Joe Trebble and the Bio Tech Conspiracy Chapter 10: The Sea

Below is the next installment of Joe Trebble and the Bio Tech Conspiracy.
I have a few more chapters to type up, so I am hoping to have a new chapter posted every Monday.

You can read the entire serial here: http://joetrebble.blogspot.com/
The links on the left hand side have the chapters in order.

Joe Trebble and the Bio Tech Conspiracy

Chapter 10: The Sea

Joe Watched the tide come in. It always amazed him how dramatic the tide was down the Bristol Channel, even this far down stream.

“Not as spectacular as the tidal changes where you're form. Or so I hear.” 

Joe smiled at the familiar voice coming from behind him. “You bloody well know I live no where near that part of Canada.” Joe leapt up and gave his partner a hug.

“As far as I know Stratford on Avon, Canada, is as close to your Bay of Fundy as Stratford-upon-Avon, England is to here. You keep promising to take me over for a visit.”

“It is just Stratford in Canada, and I will one day my love.” Joe sat on the rocks and looked towards the sea, out back towards home.

“Your mission is bothering you,” Devin said giving Joe a squeeze on the shoulders.

“It is . . .” Joe paused and looked into Devin's eyes. “. . . It is more the emotions stirring in me; Having to leave you for this unknown length of time.”

“Hey, I know you are the only one qualified for this. Even though our training isn’t complete.” Devin sat on the rocks next to Joe. “Johnson said he’d keep me apprised of your status as best he can, and will try and pass on personal messages from me when possible. I will miss you constantly, but if Johnson says you’re the best chance to stop these biotech company attacks, then we just have to trust him.” Devin rested his head on Joe’s shoulder while pulling him close. “Let’s just make the most of the time we have together.”

Joe kissed Devin, his emotions beating upon him like the ocean waves upon the nearby shore.

General Blog Update Info

I know this blog may not seem all that exciting. I hope to eventually add some more content - such as more updates to Joe Trebble.

I am also considering to expand this blog beyound just my writing - which I have started to do with my "Daily Inspiration" posts.

It may or may not be obvious that I am gay, so I am considering posting some thoughts and other related content here. I will post warning if there is anything of graphic nature.

I do appreciate any feedback about my posts; things you the reader would like to see, or not see. comments about what I post as well.

Word of the Day: Heterosexism

On Thursday 3 March I attended a workshop titles "...but words DO hurt: stories from GLBTT youth." In the session a few terms / words were mentioned, most I'd heard before (like homophobia), but the one that really got to me was Heterosexism. Heterosexism, as I recall it being defined, is essentially people treating someone as straight based on the assumption they are. An example would be a man commenting, nonchalantly, about how hot a woman is to his friend he doesn't know is gay.

If you haven't guessed by now (based on my logo), I'm gay. I have lived a rather privileged life, in regards to not being teased or bullied for being gay (I tend to fall under the term for "straight acting" - I don't appear gay). Only once has someone called me a fag (just over a year ago). It hurt. The person called me that not because he knew I was gay (or suspected), but because he was lashing out and I happened to be the closest person.

Learning of the term Heterosexism, I could immediately identify with it. There have been many times, work occasions, out with new friends or friends of friends, where a somewhat innocent comment to me has hurt me; such as isn't she hot, or what do you think of her.

Homophobic terms can be easier to confront as our society begins to recognize them as terms of hate, bullying, verbal abuse, etc. Confronting someone about what they say can start a healing process, and still, to some effect keep people closeted, if that's their choice.

Heterosexism on the other hand is harder to confront. Until society is fully accepting of all sexual diversity (which may be never), what appear to be harmless comments can hurt more than the speaker knows. I do not propose any solution, as I have none, just a comment and explanation of the term.

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What makes me write this post now is based on the outcome from a post I saw on someone else's tumblr blog.
I first noticed this post: http://socal650.tumblr.com/post/4768728366/someone-asked-for-nudes-here-is-what-he-got-then

I replied to the courage of the author for confronting the person who would ask such a question (when his blog info mentions he is turning 18 soon).

I then continued to look at the comments he had on his blog, and noticed this one, which I identified with: http://socal650.tumblr.com/post/4219107686/annoyed-today-my-boy-crush-came-up-to-me-and-was-all

Annoyed! Today my boy crush came up to me and was all like “Did you notice that hot chick right next to you!? She is the hottest girl Iv’e ever seen! Did you get her number or anything? Dudee! How did you not notice her!?” In my head I was like, “oh sorry, I was too busy dreaming about you”…

This is what brings me back to the Heterosexism. I then shared with him a time I felt like that, and then term Heterosexism.

In reading his blog and the few messages we had back and forth, I can tell he is passionate about his life, but living somewhere not open to much, if any, sexual diversity.

On a side note, his tumblr blog (http://socal650.tumblr.com/) has a lot of web photos of guys - most NSFW

Fortune Cookie

I was at a Chinese restaurant before going to the Symphony. This is what my fortune cookie said:

"You will receive an unexpected gift from an acquaintance."

Joe Trebble serial update

Recently I found some more chapters to Joe Trebble and the Bio Tech Conspiracy I had written a while ago. I will be adding them to that blog over the next few weeks as I type them up.

Two of the chapters which were written about 2.5 years ago, and I thought were lost, were also found. Luckily they still fit into the overall story, though not in sequence based on the date they are written. Instead they will be placed in the middle of others I wrote about a year ago. 

The full serial can be found here: http://joetrebble.blogspot.com/

June 2008 Update

Wow has life been busy.
I am coming up to finishing the first draft of my next play - the initial working title no longer fits the play, so at the moment it is untitled, just called "Play 2".

There is sill some research I have to do, but I am glad to have it thus far. I'm hoping to have a fully complete draft done (research done, and ready for hard core editing) by the middle of August. Such that I can pass it on to Adrian, who helped both with some of the critiquing of my last play as well as directing it.

Hopefully I can get it done. I am in the middle of the chaos of moving, and taking a course on Poetry and Plays through Athabasca University, so hopefully I can meet all my deadlines.

On another note of busyness, you may have noticed my website (HughKemeny.ca) is down. My web host had informed me that he was getting out of hosting, with plenty of time for me to find another host. However I seemed to have other things that were more pressing. I am in the process of getting a new web host, but even when I do my site may not be up for a while. I would like to revamp it, but as all things either need time or incentive, it may wait. (Though if you know anyone that could design the site for me, please let me know.)

Changes are a coming

There are a few changes to my website coming, and to here as a result (though I will hold onto this blog url).

My webpage provider is shutting down his hosting service, and so I have to move my webpage to another server. The web url ( HughKemeny.ca ) will still be the same, just that where it is stored will move.

As part of that move I am hoping to revamp my website. Eric has been rather busy to help me (he was the one that created the initial website design - encouraging me to get it up for the play).

However to get to this stage I require a couple things, and you my readers can possibly help....
I need to know of a place to host my site, and I'd like someone to help design the webpage (to a point that I can easily update it, and have a more elegant layout.).

So please comment on this post, or email me with any suggestions.

Thanks all.