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hiddenmuseIt seems like everyone is doing (or has done) it. I mean, besides this obnoxious trend towards labrets and Marilyns (even on damn-near middle-aged people) ... actually, I'm talking about writing their memoirs.
Whether you're Pamela Anderson, writing your life story under the guise of tawdry fiction; Catherine Millet or Toni Bentley (over)sharing the details of your sex life; Jim Carroll and Jerry Stahl telling about their drug-addled pasts; Tupac somehow writing posthumously - or even Fantasia, who is nascent celebrity (although, with her 'fessing up to being illiterate, "writing" becomes almost an objective term).
Anyways, everyone seems to be spilling their guts and telling the world their story - whether you like it or not. And this brings me to my question for you all: "If you were to write your memoirs, what the title be - and why?"
Kellie and I came up with the title of mine, almost jokingly, one night. The title is going to be: Metallica Made Me Gay.
The why of it? Short answer - my family is great for playing The Blame Game, and wanting to find a scapegoat. Especially when it became aware to them that I was gay. They seem to like having someone/something else to lay the blame onto, so they can think of themselves as being "good parents" - and that whatever the problem is, it's "not their fault".
So, I've decided that if/when I come out of my own volition (that story another time) - I will have the fucking scapegoat at the ready for my family. Metallica. They did it. (James Hetfield in particular) Metallica Made Me Gay. So what!
Whether you're Pamela Anderson, writing your life story under the guise of tawdry fiction; Catherine Millet or Toni Bentley (over)sharing the details of your sex life; Jim Carroll and Jerry Stahl telling about their drug-addled pasts; Tupac somehow writing posthumously - or even Fantasia, who is nascent celebrity (although, with her 'fessing up to being illiterate, "writing" becomes almost an objective term).
Anyways, everyone seems to be spilling their guts and telling the world their story - whether you like it or not. And this brings me to my question for you all: "If you were to write your memoirs, what the title be - and why?"
Kellie and I came up with the title of mine, almost jokingly, one night. The title is going to be: Metallica Made Me Gay.
The why of it? Short answer - my family is great for playing The Blame Game, and wanting to find a scapegoat. Especially when it became aware to them that I was gay. They seem to like having someone/something else to lay the blame onto, so they can think of themselves as being "good parents" - and that whatever the problem is, it's "not their fault".
So, I've decided that if/when I come out of my own volition (that story another time) - I will have the fucking scapegoat at the ready for my family. Metallica. They did it. (James Hetfield in particular) Metallica Made Me Gay. So what!
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Date: 2005-10-24 11:19 pm (UTC)