THE BETTY FORD DIARIES, PAGE 7

WHO TOLD YOU I WAS JOKING???

THIS IS A FREAKING CIRCUS!!!

Yup.... it´s official....

We are NUTS!!!!

As you can see in this pictures, the gym of the REHAB CENTER turned into something really weird (queer) last friday afternoon... it was RICHARD´s Birthday and we celebrate it as if it were rthe latest party ever (wigs and costumes included).

In order to share this crazy moments with you, I made a photoblog posting all this funny pictures on the web, click HERE to see this hilarious collection.-

One of the craziest things to point out here is that most of my partners (patients of this clinic) are from the ARMY (the clinic belongs to the Argentinian Military Hospital, as you had read on its address) so is wonderful to kow how, slowly, day after day, they are killling (or putting down) their pre-judgements and tabues about facing the fact they are sharing their lives with a "came out" homosexual. I know, if I´m saying: "military people hates gays" I´ll be prejudging myself but we all know that ARMY ailes are not the better place for a gay man (unless we were on a gay porn movie).

It shouldn´t be that way, I know, but it surprises me anyway, the way they accept my jokes, my freaky sense of humor and all the gay thing. (even the way they were laughing at themselves when they had to wear wigs at the party).

AND THEY JUST LOVE DONNA SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PIQUETE ON WHEELS

During the last few years, in Argentina (freaking country), we are getting used to a new way of protest: THE PIQUETE.

A group of people, most of the time idiots who claim themselves as "the voice of the people" when what they really are is nothing more than another politician movement against the goverment. What they do is to all thousands of people to come out to te assstreets and make noiser, transforming te city and its traffic into a living hell claiming for stuff like: "5.000 happy meals from McDonald´s as a donation" and ridiculous things like that. PIQUETES, as you can see in the picture, are a pain in the ass. (THEY CALL THEMSELVES UNNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO HATES THE IDEA OF WORKING!!!).

ehehehe... is not hard to imagine that I organized a PIQUETE in the ailes of the clinic ....

I was on my wheelchair coming out from the gym and I found 5 of my partners, on their wheels too, having a conversation in the middle of the aile then, after say hi, I put my wheelchair in the lñlast plñace I could find free impeding people using the aile.

It was when my PT tried to cross the line when we started: "this is a piquete!" and started clapping our hands screaming WE WANNA WALK WE WANA WALK WE WANNA WALK!!! it was hilarius to see this freaking handicap protest on wheelchairs, but the greatest came when our loving nutricionist came up and we started: WE DON´T WANT CHICKEN WE DON´T WWANT CHICKEN WE DON´T WANT CHICKEN!!! clapping our hands ad making noise.... I´m still surprised nobody already kicked me out of this clinic heehehe...

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KILLING THE HANDICAP BITCH:

THIS WEEK: THE APPLE CHALLENGE

I´m still on the road to biped world but, in the meantime, I must make a few stops to recover lots of litttle things I lost such as precission on my hands movements. The proffessionals are working hard to help me on this matters asd let me announce:

AFTER LOTS OF EXCERCISES, LAST THURSDAY I COULD EAT AN APPLE USING UTENCILS.

YES, I COULD USE A KNIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 8 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!

and I felt it as if I had won the Oscar.

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well my babies, it´s time to leave u.... as always, thanks for all your support.

I LOVE U ALL.

KISSES

STAY TUNED

IAN.

send your mail to:

Sr. Ian Gutierrez

Inst. CARILE Habitacion 615

Hospital Militar Central

Avda Luis M. Campos #726

Buenos Aires (C1426BOR) ARGENTINA