Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is thanksgiving in Canada.  Most people get the Monday off and some people even had Friday off last week.  All holidays are a complicated scheduling flip-flop.  My father, mother, and boyfriend's parents have holiday meals on all different days.

Thing were made a little easier this year when I was told that my cousins were coming down from Montreal for my dad's meal.  I'm sure everyone has at least a few family members that they can't stand.  For me it's my uncle, aunt and cousins from Montreal.  I cannot relate to them in any way.  Throughout my childhood, they would come down at least once a year for several days.  These were some of the most awkward and uninteresting family get togethers ever.

This side of the family is very waspy.  They are well off, religious, conservative individuals.  I don't think they're bigots but we are very different people.  They are socially awkward and just all around boring.  It's like a life and death struggle just to try and get through a one sentence conversation.

My other side of the family is the complete opposite.  They are from a large family from the East Coast of Canada (lots of Irish/Scottish).  They are very loud, friendly and are easy to read.  They're easy to talk to and multiple conversations can be happening at the same time, with everyone switching between them without missing a beat.  There are many problems in this side of the family (drugs, alcohol, spontaneous pregnancy at 16), but at least they feel like people.

When I was younger we would have everyone from this side of the family over for all major holidays.  It's was often drama filled, but always fun.  If I needed a break I would just run up to my room for a little while.

Our holiday dinners are a little smaller now.  It usually consists of my grandfather, mother, cousin, brother, and myself and Jame (and last year an uncle on my mom's side and is crack addicted enthusiast girlfriend).  This is the dinner that I went to today.  I still enjoy these dinners.  It keeps things interesting.  Tomorrow we have dinner with Jame's parents, nephew, sister and her boyfriend.  These are somewhere between the two extremes that are my family.

I'm not entirely sure where this post is going, so I'm going to end it here.  It's time to watch some Sunday night TV!

United States National Equality March

Tomorrow is the US National Equality March in Washington.  I wish everyone that's going the best!  I would be there with you all if I could.  Someday soon I believe that everyone in the United States will be able to enjoy the same rights that we have in Canada.  What happens in the US will inspire people in countries throughout the world to change the views of their own societies.

Gay TV Characters

More and more of the shows that I regularly watch are starting to have gay characters. I absolutely love it! It's just all around comforting to see them. I really don't care if they are a stereotype, recurring character, or part of the main storey line. I'm just happy that they're there. My current list of INCLUSIVE shows includes: Desperate Housewives, Nurse Jackie, Brothers and Sisters, Weeds, True Blood, Modern Family, 30 Rock (kind of), and Suze Orman (not a 'show' but she's great... You, cannot, afford it!).

However I've noticed that something has started to happen. Shows that I once loved I find myself no longer wanting to watch. These are the shows without gay characters. I still find the shows to be good, but really feel like something is missing. One good example is Dexter. Last year I was absolutely delighted by this show. However this year I'd like to see a new cast member. Maybe someone transferred from another police precinct. He could have a picture of him and his boyfriend in clear view on his desk.

Does anyone else find their media choices becoming a little slanted? By the way I don't know if any else watched Ru Paul's Drag Race but I LOVED that show. It just fills a much needed void in my preferred televisions programming. I think it's coming back in January!!