What happened to creative?

When was the last time you were creative?

Creative in your job, your free time, your relationships, your daydreams?

When you are creative how creative are you?

Is there anything that discourages you from creativity? Why? and do you discourage others from being creative?

What do you and the people around you think of creative people?

I have some thoughts on these questions but I'm gonna wait a couple days before I post them. I wanna hear what you have to say first.

Why Announce it?

So Ricky Martin has announced to the world that he is gay. The big question for me is why the announcement? Why is it important for everyone to know that? The only reason I can come up with is he needed a career boost. So far it seems to have been effective, over the last week I think I have heard "Livin la vida loca" on the radio 5 times.

The even bigger question is why do gay or lesbian people feel the need to make a dramatic announcement about their sexuality. I'm not saying they all do but there seems to be a segment that really needs to tell people.

Do you guys have any thoughts on this? Should those of us that are straight start putting stickers on our cars that say so? Or when a straight celebrity wins an award should they declare in their acceptance speech that they are heterosexual?