It is nice to be able to post on here again since Sunday. With all my finals done for the Fall semester, it is going to be nice to work on some other things (like the Diocese of San Joaquin, my new shows, etc).
Let me say though, before I go more into this blog, how good it feels to finally reclaim my education. After being out of school for a year, after being pushed out of Azusa Pacific University, it feels really good to see that I am reclaiming my life, which was derailed so hard that I wasn't even sure what to do with the pieces. Unfortunately, I am facing the reality of the fact that I left APU when I was so early in my undergraduate education, which means I am at a junior college right now trying to finish all my general education so that I can be eligible for upper-division transfer to a 4-year university. Nonetheless though, it feels good. I'm transferring in the Fall (2008) to a California State University or one of the campuses of the University of California as a Religious Studies major, life is good and God makes it happen.
With this week having been finals week, I had to do a final performance in my Actor's Workshop. It was pretty much free range in terms of what we could do for a performance. So, as a theatrical performance activist in his reproduction stage, I decided that I would share with them a little bit of Peterson Toscano. I performed a small piece of "Doin' Time in the Homo No Mo HalfWay House: How I Survived the Ex-Gay Movement." Besides the other Vince and myself, everyone in the course is heterosexual and was raised in conservative Merced, CA; but they received the performance very, very well. I was relieved and felt so empowered. For one, I cannot thank Peterson enough for allowing me to share this brilliant performance piece with everyone. And also, I am ready to start transforming the California Central Valley from fundamental conservative old men to educated and informed people.
Which totally reminds me, I have found the undiscovered tap of transgender individuals in Merced (primarily transmen). It is amazing and beautiful and I get excited when I think about how much I can offer this area with my experience and my love for people and my desire to want to make progressive healthy changes. I feel like God is pointing out to me all that I can do and the communities I can start working with to make a difference.
You too can help me make a difference by signing the petition to the Diocese of San Joaquin, by going here (http://www.petitiononline.com/diosj/petition.html). Read the previous blog to find out more about what that is all about.
I sort of feel like Joshua right now. Merced is Jericho. God has just told me to take up my sword and to lead. Like Joshua, I will listen, not really knowing what God is gonna present me with. But I'm ready to listen and to obey. I will non-violently fight the Battle of Jericho here in Merced.
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