From: scruff@netcom.com (Steven Stadnicki)
Subject: Re: A de-muffinning, and a coming out
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 15:44:35 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

From article <1992Aug25.105845.1@oread.cc.ukans.edu>, by matthew@oread.cc.ukans.edu:
(>, of course, are Matt; >> are me)

> 	Well, we're glad you made it to our happy little home!
> 	Come on in to the net.room...here, sit down on Peg's couch
> (she won't mind).  Whoa! <Yells into the air> Whose nonstick can of
> Pam is this?  I though were were trying butter flavor Crisco this
> week!  Oh well, Steven, you're sitting down now.  Let's read on...
*whump* (Steve sprawls out across whatever seating area is available)
Hey, be thankful I'm not doing this in my online, furry form; fox'taurs are

> 	I *love* asking questions!  How do you feel about...ooops,
> maybe I should ask if the net.dungeon is free.  <Looks at schedule on
> wall>  Darn!  Looks like it's temporarily closed for repairs.  Wonder
> what happened? <wink, wink>
> 	(Can everyone tell I'm feeling much better this week?)
Well, call it a hunch...
net.dungeon?  Should I even ask?

>>      I actually told my parents that I was bi, rather than that I was gay; in
>> retrospect, this may have been a mistake, because one of the things they kept
>> asking me was, "Well, if you're in a long-term relationship with another male
>> (I am), why do you say that you're bi?  It sounds more like you're gay", and
>> then I had to try and explain the rather abstract concept of physical and
>> emotional attraction.
> 	I know what you mean.  I haven't told my parents just yet, but
> to some of my friends who know, they have a really hard time
> understanding the concepts you're talking about.  It seems like I'll
> have to hit them over the head with something!
Can't you lose a purity point that way?  ;-)
Seriously, though... in a group of friends, most of whom are bi, and almost all
of whom are at least extremely bi-friendly, it's easy to forget how completely
alien some of the things I take for granted are to most of the populace at
large...

>>      Anyway, that's my story, for right now at least; hopefully I'll make it
>> back here to say 'hi' more often from here on out...
> 	You'll have to--I have an idea for a new net.addition to the
> net.room.
> <Heads peek up from different activities.  People start crowding
> closer to Matt>
> 	No!  Not yet!  I have to make the final ideas for what's
> inside.  But I *will* take suggestions.  Remember, the first
> net.addition became the dungeon, so what do you think the second should be?
> <Turns to Steven, his blue-green eyes sparkling>  You get the first
> choice--of whatever you want...er, the net.addition!  (Gosh, I do come
> on strong with the new ones, don't I?  But that's the job of the
> greeter! <grin>)
Well, a hot tub would be the *obvious* choice, and definitely ought to be put
in one of these days, but being the *extreme* backrub slut I am, I'm gonna have
to suggest a massage room.  *warm smile*
> 					--Matt
> -- 
> Matt Chatterly             | "How'd you get hand lotion all the way up there?"
> (A blatant pseudonym...)   | "I told you I spilled it...."
> Matthew@oread.cc.ukans.edu |		--from _Young Lady Chatterly_
Geez, and I thought I was one of the only people out there who'd even *heard*
of this movie, much less enjoyed it...

                   Steven Stadnicki, fighting flirt with flirt
                   ss7m@andrew.cmu.edu (posting from elsewhere today)

                  "There is, therefore, about all complete conviction a kind
                   of huge helplessness.  The belief is so big that it takes a
                   long time to get it into action.  And this hesitation
                   chiefly arises, oddly enough, from an indifference about
                   where one should begin.  All roads lead to Rome; which is
                   one reason why many people never get there."
                             -- G. K. Chesterton