My Specific Use of Language

I think there's a lot of power in language. Something more than what is written is said when you choose to capitalize your I's, spell properly, use punctuation -- and when you don't.

For the last few years, I've taken to being very precise in my language use. I think about many levels of nuance when I speak, and often find myself unable to talk about a subject if I can't "find the right words." I don't want to be imprecise, I don't want there to be any misunderstandings. I want to say exactly what I mean.

When I talk about who I date, I use the word "people." Not men, or guys, or boys, unless I'm talking about a specific subset, but people. I date people. Part of this is my insistence that I am bisexual, although I have yet to date a lady. I think when I decided I was bi, or at least "keeping my options open," that part of that meant I judged and dated people as individual persons, not primarily defined by their gender or sex. So I date people. Some of these people are boys, a few of them are men, and there's also a few guys I've messed around with in a not rigidly defined manner.

I date people. I think of people in general as human beings, individuals worthy of merit and my respect until proven otherwise, and having many attributes, including hair color, sense of humor, intelligence, undying love for Lady GaGa, warmth and compassion, drive, cooking skills, guilty pleasures, fears, and oh yeah, gender and sex.