It has come to my attention that in the previous post, we (Avi and myself) have recieved a comment pertaining to the word Gypsy and all it entails.

Now, as I look back and try to search for the obviously offensive word in the previous posts, I can't help but wonder what made this person so angry as to lower themselves to poetically bitching us out.

Don't get me wrong, I have no quarrel with the Roma and their culture, but perhaps this person is merely offended of our way of perceiving ourselves. As it is, do we not have the right to call ourselves whatever we wish?

If there are indeed any restrictions upon the written word and how it is to be used, do so let me know. Otherwise, I, among many others, have that special right to use whatever term we wish to express ourselves. As for using the word Gypsy, I cannot say I ever have, but maybe in a past post, I might have at one point to describe some sort of outfit or fictional character. I can assure you, I do not mean for it to be derogatory in any way. I merely associate that word with the fantasy, of the imaginable and fascinating, not with the people that "Gypsy" usually is stamped upon, whether by their permission or not.

There is also the possibility of this concerned individual to be offended by the background image of Erik and Christine in PTO. I understand that Christine's outfit is usually related to a stereotypical Gypsy girl, but from my understanding, she is merely dressed as such in an erotic version of a peasant girl who sells roses for the opera in which Erik writes. -shrugs-

If this background or anything in this journal offends any of you in any way, I am truly sorry. But I will not change my manner of expressing myself, so do not lecture me on the proper ways it should be done. Frankly, I care nothing of your offense.



On a different subject, I am glad to admit that the Hawaii trip is not to be happening by my knowledge. I have set my sights instead on going to my home state, California, for a much-needed vacation with my mother. It is to commence in about two week's time, if all goes well. Six Flags, here I come!