We have cleared off the table, the leftovers saved Washed the dishes and put them away I have told you a story and tucked you in tight At the end of your knockabout day
As the moon sets its sails to carry you to sleep over the midnight sea I will sing you a song no one sang to me May it keep you good company
You can be anybody you want to be You can love whomever you will You can travel any country where your heart leads And know I will love you still
You can live by yourself, you can gather friends around

You can choose one special one And the only measure of your words and your deeds Will be the love you leave behind when you're done
There are girls who grow up strong and bold There are boys quiet and kind Some race on ahead, some follow behind Some go in their own way and time
Some women love women, some men love men Some raise children, some never do You can dream all the day never reaching the end Of everything possible for you
Don't be rattled by names, by taunts, by games But seek out spirits true If you give your friends the best part of yourself They will give the same back to you
You can be anybody you want to be You can love whomever you will You can travel any country where your heart leads And know I will love you still
You can live by yourself, you can gather friends around You can choose one special one And the only measure of your words and your deeds Will be the love you leave behind when you're done

1. Slept naked? haha dodgy but yea
2. Taken a shower with someone? Yes
4. Drove a car? yea
5. Stole anything? Yea
6. Been in love? .... yea
7. Been dumped? yeah
8. Stole money from a friend/family member? haha errrr generally get given it
9. Gotten in a car with people you just met? yea
10. Been in a fist fight? Yea
11. Snuck out of your/someone’s house? yea
12. Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back? yea
13. Been arrested? long long story there
14. Hugged a stranger? yea
15. Met up with a member of the opposite sex somewhere? Yea
16. Left your house with out telling your parents? Yea
18. Ditched school to do something more fun? yea
19. Slept in a bed with a member of the opposite sex? not my kind of thing
20. Lost a friend? Yea
21. Been on a plane? yea
22. Been to an island? yea
23. Slept in until 3? shit loads most weekends
24. Love someone or miss someone right now? yea
25. Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? yea.
26. Made a snow angel? yea
27. Played dress up?yea
28. Cheated while playing a game? yea
29. Been lonely? yea
30. Kissed more than 4 people in one night? drunk.
32. Felt an earthquake? yea
33. Touched a snake? fuck off
34. Ran a red light? yea totally wasnt paying attention
35. Been suspended from school? yea sadly 2 weeks year 10
36. Had detention? yea
37. Been in a car accident? yea with rach
38.Had a party in your house while your parents were away? yea haha summer last year
39.Used a fake id? nah
40. Crawled through a window? yea
41. Been lost? yea
42. Been to the opposite side of the country? yea
44. Cried yourself to sleep? haha yea i guess last year ... english
47. Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? SHIT LOADS
49. Caught a snowflake on your tongue? nah
50. Kissed in the rain? nah
51. Sang in the shower? yea often summer loving is the most popular shower song
52. Made love in a park? umm dodgy but at virginia lake ......
53. Had a dream that you married someone? yea
54. Glued your hand to something? nah oh wait a skip it
55. Got your tongue stuck to a flag pole? nah.
56. Ever gone to school partially naked? nah.. maby define naked lmao
57. Been a cheerleader? Nah
58. Had more than ten boy/girl friends?
59. Didn't take a shower for a week? ewww no
60. Ever too scared to watch scary movies alone? nah i fall asleep in most sadly
61. Played chicken? yea
62. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? nah wait oh no
63. Been told you're hot by a complete stranger? ewww yea but i think he was retarded
64. Broken a bone? yea many lol arms, knees, and a few cracks of bones
65. Been easily amused? yea
66. Laugh so hard you cry? yea every so often
67. Mooned/flashed someone? yea haha classic
68. Cheated on a test? yea
69. Forgotten someone's name? heaps
71. Done something dumb while drunk? hell .yea
73. Blacked out from drinking? yea on a tennis court
74. Played a prank on someone?yea
75. Gone to a late night movie? yea the opening of lord of the rings in wellys at 12 am
76. Made love to anything not human? No fucking sik
77. Failed a class? yea actuali oftn
78. Choked on something your not suppose to eat? ewwwwwwwww
79. Smoked weed? thats like saying is the sky blue
80. Cheated on a girl/boyfriend? no
81. Celebrate the 4th of July? yea american family diddle
82. Thrown strange objects? yea
83. Felt like killing someone? YES
84. Thought about running away? YES and have done
86. Got a piercing? yea ears
87. Cut your own hair? yea
89. Made a parent cry? yea haha often im a "life sentence"
90. Cried over someone? yea
91. Do you have heaps of secrets? A few.
92. Do you go out with the person you text the most? no
93. Kissed 10 guys in your lifetime? um im gay...
94. Regretted anything? Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
95. Been drunk 3 nights in a row? yea haha many times
96. Told your parents you were somewhere you weren’t? ??? ummmmm?????
97. Cried at school? nope i would

'I'm sorry, Mama. Not for what I am, but for how you must feel at this
moment. I know what that feeling is, for I felt it for most of my
life. Revulsion, shame, disbelief – rejection through fear of
something I knew, even as a child, was as basic to my nature as the
color of my eyes.
No, Mama, I wasn't 'recruited.' No seasoned homosexual ever served as
my mentor. But you know what? I wish someone had. I wish someone older
than me and wiser than the people in Orlando had taken me aside and
said, 'You're all right, kid. You can grow up to be a doctor or a
teacher just like anyone else. You're not crazy or sick or evil. You
can succeed and be happy and find peace with friends – all kinds of
friends – who don't give a damn who you go to bed with. Most of all
though, you can love and be loved, without hating yourself for it.'
But no one ever said that to me, Mama. I had to find it out on my own,
with the help of the city that has become my home. I know this may be
hard for you to believe, but San Francisco is full of men and women,
both straight and gay, who don't consider sexuality in measuring the
worth of another human being.
These aren't radicals or weirdos, Mama. They are shop clerks and
bankers and little old ladies and people who nod and smile to you when
you meet them on the bus. Their attitude is neither patronising nor
pitying. And their message is so simple: Yes, you are a person. Yes, I
like you. Yes it's all right for you to like me too.
I know what you are thinking now. You're asking yourself: What did we
do wrong? How did we let this happen? Which one of us made him that
way?
I can't answer that, Mama. In the long run I guess I really don't
care. All I know is this: If you and Papa are responsible for the way
I am, then I thank you with all my heart, for it's the light and the
joy of my life.
I know I can't tell you what it is to be gay. But I can tell you what it's not.
It's not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and
Christianity. It's not fearing your body, or the pleasures that God
made for it. It's not judging you neighbor, except when he's cross or
unkind.
Being gay has taught me tolerance, compassion and humility. It has
shown me the limitless possibilities of living. It has given me people
whose passion and kindness and sensitivity have provided a constant
source of strength.
It has brought me into the family of man, Mama, and I like it here. I like it.'
- Michael Tolliver from 'More Tales of the City' by Armistead Maupin