tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post5087302722003153029..comments2023-06-28T07:58:56.909-04:00Comments on PERGE MODO: The Pornography of ChristmasTony Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-17218140720789160812007-12-07T01:18:00.000-05:002007-12-07T01:18:00.000-05:00Wow. This is amazing. You regularly amaze me. A...Wow. This is amazing. You regularly amaze me. And I think you've hit on what's alienated me from what seems to be the American expression of "The Christmas Season" for the past ten years or so. For me, Christmas doesn't begin until Christmas Eve at the evening mass, and it lasts until 6 January, the Feast of the Epiphany. Prior to that, I keep Advent in quiet contemplation -- expectant, hopeful. This year, it's working better than it has in recent memory; I'm happier with my life, busier than ever, more thankful for just about everything. I've been feeling unexpectedly re-connected with something I'd missed quite a lot. I still love porn, but I've sworn off Christmas presents this year. Shopping for the latter was something akin to being expected to "perform" in the former (though I've never done porn); in both cases, the (real or perceived) expectations and pressure from outside strip the joy from something that should be beautiful. For this and all holidays, I wish you much joy (I think you've already found it). ;-)DJRainDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921792163789635507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-28245644655605901102007-12-05T12:37:00.000-05:002007-12-05T12:37:00.000-05:00i think my aversion to porn comes from working wit...i think my aversion to porn comes from working with sex offenders and their victims for so many years. i never met a sex offender who didn't have a deep core of untouchable sadness. oh hell, there was also the cache of extremely violent stuff i discovered in the bottom drawer of my high school boyfriend's bedroom. when i later found out how meth can contribute to a hypersexuality, it made sense. but at 16, it just kind of made me sick. <BR/><BR/>not all of it though: used to climb on a stool to sneak a look at my father's copy of <I>Fannie Hill</I>. it was quite titillating, even in my grade school years. <BR/><BR/>christmas lost its glitter when i found i could fly again. all of the obsession with the perfect of the day, the gifts, the look of my house, poof! gone. this year, i didn't even plant any paperwhites. i am christmas-free and yes, in part, it's the obsession in this country with shopping and all of that. it just leaves me feeling kind of blue.<BR/><BR/>on the other hand, a cup of hot tea, snuggled up next to mike on the sofa, puppies lying in the sun, cat curled round my neck, fire blazing: perfection. and the perfect celebration for this stage of life. no trees, no gifts, just deep contentment. that is the best gift.BigAssBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196713522104157126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1418344490315517502007-12-03T17:19:00.000-05:002007-12-03T17:19:00.000-05:00Padrecito --Was this post written for me?Guess who...Padrecito --<BR/><BR/>Was this post written for me?<BR/><BR/>Guess whose birthday is on Christmas.<BR/><BR/>xoxoStashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000525378017961784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-18536192362827287992007-12-03T14:26:00.000-05:002007-12-03T14:26:00.000-05:00I quite like the post, thoughtful and poetic.I quite like the post, thoughtful and poetic.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717441977001081956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-48072503885089312252007-12-03T12:09:00.000-05:002007-12-03T12:09:00.000-05:00Wouldn't it just be nice to get porn for Christmas...Wouldn't it just be nice to get porn for Christmas? Kills two birds with one bone. <BR/><BR/>Or something like that.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827846262483271138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-63464225429573927322007-12-03T07:05:00.000-05:002007-12-03T07:05:00.000-05:00Hi,Advocate of the Devil here, again.I've never be...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Advocate of the Devil here, again.<BR/><BR/>I've never been into the Christmas shopping frenzy yet my appetite for porn has only gotten stronger.<BR/><BR/>I will agree, though, that you are a man who has scratched ever itch you might have had, whereas I am desperately trying to get the lid of the bottle of calamine.dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-47629528856936896072007-12-02T18:54:00.000-05:002007-12-02T18:54:00.000-05:00Dear Father In....valle,Can it possibly be true th...Dear Father In....valle,<BR/>Can it possibly be true that something I have written herein will be used in a pulpit? Ain't that a swell somethin and who woulda thunk it? Not me, that's for damn sure, but I am so pleased to know it. Do let me know how it plays.Tony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-53782685652664907652007-12-02T17:50:00.000-05:002007-12-02T17:50:00.000-05:00A wonderful Advent meditation: eschatological in t...A wonderful Advent meditation: eschatological in the not-scary-way but rather in the there's-someting-to-hope-for way.<BR/>Thanks--I have an Advent homily.<BR/><BR/>omnia optima.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-88403054330255056812007-12-02T16:22:00.000-05:002007-12-02T16:22:00.000-05:00I remember when I was a teenager and the Sears cat...I remember when I was a teenager and the Sears catalogue was pornography- the studly men in their underwear and the Christmas catalogue that we poured over, lusting for the toys but knowing that most were too expensive to ever have.Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107337628719451890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-64258134364921776692007-12-02T11:56:00.000-05:002007-12-02T11:56:00.000-05:00Proof reading a comment is never futile, and becom...Proof reading a comment is never futile, and becomes more and more essential as I age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-56193787863170616172007-12-02T01:28:00.000-05:002007-12-02T01:28:00.000-05:00The esential over promise, and the realization tha...The esential over promise, and the realization that the tease is better than the aquisition. Christmas and porn both a fleeting memory being chased in order to relive a moment or to create an unrealistic and unlikely perfection. The roast is always dry, the presents lack any luster, the relief after fantasy tinged with futility. All in all an interesting comparison, and I stifle a yawn over both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com