Walkabout refers to a rite of passage where male Australian Aborigines would undergo a journey during adolescence and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months
I often go walkabout, not for six months, when I want to think about things. Growing up on the coast whenever I was upset about something, in a bit of trouble or didn’t have enuf money I’d go walkabout on the beach for a few hours and I’d always feel better when I got back. I’m not sure if it was the exercise or just the time thinking but it is something that works for me.
I’ve recently become a fan of the sitcom “How I met your mother” and I was watching it with some friends last week and they told me that Neil Patrick Harris is gay. You know the guy – from Doogie Howser MD. I love his character on “How I met your mother” and love how he did cameos in the Harold and Kumar movies.
That is awesome that he is gay and out – if I didn’t know this I wonder who else is gay.
Over the last couple of months I’ve noticed a certain train of thought….
That I should just come out and annouce my homosexuality.
Thing is… I’m not homosexual. I’m not hetrosexual either. I am a bit of both – hence the word bisexuality.
Bisexuality is a sexual orientation which refers to the romantic and/or sexual attraction of individuals to others of both genders (socially) or sexes (biologically). Most bisexuals are not equally attracted to men and women and may even shift between states of finding either gender or sex exclusively attractive over the course of time.However, some bisexuals are and remain fairly static in their level of attraction throughout their adult life.
Although observed in a variety of forms in human societies and in the animal kingdom throughout recorded history, the term bisexuality (like the terms hetero- and homosexuality) was only coined in the 19th century.
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Perhaps it is because of my nomadic existence these days but I comfortable being ‘in the closet’ to some of my friends and family while in different circles I’m more than happy to be known as someone who is very open minded.
Unfortunately, not everyone that I know is open minded enuf to understand that. And I’m not on a crusade to change peoples minds so what they don’t know doesn’t hurt them. I’m sure there are hypothetical scenarios which would cause a conflict of where I would step up and show my true colours (as has happened to Aaron) but that hasn’t happened yet and if it does I’ll deal with it then.
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If you guys sound interested then I would like to discuss this more over the coming weeks (leave a comment if you are). Two great bloggers Aaron (in Montreal) and Matt (in LA) have both written about their ‘coming out’ and ‘not coming’ out experiences over the last couple of days. They both have completely difference experiences and although my reaction has been different I don’t think any of us are wrong – just different.
And if there are any girls who are going to be in Queenstown who want to test out my bisexuality then count me in – haha.
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