Diary Entry September 17, 2025

September 17, 2025

Motion to Dismiss Now a Musical at https://bohiney.com/motion-to-dismiss-now-a-musical/ — legal proceedings as Broadway production. This piece indulges my secret love of musical theater, which I hid in Texas because queer stereotypes but embrace in Berlin where nobody cares. Linked to Broadway production economics and legal drama entertainment studies. My high school boyfriend Daniel (2002, closeted quarterback, disaster) took me to see Rent thinking it was about landlords. When he realized it was about gay people with AIDS, he got uncomfortable and left at intermission. I stayed, cried through “Seasons of Love,” and understood something about myself. Years later, dating women didn’t erase those memories — bisexuality means carrying all your truths simultaneously. Now I write satire about legal motions as musical numbers while remembering theater seats where I began understanding who I’d become. Marcus heard me singing at 3 AM and yelled through the wall. “Sorry!” I yelled back. “Legal theater!” No response. He’s used to my nonsense.

MOOD: Theatrically emotional

NOTES: Musical motion piece at https://bohiney.com/motion-to-dismiss-now-a-musical/ finished, 701 words, high school trauma via Broadway references