This is the halftime performance of The Ohio State University Marching Band on 10/6/12 against Nebraska. The theme was Video games and it included parts from Zelda, Halo, Pokemon, Tetris, and others.
After being introduced by her son Sam Greisman, the visibly emotional Oscar-winning actress said, “He grew up wanting to be just like his big brothers — athletic and rambunctious, not to mention a little bit macho.” She went on to note, “But Sam was different, and his journey to allow himself what nature intended him to be was not an easy one. As his mother, I consider it one of the great privileges of my life to be part it.” (Watch the full speech, along with Greisman’s introduction, above)
Noting that she hadn’t addressed her son’s sexuality in public before (“It’s Sam’s business and not mine”), the star of “Steel Magnolias” and “Brothers and Sisters” added, “There are so many children who struggle to understand and embrace their sexuality in families who do not welcome them, with parents that somehow find it acceptable to shut them out their hearts and their homes, and that I find unacceptable.”
But she drew the biggest cheers after she told the HRC crowd, “You’ve changed and are changing the lives of little boys and girls who realize somewhere along the way they’re just different from their other brothers and sisters…and so the f**k what?
Greisman, an intern at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blog Towleroad, said of Mom, “Being gay was just one more thing she loved about me.” Noting that Field’s new West Village apartment is just a 10-minute walk from his own, he quipped, “She couldn’t be more supportive of me…if anything, I wish she was a little less supportive of me.”
“Life has a funny way of taking you somewhere you never expected (for better or worse) and I just feel like it’s time that I move on from my current profession. I feel like I have a lot of creative energy that I need to pay attention to. Basically, I need some fucking self worth. I need to focus on activities and people that are legitimate, moral and healthy. I am going to be happy and I hope that my dreams come true.. Especially that unicorn that I always wanted. ;)”
“Today, I lay “Trent Locke” to rest and begin to live my life as Ryan again.”
“Today, I am just me- and I’m okay with that. :)”
“I’ll never stop tweeting.”
-Ryan 🙂
“PS – For all of you who for some reason want to do porn AND have a brain: consider your options and don’t use their Caverject (the boner injection, yikes, right?)- it’s usually from Mexico and expired. Expired stuff = emergency room visit = 8ga needle draining your pecker blood. Check labels. And if you decide to do it, pay your taxes! The IRS will surprise you when your car goes vamanos and you sit with the collar-less white collar in Martha’s final destination. It’s not a good thing.”
Nelson and Wood enlist the aid of Detective Chad Winters (Chad Sanders) when they set up an exchange in a remote parking lot hoping to get back Reggie (Rick Copp) who is being held hostage by Ramon (Mario Sanchez). Nelson: Ben Zook. Wood: Joe Dietl. Detective #1: Jon Liggett. Detective #2: Danny Dolan.
