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THE EDITORS' PAGE

"PROBABLY, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE KNOW-INCLUDING OURSELVES-ARE NORMAL NEUROTICS. WE ARE NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT OFTEN, WE SLIP IN AND OUT OF THESE STATES AS CONDITIONS AROUND US VARY. WHILE SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR PROBLEMS AND NEEDS, ONLY WE OURSELVES CAN RESOLVE THEM."

WE SHOULD ACCEPT OTHERS AS PEOPLE, NOT AS ASSAILANTS. IF WE SEE LIFE IN OVERLY COMPETTITVE TERMS, WE'RE TO EASILY THREATENED, EVEN OVER TRIVIAL ISSUES. MOST OF US AFTER ALL, ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES PAID TO WIN. LIFE IS MORE CONTINUOUS AND ALL ENCOMPASSING.

THE EFFORT WE PUT INTO BEING ASSERTIVE WITH OTHERS IS BETTER USED ON OURSELVES-TO IMPROVE OUR SKILLS, TO BROADEN OUR INTERESTS, TO RAISE OUR SELF ESTEEM. ALL THIS HELPS US REDEFINE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP SO WE DO NOT SEE THEM AS INTRINSICALLY COMPETITVE BUT AS A CONSTANT GIVE AND TAKE. WE WIN A FEW; WE LOSE A FEW. WE GIVE AND WE GET.

I WOULD LIKE TO STATE TO ALL BAR OWNERS AND PEOPLES THAT I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT WAS NOT DONE WITH MALICE BUT THE FIRST ISSUE OF Z-TRASH HAD TO BE INIMITABLE.

WHAT IS SHAME? MR, WEBSTER DEFINES IT THIS WAY: 1. a painful feeling of having lost the respect of others because of the improper behavior, incompetence, etc. of oneself or another 2. a tendency to have feelings of this kind, or a capacity for such feeling 3. dishonor or disgrace 4. a person or thing that brings shame, dishonor, or disgrace 5. thing regreable, unfortunate, or outrageous.

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WHEN WILL SOME OF YOU STOP BEING ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES FOR WHAT YOU ARE, OR WHAT YOU DO, OR WHERE YOU GO? IF YOU CAN'T COPE WITH LIFE STYLE. THEN YOU MUST MAKE THE CHANGES TO SUIT YOURSELF. SELF DEPRECATION CAN BE REFRESHING. TO LAUGH AT ONES SELF CLEARS THE AIR OF HOSTILITY.

I OUGHT TO

KNOW, IT TOOK ME FIFTEEN YEARS TO ADMIT IT TO MYSELF. AND ANOTHER TEN YEARS TO TALK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY TO OTHERS.

SOME OF YOU HAVE PUT ME DOWN FOR DOING DRAG SHOWS BECAUSE IT RUINS MY MANLY IMAGE. NOW, I'M PUT DOWN FOR WRITING A MAGAZINE. IS IT BECAUSE I TELL THE TRUTH? IS IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO KNOW WHAT YOU DO? IF YOU WOULD ONLY STOP AND THINK, NO ONE REALLY CARES BUT MOST EVERYONE LIKES A LITTLE CHUTZPAH.

IN ESSENCE, AM I IRRITATED WITH COMMON PUT DOWNS'; NO, IF I WERE, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP YEARS AGO. MY PSYCHOLOGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO DO MY OWN THING, MY OWN WAY. I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE, WHEN I SAY, "I DON'T WANT TO LIVE TO BE AN OLD MAN AND TO REGRET WHAT I HAD NOT DONE."

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Suncesly Yours,

.KEVINS ON THE WAGON.

...JIM S. DESIGNED A BLACK LEATHER HARNESS FOR THE STATUE OF DAVID, WHICH SITS IN A NICHE, IN THE ENTRANCE OF A MANS WORLD. JIM, YOU HAVE OUT DONE YOURSELF.. I THINK?

..AND WHO IS TWIDGY TWITS?

..MICKY, WHY DID YOUR LIPS TWITCH WHEN RUSS PULLED

HIS MOUSE OUT AND PUT IT ON THE BAR?

..PETER IS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A SECRET CLASS MATE, ANY COMMENTS, PAUL?

...TOTIE SAYS, THE VAULTS HAS THE WORST COKE SHE HAS EVER TASTED. HOW WOULD SHE KNOW, SHE ONLY DRINKS ABSOLUTE V....!

...A BARTENDER FROM EXCEDRA CONFUSES LIMES FROM LEMMONS. IS VINCE YOUR TEACHER?

KEVINS OFF THE WAGON!

OVER HEARD A CONVERSATION THE OTHER NIGHT, IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

1st GUY: DID YOU SEE FEBRUARY'S CENTER FOLD IN

ACTION MAGAZINE?

2nd GUY: NO, WHY?

1st GUY: WELL, ITS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN A MANS FACE ON A WOMANS BODY!

..PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T MIND CUDDLING UP TO NICK. ..VINCE, HOW CAN I EVER FORGIVE YOU FOR THROWING ALL MY MAGAZINES IN THE TRASH? OH, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO COMMON COURTESYS?

.HAS ANYONE EVER WONDERED WHY THE EDGEWATER SOCIETY CROWD FLAUNTS $ $$'s TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT IN THE "FAMILY"? THIS HAS BEEN CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING THIS OUT FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS, SO, I WILL HAVE A STORY ON THIS SUBJECT. YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH. ..I UNDERSTAND THAT P.L. IS UPSET WITH ME BECAUSE OF THE WAY I DESCRIBED THE STALLIONS IN MY LEATHER FANTASY. WELL, MR. P.L., A FANTASY IS A BIZARRE MENTAL IMAGE; ILLUSION. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF THE ARTICLE. SOME SAY IT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING THEY HAVE EVER READ. AND NOT TO MENTION THE VERY BEST ADVERTISMENT ONE COULD GET.

.KEVINS ON THE WAGON.

.THE NANTUCKET HAS RE-OPENED. I JUST LOVE THAT PLACE BUT IT COULD USE A LITTLE DECORATING. ANOTHER SCOOP, JUST HEARD THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY CLOSE SOMETIME IN MARCH.

I HOPE NOT. ...I ALSO HEAR THAT DEANS WILL CLOSE SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. TIS' THE ONLY INTIMATE BAR WE HAVE IN THE CITY. ...WELL, WFLL, WELL. I SEE IN FEBRUARYS ISSUE OF ACTION MAGAZINE THAT ONE OF MY LINES THAT I HAD USED FOR RICHARD MICHAELS FLORIS FOR AN AD WAS TAKEN FROM MY PAPER...THE LINE READS; 'FOR YOUR LOVER OR LAST NIGHTS TRICK....I'M DISSAPOINTED IN MY FELLOW COMRADES.

...TO ALL OF THE CLUB OWNERS WHO STILL ADVERTISE THAT YOUR CLUB IS A DISCO AND I DO NOT DISPUTE THIS BUT IT IS PASSE' TO USE THE WORD DISCO. THE MODE IS NOW REFERRED TO AS, "DANCE STUDIO! I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED WHY CLEVELAND IS ALWAYS THE LAST AND NEVER THE FIRST FOR ANYTHING?

...KEVINS OFF THE WAGON...WILL SOMEBODY MAKE UP MY MIND?

...I HEAR THAT JOEY, THE TREASURER OF NOCI THINKS THAT CLEVELAND DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER GAY MAGAZINE...I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD ONE!

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