tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374437892023-11-16T06:38:23.103-04:00STUFF ON MY MINDALL THE RANDOM THINGS GOING ON IN MY MIND AND MY LIFEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-35971131741591477262019-04-13T19:41:00.000-04:002011-04-13T19:54:12.193-04:00Swish NewsSo last week marked the end of my column Unexpected Voice on Swish Edition. Not because I am a terrible writer or anything, so save the rude comments, but because the column concept was not working for the site. Sure I'm sad, but no hard feeling, I still love Scott and Dale and Steven and Jason! And who knows maybe I will be back in the future, but for now I will be migrating my columns over to "Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-6138912485764516072011-04-13T19:53:00.000-04:002011-04-13T19:53:49.667-04:00Developing An Unexpected Voice (From Swish Edition)<!--StartFragment-->
I remember sitting in front of the fireplace at my parents’ house wondering how I had arrived at this point. I was staring at my blue and white sneakers; tears were running down my face. My parents were on the other side of the room trying to process what I had just told them. I saw the confusion and concern in their eyes. I knew they didn’t know how to respond. My father Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-77029160248262709342010-09-21T02:49:00.000-04:002010-09-21T02:49:03.764-04:00A Look BackI was doing some writing today, and I referred back to this post from less than a year ago. It is amazing what we can accomplish in a year. Now hopefully DADT is overturned in the next couple of days and we can continue making progress!
Bill 18-482, Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 TestimonyTestimony by JRH on Bill 18-482, Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-86305577114809091482010-09-16T17:50:00.000-04:002010-09-16T17:50:56.895-04:00Reality TV with Morals?Last night I was surprised with America's Next Top Model. I generally dont watch this show for any reason other than watching bitchy self centered girls get pissed at each other. And quite honestly I also believe that Tyra takes herself way too seriously.
Last night however something was different. The photoshoot focused on bullying. Each of the models needed to reveal the one word that tauntedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-21498005375581837282010-08-19T22:19:00.000-04:002010-08-19T22:19:25.957-04:00GLBT HeroFor this upcoming possible project that I keep eluding to, and I will continue to elude to because in a way I enjoy being cryptic, I was asked who my GLBT hero was...
Florence Nightingale? Nah! Gertrude Stein? Reverend Troy Perry (MCC)? Brave man! Larry Kramer? Possible. Harvey Milk? Strong possibility. What about Constance McMillen? Sadie-Ryanne Baker a leading activist for transgender rights Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-42767710257564546712010-08-18T02:18:00.000-04:002010-08-18T02:18:10.350-04:00I'm Back... Sorry I Was Gone for So LongIt has been an incredibly long time since I have written on this blog. Things have changed a little bit but things remain the same in a lot of ways as well. It has been months since the end of the wedding contest, but things have remained busy, and The Doctor and I are still referred to as "The Crate and Barrel Boys" and have even been asked to deliver a few speeches at events. Because of all of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-36881704736887976572010-04-11T21:57:00.000-04:002010-04-11T21:57:11.228-04:00LifeSo, I am totally addicted to Life... I love watching it. I think it may be even more exciting then Planet Earth! And here is why it is so totally amazing...
Life is all about the amazing things animals do to survive. The way it is filmed is amazing, the animals are unbelievable. You seriously can't make this stuff up... except as you watch it, you can't help but think that Oprah (who narrates Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-74428487095132696562010-04-07T20:54:00.001-04:002010-04-07T20:55:41.019-04:00Splitting UpThis blog is splitting up... I am going to try managing two at least for now. Those of you who have been following me for a while miss my snarkiness!
I figured I would keep my adventures in retail and life on this blog, and going forward my political and LGBTQ etc posts will be on my new blog. If you want to follow the new blog the name of it is...
The Time for Change Is Now and the address is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-88102640349530021042010-04-05T11:22:00.001-04:002010-04-05T11:28:03.901-04:00Days After...It has been a few days since the voting has ended and I have somewhat regained my Facebook account and I have let some of the madness settle. There is still a long way to go and many things that can happen but the ever so public plea for votes has ended. No matter what the outcome the Doctor and I feel like we have made an positive impact. The long term impact of this contest remains to be seen Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-60143874472455747472010-03-31T00:55:00.001-04:002010-03-31T00:57:02.485-04:00Make A Difference In A DayOn April 1, 2010 millions of Americans are going to wake up and wonder what joke is going to be played on them. As they open up their web browsers for their morning dose of news they are going to click on a story that couldn't possibly be true, the headline reads... "Same Sex Couple Makes History Winning Popular Vote in National Wedding Contest." Some will be overjoyed with the headline, others Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-6069803070012935612010-03-30T10:53:00.001-04:002010-03-30T10:53:39.052-04:00Less than 48 hours left! If you haven't voted please vote http://www.ultimateweddingcontest.com/entries/22682 please forward to 5 friends. We can win!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-63576783765171839422010-03-20T13:31:00.000-04:002010-03-20T13:33:16.867-04:00I Had to ShareHey all- Happy Saturday, I hope you all had a great week. This week was amazing here in DC. For those of you who don't know, the Doctor and I went to the DADT protest held by HRC with Kathy Griffin and then we continued on to the White House where Lt Dan Choi with the help of Robin McGehee handcuffed himself to the White House fence in an act of civil disobedience. There is a divide on this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-24798188540528265642010-03-16T14:21:00.002-04:002010-03-16T14:24:19.765-04:00Ultimate Wedding Contest: Too SweetWe got the following comment on one of our posts today. I have been really good about ignoring such comments lately, but this one sent me over the edge for some reason. And my reason is below the quote! "I think voting has slowed because people are finding the other couple more compelling. Personally I find the gay couple too sugary sweet and a bit annoying... I'm getting sick of looking at them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-50247815214283409002010-02-28T04:15:00.003-04:002010-02-28T04:46:44.084-04:00A Kink in the ArmorIt is 2:44 AM, 18 months since the attack, 12 months since the last nightmare, laying in bed and I have a flashback, I see myself laying in the pavement as a foot comes crashing into my skull. My vision fades to nothing and then I am back laying in bed. Tears are running down my face. I have been strong for a long time, I have fought through my feelings and I have stood up and said that words Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-25049659404010347442010-02-26T18:57:00.002-04:002010-02-26T19:19:49.213-04:00Crate and Barrel Ultimate Wedding Contest: Love Not HateWhen Greg and I entered the Crate and Barrel Ultimate Wedding Contest we knew to a certain extent would would be in the public eye. We knew when we started emailing the link out to people the word would get around. We also knew that when you are in the public eye you open yourself up to criticism, thats why many public figures don't even look themselves up on the internet. I however, couldn't Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-55814558574189743872010-02-24T19:43:00.003-04:002010-02-24T19:49:05.431-04:00Crate and Barrel Ultimate Wedding Contest: Dear EllenDear Ellen Degeneres: My name is JRH and I am currently engaged to my partner the Doctor and we are competing in Crate and Barrel’s Ultimate Wedding Contest. While competing something amazing happened the community rallied around us and we are now a same sex couple leading a nationwide contest to win our $100,000 Ultimate Wedding. The Doctor and I met through a mutual friend in the Boston area Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-7153932449809313372010-02-18T21:20:00.003-04:002010-02-20T23:46:02.889-04:00Our Love: In More Than 100 WordsBoy meets boy, boy falls for boy, and boys get engaged. The pure existence of our love is not always accepted. We had to deal with hatred from outsiders and support one another in recovery. Our love story involves the evolution of the meaning of love and the perseverance that allowed two people such as us to openly experience happiness. We knew that we were right for each other from the start, weUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-13636114465791310002010-02-16T19:41:00.001-04:002010-02-16T19:42:46.659-04:00CommunityCommunity can be defined in many different ways, but the idea is always the same. And its funny I feel like I belong to a lot of different communities, the one at work, the one in DC, the community in which I grew up, and of course the LGBTQ community. What has amazed me over the past several months is how honorable and gracious the LGBTQ community is. When I was struggling with the after effectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-2350417221433452222010-02-14T14:27:00.004-04:002010-02-14T14:32:03.062-04:00Ultimate Wedding Contest LinkFor those of you having problems linking in to vote from Facebook click on the link below and vote for us!VOTE HEREUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-24426133099601514802010-02-10T19:16:00.003-04:002010-02-10T19:40:57.883-04:00The Blizzard of 2010 Parts I and IIThere are many things that I can say about the Blizzard of 2010. I am not really sure however where I should start. But it all boils down to I have been stuck in the house for five days at this point. Friday around 11am I left work. i was in a good mood, I figured that there could be things that were worse than being snowed in for the weekend. I bought some food, bought some alcohol, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-20404133138567725812010-02-03T23:58:00.002-04:002010-02-04T00:02:49.339-04:00the Ultimate Wedding ContestOur love story.Boy meets boy, boy falls for boy, and boys get engaged. The pure existence of our love is not always accepted. We had to deal with hatred from outsiders and support one another in recovery. Our love story involves the evolution of the meaning of love and the perseverance that allowed two people such as us to openly experience happiness. We knew that we were right for each other Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-31221510106242689862010-01-26T00:44:00.002-04:002010-01-26T01:05:57.635-04:00Breakfast BreadOn Sunday we went to Ris for brunch. A good friend of ours work there (please refrain from the waiter jokes) he is a great guy and he has heard all of the waiter jokes from me already. Ris is a new restaurant in DC, and as many of you know, I am way to picky of an eater to write a restaurant review, so I won't do that, I'll just recount a fun story from the morning! Our friend invited us to come Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-13578047334192490822010-01-20T13:25:00.003-04:002010-01-20T13:27:48.961-04:00DioramaThe other night I was discussing a book I had recently read with the Doctor, I told him that I hadn't written a book review about it because I wasn't quite sure how to without spoiling the book. This book was very conceptual, and the author had to be very crafty to succeed in this concept, and he did. The Doctor suggested that I make a diorama like you do in third grade, and then take a picture Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-74987418162254586892010-01-18T14:10:00.001-04:002010-01-18T14:12:57.321-04:00DD Retirement HomeWe were working on a Sunday and it has been a long week. My boss called me on my way into work and asked if I wanted to pick some donuts up for the staff. Since I was still driving in I said sure, "I'll stop by DD on my way there, but I may be a few minutes late." As I pull into the Dunkin Donuts parking lot I notice that there is an over abundance of Oldsmobile and other large cars, as a matter Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37443789.post-87401999839011561442010-01-10T14:46:00.003-04:002010-01-10T14:52:50.309-04:00I'm Sorry I Have Been GoneDear Blog-I am sorry that I have been gone for so long, as usual the Holidays are crazy and this year was especially insane. I promise I will return very soon with funny stories about work (Rush is starting soon) and life (after all I am planning a wedding) and all the other random things! My first post however, will be about my Nook... you know the new e-reader from Barnes and Noble, the device Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3