As my earlier attempts 1 and 2 Here and 3 Here relate, I'm trying to work through my sense of how/why/when/where/etc. I came to define myself as bisexual. And why I'm now wondering about the limits of that term.

( Where I First Found Queer )

OK, the first part of what is turning into what seems to be my sexual autobiography and a bunch of replies and comments and suchlike can be found "Here". Anyone interested is invited to jump right in to the discussion which started when someone asked me in another thread (flocked) to define bisexual and bisexual slash since I'd said I was a bisexual and considered that I wrote bisexual slash. *sigh*

Note to everyone out there: Please never never never ask me to define anything again. *whimper*

This is more theory talk, about language, naming, Idaho culture in the fifties and sixties (if anyone waxes nostalgic around me about this time, I slap them. Twice.). Next installment will be more personal stories as I try to figure out what the hell I'm talking about. And given some of the comments in the responses to my first attempts, I may have to give up "bisexual" and just go with "queer." Except that I think a lot of people who aren't (hah) theoretically informed will assume I'm just saying I'm a lesbian which I am *not.* *sigh* Cue: "It's not easy being green."

( Attempt #3 )

Names deleted to protect the guilty. The innocent...are not the people I was hanging out with. Let me see, the year was 1981. The city was Bellingham, Washington. And the friends were four...it was the year we stopped celebrating...

( Valentine's Day )