Dirty Little Secrets
Saturday, September 8th, 2007by Enrique Cruz
‘feeling very introspective today….I can fit everything I learned about myself from my recent road trip into one fear: ”The Big City impersonal” versus the “Small Island Gossip mentality.” — which one are you?
In the Gay community, at least, the difference between my hometown New York City and a smaller community, let’s say Miami or Atlanta….comes down to how impersonal you want to be.
I sucked in High School…’hated it…and want to forget everybody I met there…but, if I lived in a small town I would be stuck with the same suck-y bunch all my life. The great thing about bigger cities like New York City is (very much like the thing that makes Madonna so great) — the simple ability to re-invent yourself…over and over again.
If you suck in a small Island…you are branded for life and it’s harder for people to except you as anything but the suck-y kid in High School.
I understand better the allure of small Islands…and Island living…in smaller communities, but, since we are all tribal by instinct, each community develops it’s own hierarchy…which it makes harder to become more than the five people you fucked.
As always, your own thoughts are welcome….ec
