1. It takes 2.5 minutes to reach Joanne's apartment.
2. It takes 6 minutes to reach a class across campus.
3. It takes 2 minutes to get to Joanne's lab late at night to walk her home.
4. It takes 5 minutes to get to Safeway to buy groceries.
5. It takes 7 minutes to meet Joanne at RSF.
6. It takes 6 minutes to get to band rehearsal.
7. It takes 10 minutes to get to band rehearsal from Joanne's apartment.
8. It's good exercise and keeps me healthy and thinking clearly.
9. It's good exercise so that Joanne likes my legs.
10. It's exciting.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Purity Tests?
The Cal band trombone section has an interesting tradition. Purity bonding. We all gather in the band house, get drunk and take a questionnaire about what we have and haven't done. If you want to take it yourself, here it is:
http://www.armory.com/tests/100.html (btw, amend MOS to PPG: person of preferred gender. This test was written with an extremely strong heterosexual bias and has since been rectified elsewhere, just not in this version).
I scored a 27. That's right, I won. At the end of the night I had the lowest purity score out of any of the Cal band trombone or saxophone section. That is quite an impressive feat.
People congratulated me and said things like, "Wow, you are really sick! That's awesome!"
The funny thing is though, I don't feel sick. There was a girl who scored a 99. She has never kissed a boy, never been on a date, never had an orgasm, never tasted alcohol. She is "pure." If she came to these decisions of her own accord, I have a lot of respect for her willpower and individuality, but I have to say that I feel no less pure than she is.
Nearly every single purity point that I lost was in the context of a long term relationship. We dated for 3 years, and shared nearly everything together. We both often felt that we didn't receive enough love at home for various reasons, and we found it for ourselves. She helped me turn my life around and get to the point where I am now: happy, confident, and successful.
I have always been very careful, and have not done things I find morally objectionable or harmful such as taking hard drugs or smoking cigarettes. So I object to this idea of purity and sexuality. I believe it causes far too much anxiety in our world when it is at odds with our desires not for sex, but for intimacy and love. Our popular culture has capitalized on this schism in our perception of sex, and assaults us with images of irresponsible sex to sell consumer goods.
So let's do ourselves a favor. It's time to abandon the concept of being sexually pure. We should instead praise people for being sexually responsible and happy.
http://www.armory.com/tests/100.html (btw, amend MOS to PPG: person of preferred gender. This test was written with an extremely strong heterosexual bias and has since been rectified elsewhere, just not in this version).
I scored a 27. That's right, I won. At the end of the night I had the lowest purity score out of any of the Cal band trombone or saxophone section. That is quite an impressive feat.
People congratulated me and said things like, "Wow, you are really sick! That's awesome!"
The funny thing is though, I don't feel sick. There was a girl who scored a 99. She has never kissed a boy, never been on a date, never had an orgasm, never tasted alcohol. She is "pure." If she came to these decisions of her own accord, I have a lot of respect for her willpower and individuality, but I have to say that I feel no less pure than she is.
Nearly every single purity point that I lost was in the context of a long term relationship. We dated for 3 years, and shared nearly everything together. We both often felt that we didn't receive enough love at home for various reasons, and we found it for ourselves. She helped me turn my life around and get to the point where I am now: happy, confident, and successful.
I have always been very careful, and have not done things I find morally objectionable or harmful such as taking hard drugs or smoking cigarettes. So I object to this idea of purity and sexuality. I believe it causes far too much anxiety in our world when it is at odds with our desires not for sex, but for intimacy and love. Our popular culture has capitalized on this schism in our perception of sex, and assaults us with images of irresponsible sex to sell consumer goods.
So let's do ourselves a favor. It's time to abandon the concept of being sexually pure. We should instead praise people for being sexually responsible and happy.
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