THE 'CHRISTIAN' {ADVOCATE}

The more we investigate the non-realm that lies just beyond, beneath or throughout the non-realm we think we're in, the more I'm convinced we will NEVER find it. I suppose this is the case because it is SO easy just to lay back and slip-slide into the daily grind of consciousness/unconsciousness. 

Many of us live by ‘what you see is what you get’ motto and that is fine, but let's think about that for a moment. What we see is what we get. Hmmm... We can't see electrons. We can't see a virus. We can't see love and yet we still believe these things exist. This brings me to the purpose of this blog entry…God. Doesn’t it seem strange that we can look up at a night sky, at a majestic mountain, at the sculpted abs of man with a nice package, and have trouble believe in God? 

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THE DAHL HAUS PRESENTS: KING OF KINGS

AGE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number is the debut album by American recording artist Aaliyah, released under Jive and Blackground Records on June 13, 1994, in the United States. After being signed by her uncle Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah was introduced to recording artist and producer R. Kelly. He became her mentor, as well as the lead songwriter and producer of the album. The duo recorded the album at the Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois. The album featured two hit singles, including the top ten-charting "Back & Forth" and "At Your Best (You Are Love)"; both singles were certified Gold by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA). One more single was released in the United States: "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number". After the release of "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" 2 more singles were released Internationally. "Down With The Clique" and "The Thing I Like".

Age Ain't Nothing But a Number received generally favorable reviews from critics. Many noted Aaliyah's vocal ability and praised the lyrical content. Aaliyah was credited for redefining R&B by blending her voice with Kelly's new jack swing. The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and sold over three million copies in the United States, where it was certified double platinum by the RIAA to date.^[1] The album was certified Gold in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) and Silver in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to date.

OLDIE, BUT GOODIE: CHANGE

This blog entry reminds me that the mind is a sponge that absorbs whatever comes its way. Outside stimuli and inside interpretation work as a team. However, the inside can either be a converter for negative to positive possibilities or just a ‘follow the easiest route’ to letting the negative burn into the head which distributes it to other parts of the body. For the gay male, the negative mind acts as a sponge for attracting the negative, thus tainting the positive mind. I get that people don’t become ‘positive people’ in an instant, but can decidedly think and act positive at any moment. So here are few things helped me think positively about myself & the world around me.

...When YOU do NOT live as if ALL gay men will get HIV/AIDS!

…When YOU see the GENDER card being played!

…When YOU have defied the CLICHÉ!

…When YOU hear them say WE can NOT make a relationship last!

…When YOU have found another MALE and he has his SH!T together!

…When YOU see them trying to make you out to be something you are NOT!

…When YOU allow yourself to be discouraged!

…When YOU think that YOUR life is insignificant!

…When YOU can enjoy who YOU are!

…When YOU feel you can NOT make a change!

…When YOU have defined the purpose of YOUR life!

…When YOU can NOT follow the UNNATURAL order of LIFE!

…When YOU see that YOU can stand up to BULLSH!T n’ LIES!

…When YOU have remembered that YOU are a very special person!

…When YOU can fulfill the purpose to which YOU were born!

…When YOU have realized that ecstasy does NOT beget LOVE!

…When YOU have realized that HAPPINESS is being SINGLE!

…When YOU appreciate YOU totally!

…When YOU are willing to spend a lot of time with YOU!

…When YOU are NOT a LYING, CHEATING, D!CK CHASING INDIVIDUAL!

…When YOU are NOT trying to beat every piece of ASS that cums YOUR way!

…When YOU have realized that WE are in the 21st century and world isn’t!

…When YOU don’t conform to RE-SOCIALIZING YOURSELF!

…When YOU know what MASCULINITY is!

…When YOU know that YOU are NOT the end of MASCULINITY!

…When YOU know that WE are the advancement of MASCULINITY!

…When YOU see that WE are commonplace and NOT marginalized!

...When YOU are NOT shaped by what YOU see!

...When YOU see the danger in looking in someone’s mirror and living their reflection!

…When YOU know what LOVE is and won’t settle for anything else!

…When YOU have a relationship with ‘GOD’ despite YOUR sexuality!

TORMENTED BY...

Lately I’ve been thinking about the folks that are ‘tormented’. The ones that think they are tormented because they think they have a ‘tormentor’. They cannot think of a scenario wherein they leave their ‘tormentor’ and thus ends their ‘torment’. They think their only path to serenity is to destroy their ‘tormentor’. They think the appropriate weapon to accomplish this task is to tear down their ‘tormentor’.

This got me to thinking that perhaps thinking was the real source of their ‘torment’ is my humanity. But how can that be? Don't ‘they’ value humanity? How can this element that separates us from the animals be deemed a curse by those who feel ‘tormented’ by me? Isn't the alternative to humanity, inhumanity? Is there another alternative to give relief to my ‘tormentees’? Ask yourself this question, "What do you do when you’ve above and beyond to show others the human side of your humanity and they just feel ‘tormented’ by you?" 

¿REQUESTING VALIDATION FOR HIV STATUS?

¿Do you feel that asking a potential f&ck buddy or lover to show you some validation for his or her HIV status is unacceptable?

¿Do you feel that this is a ridiculous idea?

¿WHICH ADDICTION IS WORST?

TRUE BLOOD: SEASON 4, EPISODE 4 - I'M ALIVE & ON FIRE

Eric passed out after feeding on Claudine. I wondered if she'd tampered with her blood incase he drank from her, but no. Eric was just high as a kite. "Heeeeeey," he said to Sookie in a dazed stoner voice when he stood up. Then, things turned serious, for a second. "More. I want more," he said. "You can’t have anymore. There isn’t any more. You drank the whole fairy and you’re going to your room," Sookie answered, like she was putting a child in a timeout. Eric tried to bite her, but he stopped when Sookie told him that he'd kill her. "I would never harm you," he said. I believed him. His fangs popped back in. I wish I was counting how many times he'll do that for comedy's sake this season. It'll never get old.

Eric didn't want to go to his room. He wanted to play a game of tag, which he started by pinching Sookie's "beautiful butt" twice. "You're drunk," Sookie ascertained. "Catch me," Eric said. He darted around her yard and went AWOL once she told him it would be dawn soon. He didn't care. The only thing that would have made that scene better is if he'd been shirtless, I wrote in my notes. Which is why the next time we saw Eric felt like a dream I didn't remember having... Sookie needed help finding him before the fairy blood wore off in the daylight. That, friends, is a solid excuse to call Alcide. When he started to take off his shirt, I felt like shouting what my sister did at a Bon Jovi concert this year when Jon changed shirts onstage for "Livin' on a Prayer": "Thank you, Jesus!" I'd love to have been on the set for discussions of how far down Joe Manganiello should pull his jeans before the camera switched angles. That was lower than I anticipated. Not sure which deity to thank for that. How many times did you rewind? I only did once. Stupidly, I thought the blanket Sookie was carrying was for Alcide when he changed back to human form after finding Eric. But duh, it was for Eric, incase he started to burn from the inside out.

¡HAPPY AUGUST!