I read this article on Yahoo about these 92 year old twin friars who died on the same day. Just think about how rare and amazing that is; being born and dying on the same day. Hell it’s pretty rare to be born on the same day as somebody, besides my twin brother I know only one other person born the same day as me. But to die on the same day and not in like a car accident or something like that, well, just what are the odds of that?

I guess it was fitting that these two died on the same day. The article went on to say that they died the same way: heart failure within hours of each other. In addition to choosing the same career, one had a bad left eye the other had a bad right eye. They had separate rooms at the friary but had only one phone line. Oh, and they each had five sisters! Imagine that one.

I tried to upload a picture of them but Xanga is being difficult. I think they are identical but you can tell the difference between them. Not like my twin brother and I. Just look, here is a picture of him and then a picture of me:

Him

 
Me

Him

Me

Oh, I’m sure the friars have some of the same kind of pictures of themselves. People always ask me what it’s like to be a twin. I tell them to mind their own fucking  business. See, I am the evil twin. But, as you can CLEARLY see from the pictures above, I’m also the good looking twin. People also ask if we can feel each others pain; in other words if you hit  him will I feel it. My answer to that is fuck no, but you should probably hit him in the face just to make sure.

It is not to say that we aren’t a like in some ways. We are both male and both have the same last name. We also both really love a good time and if you have the opportunity to hang out with either one of us, you will certainly be in for a good time. And we both love sports. I guess there might be some other things that we have in common, but honestly, do you really care?

Of course, now he has his own set of twins, a boy and a girl so he can go through the same bullshit that we put our mom through. And the best part about it is that I can sit back and watch from afar and laugh at it all. Or, even better yet, I can do things to make things worse for him!

Today, June 1 is a very important day in the gay world. First of all, it marks the start of gay pride month. But, more importantly to the gay residents here in Illinois, it is the day that civil unions go into effect. I should start off by clarifying that anybody can get a civil union, not just gay couples. Say you are straight and want all the benefits of a marriage without the bullshit of a wedding or having to get your God involved, you can just get a civil union and be done with it, that way when you start being uncivil, you can get civilly divorced! Honestly, I don’t know what the opposite of a civil union is.

But needless to say, this is a rather significant day for gays in Illinois. This is the next best thing to being able to get married and someday, hopefully that right will come. I truly do believe it is only a matter of time before gay marriage is legal in every state in the country, but until then civil unions are a good start.

And about gay pride month, I was watching Piers Morgan interview Chris Colfer. For those of you that don’t know who he is, Piers Morgan is that dude on CNN who replaced Larry King once he realized that he was dead. Now I don’t watch Glee, but I swear, the more I see of this Chris Colfer the more I love him. First of all, he is adorable. And for a guy with such a high voice, he is not very feminine. Seriously. Or at least not as fem as you would think he would be. He is, however, fucking amazing.

Chris Colfer is not only what every gay person should be, but he is what most people should be. He is smart and articulate, focused on helping others, very much involved in the community and a beacon of hope for bringing people together. Many gay bashers who don’t take the time to get to know gays think of them as self-centered, selfish, me first pussies who are sex obsessed and rampant with disease. Chris Colfer is none of those; or at least he appears to be none of those, I honestly can’t say because I don’t know the guy. But if you get a chance to see  him in an interview or read about him, certainly do so and you will come away with a whole new respect for not only gays (if you aren’t gay or have an issue with gays) but also for younger people.