We have heard these annual proclamations falling off earnest lips and with such songs of sincerity, how could we not smile, toast and in our hearts know that God’s going rate is 10 fold for moments like that and the good news was, we were on the receiving end.
I can’t begin to tell you where I was, what I drank or even perhaps what his name was or what his roommate/boyfriend said that made me discard the proven buddy system so many straight women and gay men have put their own spins to.
Now, as if, I had closed my 21 year young eyes (with huge eyelashes) that night, I’ve re-awoken to find myself facing down a seemingly faster moving 12 months of 2013 to yet another Christmas and yet another set of hope-filled promises of a better us and yet another candle on that birthday commemoration, now almost 34 years ago.
It is in that spirit of reflection that I ask each of you to not give up on the sentiment, the ritual or the hard journey.
When could be a better time than today – right this moment – to promise to yourself to continue that journey of self exploration and sexual discovery and who knows, maybe you teach the other person they liked it too.
Happy New Year from NPI
Ethnophaulisms & Today's Queer 