Friday, July 1, 2005

Bowling last night didn't work out; the alley we were going to was closed because they didn't have any electricity, and the other two alleys we tried were closing at midnight... It sucked. Carrie left to join some friends at a bar, and Mollie & I went to Pizza House. She came over after and we talked for awhile and decided we'd see Batman Begins on Thursday. Bowling was rescheduled for right now, but Mollie & Carrie are busy tonight, and I'm oddly exhausted. I could put in an appearance if I tried, but I'm not sure what the point would be.

Jennifer - My Jennifer - is moving to Seattle on Saturday. I've known her for 10 years now. Crazy. I'm giving her my tv, that Mark bought me years ago, that I never used. I'm glad we offered it to her, because we'll get to see her on Saturday for a final goodbye. Of course we'll still visit each other, but it will be different. I'm a little worried for her, and a lot saddened at her leaving. I'm excited for her too though, because this is such a big change for her; it seems like it could be amazing for her. And I want her to be as happy as she can possibly be.

I'm so fricking tired. We saw Batman Begins, and I thought it was ok; Mark thought that much of it was stupid, and Mollie didn't like the movie. I think I'm too hooked on animated Batman to care too much about a live action one that will possibly appear in 3 or 4 movies before the franchise is mothballed again. I think I'm maybe not a superhero movie kind of guy. I didn't love either of the Spider-Mans; they were ok, but I didn't love them the way everyone seems too. I thought Hulk & Daredevil were pathetic. I thought Electra was good (compared to Daredevil - but not much else). I thought Catwoman was a waste of a potentially great series. I enjoyed the first 3 Batman movies, but in retrospect they are more artsy than anything else. The only super-franchise that at all excites me is X-Men, and I'm worried that X3 might suck the life right out of it - even if it will be followed by Wolverine, which seems like it would rock. I'd much rather see a continuation of the DCAU that started with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992 and which continues to this day with Justice League Unlimited; the series has been renewed for 13 more episodes, and even if it's brought back for 13 more (which is what I'm really hoping for) how much longer can it really go on? There's an animated Legion of Superheroes toon on the way, but I'm not certain it will be set in the current universe or be akin to Teen Titans & The Batman - which both fly in the face of the previous series designs & setups. blah. Actually, Teen Titans is ok, but the Batman just sucks.

Alrighty then. I'm really hungery. I haven't had much to eat at all in the last 48 hours so I think I'm gonna eat a bunch of stuff. ;-0)

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   Saturday, July 2, 2005

Work on Friday was fun. Mark got off early, and brought me lunch, which was nice. Zach is leaving Hollywood for a few months, which I think I might have known before now, and I just forgot; my memory isn't perfect after all. I got to work with Tara & Heidi for a while which was nice, and everyone was great, except for one cranky customer, but what can you do?

When Mark & I got home he let me know more of our clothes had arrived, and I discovered I had a really hot outfit to wear, so I later went out. I went to Hollywood to show Heidi the new clothes, and everyone responded well. They also told me that I had just missed seeing Solomon & Janella! Damn it!

I had e-mailed Andy earlier to see if we could hang out, and he didn't get the e-mail, but I found him at Aut Bar with his friends Gab & Michael; all of whom amused me to no end. Andy was a bit drunk, and tired, but it was great to see him in person again, and to chat, and get to know him some more, by observing his friends. Gab is a riot, with amazing wit, and I think we could laugh a lot together under the right circumstances, and if I don't see her again...I'm still glad I encountered her last night. Oh, and she loves Buffy, so bonus points for her. Michael Craig Garrison (?) is adorable; he has nice eyebrows, and is delectable... I liked his voice, and the way he blushed at everything. He's 21. He seems like someone that when focused on something could be rather intense, and that's very appealing. And he's single. If I wasn't looking for a boyfriend I'd probably be drooling all over him... but I am. And I think he probably needs friends right now more than playmates anyways - which works out fine, as I'm not playmate material at the moment. He doesn't like anything animated but he sounded like a big Firefly fan, which, similar to Gab's Buffy love - gives Mikey uber-bonus points. He lives with his ex-bf so we have that in common, and he seemed to need to talk to someone about that, so perhaps we will end up being great friends.

April was working and we talked for awhile, she even came over and joined our table for awhile; she's another new friend that I'm very glad to know. I hope we all have happy endings. ;-0) ("There are no happy endings, because nothing ever ends.")

Big Tony Johnson arrived later on, and it was fantastic to see him again. 4 years ago I would have just said hello to him, and smiled for him, but in these last 4 years I've come to know him in ways I never suspected possible. He was extremely taken with Michael; it was cute. Oh, and there was a lovely man of, I want to say 37(?) named Jerome who gave me the longest handshake ever, which comically, got me hard in my new vinyl pants. He was awesome. I saw a lot in wacky interesting people last night I guess. Also, some smelly, disgusting trash, but I'm trying to concentrate on the positive. lol

Tony came over after the bar to catch up on JLU. It was fun, but I was so tired. We ended up talking a lot, and then in my room...well, our strange & wonderful friendship was sealed, as it were. And I have no regrets. I was actually BEYOND tempted to have him fuck me, but I'm...still holding out for a boyfriend at the moment, and this is perhaps why I resisted. But I love Tony. He's hot (all over), and he's smart and funny, and he's a great writer, and we like a lot of the same things, and share a lot of the same views. He's very special to me; in a way that I don't believe anyone else is. I mean...there's something between us that I don't have with anyone else, and I can't quite give it a name, but I cherish it.

I jacked off after he left, and showered, and slept. He apparently left his cell phone here and came back for it, but he didn't come up to say hello to me, which is fine; perhaps he was in a hurry? I taped more JLU episodes for Ben, and fooled around online for awhile. I'm thinking of going out again; I got an e-mail from Andy with his phone #; perhaps I'll get ready & give him a ring. If he's up for a visit that's awesome, and if he's not, I can drop by the Aut Bar once again, which I've been haunting quite a bit lately. I don't go there to hook up with people per say, but I like people watching there, I guess, and interacting with interesting people. It's a good place for that.

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   Sunday, July 3, 2005

I got all dressed up and headed to Aut Bar, and said hey to the crowd, but realized I wasn't really in the mood to be there. I also gave Andy a call, but got his voicemail which is understandable since it was nearly midnight. A lot of peeps commented on my outfit, which I was worried wouldn't be recieved well, as it's kind of...nazi wear. But I got rid of the big red armband that really made it scary; I don't need people thinking I'm a nazi; enough stupid people think I'm a skinhead. If they could just see the people I've dated that wouldn't be an issue.

I kind of think I should get some groceries... There's something going on just up the road; there are 2 cop cars parked on opposing sidewalks with not cops inside, and what I think is a county sherrif's parked the wrong way on a one way street with it's headlights on. I almost stopped to ask them what was going on, but...didn't. lol

Well...I'm off. (Way Off)

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I just got home from getting groceries which was kind of relaxing actually. But before I left I checked my e-mail and there were messages from Andy, Mollie & Scott (who I saw at Aut Bar earlier. Now all of these e-mails sidetracked me for a half hour or so. Andy's was about him missing my call & wanting to hang out, and watch Justice League, which was nice. Mollie's was to let me know she has a live journal now, which I visited and commented on; I think her journal will be extra fun for me, because I love her so much. And Scott's was about me not returning to the bar - after I told him I'd be right back (like in Scream). I e-mailed Scott back and let him in on why I didn't return to the bar...

Now, this is the first time Scott has ever e-mailed me. And he once claimed that he had never been to my e-mail because he didn't "do" that internet thing. At the bar he said that I looked very clean. I took this to mean that I looked good (which I did), or freshly shaved (which I was)... But it was a strange compliment/comment. Scott is attractive. But Scott is a smoker. Which annoys me because the smell of smoke on a person just really... Sometimes it turns me on actually. But more often than not it's a huge turnoff. Which sucks because Scott is hot, and he's a got a fantastic dick (trust me) and he's just... He's the kind of guy that I'd really enjoy fucking.

But there's more. Scott & I... We are mutually attracted to each other, but he's a complete mystery to me. I can never 'read him'. I just have no idea what he's thinking at any given moment, or what he wants, or thinks he wants. lol Sometimes I think he really hates me, but he assures me that it's the opposite. And I usually don't have this much confusion with a guy.

Scott is a cutie, and he's a bit odd. (not that I'm not odd) And I'm glad I know him.

Oh - and 4 years ago tonight I met Travis Kelley at a Denny's in Battle Creek. wacky.

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   Monday, July 4, 2005

Work flew by Sunday night. Heidi was there most of the night, which was fabulous ;-0) And a disturbingly handsome boy with spikey blonde hair, shiny silver belt, and the cutest shy type smile I've seen in...well, days actually, but still - tried to buy a gift card, but since the storms last week we haven't been able to do that sort of thing. I was hard for like a half an hour after he left. He didn't rent anything (I suspect he wasn't old enough), so I don't know his name or anything, but it was one of those moments that's just... It's cherished for what it is. And I made him smile.

Some of my favorire lesbians were in the store tonight. I love lesbians, and these ladies, whom I've known for nearly 12 years are just cool. They are so OUT & they are perfect together, and they have a lovely family. Though their devotion to Stargate-SG1 scares me a little bit. lol I doubt they would ever come to this site, but if you are reading this; I love you guys. I watched them walking home, hand in hand, with pride jewelry to spare, and it made me smile.

hmm hmmm hmm Heidi told me some great news that I can't write about here, which sucks. But I'm so very happy for her. ;-0)

Um...I just read the latest Entertainment Weekly. My older sister used to have a subscription to it, and she used to yell at me all the time when I would read it before she did. lol I don't know how I got this subscription exactly. I probably signed up for it at random.

And now...I shall do something else.

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   Thursday, July 7, 2005

Monday, July 4th, I did nothing. I slept for nearly 11 dream drenched hours, and woke up feeling fantastic, and well rested. You know how sometimes you sleep too much, or too little and you just feel like crap? Well that didn't happen, so apparently I really needed that. Monday night I rented some movies and stayed in to watch them. The movies were: "Dark Harbor" & "The Caveman's Valentine"; the first one was ok, with plot twists that I'd seen in other movies, and the latter was rather lovely actually. I had never heard of either film, and sometimes that's a nice kind of moderate treat. lol

Tuesday, I got up around 11:30am to get ready for work. Mark drove to the condo to pick me up (we do this all the time, since we share the car), and then he drove us back to his work so I could take the car to my job, since I get off before him on weekdays. So he was driving us to his job, and he started driving under the speed limit, which is odd for him in general, and odd for the day because I was cutting it pretty close and I hate being late (even though I often am late for things outside of work, which doesn't bother me at all). Mark said he felt tired all of a sudden, but that passed so I left him at his job, but told him that if he needed anything to just call me at work.

I was at work for 20 minutes or so (with Bryan & Scott) when Mark called, wanting a ride to the hospital. Bryan let me go, and Mark & I spent the next 4 or 5 hours in the Emergency Room, with maybe an hour in another place where he was tested for blood clots, which he was afraid he might have because one of his legs hurt and a was a bit swollen; they ruled the blood clot thing out, which was very good news, but he still felt crappy, which wasn't good. After another few hours, Mark said it was fine if I left, as I didn't need to be there, and I was tired & hungry, and in need of a shower.

Now some people might have felt the need to stay with their friend/love/lover/ex-bf blah blah blah, but about 2 years ago I was in the hospital and Mark was waiting for me, and while I was very comforted by his presence at first (indeed I wouldn't have gone to the hospital in the first place and would surely have died), after I had a space and had been taken care of, and exhaustion finally set in, I told him he could go, and I'd be fine, and he did, and I was grateful that he had - I was grateful because he had given me everything that I needed that day, even his absence, which didn't mean that I didn't love him or want him near me, but sometimes people need space, and you have to give them that too.

I went home & showered, and ate, and I crawled up on to my bed, and I really wanted to sleep, but I was a bit paranoid that the phone would ring, with Mark on the other end letting me know he needed a ride, or that they had found something, or...anything really, and I that the phone wouldn't wake me up. Sometimes my phone doesn't even ring; there is just the sound that my phone makes when someone leaves a message, and it only makes it the one time, so if I miss it, I'm screwed. I tried watching the remaining movie I had rented (I returned the other 2 when I went to work), which was "Chain of Desire" on VHS (it's not available on DVD) which I don't think is so much of a tragedy. Maybe it was just the day I was having, but the movie seemed kind of lame, and I shut it off after a half hour, and took it back to Hollywood.

I went to the hospital and parked in the structure. Mark was in the ER, and they were testing him for anemia, which we're pretty sure he doesn't have. Long story short, they didn't find anything, and they think he was just dehydrated, which Mark & I don't buy, because he drinks bottled water every damned day, and he's been eating better the last few days than he has in a while so the anemia thing seems weird. The staff was really nice though, and all the people who spoke to Mark and me with respect, and most of them, I'm sure, assumed that Mark & I are a couple. We are actually; a couple of old friends who have seen just about everything there is to see of the other - and that's not something I'd trade for anything.

Tuesday night I was tempted to go to the bar, but I also wanted to spend time with Mark and make sure he was alright. He enjoys watching television shows with me, which has happened less & less over the years as I've grown dissatisfied with what television has to offer. I asked him if he wanted to watch "The L Word", and he said yes. We watched 2 episodes; one of them featuring a cover of a song that I'm using on the Shawn Project - which I so have to buy!

After Mark went to bed I ended up chatting with Shawn on yahoo.messenger & it was really great. We've exchanged e-mails (sort of) but there's been no connection, which I've really hated. The conversation took care of that. After talking to him, I worked on editing some tracks for the project, and then I watched 2 more episodes of "The L Word", (which I'm enjoying a lot right now), and since I had the day off I thought I might some record some new stuff as well. I like to be alone when I record stuff, because I'm paranoid that if others are there they will make too much noise (any noise is too much noise), and also, because the recording can be very emotional and if people see you that way, they want to hug you and stuff, which does not help the recording, which is kind of the point of doing it. lol But when I went to wake Mark up for work he said that he was going to call in to work because he still felt rotten. I was annoyed, to be honest, but I was also worried about him, and just kind of cancelled my own plans and went to bed.

When I woke up around 4pm, Mark was gone; he'd gone to work after all, and I could have gotten work on the cd done. I made some lists. I do that. I make lists. I think it's fun. Lists of things. tv shows. movies. books. people. ideas. I know it's weird, but I think it's fun, and I think it's one of the things that helps my memory be so fantastic. Mollie called at one point and we talked about stuff; the day, and how today is Robert Alfaro's birthday, and we talked about gifts, and about Mark & blah blah blah. It was nice.

I was still making lists (relating to Justice League lol) when Mark got home from work around 6:30. I had lost all track of time. We worked on getting some videos on the computer from the camera, but we didn't have a lot of success. I went to Hollywood and got my schedule (for Solomon & Janella - which I'll discuss more later), and rented "Gummo", "B. Monkey" & "Groove"; none of which I've ever seen - hopefully I'll find some time to do so in the next couple of days.

So Solomon & Janella dropped by my work on Tuesday to return my Buffy/Angel dvds which I let them borrow so they wouldn't have to pay to rent them. They've had them forever, but it didn't bother me, because they rock ;-0) But another friend wants to borrow them, and has been pushing me to get them, so I let them know, and they dropped by the store, but I was at the emergency room with Mark, so they are going to bring them by the store today for me, which works out nicely because I get to see them. And the reason on get next weeks schedule was so I could e-mail it to them because we want to find time to play some games; board games, card games, computer games - whatever - we like them. And this time we want Mollie to join us, because everything is better with Mollie, but I haven't spoken to her about it yet, and I have no idea how her schedule is next week. So we'll see.

I fell asleep while Mark was working on my computer & slept until about 4am. When I woke up, my right hand was hurting really bad, but I don't know why; I think I might have slept on it or something. I watched 2 more episodes of "The L Word", and with the action that was going on in the episodes I shouted out FUCK a few times, probably a bit too loudly, and I danced for awhile too (cause I'm crazy) and so the neighbors probably think I got laid last night. lol The episodes left me in a fantabulous mood, and if I could call everyone I know and tell them that I love them, without them killing me for doing so at such an unjossly hour I would!

Oh, I read this thing in Entertainment Weekly the other day, that said that Terry McMillan, who's real life romance & marriage to Jonathan Plummer inspired the novel & film of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back", has filed for divorce after 6 years on the grounds that Jamaican native Plummer lied about his homosexuality so that he could gain U.S. Citizenship!?! The film starred Angela Bassit & Taye Diggs (yum), and I would pay big money for that sequel! ;-0)

Today I work from 1pm-5:30pm, and then I pick up Mark from work, and then we pick up gifts for Robert & then pick up Mollie & then go to the party for Robert at his grandmother's house. And then...I don't know what. lol I'm wearing one of my new wacky cool outfits, which I'm going to show Janella & Solomon when they drop off my dvds; I have to take the outfit with me to work since I won't be coming home first. So.... I'm gonna watch another "The L Word", episode; take a nap, and get ready for work. I hope everyone has a great day.

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I watched the 9th Season 2 "The L Word" episode, woke up Mark for work, decided to check out Mollie & Carrie's live journals for news, and another friend of mine had posted about London Bombings so I headed to CNN & found this.

I know it's become a joke, but...why can't we all just get along? There is no reason for this bullshit! This violence is pointless & cowardly, and... And I'm not gonna let this stop me from feeling great, but I will let it influence me; I'll let it inspire me to love everybody around just that much more.

I'm sending a big I LOVE YOU out to all my friends and family.

Be safe.

Bald Jason
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   Monday, July 11, 2005

Thursday I went to work, with a change of clothes on hand for Robert's 16th Birthday Party at Di's house, which Mark, Mollie & I were to attend just after we got out of work. Bryan was having a really bad day, and a bad week in general with all sorts of things going wrong, and here he was stuck at work because of someone's stupidity, and his son was about to have his surprise birthday party. Everything worked out, and he got out of there, and there were so many of us left there, and the store was so dead, that I was given the option to leave as well. I was about to leave when I remembered that Solomon & Janella were supposed to drop by and return my Buffy dvds, so I held off. They never came (they had an emergency), but I was fine hanging out at work with Heidi & Matt...and I think I left a half hour early so I could find something cooler to wear as my new vinyl outfit was not going to work in the heatwave that had arrived that morning.

I picked up Mark from work and he dropped me at the half-off-card-shop, to pick up cards for Robert, while Mark went to Best Buy to get him a gift card; Mollie had already gotten him a $20.00 gift card for Showcase. We picked up Mollie and headed to the party with lots of youngsters making us all feel old. lol We were the adults. lol It was odd, but not disturbingly so. It was great to see Robert - we just watched my birthday video from almost a year ago, and it's so jarring how much Robert has grown in just a year's time. Chris wasn't there, which sucked, but she had her reasons. It was great spending time with Mollie, Mark, Bryan & Di while Robert hung out with his younger friends; he'd swing round every once in a while to make sure we were all in good spirits.

We stayed until a little after 1am I believe, and in that time there was Tequila for Mollie (only one shot) and Bryan (the rest) and card games, and jokes, & banter. There was also comicly ordered delivery, tons of innuendo, and just before we left, a stunning, loving bit of heartwarming Father/Son drama - which froze me. Mark & Mollie both said that they wished that their parents spoke to them the way that Bryan does to his son... And I was just, I don't know. The father figures I've had were few & far between, and I never really had encounters like that with my two fathers, so it was new territory for me; fascinating - hypnotic almost.

Before the drama, Bryan brought up the fact that I had scrapped his CD. Earlier at work I had revealed in conversation that I had decided not to finish his cd because it was all about lust (mine for him) and he has a great girlfriend now (Chris - who wasn't around when I started the project), who I adore, and it just feels weird to give a cd to someone dripping with recorded desire, when they've just moved into a house with their partner... But Bryan told me he really wanted his cd, and he'd help me with it in any way that he could. He reassured me that it would be fine, and that he wanted it, and that's all I needed to know I guess. I worked on his CD Friday-Sunday - made loads of progress - and it feels great. ;-0)

Saturday I worked on the CD pretty much the entire day. I also cancelled my order of the new Harry Potter book, which comes out this coming Saturday, so that I could order deluxe editions for Mollie & myself. I'll get money back because I ordered them through my webpage, and we don't have to pay shipping and handling, and if the books don't arrive on Saturday then we get our money back! And if they do arrive on time, I get to read the new Harry Potter so it's a WIN WIN! ;-0)

Sunday I slept a lot, went to work at 7pm, and the store was mostly dead, again. We got everything done fairly early, and I left maybe 10 minutes early. I rented Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone for myself, and National Treasure & 50 First Dates, so that I could finally complete my mission, as given to me by my sister Janice, to see these 'films'. I also wanted to watch some movies so I wouldn't work on the CD again; I wanted a break. I watched Harry Potter first, then I watched National Treasure; I liked the girl in the movie, and I thought a lot of it was really stupid. I prefer Sean Bean when he's sublimating his attraction for the other men in his movies, or just plain NAKED - but that didn't happen in this movie so he was wasted. lol It was ok, I guess.

I called Janice this morning before I went to sleep, and we talked about the movie, and she told me that I should call our Grandmother because I haven't seen her in a while I guess. I keep hearing things about Grandma; that she's preparing to die, and that she's talking about it, which I think is a good thing (her talking about it - not her dying). I love my grandmother so much; she mostly raised me, and she was the first relative that I came out to who told me that she believed I was born gay - which was huge! She's always been supportive of my boyfriends; she has always treated Mark like part of the family and always sends him a birthday card (with cash)! ;-0) She's Republican, and I don't think she really grasps how much of what she does politcally is harmful to me, but as I've become more political over the years we've had some fairly dramatic fights about the topic. It would be great to have one of those PFlag famlies, but I love my Grandmother, and I don't want her to die. But everyone dies, and she's lived a fairly full life. She's always told me that she likes that I have a sharp tongue, and that I can defend myself, and that I stick up for myself. I sometimes think that she is the slightest bit jealous about some of my adventures, and I think she asks me things, and tells me things that she probably doesn't discuss with anyone but me, and that feels nice.

I need to stop talking about this. Not because it's emotional, but because I just woke up a little while ago, and my eyes can't handle all this monitor time. blah.

So, I'll probably hit Necto tonight. I'll probably get some more work done on Bryan's CD. It would be fantastic to finish a cd; I haven't done that in AGES. lol

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   Tuesday, July 12, 2005

So...I went to Necto, as planned, and I had a blast! ;-0) Lots of cute boys were danced with and spoken to; many hugs were given, and much fun was had by all. I also ran into Jeff, a pal from online, who is adorable. I crashed into Troy(!?!) who I haven't seen in like 9 years; that was fantastic! And then I ran into Wes outside [Wes that worked at Zingerman's and fucked Shelly after she broke up with Elvis], and we went to Pizza House to chat it up; apparently he's friends with the Jason whom my friend (and CRUSH) Cathy was engaged to when I met her (though he was waiting for her in Texas, at the time); she & I worked at Target together. So many memories all at once.

I danced a lot. And I looked amazing doing it, just in case there was any doubt. I really should go there more often. Now it's after 4am, and I'm tired, but I need to get this eyeliner off before I do anything crazy. And Troy apparantly runs DetroitGothic.net and he insists that I join so I'll have to do that as well. Crazy.

Well...Later.

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   Wednesday, July 13, 2005

I'm on a huge Harry Potter kick. I watched Harry Potter 1 Monday morning; Harry Potter 2 Tuesday morning, & Harry Potter 3 Tuesday night. During that time I started rereading Harry Potter 5. After finishing the Azkaban movie, I reread the final chapters of Goblet & then continued on with Phoenix. Now I've got 700 more pages to read before Book 6 arrives on Saturday. I'm enjoying the 5th book a lot more than the first time I read it, because my expectations are different, and also because I'm starting to understand how well it was set up in Book 4.

Anyways...I've got to get back to it. lol I can't wait to compare notes on the books with Mollie! ;-0)

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   Friday, July 15, 2005

I have 283 pages left to read of Harry Potter 5, which I'm sure I can do before book 6 arrives on Saturday ;-0)

Mark is suffering some serious medical problems, and the medical community at large don't seem to have any idea what's going on, which is really taxing on Mark; as if not being in the best of health wasn't enough. I'm worried about him, and for him. It's not easy. Things kind of suck right now. Another reason to enjoy the Potter books; keeps me at home, which saves money & keeps me close to Mark.

Between reading sprees I've gotten some CD work done for various people, which is nice. I really need to clean the condo up; I've been slacking off while I read. I haven't been going out either, except for Monday at Nect (which was fantastic); I had to take Mark back to the hospital to get his shirt that he forgot there, and I shaved & showered and stuff before we took that 10 minute drive, because I kind of felt gross after not going out at all.

I have to work in about 11 hours. I have Saturday off, but I'm almost certain that I close on Sunday; after that I have no clue what I'm working next week.

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I have 202 pages left in Harry Potter 5. When I reached that point I stopped and looked around, and decided I was going to clean my room. I cleaned my room & the living room, and washed some clothes, and shaved & showered, because I knew if I shaved before work without sleeping I'd slice myself up pretty bad. lol So, I got a lot done, and now I'm getting some JLU tapes ready for Ben, and waiting for Mark to get up, as I should probably drive him to work, so that he doesn't have to drive a lot today. Hopefully he'll be cool with coming home right after work, as I'd like to sleep, and then finish off Harry Potter 5, so I'm ready for #6 tomorrow.

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   Monday, July 18, 2005

Harry Potter 6 arrived on Saturday, and I just finshed the final page about 10 minutes ago. I have a theory or two about the next one that I'm dying to share with Mollie, but I can't because she isn't even close to being finished. What I will say is that I cried a lot before the ending - that I drove Mark to work and calmed down before reading the final 11 pages. And that I think the final volume will be a fitting ending. And also that I've really enjoyed reading these books, and that I look forward to the movies still to come.

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   Friday, July 22, 2005

I've been having trouble sleeping all week, but I managed to get some tonight. It's been an odd week. I've worked on several cd projects, with varried results; Mollie found out she needs to have surgery; this insomnia thing hit me; and the Ann Arbor Art Fair has arrived...which means I don't go downtown because of annoying people, closed streets, zero parking, and the "art" has gone downhill in recent years.

I finally watched "Kinsey" yesterday, which I really enjoyed. I later returned my Hollywood rentals & rented "Eating Out" which was much lower budgeted than I expected, but was saved by some extremely hot moments, and an abundance of clever dialogue, though the acting was pretty hit or miss.

I gave Bryan the Coldplay cd that I promised him weeks ago. I gave Ben the final Justice League tapes last Friday; I wonder if he's enjoying them? I wish I had all the DCAU episodes to share. Now that there have been coda type episodes for Batman, Superman, Justice League, Batman Beyond & Static Shock - the only major plots left dangling that I can think of are the non-ending of The Zeta Project, and the final fate of Nightwing. And actually, Zeta has been given somewhat of a deeper origin on JLU; with so many amazing references in the recent season finale, it's a shame they couldn't fit in a reference to Zee.

But if all I'm hearig is true, it seems that this next set of 13 episodes for JLU will probably be the final 13 episodes of the DCAU that has been an ongoing epic for more than a decade. It's a shame really, because the new season is rumored to include an episode featuring the Legion of Superheroes, who were previously seen in an episode of Superman: The Animated Series. What has been confirmed is that there is a Legion of Superheroes toon in the works. It just seems to me like it would be a natural spin-off of the possibly final season of JLU; especially since it's also rumored that a character from the JLU (probably Supergirl) leaves the JLU to join the Legion in the upcoming JLU episode. But "The Batman" & "Teen Titans" have shown that there is an audience for these characters outside of the DCAU as we've comee to know it over the last 13 years, and while it will probably be successful on it's own - not usiing the bulidup from the Superman/JLU stories seems like a wasted opportunity. blah.

Speaking of Teen Titans, when it was first announced, I was quite excited about it; expecting it to be a spin-off of Batman: The Animated Series. I expected to flesh out Tim Drake or Dick Grayson a bit more, only to learn that it was going to be in a wacky new style, and eventually that it was not Really connected to any previous series. Later, when The Batman was announced, I thought it too was a spin-off of Batman: The Animated Series; that it would be a prequel and explain his origins in more depth, as a tie-in to Batman Begins, but I was wrong again. I don't hate that series, but I have no interest in seeing it. It just doesn't feel like Batman; it feels like something completely different, with 'Batman' thrown on it for it's name value.

Obviously I still need more sleep, because I'm just rambling about silly things that randomly circle in my brain.

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   Monday, July 25, 2005

The Weekend was long and annoying. Sunday sucked beyond the telling of it, but much of that has to do with something I don't feel like discussing here, at least until I have all the details... erg.

I don't really feel like writing, but felt I should post something, so people wouldn't worry.

Oh; something good. I watched "3 Steps To Heaven" & "2 by 4" Sunday morning, and enjoyed both of them. I've owned both of those movies for months, but never got around to watching them, and they both surprised me, and helped demonstrate to me how cool my queer inclusive collection has really become. There so many different shades, stories, images to be found there. I've really enjoyed collecting them, and I look forward to expanding that collection.

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   Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Ok, so this post is gonna be pretty graphic & gross, so those not interested, just skip it.

I've been using this new lube. And it dried out the skin on my hand. lol But I wasn't sure it was the lube because I'm not a big lotion person... but it did turn out to be the lube. Anyways, no big deal, right? Well, the lube obviously wasn't just on my hand, was it? But I wasn't sure if what was going on down there was because of the lube or I maybe had an STD, so I went to see this fabulous doctor yesterday, who assured me it wasn't an STD, and I set up tests for all the major STDs (except HIV which I get tested Anonymously for), just for my own benefit. She also helped me with some tests that might help my acid reflux, and she renewed my perscription for Midrin, which means my migrains are a thing of the past. ;-) So that was all good, plus she will now be my doctor of choice, which I've never had before.

Ok. So, last week I was suffering some insomnia, and then the first chance I got to really sleep was at night, which I gladly took, even though sleeping at night is way out of character for me. The thing is, I'm still sleeping at night; really early - like 8pm - 4am. Last night I was supposed to hang out with my friend Patrick, and I was also supposed to go to the bowling alley to hang out with my coworkers, who were celebrating Scott's birthday - I was gonna combine the two activities, but in all the madness yesterday I'd allowed my phone to die, and needed to charge it so I could call Pat. But I fell asleep around 9:30pm, and I woke up at 8:20am, and so I called Patrick & apologized but he was ok with it, and we're hanging out on Saturday.

Yesterday, I also watched "Advice From a Caterillar", which was cute. And I drove Mark to work in the morning, after his doctor's appointment, and then I went to Hollywood Video, then Meijer, then Mollie's, then the doctor's office to make my appointment, then to Hollywood again, then home (where I ate, and finished the movie), then the Doctor's appointment, then picked up Mark from work, then the pharmacy to drop off my perscription but several pharmacies didn't have the meds I wanted, so we ended up going to Walgreens in Ypsi, which isn't far from where Mollie lives so we picked her up, gave her the money which Mark meant to give her before (long story), and then ate at Red Robin - before driving home with a dead phone, and full stomack, and falling to sleep.

So that was my day yesterday. Today, I've got to get dressed; drive Mark to work, come home, clean my room (because a carpenter - not the singing kind - is coming over to figure out a way to build a DVD shelf for my room, which Mark is getting me for my birthday (awwww). Then I work at 1pm-5:30pm - then I have to pick up Mark, and come home to meet the carpenter, who is actually the husband of one of Mark's coworkers. And then I'm pretty much planless, but knowing me lately, I'll probably go to bed. ha.

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   Friday, July 29, 2005

Busy Busy Busy. Or not. Who knows anymore? I hung out with my friend Andy last night, which was fun, but I was sort of out of it. He's having a party on Saturday, that I'm planning to go to with my friend Patrick, though Andy still hasn't provided me with directions. hmmm.

I work today. blah. I have so much other stuff going on in my brain that I'm at a loss for just about anything else.

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   Saturday, July 30, 2005

Woke up around 7am; worked on some stuff until Mark got up at 9am; showered and got dresed. We went to the Subaru dealer and shopped for our new car. We got the car that I liked the best, and Mark is super happy with it too, which rocks. My name is on the title with his, which is nice too. I hate wating at the car dealership. blah. We drove the old car out to my parents house so they could put it on sale there, but then Mark changed his mind and wanted to sell it from where he works, so we have to go back & get the old car. I've been having terrible headaches lately, so I'm super grateful that I went to the doc & got my migrain meds because otherwise I'd be locked in my room with the lights out. I'm really tired, but we've got to switch the cars now, and I'm going to Andy's party later with Phil. I would LOVE TO SLEEP. Right now. lol But I don't want to let anybody down, so I'm off.

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   Sunday, July 31, 2005

Took Patrick to the party. I was wearing superhot vinyl outfit, but it was so hot at the party that I wasn't having a blast, and neither was Pat, who's a bit shy, though he's yummy. I took him back to my place so he could borrow some DS9, and I could change my clothes to something goth-lite. I took a fast shower, and hit on him a bit; he's so yummy, and it was more than obvious that I was interested. We've fooled around before, and he was playful, but I'm not sure what all was going on. I took him home and headed back to the party, where I met a lot of people, but mostly I stuck close to Gab, Andy & Michael (the folks I wanted to hang out with more) and then I stayed far too long because Gab didn't want me to leave. But I'm home now, & I'm tired, and Andy had given me a gay dvd that's not available in the U.S., or something like that, but some guy asked if he could look at it, and then I never saw it again, which bums me out, because even though I heard from multiple people that it sucked - it was something I could put in my collection, and something that Andy gave to me - you know? Well maybe it's still at Andy's and he'll find it & share it.

I did have a good time, most of the night. But I'm way tired. Sleepytime.

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