9/27/14
Cartoon Me!
Hey guys, so my best friend, Em, made a short comic strip about my life before I came out as gay (sigh, yes, I had a girlfriend.) Anyway, I should probably be offended but it's just so flippin' funny! (And kindof true...)
9/6/14
Five Celebrity Crushes
Hi guys! So that thirty day blog challenge....I got busy. I happened to be on holiday when I posted all that junk long ago, now I'm on holiday again. So let's just do some random blog challenges!
Hmmm....Okay, celebrity crushes. Let's see.
5. Colton Haynes
I mean, look at that face. That is the face of a super-good looking, chiseled, angel sent from the heavens.
4. John Krasinski
Okay, so more cute than hot, but still.
3. Ryan McPartlin
Mmmmm...He's yummy. Gotta love that sexy sweater look.
2. Zooey Deschanel
Because if the human race were dying and I was the last male on the planet, she would be the girl I'd chose to repopulate the Earth with. I'm gay as a curly fry (?), but this girl is my type of galpal :)
1. Matthew Bomer
And finally the hottest, most dreamy of them all, Matthew Bomer. He makes me rethink my position on gun control.
Thanks guys! See ya real soon!
Hmmm....Okay, celebrity crushes. Let's see.
5. Colton Haynes
4. John Krasinski
3. Ryan McPartlin
2. Zooey Deschanel
1. Matthew Bomer
Thanks guys! See ya real soon!
6/1/14
Where do I Work?
Surprisingly, I have an unpaid internship at a private investigator agency. Pretty cool! I really want to be a detective someday. Right now at the agency I just file papers and get coffee for people most of the time. But I get to read cases here and there. It's not bad at all. My hope is that they'll let me do more stuff overtime.
5/31/14
How am I like My Ma/Pa?
I am nothing like them. They are verbally abusive, pugnacious, fake, nut-job right wing, conservative Christians who have never had an original thought and cannot even process the concept of evolution. In short I hate their guts. So please, don't ever compare me to them.
Something I've Been Putting Off
Announcing to both my parents and the blogosphere explicitly that I am, in fact, a homosexual male with a boyfriend (his name is Jim!). So yeah. Half of that, DONE. Also I really need to do laundry and buy milk. I've been really putting that off. And apologizing to my ex-girlfriend. Yeah....
My Bucket List
1. Eat an entire large bucket of chicken wings all by myself.
2. Write a trashy romance novel.
3. Get stalked by the paparazzi.
4. Get married, have kids.
5. Screw my parents somehow.
6. Write a blog.
7. Perform an appendectomy.
8. Botch an appendectomy.
9. Fight lawsuit against botched appendectomy.
10. Confuse a church with an abortion clinic.
11. Become Detective Colm Holmes!
So yeah! Got a lot to do!
2. Write a trashy romance novel.
3. Get stalked by the paparazzi.
4. Get married, have kids.
5. Screw my parents somehow.
6. Write a blog.
7. Perform an appendectomy.
8. Botch an appendectomy.
9. Fight lawsuit against botched appendectomy.
10. Confuse a church with an abortion clinic.
11. Become Detective Colm Holmes!
So yeah! Got a lot to do!
Share an Old Photo
This is a copyscan of my yearbook photo about 2 years ago. So not that old, but I like the way it looks. The way I copied it, I look like a kid from the sixties. It also kindof looks like a mug shot.
What's Currently in my Office Desk?
Condoms. Condoms and sex toys. Hahahaha no. Um, my desk at home just has some office supplies like books, paper, pens, erasers, a stapler, etc. Sorry. Kindof boring.
Sort of looks like this. Sort of.
Sort of looks like this. Sort of.
My Current Reads
I am currently reading-
Improper English by Katie MacAlister
-Steamy British romance novel. My guilty pleasure.
AND
Buddha by Osamu Tezuka
-8 book early manga about the story of the Buddha
by the godfather of manga.
Improper English by Katie MacAlister
-Steamy British romance novel. My guilty pleasure.
AND
Buddha by Osamu Tezuka
-8 book early manga about the story of the Buddha
by the godfather of manga.
My Earliest Memory
"Here's one: it was dark, warm, wet. A sudden burst of light, an intense pressure like I'd never felt before, father dressed in white, pulls me forward, mother bites the cord--"
~Dwight Schrute - The Office
Haha, I don't remember that far back, but my earliest memory is...um...probably when me and my older sister were sitting on the couch watching Blues Clues and she was watching the screen and I sat behind her and tried to stuff all of her hair in my mouth. She screamed and something like that. The couch was sea-foam green. I don't really remember much exactly, just the urge to feel long hair in my mouth. So yeah :D
Something for My Kids to Know
Ugh this is hard. I tried to think of something funny and witty but really, the only things I can think of are serious.
1. Always be yourself.
2. I love you unconditionally.
3. Ever run into an annoying person? Aunt Em will take care of it.
1. Always be yourself.
2. I love you unconditionally.
3. Ever run into an annoying person? Aunt Em will take care of it.
Share: The Best Advice I Ever Got
Hmmmmm....I'm not so good at listening to advice...heh heh.
Here's some advice I got a little while ago from all my best friends. I didn't listen to them, but I really should have.
I was dating this girl Lucy and all my friends noted that she was much more into me than I was into her, and that they thought I liked her more as a friend than a girlfriend. This was true. But of course, I was all like, "Nah, Lucy's great! She's all nice and kind, and I like her. Besides we aren't that serious!" And my roommate and best friend in the world was like, "That bitch be crazy. She wants to marry you. She's so jealous of me because I'm your roommate, she wants to stab me in my sleep." And I was like, "Naaah."
And then, later, Lucy broke up with me because she felt like it was a one-sided relationship. So then I was all like, "I have to get her back! I really like her!" And my friends were like, "No. You don't. Give it up." Again, I didn't listen. So I sat on the couch for a couple hours making crappy sappy love poems to win her back.
In the end, I went to her flat, gave her a speech, we hooked up, and then I realized that I was not into her. And now she has probably made a Voodoo doll me and stabs it with a fork each day. And I felt terrible. See, I should have listened.
Here's some advice I got a little while ago from all my best friends. I didn't listen to them, but I really should have.
I was dating this girl Lucy and all my friends noted that she was much more into me than I was into her, and that they thought I liked her more as a friend than a girlfriend. This was true. But of course, I was all like, "Nah, Lucy's great! She's all nice and kind, and I like her. Besides we aren't that serious!" And my roommate and best friend in the world was like, "That bitch be crazy. She wants to marry you. She's so jealous of me because I'm your roommate, she wants to stab me in my sleep." And I was like, "Naaah."
And then, later, Lucy broke up with me because she felt like it was a one-sided relationship. So then I was all like, "I have to get her back! I really like her!" And my friends were like, "No. You don't. Give it up." Again, I didn't listen. So I sat on the couch for a couple hours making crappy sappy love poems to win her back.
In the end, I went to her flat, gave her a speech, we hooked up, and then I realized that I was not into her. And now she has probably made a Voodoo doll me and stabs it with a fork each day. And I felt terrible. See, I should have listened.
My Favorite 5 Blogs
Hmmmm.... I actually don't read that many blogs. Actually, scratch that! What qualifies as a blog???
Let me Google this...
45 Seconds Later...
A blog is - a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis.
So then let me just list off my favorite "almost" blogs.
1. Medical News Today
2. Murder Map (Don't judge me)
3. Dear Coquette
4. Hyperbole and a Half
5. Adventurous Kate
Let me Google this...
45 Seconds Later...
A blog is - a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis.
So then let me just list off my favorite "almost" blogs.
1. Medical News Today
2. Murder Map (Don't judge me)
3. Dear Coquette
4. Hyperbole and a Half
5. Adventurous Kate
Meaning of my Blog Name
"The Antics of Colm." Pretty self-explanatory. My antics = blog for the world to read! Next!
Blog Challenge
So I recently stumbled upon "blog challenges," like this one:
So I thought, "How many of these could I do in one day?" Let's find out! Engage!
So I thought, "How many of these could I do in one day?" Let's find out! Engage!
1/20/14
Women to the World
Hey, few if any readers of my blog! I promised my good friend, feminist Summer Gagner, could write today's post, so take it away Summer!
Let's say you're an american woman shopping for jeans. You walk into Old Navy's. You may not notice immediately, but the only types of jeans sold are rock-star skinny jeans. Skinny jeans, pants made to make women look, well skinny, curvy, and sexy. Our society has dictated that this is the only acceptable appearance of a woman. That feminism is women being strong and having power, when really feminism is a fight for equality. Equality isn't a viewing of women as "tough" or "powerful," but rather just as the individuals they are. Equality is society letting men and women being exactly who they are. And skinny jeans, frilly short skirts, and entire stores dedicated to womens' lingerie push the idea that all women are no more than sex objects. Honestly, when you go out nowadays, how can men be attracted to one woman? All these women are gorgeous and are wearing the same outfits that promote sex appeal, so how can one be considered "more sexy" than another? That's wear personalities and pheromones come into play, but we don't think about that when it comes to fashion. Instead of wearing what we truly love, we choose to wear what is the most socially acceptable and makes us look "pretty," even if we don't like it.
Hair on women is considered gross. Shaving underarms and legs is so natural to us, when really hair is natural. Legs are legs, and humans happen to have hair on them. Because women were pushed into wearing shorter skirts and shorts due to society's idea of sex appeal, it was also decided that hairless legs were attractive. Only when women shave their legs, of course. If a man shaves his legs, it looks weird. That's because shaving your legs is weird! If all women in the media started painting purple dots on their arms, it would become a trend. The media and use of repeated assertion has weaved an eerie path into our brains and makes us do unbelievable things.
I urge you, the next time you make a decision, to purchase an item, to try on a dress, to cut your hair, to go on a jog, ask yourself why you're doing it. Are you going on a jog because you love jogging, or because you think you may be gaining too much weight? Are you scared of gaining too much weight because your doctor told you you need to be healthier or because your mother has been nagging you about that box of chocolates you ate?
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy." -Dalai Lama
I believe this to be more than a saying; for me it's a philosophy, a way of life. Live life to be happy and with no regrets. If that box of chocolates made you happy and jogging doesn't, then screw your mother. I hope I've left you with something to think about. Thank you.
--Summer Gagner, 2014
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Hair on women is considered gross. Shaving underarms and legs is so natural to us, when really hair is natural. Legs are legs, and humans happen to have hair on them. Because women were pushed into wearing shorter skirts and shorts due to society's idea of sex appeal, it was also decided that hairless legs were attractive. Only when women shave their legs, of course. If a man shaves his legs, it looks weird. That's because shaving your legs is weird! If all women in the media started painting purple dots on their arms, it would become a trend. The media and use of repeated assertion has weaved an eerie path into our brains and makes us do unbelievable things.
I urge you, the next time you make a decision, to purchase an item, to try on a dress, to cut your hair, to go on a jog, ask yourself why you're doing it. Are you going on a jog because you love jogging, or because you think you may be gaining too much weight? Are you scared of gaining too much weight because your doctor told you you need to be healthier or because your mother has been nagging you about that box of chocolates you ate?
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy." -Dalai Lama
I believe this to be more than a saying; for me it's a philosophy, a way of life. Live life to be happy and with no regrets. If that box of chocolates made you happy and jogging doesn't, then screw your mother. I hope I've left you with something to think about. Thank you.
--Summer Gagner, 2014
1/17/14
The Abstinence Paradox
Hi there!
Today I'm going to talk about something touchy, so don't be offended. The other day in school, my class was assigned an essay on why abstinence is the best, safest, most effective contraceptive method. Bull crap.
The point of an actual contraceptive is to lower the risk of pregnancy while being sexually active. To be sexually abstinent, you wouldn't really be using a contraceptive. Abstinence is a state of being, not a tool.
I'm not saying that everyone should just decide to have sex, but I am saying that abstinence is not necessarily the most "effective." You have to ask yourself, "What kind of result am I looking for?"
One might say that abstinence can always be used and is therefore the best and most helpful, but really abstinence is as much there as when it isn't. Technically, anyone who isn't having sex this second is abstinent. Abstinence is transient, and while someone may be abstinent for longer than another person, once you have sex abstinence isn't there to prevent you from having a baby.
Contraceptives such as condoms and "the pill" are real, tangible contraceptives that help you prevent pregnancy when you have sex. Abstinence leaves you once you have sex. Really, the idea of abstinence as a contraceptive is contradictory, because it's never used to prevent pregnancy during sex. "Abstinence is 100% effective." No, once you have sex it's 0% effective.
And ultimately, the entire evolutionary goal for humans is to reproduce, so from an evolutionary standpoint, abstinence is terrible. Look at the Shakers, who never participated in sexual contact. Yeah, waiting for the immaculate conception didn't work out for them.
Am I advocating for teenagers to have sex? No. But I'm also not in a position to tell others what to do with their lives, and I don't believe that my teachers are either.
Signing off,
Colm McNeil
Today I'm going to talk about something touchy, so don't be offended. The other day in school, my class was assigned an essay on why abstinence is the best, safest, most effective contraceptive method. Bull crap.
The point of an actual contraceptive is to lower the risk of pregnancy while being sexually active. To be sexually abstinent, you wouldn't really be using a contraceptive. Abstinence is a state of being, not a tool.
I'm not saying that everyone should just decide to have sex, but I am saying that abstinence is not necessarily the most "effective." You have to ask yourself, "What kind of result am I looking for?"
Contraceptives such as condoms and "the pill" are real, tangible contraceptives that help you prevent pregnancy when you have sex. Abstinence leaves you once you have sex. Really, the idea of abstinence as a contraceptive is contradictory, because it's never used to prevent pregnancy during sex. "Abstinence is 100% effective." No, once you have sex it's 0% effective.
And ultimately, the entire evolutionary goal for humans is to reproduce, so from an evolutionary standpoint, abstinence is terrible. Look at the Shakers, who never participated in sexual contact. Yeah, waiting for the immaculate conception didn't work out for them.
Am I advocating for teenagers to have sex? No. But I'm also not in a position to tell others what to do with their lives, and I don't believe that my teachers are either.
Signing off,
Colm McNeil
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