Getting Out - Don't Clown Around!

See that weirdo next to me in the pic up above?  That's Brett, we've been Super Pals since 2001 and I've learned more than my share from this guy.  One of the most important lessons has been, if someone asks you to do something with them, don't just say, "yeah" say, "FUCK, YEAH!!"  Let people know how much spending time with them means to you.  Of course, this lesson is applied to dating situations (and gauging someone else's interest in you...), but since I don't date much, I've learned to apply to beloved friends, as well.  When Brett asked if I wanted to see IT 2, I texted back, FUCK YEAH!  So why was I even surprised (ever so delightfully so,) when Brett showed up at the Cinerama Dome in full Pennywise make-up?   Brett is all FUCK, YEAH!

It's a rule I've tried to live by for a good number of years, now, but Mark Manson took control a few years back and created a FUCK YES LAW right HERE, that could stand to be read again.

Gay of A Certain Age - IT Happened

My friends and I caught IT CHAPTER 2 and while I thought it was scary in places and thoroughly entertaining, I found the most terrifying part of the movie came in the first ten minutes.  There is a gay bashing that is presented realistically and is quite jarring.  The most scary thing about it is, it is based on a real life incident.  You can read about it HERE.

As a Gay of A Certain Age, I've read about and seen depicted, gay bashing scenes in the news, books, movies, and TV shows, but this one shook me a bit more than the others, because it feels like it's been a while since I've had a gay bashing story intrude upon my everyday life.  This one then took me to  different place.  The scene ends with the inevitable arrival of Pennywise, The Clown, and his red balloons.  Pennywise appears to help the gay-bashed victim, then kills him and disappears in a cloud of red balloons.  I started thinking about how this showed the people who claim they are our allies and are there to support and help, but follow up by voting for politicians who are out to take away our rights, patronize businesses that support anti-gay organizations and then disappear behind their red ribbons.  I know it's weird to have that thought right in the middle of a horror movie, but aren't the scariest things the true things?