Rather than discuss the depressing decision of the California supreme court justices to uphold Prop 8, I would like to discuss something light hearted… such as Otalia.  For those of you who don’t know, Otalia stands for the budding relationship between Olivia and Natalia on “The Guiding Light”.  Now I’m not much of a soap opera watcher, but this has become my new addiction! I’ve spent numerous hours watching Otalia clips on youtube and searching the web for spoiler info!  I may need a 12-step program!  I’m not really sure how I got so sucked in…  Maybe it’s the lack of good lesbian storylines on TV these days, or the great chemistry between the two actresses, or a little bit of both.  Plus, it doesn’t hurt that both women are beautiful. 

My only complaint… the storyline’s good and everything, but it’s moving along at a snail’s pace.  Wait, I take that back.  That’s an insult to snails everywhere.  One could slither circles around this storyline!  It doesn’t matter though… I’m a sucker who will keep on watching no matter how long the sadistic GL writers make us Otalia fans wait for a kiss!  Hopefully it will be soon! One can only hope!

Did you ever notice that the traits that we despise in other people are generally things we hate about ourselves?  I’ve become more and more aware of this lately. 

A person complains that someone else is rude when they are curt and unfriendly.  A person points out that someone drinks too much beer when they drink too much wine.  A person hates that someone is unreliable when they are consistently inconsistent.  This is also very common among children and parents.  The mother or father who drove us into psychotherapy, we often become.  It’s a cycle we have to first acknowledge and then make an effort to break.

Why can’t we just worry about ourselves instead of pointing the finger at other people?  I’m guilty of it myself.  Think of what a better place the world would be if everyone concentrated on healing their own faults rather than pointing out another’s.  Now I’m not typically a religious person (God knows I haven’t been to church in a while), but given my background, I immediately think about how Jesus himself even addressed the issue in Matthew:  ”Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”

It all come down to this… It’s a lot easier to make a fuss over someone else’s faults and flaws rather than have to face your own.