Brother Jed

Yesterday the U of MN got a wonderful visit from a man by the name of Brother Jed. He came to save us by teaching us to fear God. It was rather entertaining.

Actually, he wasn't all that bad to listen to. I didn't agree with everything he said, but his words didn't make me angry. It was more of an intellectual disagreement than an emotional one.

He told us why gay sex is wrong. He brought out two electrical cords to teach us what happened in sex. He said he wasn't necessarily against weird sex positions, but he encouraged the traditional man-on-top, woman-on-bottom-on-her-back because it made it harder to accidentally use the wrong "orifice."

It was all rather entertaining. If he comes by your campus, I highly recommend that you check it out. There's always a few atheists there who hand out free hugs, so you're sure to get something good out of it all.

Trading Faiths

My roommate and I seem to be trading faiths. Rui is from China, where almost everyone is atheist. Last Sunday we both went to a church. We hadn't known the other was going to go, and we went to different churches at different times. We had a conversation about religion afterwards and I learned that she has no religion and she learned that I am a Christian.

However, over the course of the week she has gotten more and more interested in Christianity (she goes to the activities of a Christian student group and has bought a Bible), but I have been getting more and more interested in atheism (as a science major, that generally tends to happen).

I don't know if either of us will fully convert to the other's religion (or lack thereof), but it's an interesting turn of events, don't you think?

KDWB

I'm listening to the radio this morning and they're going on about some email they got from a listener. Apparantly her boyfriend won't have sex with her. They started dating four years ago, and he got cold six months after they started.

They're saying maybe he's cheating, or maybe he was molested or something. I just sent them a text that maybe he's asexual.

Maybe he's not, but the fact that they didn't include that possibility annoys me. The woman host was saying that sex is "so important" to a relationship or marriage, and that it can't be healthy without it.

These are obviously people who have never heard of asexuality. It's my mission to educate those people.

Back to the issue of this woman's boyfriend, I should also point out that a loss of sex drive can be a symptom of a really bad liver disease. If you or someone you know has lost sex drive, you should go in for a checkup. Don't say that you've lost your sex drive, or they'll run you through so many tests. Say you want your liver tested, you don't have to say why. If they know why they'll think something's wrong with you even if your liver's fine.

QSCC

There's "a" student group at the U called the Queer Student Cultural Center. It's not actually one group, it's a bunch. I'm gonna join it 'cause I'm asexual and all. I asked if they had any asexuals and they said they did have one, and she was an executive of the center and everything. Sounds ok. We'll see how it goes. I probably won't join any of the individual groups within the Center, but it has its own room in Coffman with a Wii. ^_^

This is cool 'cause I thought that asexuals were being left out, since the school's official gay awareness (not student run) program is the GLBTA; A being for Ally, not Ace.

But it's looking up.

Free Condoms!

All right. I'm finally moved into my dorm at the great great U of MN. It's Welcome Week! Woohoo! Basically it's just five days of Freshmen being escorted around and told when to do stuff. Kind of like a high school field trip. Tomorrow's the last day. /relieved

So today we were brought to an assembly to listen to some people talk about HIV and AIDS. It was actually pretty interesting, and I teared up at some of the stuff. Did you know that some kids with HIV aren't allowed in their churches? That's bullshit to me. Especially since a kid obviously didn't get it by having gay sex or anything, a church should use the same compassion they give to homeless people.

After that, we listened to a nurse or something talk about the University clinic here at the U. We're supposed to practice safe sex. It was actually pretty funny because she had two volunteers--a guy and a girl--go behind a sheet. The nurses shook the sheet back and forth saying "Oh oh! What's going on back there?" Then they removed the sheet, saying "And then, 30 seconds later..." And we all laughed. It continued to go on about the girl finding out she and her baby have HIV ten years later.

And guess what! There's free condoms at the clinic! That's just so interesting to me. They were practically pushing these condoms on us. We were even told that we should all keep condoms available just in case.

I mean, I understand that strictly speaking it's better than the alternative. I guess it's better to have what you don't need than to need what you don't have. But what about those that are just not sexually active yet? Or, in my case, ever? It was kind of uncomfortable to listen to, actually.

Still, maybe I should go pick a couple up. Just in case? I probably won't need 'em, but my roommate might. >.< Or maybe I'll meet someone who really wants to have sex with me and I'm willing to comply.

Lawl, that makes me sound like I'm begging to be raped. I only mean that if I love that person I can put my own asexual non-needs aside.



Not until marriage, of course. Just saying.