classic:

Well, I can't just come out and say I like gay movies, too many mean homo-videophobes that would bust open my ass

There's a lot out there to explore, a lot of undiscovered territories to write, direct, and view. I might be a simple viewer and listener to these interesting tales that ranges from the generic stereotypical story of "Booy meets Boy meets world" to some awesome explorations into human passions and limits in love and understanding. As a writer, I love writing the human condition, not simply because it's the hottest thing out there or people will remember it a hundred years from now, but it is a part of my life and everyone in it. Watching GLBT movies is giving me a lot of new ideas and perspectives that I hope readers will enjoy as I grow older and progress in style. While American films have gotten stale over time, following too many dramedy formulas (Comedy + Drama does not automatically make a good movie). Don't get me wrong, I like "Geography Club" like anyone else with a heart and a soul for the genre's core themes and cliches which speak to this gay guy, but I think the most poignant issues are the ones that remain subtle and unspoken in film. I think what got me into this stint of writing this blog entry was the short film "Apple Tree", which I just saw. The film was unpretentious, simple, and honest. I like the idea of rising above life's problems, only to be faced with bitter realities without teenage angst. These people could be your grandparents or parents. I am no film critic, but I understand why "Apple Tree" got so much acclaim that it deserves. The subject is refreshing and true to our society of aging baby boomers and x'ers, who are unable to accept things as they are rather than pursue the ideal of what they were taught things "should be". Beyond just the message about generational homophobia, there's a deeper problem it highlights in American society, in subtle and unspoken manner. Any other suggestions for viewing?

Darn and I thought I was original, Damn you Wildone Nice one Zombie, but I think the Australians outdid the Brits in over the top PSA's Here's a fun one I found that was made in the year of my birth, Thanks to the Aussies

No one has done a topic on this yet and I think it's kind of funny and intriguing, since all of us grew up with PSAs, including kids today. From the 1940's to present, every nation has had a version of the public service announcement under the guise of an ad campaign or a commercial. Personally, I know PSAs are tantamount to propaganda and exploitative mock ups on a complex subject, but sometimes you just have to let go of your thoughts and laugh at these things. I know everyone has at least a few of these they either laugh at or are scared of. My first PSA from memory was this one with Smokey the bear (I don't know why I remembered it maybe I just like bears ) Nowadays, Smokey will give a big old bear hug if you put out your fires properly

Nice storytelling and awesome graphics are easy to point out, but character development and wider story arcs are harder to just point and understand. I know some of you guys don't like Comic book movies, but a story about the essence of human conflict and our self destructive impulses versus our nobler goals is worth a lot in good narratives. Without giving spoilers, there is a scene in the movie that reminds people of why comic books exists for fun and interesting effects (let's just say I think a Flash movie can be extremely cool based on how far our graphics have come). As for some general notes, the X-Men among many of their allegories from racial minorities to sexual minorities (hated by morally superior, fear of being "outed", and every gay cliche you can think up ) Their stories are great allegories for gay youth in the 80-90's, though recent stories lose some of their poignancy, it still holds an interesting place in fictional literature.

Gotham vs. Flash , looks like a DC mash on TV Why cant Fox and CW just kiss and merge universes Here's how I see the trend, Marvel= great movies and team ups, but so-so TV shows (agents of shield not my favorite). Cartoons sort of suck now as disney products DC= Great TV shows on CW (maybe Fox, but dont pull a josh whedon on me). Movies are so so with Nolan's Batman being great recentl, but everything else from Man of Steel to Green Lantern sucking) Cartoons are amazing or horrible based on the creator's interpretations, i.e. Teen titans was a kid show that did not take the story seriously (I hate camp), but Young Justice was great

@Matt Tried, it's why I went to cali I also went to the padres game on saturday against the cubs. Same thing, I just felt really lonely and the beers weren't helping. Maybe it's chronic depression or something. As for random people, yeah I talk to them and have empty convos about RBIs and ERA history (ted williams played in san diego for a time you know) It just was hollow @Ash Never been to northern cali, so I might hit you up The irony in all of this is that I feel better in dreary cold and gray Boston than I do in sunny beach San diego.

Well, I'm back, but existentially, I find myself even more empty than before. People say that they go to California to find themselves, but what if you find that your life is completely empty and lonely. Sure, I have some success, some money, and some stability that many other people in the world will kill for and many others would think is enough to be happy. What I found in California wasn't a route to happiness, but just an epiphany of how lonely life can be. To be honest, I did go to San Diego alone, because I wanted to see if I can travel for myself without anyone else and just have fun. For a while there, it was fun. Last Friday Morning, I was walking down Pacific Beach's boardwalk and caught a surfer unzipping his wetsuit out in public Twenty something surfer undressing + horny gay guy = GREATEST VACATION EVER! Right...Well, a couple of college kids called out to the guy "This is a Public Beach not a nude beach". That was a fucking buzz kill as the guy quickly wrapped himself with a towel and quickly dressed. I looked over at the group of college kids that heckled my voyeuristic dream away. Two boys and two girls, probably couples, because each girl was locked hand and hand with a boy. The girls laughed at their boyfriends humorous antics. I just kept on walking, but as the day wore on, I kept noticing how everyone was holding hands, embracing one another, or just enjoying each others' company. It just made me feel more and more isolated. When I went to dinner, I sat alone in a restaurant filled with people. I ordered wine and cocktails, but none of that made me feel better. Everywhere I went, I felt an inexorable sense of loneliness and emptiness. When I was at San Diego zoo, I didn't how this happened, but I ended up buying 700.00 worth of souvenirs. Thinking back, I know this is kind of stupid, but it felt right at the time and I am so glad I left my major credit cards at home. For everyone who says that life is not about relationships, love, or connections; I might be your antithesis and ideal. I have a growing investment portfolio, some real estate, and a stable life that affords me anything a middle class man would want. I am not talking about Yachts and Butlers, but just simple things like trips when I want, electronics, video games, and sound systems. Yet, what I want more than all that growth and stability is someone to be there growing with me.

I am stable, well off with a stable timeless profession and a job, hold a decent bank account, small home that should be paid off in my 30's along with my student loans, some farmland in china that is being developed into a strip mall (ugh, please bubble don't bust til i retire), and just... alone. Not sure what people think of 20's, but at mid 20's I feel existentially lonely and tired. I was never the good looking guy nor super rich, nor talented, nor a brave crusader. In another time and place with some more moderate attitudes, my drive and sensible outlook might be appreciated more. Guys in their 20's aren't looking for stability and a rock to be by their side, at least none I've met. They want fun, engaging, overt charms, and lustful looks. An artistic 20's guy isn't into a 20's business guy with geekiness oozing out of his pores. I might have stability, but it is hollow to me. Loneliness make stale all the triumphs of man.

Aww...That dirty rat! He's gonna get his comeuppance eventually

I think that cat is a girl I do feel sorry for the pup, but he almost killed a child. Are dog's responsible for their actions or is it their owners, home, genetics, and environment? (Not sure how touchy puppy death penalty is, it's not political right)

Shh...we don't want to scare away the males from showing off their sexual stances. I've been before.

Happy Birthday, You Old Wizard!

Thank God, I needed some time off and I can't wait to be on the beach and enjoy the relaxation of a message and spa treatment. (Let's say this, I enjoy having a strong man's hands over my back, rubbing oil and ointments, but it is only partially sexual, I really need to get the tension out of my back... ) I will be there with my own little hotel suite, so it will just be a private vacation. Anyone have any gay destinations I should visit in San Diego?

"Ruff" I like both, but think cats have had a bad rap for too long. I prefer dogs, but I don't hate cats. Cats are extremely possissive as well, they aren't exactly guard dogs, but they will keep foreign animals away from their owners.