Jackie Beat is Little Miss Know-It-all

Dear Jackie,

What do you make of this Gaza pullout? I've been consumed with the task of processing the event in order to take the proper side. It's all so confusing and steeped in history. I'm counting on your superior intelligence to tell me who I should get behind.

Signed,
Jackie Can You Hear Me in L.A.

PS: You killed at the Gay Erotic Expo ... and didn't even stoop to expose your cooter!

Dear Hear Me,

Having just hosted the Gay Erotic Expo as you mentioned, the only Gaza pullout I'm interested in is the one I saw in a bareback DVD starring hunky Israeli soldiers and Palestinian studs. Kidding. But seriously, that Expo was off the hook! I swear, if I see one more huge cock in my face... Huh? Oh yeah, world affairs. I agree that this glorified turf war is tres confusing and it may seem very unlike the politically passionate moi, but I honestly DO NOT GIVE A RAT'S ASS! Fucking grow up, people. It's just land. Look, there's more of it right over there. Knock yourself out.

I am so sick of religion I could barf. It is the one thing that continuously fucks up everything. If it ain't backwards fundamentalist Christians bombing abortion clinics or picketing gay weddings and/or funerals, then it's Islamic jihadists flying planes into skyscrapers and/or bombing subways. If it ain't Catholics judging everyone while their revered, jewel-encrusted leaders screw little boys, then it's satanists killing adorable little fluffy orange kittens with big beautiful blue eyes that seem to beg, "Please don't kill me, you Hot Topic discount card-carryin' satanist!" If it ain't Madonna or Gwyneth or Demi or Ashton walking around wearing $1,500 bracelets made of cheap red kite string and drinking tap water touted as Moses' bathwater, then it's Miss Cruise or Miss Travolta telling people that there's no such thing as mental illness and that a dead science fiction writer has it all figured out. Yeah, right. You stupid fucks can't even find your way out of a goddamn closet, let alone to a higher conciousness.

Yes, I'm bitter. Because while freedom of religion sounds great, a lot of so-called religious people would like to see you DEAD! The reasons are many: You are an American, you are gay, you are a woman. Understand that I am at least two of these at any particular moment! While they hide behind the banner of freedom of religion, the bullshit in which they believe is rigid and strict and does not allow for your particular freedom. Love the sinner, hate the sin. Kiss my gay ass, moron. I don't need you to love me, just stop trying to fucking kill me! Deal?

I have noticed that a person's general level of happiness is directly based on their ability to deal with reality, no matter how ugly that reality may seem. Once a person lets go and accepts that not everyone is going to think or act just like him, he can focus on living his life and be relatively happy. When you stop trying to regulate everyone else's behavior or, even worse, teach them a lesson, you can enjoy life for what it is -- a simple and beautiful little chunk of time on this flawed but wonderful planet. And accepting that there may be nothing after this life can actually be very liberating. "Hmmm, this is it?" Suddenly, what is important becomes clear. And all that is important is love -- whether it be for your husband, your wife, your kids, your parents, your siblings, your friends. or your adorable little fluffy orange kitten with big beautiful blue eyes. Personally, I'm a dog person. I love my dirty little poop-makin'? machines named Baby and Lil Sister. They are my family.

So to all the religious zealouts out there, I have this to say: Stop worrying about getting into heaven and maybe this life -- this world -- wouldn't be such hell.

Photos by Mario Diaz

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