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13 September 2005

... a kind of camp Nirvana, or God loves Flags. ...he twirled more effusively and pirouetted more extravagantly than anyone else. He flung himself en arrière and en avant, he pirouetted under the posts and jeté -ed across the fifty yard line. He was terrific. Some people in the crowd got a little wound up, apparently annoyed that a gender boundary might be in danger of subversion on the very altar of American masculinity’s defining ritual. ...

post by: amberglow at: 09:40 | 4 comments

One importation here that wasn't completely perverted (as in twisted, not the American obsessed/must be sexual perversion) was the whole cheerleading thing. Girls cheer the boys, and boys cheer the girls. Of course they're actually leading cheers, too, rather than shaking ass for entertainment...

I just recently saw a tv drama based on the true story of some boys at a prestigious high school that fought for the right to do synchronized swimming. It was fun. It's called Waterboys. I wish I'd heard of it back when I was close enough to see one of their events.

I never understood why the same people who are constantly putting their hands on each others' asses are so worried about someone who crosses a supposed gender line.

posted by MightyNez 13 September | 10:27

Now I feel like a thread-killer. Sorry!
I shall re-examine my mummy pictures and repent.

posted by MightyNez 13 September | 15:41

not at all Mighty : >

posted by amberglow 13 September | 20:45

You know, Godhatesflags.com is still open. And BEGGING for a parody.

posted by klangklangston 14 September | 11:40

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