It’s been over eighteen months since I was last employed.
Over such a great (unit of measurement, by no means any relation to ‘great’ as an adjective, please do not misunderstand) time frame, one finds many ways to counteract boredom.
There are the exercise junkies (I walk, because I have no license, and therefore no choice. That, and I can no longer afford a gym membership), the smokers (that was me, a month and three days ago, *yay for quitting*), the gamers (I want an X-Box, if you buy me one, I will love you forever)… and amongst all those stereotypically unemployed, there are those like me, who are perpetually (that’s my word for the day, look it up) affixed to their computer screen.
So, amongst failed attempts at learning to play guitar, drinking a metric fuckton of coffee, and playing copious amounts of “The Binding of Isaac” (don’t start; it’s addictive, and it’s unwinnable *SHUDDUP ANDREW*); I somehow manage to spend irretrievable hours surfing the almighty realms of IMDB.
Which leads me to today’s (belated, sorry, blame “Isaac”) post.
Rather than spending another few hours perusing this monumental wonder of a website, let me put a long story short: I went from “American Horror Story” and (inexplicably) made my way over to the puppy dog eyes of Penn Badgley, and ended up downloading “Easy A (check it out if you haven’t watched it, it’s decent enough).”
Between wiping Badgley-induced drool from the corners of my mouth, I happened to fall in love with one particular aspect of this cutesy, comedy flick; the whole ‘doing my gay mate a favour and pretending to have sex with him in order to get people off my back’ really hit the proverbial penis on the head… of my mind, if you get my drift (it’s late, if that truly makes no sense, I am sorry; can you just fake a laugh for me instead?).
Let me paint you a picture:
There was a boy, once, a long time ago. Back before the days of the blonde haired, blue eyed gorgeousness I currently thank his parents for having sex 21 years ago, every day, for (that’s my boyfriend, again, it’s late). This boy was another beautiful victim of the ‘emo’ era.
With his devastatingly well-applied eyeliner, and his tighter-than-mine black skinny legs’, how could I help but fall desperately in crush/love with him?
I actually met him once. I actually spoke to him, AND was acknowledged in return.
We were at a music gig. A music gig. Music taste > looks/personality/bedroom ability. (<That’s a proven formula. Then again, I got all three in my boyfriend, and he’s perfect, so good luck finding anything even remotely close to that.)
And there he was, just casually sitting the way he sat, next to a lovely (downright-gay-but-would-never-admit-it) friend of mine from church (boy, should that have jogged something in my brain). And when my friend got up to give me a hug, he introduced me to emoboy. Can you imagine the way my knees shook and my forehead sweated as I managed to squeak out a “Hi.”?
[SIDE NOTE: I was like that in high school. Boys didn't like me, although I liked many boys. And the particular attractive ones often made me lose control of all bodily functions. My best friend (who, by the way, had a confidence I have never quite managed to reach, and was renowned for being able to talk to any guy I liked) was taken home from school one day by a mate; he came to let me know that he was taking her, and I barely managed to maintain consciousness. That is not a word of a lie. Or even a slight exaggeration. ]
My crush/love was to be short lived, however, thanks to that fateful day in Home Economics, when I was gazing, star-struck, out the window as I flimsily, and slowly, washed my dishes.
The object of my crush/love was in the courtyard at the time, flicking through his i-pod like the sun didn’t shine out of his arse (I was about to find out that there was probably something quite difference shining out of his arse), and of course, I was oblivious to the attention my window shopping had attracted from my teacher.
Let’s keep the ugly, torrential, bawling descriptions to a minimum here, but suffice to say that, when she so kindly (this teacher was like my mother) put her arm around my shoulder and pointed out subtly that my crush/love liked smoking pole… I cried.
I actually cried.
It’s amazing, the catastrophic letdowns that sexual preference are capable of imposing upon individuals.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the homosexuality. You love who you love, and you don’t have a choice. I’m a supporter of gay rights. You go, girlfriend’s girlfriend. Wife that man, boyfriend. I’d seriously march in their favour, if my hole of a hometown did anything half that exciting.
I’m just saying that it takes a lot of great people off the market.
There was a poster in the English classrooms of my high school, which read: “Some boys like girls. Some boys like boys. Some girls like boys, and some girls like girls. No matter what you like, we love and accept you.” Or it said some sort of trashily worded bullshit like that, anyway.
And that’s cool. Seriously. However, chances are that it’s probably gonna make someone cry.
The greatest example of this that I can offer is Neil Patrick Harris.
Better known as ‘Barney,’ from the lovable sit-com, “How I Met Your Mother,” Barney’s philandering, womanising ways are perhaps one of the best examples of what (coughunabletogetlaidcough) men from my generation, look up to.
I alerted my ex-brother-in-law to Harris’ sexuality some time ago now.
After the initial blubbering, and the five stages of grief, it just came to a point where, whenever I mentioned Harris’ love of penis, he would simply put his fingers in his ears and sing loudly (and horribly) “LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!!!!”
Case in point:
Love what you love.
Love who you love.
Do what you love.
And do who you love.
I couldn’t care less what you love. You probably don’t love my incoherent ramblings at this hour of the morning, but I have loved writing them for you.
So, regardless of my blatantly unproportionate blog, I hope I made you laugh at some point.
And I hope I’m not the only one out there who has fallen in love with a boy.
…Who was in love with a boy.