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September 06, 2007
tourette's
A friend let us stay at his place in LA while he was out of town. He lives in an apartment complex where everyone has their windows open. He failed to mention his neighbor has tourette's. He also failed to mention that most places in LA do not have air conditioning -- which is problematic during a heatwave, but that's another story.
Anyway, we began hearing loud noises that sounded like a cross between a scream and a hiccup. Hmm, very strange. We found out who the culprit was when we were leaving the complex one afternoon. A woman was in the small swimming pool in the front of the building. We heard her scrippup a few times as we walked by. And then we heard her say, "Fucking faggots!" Typical LA "attitude".
Incidentally, Rob thinks I have a mild form of tourette's or tics. Not sure I agree. Butt fuck! He complains that I blurt things out in the middle of the night, like "fanny" or "turd burglar". It's really just cuz I need some attention. Sometimes I say, "I love you," but he says I'm being disingenuous cuz he's trying to sleep. Well, wake up and let's chat about it. Communication is key, they say.
We all have mental tourette's; we're just better at suppressing the urge to verbalize it. I mean, how often have you instantly thought, "That lipo totally didn't work for you" or "I wanna taste your taint" or "Gurl, get some White Strips" or "Angry, toxic, judgmental lesbian!" I, of course, never think those things cuz I'm a man of God, but most people do, sadly.
People with tourette's are just more honest; the rest are tactfully disingenuous. So the next time someone calls you a fucking faggot, say thank you, cuz it's probably true.
Posted by durban bud at September 6, 2007 01:28 PM
Comments
Thank you TJ for sharing to the world your mild case of Tourette's. That's mighty big of you to admit that to the world.
I have been told by others that I have Foot-in-Mouth Disease. Apparently, I don't have a great filter on my mouth and I should really pause for 10 seconds before I say anything.
My BF tells me that all the time. (LOL)
Posted by: brettcajun at September 6, 2007 01:52 PM
I have tourettes on occassion-- it comes in super handy!!
Posted by: Rad at September 6, 2007 05:20 PM
Thank you. This explains so, so much.
Posted by: ivan at September 6, 2007 09:28 PM
I got called a "dirty fagget" by email a week or so ago. I was like, "yeah and?"
Posted by: moby at September 6, 2007 10:24 PM