Dichotomies & Hypocrisies

"Dichotomies & Hypocrisies" is the story of Marc, a 21-year old Orange County resident who is struggling to come to terms with his Christian faith and realization of his own homosexuality. Emotions and tensions in his life have reached a breaking point; it has become too much to continue internalizing the stress and pain of such a dichotomy. To reach out for someone - anyone - to vent to, Marc begins a flow-of-consciousness blog where he lets anonymous, and sometimes not so anonymous, readers see into his pain for purposes not rooted in self-pity, but rather in a desire to have a sounding board coupled with a venue for others who might feel the same. Perhaps, if he does feel all hope is lost for him, at least others can gain some insight and he can help those who secretly struggle not with “sin,” but with the hurt and loneliness oft inflected by a supposed “caring” world.