I Own A Lot Of My House,

Christmas Can Have A Real Melancholy Aspect, 'cause It Packages Itself As This Idea Of Perfect Family Cohesion And Love, And You're Always Going To Come Up Short When You Measure Your Personal Life Against The Idealized Personal Lives That Are Constantly Thrust In Our Faces, Primarily By Tv Commercials.

I Think It's Better To Have Limits. My Limits Are Different From Other People's Limits. I'm All For Freedom, I'm All For People Doing What They Want. I'm Also All For People Shouldering The Consequences Of Their Behaviors, And Not Being Assholes, And Not Lying Unless They Need To, And Being Honest Except When You Shouldn't, And Being Faithful Except When It's Okay To Cheat. I Guess I'm Just A Mass Of Contradictions.

School Is Very Conformist, And One Of The Very First Conforming That Goes On In Preschool And Kindergarten Is Gender.

I Really Enjoy Doing Theater, But Doing Theater In Seattle Is Like Dropping A Brick In A Bottomless Well. It's Gratifying, But It's Almost Like Doing Radio. It's Ephemeral.

Like It Or Not Children Are Being Raised By Gay And Lesbian Parents All Over America - As Many As 10 Million Children. And It Does Nothing To Make Their Lives More Stable And Secure To Attack Their Families, To Attack Their Parents To Prevent Us From Marrying Each Other.