Quote of the Week

At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.

-- Emo Phillips

♥Kimokeo

Quote of the Week

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

-- Warren Beatty

♥Kimokeo

Pic of the Week!

Doll Face

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Pic of the Week!

Tiger Lily

♥Kimokeo

Taboo: Bugchasing

My friend, Kenny (check out his blog), and I ran across something quite peculiar and strange, but still should be discussed and acknowledged by those who can handle strange and peculiar things. Kenny may have already written a post about this or may be writing one, I don't know, but of course I encourage the reading of his opinion because he is a very sound thinker and I do cherish opinion :)

Bugchasing is the act in which a subculture of individuals who pursue sex with HIV infected individuals in order to contract HIV. These individuals may call themselves "Bugchasers" and their HIV infected sex partners "Gift Givers". These people live their lives paranoid by the worry of being contracted with HIV that they feel it will bring them great relief if they choose to have it.

Bugchasers go to "Bug Parties" (or Conversion) parties: gathering in which they meet Gift Givers in oder to have unprotected sex and to be contracted by the disease. There are even those who mark themselves with visible "negative sign" tattoos in order for the Gift Givers to be able to spot them, and when they have contracted the disease they add a line to the tattoo, having completed his/her, becoming positive.

I do not agree with these actions, personally; although, I can understand their reasoning. I suppose for some people the paranoia of contracting HIV/AIDS can be exhausting. But it is not an ideal that looms over me. I do not wake up in the morning nor do I go to sleep at night wondering, "Hmmm... Did I contract HIV today?" It seems a little exaggerated to me. You may get rid of worry, BUT you gain many more. "Did I take my medication today?" "Oh, no I missed a doctor's appointment." "Oh my, my T cells are dropping." "Goodness, Am I coughing up blood?" "Woe is me, I'm dying of pneumonia!" It seems to me that you've gotten the shorter end of the stick, here. So I think I'll stay negative.

...Yet, to each his own. And if that is what a person decides to choose, that person has his/her right to do so, as long as it is not physically affecting anyone else. Everyone is entitle his/her own destruction. I just hope that later on down the line, there is any regret in doing so.

♥Kimokeo

Poetry: Untitled #2

You don’t have to pretend to be happy

Or forfeit yourself to please me

And I’ll understand it

You’re free to exploit yourself

Or condemn someone else

And I’ll sympathize with it

I’ll listen to your highs and your lows

Your to’s and your fro’s

And I’ll keep it

You may choose to take off and take flight

Or stay in one place all your life

And I won’t judge it

You can fall into the abyss

On the way to your bliss

I’ll empathize with it

I’ll hear you’re deepest of loathes

Your sensory overloads

And I’ll forgive it

I accept you for who you are

I accept you if you change

Even if you fuck up

I bet you’re wondering when

You’ve conditionally filled

My proverbial cup

Solace knows no judgment

Or knows when you’ve confessed

One too many sins

But this is only love

And love that only I

Can truly give

I’ll commit to your certainty doubts

Your claustrophobic freak-outs

I won’t forsake you

I’ll decode your astral premonitions

Stabilize cerebral elevations

I’m not above it

I’ll grant you space to travel

Or love you from afar

Even if it means I’ll lose you

♥Kimokeo

Not Into the Polka Dot?

Well, I'm usually not a fan of polka dots either, but for this shoe, it works for me. I don't exactly know if this is a woman or man's shoe -- neither do I care -- but I really like it. Kimo says POLKA MY DOT and gimme these shoes lol :)

♥Kimokeo