This is going to be another one of those very random scattered thoughts sort of blog post, as I really don’t have a set topic in mind to write about. I’ve actually started keeping random ideas i get to write about in a little notebook i have, but just not in the mood to go to deep into a topic this evening. I had an interesting day today and thought i might share it with you here. We had the fire department come to the school today to do a demonstration for the students, and it occupied most of the morning. They tried their best to put on a little presentation in English about fire saftey, and though the language they used was a bit harsh, it got the point across. The guy kept telling the kids that if you do this….you will DIE! If you stick your finger here and play with this….you will DIE! Fire will kill you! Fortunately, by this point in the presentation the students had all but lost interest, and most of them are so young anyway that it didn’t really register what the fireman had was saying.
Then after a brief demonstration of their water hose, we got to go out front and have a look at the fire truck. It was one of those big ones with the ladder and bucket, so it was quite impressive to see. However, to show the kids it was safe they asked me and my superior to climb aboard for a trip upwards. “Sure, why not!” I thought, but oh the regret I was soon feeling. Up, up, up we went till i could see the top of the 4 story building next door, at which point i was squeezing the arm of the fireman with us. My blood started to run cold! They took some pictures, so i’ll post them over to the flicker when I get them.
I was watching the Martha Stewart show (Yes, I watch it…get over it) earlier and Richard Simmons was on as her guest. I know that some readers will not know who he is, but if you are an American then you surely will! Has anyone seen him lately? Did you know he will be 60 this year? I can remember seeing and watching those horribly camp videos of him in his little neon colored tank tops and go go shorts when i was a little boy. He bounces around the set of any show he visits and either he’s just insane or the old queen is taking speed. He was the first ever in my life openly camp, mincy, queen I ever saw in my life. However, the strange thing is not how over the top the old queen is….It’s where i saw the videos. My grandmother used to have a at least one, if not several of his video tapes which she used regularly i think. My memories of her are very conservative, strict, bossy, but here was this mincy old queen getting her to sweat to the oldies several times a week. People like him or Liberace were adored by women of that generation, and yet they were more camp and gay than anyone i can think of off the top of my head today. Why is that? Surely someone noticed along the way, but it seems that their eccentricities were overlooked in a time in our history not so friendly to men of my persuasion. Just a little food for thought.
I’ve got a birthday party to attend after work tomorrow, so I’ll be back over the weekend for the next post. Just hold your breath….the weekend is almost here!
