Darren Criss Discusses Challenging Preconceived Notions

I found this to be a great interview because Darren Criss delves into how great and how pioneering the Glee episode was to show an accepted homosexual male question his orientation and explore bisexuality and heterosexuality — since the standard is for heterosexual men to be 'bicurious' or 'experiment' but Glee flipped this on its head.

He also stresses how it's important to never accept the status quo and how it's always good to question and challenge accepted dogma. Darren makes a good point that when you are different in any way — whether it's personality, religion, spirituality, what have you — you tend to want to cling to that glimmer of hope that you are indeed just like everyone else but in the end you have to embrace your own personal truth and to live comfortably in your skin truly as yourself.



(The insightful nuggets come late in the interview about 3 minutes in. Darren discusses ignorance and stereotypes around 5 minutes in.)

I'm lovin' this song by MC Yogi

I've been listening to it on my iPod all day and it got me through rush hour traffic, getting lost in Dallas, and running late to my dentist appointment.

On a related note, apparently all this stress is leading me to grind and clench my teeth too =(. They wanted me to buy a nightguard that costs $700, so I opted instead to go to Walgreens and buy one for 32 dollars. Supposedly, it's not as good or maybe potentially be bad for me because it's soft and the dentist said it's like "chewing gum all night" but beggars can't be choosers. I'll try it out and see I guess.

Why is it that every time I think I've taken care of some physical ailment, a new one is discovered by some specialist or expert? I think this is why nobody likes to go to the doctor or dentist or allergist or what have you...sigh.


In the meantime...

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare



Om Shanti.