I have MOVED

This blog will serve as an archive, but this blog has moved....and the goals of the blog have evolved.

I am looking for additional writers...here is the blurb. Join me if you are interested! Comment or email LFLU on the wordpress account.

Good afternoon everyone,
I started Letters from the Lesbian Underground during the 2008 Presidential Campaign as an outlet to my thoughts and feelings about culture, race, ideologies, and personal matters that affect the lives of Lesbians in the world. The blog was nothing more than a platform to convey my frustrations and celebrations to individuals, groups, and the Nation through letters (http://lettersfromthelesbianunderground.blogspot.com/). The more I wrote, the more I thought something was missing….

My voice was only one opinion. This blog needed to be more voices and more thoughts. It needed to be larger than one individual. The movement of people and cultures may start with an individual, but it takes a group of people with passion and vision to enact real change.

So, this is where you come in. I am looking for people who are willing to be part of this project. Your level of commitment would be up to you. Write when you have something to say. Write when you feel inspired. Write when you want to stick it to the man. Just write.

If you are interested, please contact me with your email preference and I will add you to the LFLU (http://lettersfromthelesbianunderground.wordpress.com/) writers listing. All you would need to do is create a handle and start writing. By signing up through wordpress, you will have the ability to connect your own personal blog or just keep that to yourself and have that page serve as a bio.

If you are prepared to join me in the journey of voices, then I must say, “Welcome to Letters from the Lesbian Underground!”

Life throws tumbleweeds that eat you alive

Dear friends,

This writing thing is just so sporatic for me. I have moved back to my Southern California homeland and find myself juggling just a bit more than my Iowa lifestyle was used to. I grew calm in the loss of things to accomplish. Sitting on the couch, looking at the snow, trying to stay warm...those were the things that were strenuous. Southern California, and its overabundant craziness is taking a bit longer to get used to.

I love it. Don't get me wrong. How can you not love the daily weather. I have no more seasonal depression. I don't feel like I am going to get stuck in a ditch, eaten by a wampa ice creature, and my family has to use the fur of the wampa to survive. It's good to not have those fears.

I do lean on a little complaining as there is just so much to do. There are people that I actually see. I am not a shut-in. I travel to them on a freeway and hang out. I drive on a bloody freeway....not a dirt road, but a BUSY freeway. I'm in an alternate universe. After living a very (almost) solitary existence (w/a wife and dog), I find myself surrounded by parents, an additional animal, old friends, brother, visitors, a full-time job with more people, and thousands of beer options. It's quite overwhelming.

Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, I am freaking overwhelmed with life. I need a break. I need a cabin. I need an isolated cabin (wampa free) with just my wife and two dogs. I can feel the peace now. I need an isolated wampa-free-cabin, the wife and dogs, no allergies, and beer. No, I need an isolated wampa-free-cabin, the wife and dogs, no allergies, beer, and a pillowtop king bed, deluxe bathroom and 90 inch screen television. Yes, that's it. I feel better already.

Yes, a hypoallergenic isolated wooded area. Oh, did I mention I am allergic to everything? Yup, I have a severe allergy for every season. I have a severe allergy for trees, grass, molds, dust, and weeds that grow everywhere. The doctor told me that's why I get sick all the time. Really? That is odd. Why would someone who never has a break from the world ever get sick? Doesn't make any sense at all to me. Yes, that's what I need an isolated wampa-free-hypoallergenic-isolated-wooded-area, the wife and dogs, no allergies, beer, and a pillowtop king bed, deluxe bathroom and 90 inch television.

What to do about food? Oh, I am allergic to those too. No potato, corn, coffee, cocoa, milk, pecans, clams (don't even start), baker's yeast, eggs, banana, orange, apple, and garlic. GARLIC? Are you kidding? Garlic is the official spice for EVERYTHING. Anyway, I would like to find an isolated wampa-free-hypoallergenic-isolated-wooded-area with the wife and dogs, no allergies, beer, and a pillowtop king bed, deluxe bathroom, 90 inch television, and allergy free food. Ahhhh, yes, that sounds better.

Of course, I will want to leave that cabin in less than a week, but I feels good to dream about it.

Ahhhh dreams....just as good as virtual reality.

silly wampas.