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Zorba · 10-20-2006, 08:56 PM

Of course I have one other thought that might relate to this thread.

I've had similar discussions on this subject many times, and a couple of times with Jim Boz - who is a real sweetheart of a guy. He too, upon seeing me dance, said "You're not nearly as Nelly as I thought you'd be (given our conversations)". Yet my style is NOTHING like Jim's.

I do say that I'm "masculine" because I'm a guy - but I reserve the right to define my OWN "masculinity", not someone else's. You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself.

I found an on-line discussion about the two of us (Zorba & Tarik) by some clueless dweebs who obviously can't think outside the box they're in. They called Tarik "Disgusting", and were equally dissing of myself.

Fine. You don't like me? There's plenty of people who do.

BTW, Tarik, your costume on your splash page is VERY beautiful. Kudos to you.

10-20-2006, 08:56 PM	#23 (permalink)
Zorba Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 884	Of course I have one other thought that might relate to this thread. I've had similar discussions on this subject many times, and a couple of times with Jim Boz - who is a real sweetheart of a guy. He too, upon seeing me dance, said "You're not nearly as Nelly as I thought you'd be (given our conversations)". Yet my style is NOTHING like Jim's. I do say that I'm "masculine" because I'm a guy - but I reserve the right to define my OWN "masculinity", not someone else's. You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself. I found an on-line discussion about the two of us (Zorba & Tarik) by some clueless dweebs who obviously can't think outside the box they're in. They called Tarik "Disgusting", and were equally dissing of myself. Fine. You don't like me? There's plenty of people who do. BTW, Tarik, your costume on your splash page is VERY beautiful. Kudos to you. __________________ -Zorba "The Veiled Male" http://www.doubleveil.net "There is nothing sadder than a veil, that is for sale."