Lil' Buddha: Journeying through life...
Introduction:
Lil' Buddha is a sexually fluid Asian-American who is living in Bremerton, Washington. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, his work as a program coordinator has been troubling and cumbersome to navigate. And yet, he says the pandemic has made him more versatile and changeable. Despite being rattled to his core, he feels he has come out stronger. As a solemn individual, he sometimes feels that the pandemic has provided a reason to stay at home and focus on himself, free of the many pressures to socialize. The Covid-19 pandemic has not affected his sex life, because he had already been limiting his sexual encounters as part of a larger emotional journey. Since he had already been limiting his sexual encounters, he feels that he was prepared for the limitations of pandemic life. Focusing on himself was already a familiar situation. When he feels lonely, he does still spend some time browsing profiles online, but he recognizes that he is looking for something not often to be found in such virtual spaces. As Washington state is far from his hometown, he does sometimes long for new friendships, but such online platforms have, so far, not been a source of friendship either. More often than not, the pandemic is a convenient excuse not to meet people from online whom Lil' Buddha finds frustrating. With notable exceptions, the pandemic has not significantly altered his journey through life.
Notable Quotes:
HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED YOUR LIFE IN GENERAL?
“Just when it comes to my daily activities with my work. That has been troubling and cumbersome to navigate the nuances of the new rules that we're implementing and forever changing, because this is a malleable circumstance in which we all need to be adaptable. So, if anything, it has made me more versatile and changeable.”
“It has separated me from people which I miss on a daily basis, but I am also a very solemn guy in which I like to think things through on my own, behind closed doors, so in that regard, it really has helped, because I have my own space, I don't have to interact with people face to face on a daily basis.”
HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED YOUR SEX LIFE?
“I think this Covid situation has, while everyone else is probably upset about not going out there and meeting people. For me, it was just, it just felt like home, cause this was the situation I was already in before the Covid crisis.”