Sunday, January 1, 2006

Got home from the Shawn/Jonathan gathering a bit ago; it was mostly fun, though there were undercurrents of the S/J breakup. Shawn's brother Lee was also there. It was cool. I'm so dead tired, but it was fun seeing and speaking with Jonathan, and I had a really killer converation with Shawn just before we left. I don't have enough energy to say anything else though.

Happy New Year

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   Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Monday I slept. And then I cleaned. And cleaned some more. And then Mark got home and we cleaned some more. And then we wrapped presents and watched Dawson's Creek. And then we wrapped more presents. And then we cleaned some more. It was now Tuesday morning & I wasn't going to get any sleep, but I decided to take a nap, and woke Mark up at the right time to drive him to work - then fell asleep, only waking to find Mark saying he was taking the bus to work; what a sweetie. I got enough sleep, though not as much as I would like. I ate, and shaved and showered, and I was at the Hospital to meet Dad, Janice, Justin & Jordan about 5 minutes later than I planned, but with no troubles. We all came back to my place to open Justin / Jordan / Janice / Jerry / Dad presents, which was fun. I read Janice a letter I wrote her about gay history and how I wanted to share it with her, and then gave her 4 documentaries, and a book - which she didn't seem upset about - in fact she seemed surprised by a lot of things where I was concerned...it was nice. We had a fun, visit all around, and I took Dad back to the hospital, around 4pm, with Janice following me to the expressway so she wouldn't get lost.

In the car with Dad, he spoke crazy talk for awhile. But he had this moment of clarity where he expressed his deep regret about the way he treated my Mother when they were married; saying that he had been jealous of her previous boyfriends. It was nice to hear, but the sanity portion of the conversation was short lived, as he then talked about seeing a demon when he used to work at the paper mill (I have no idea where this Paper Mill is/was, but it seems all my older male relatives worked there at one point or another; some of them losing their fingers in the process). He also said that an angel resides within me, that goes by 2 different names: "Zo-Non" & "Octogon"; I told him that was nice. He also mentioned troubles in his youth that he refused to speak of in detail. It was classic Dad stuff; a bit mysterious; a little creepy, and oddly...comforting.

I took a 20 minute nap before going to pick up Mark from work who had a headache. He went right to bed when we got home, because he knew we were going to Grandma's house later to meet Jill, Jon, Janice & Brooke to give the kids we didn't see earlier their gifts. I slept for maybe 10 minutes, after watching the beginning of Lord Of The Rings. I got Mark up, and he said his headache had gotten worse, but when I asked him if he wanted to stay home, he refused. We got to Grandmas's maybe 7 minutes before Janice's group - and Mark got to see them open their presents, which they really enjoyed - and Jonathan especially liked his Spider-Man doll - I wasn't even sure he would know who it was...but hearing him call out for his "Piderman" really made me happy. And the way he's so protective of Jill, reminded me of me & Janice when we were little. I said goodbye to Janice and also told her about Dad's ramblings after we parted ways earlier and she said he'd said similar things to her as well. I later talked to Mom about what Dad had said. I was a little worried that it would upset her; she hasn't seen him face to face in at least 20 years, and usually hates any mention of him, but she seemed to take this well. It was nice to see everyone.

On the way home Mark was talking about how his headache was worsening, and he felt like he was going to throw up. I knew the sensations he was describing so well. I've had headaches like that almost my entire life - when others tell me they have a headache, I just assume they are experiencing what I am, but Mark said that he had never felt anything like this before, which made me realize that I've been suffering a lot more than some people, but it also made me realize I'm probably stronger because of it. It also, made me really worried about Mark. I got him home safe, and got him to bed in his dark bedroom, with a bucket, 2 bottles of water and 3 Midrin; 1 of which he lost when he was throwing up. He mentioned wanting bread, and I kind of felt like driving...so I went to get some groceries.

Before going to Kroger I went to Video Hut for porn. It was a completely random act. I just felt like going, and so I did. It was funny because these newbies and their fag hag wandered in, and they dissed everything while obviously not being able to take their eyes off of any of it; they weren't even looking at each other! lol I couldn't stop laughing at them. They were also absurdly young, and the 2 guys made me realize that I'm really not attracted to that many guys who are that age anymore. It's not completely out of the question, but it's increasingly rare for me to be attracted to someone that young - which is fine with me, actually. I rented some dvds, which I haven't watched yet, and headed to Hollywood for a moment, before hitting Kroker.

I talked to Mollie on the phone while I shopped; she was glad to have finally seen the end of Dark Shadows, but was still pissed that it ended where it did; we bonded. lol I told her about New Years & my day, and she mentioned that Karen was with her and that she has presents for me & Mark. She also said that she tried to convince Jonathan to move to Ann Arbor, which Jonathan mentioned to me too. The conversation was short, but Mollie sounded better than she has in at least a week.

After shopping, and dropping by Hollywood Video - running into Soloman & Janella at random, and Mike Pangborn - I headed home, and watched the rest of the first disc of Lord of The Rings, climbing into bed around 12:20am. I slept until 4:30am. Then I had a snack, and read the news, before writing this. I haven't heard a peep from Mark since I got home; I hope that he's ok, and that his headache is gone when he wakes up.

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   Friday, January 6, 2006

Work on Wednesday was very slow. DJ wasn't there, because his Grandparent had died. It was slow, but the day went by fairly quickly. Mark still had his headache so I stayed in my room and tried not to bother him. I watched "Three Dancing Slaves" which I enjoyed, though I wouldn't say I loved it. I watched some Buffy and later slept.

Thursday, I woke up late, but stayed late at work, which was fun. DJ borrowed Firefly from me, and is already watching Season 2 of Buffy; he really enjoyed "When She Was Bad", which is my favorite episode up to that point, so that was cool. I straighted the Star Trek section on video (it was in alphabetical order instead of chronological order. lol) And I talked to Jeef about Enterprise. After work, Mark & I went to Media Play again, as their going out of business sale was still on - but I went there to look at the books, and that section was cut off; darn it. We got some cool shirts, a poster, and two movies. We went to the party store for spoons & cups, then the storage unity for a minute, and then home. I fooled around in my room for an hour or two, and then Mark & I watched the last 3 episodes of 4th Season Dawson's Creek, which was nice.

I went to bed around 5am, and woke up around noon. I have to be at work at 1pm; Mark is picking me up soon. I'm eating and then I have to get ready. Before sleeping last night, I played some games, and read a Star Trek Book. I work today, then have Saturday off, then close Sunday, then have Monday & Tuesday off, work Wednesday, then have Thursday off, work Friday, then have Saturday off.

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   Tuesday, January 10, 2006

The weekend was mostly uneventful. Sunday night I watched what I thought was the unrated, recut version of Sin City, but never having seen the film before I didn't realize that the theatrical version came as part of the set, and that's what I had watched. I liked it a lot. The new version splits the 4 stories into 4 seperate little movies - only adding about 2 or 3 minuntes to each one; I'm not going to rewatch it in this fashion until I purchase it. There is however a really awesome bonus feature! The film is almost entirely 'Green Screen' - and you can watch it as such, without any special effects! I really want to check that out. I also rented "The Constant Gardner" but I don't believe I'll have time to watch it as it's due back tonight.

I didn't sleep last night. I wrote some poetry, as I've decided I want to write more this year than I have in the last couple; I only wrote 20 last year. From 1999-2002 I was running on this forced writing kick and while it didn't seem as amazing to just write about anything and everything, when I go back and read some of those they are truly profound, at least to me, so... I also updated my queer movie section, which now has 1,000 entries! I ordered 3 movies, which cost less than 30 dollars combined. I then built up my Tribes, My Space, & new gay.com profiles, while I also dismantled my years old gay com profile. I also updated some of my yahoo stuff, and chatted briefly with this cute guy I met at Necto a few months ago; we're supposed to hang out at Aut Bar later, but I'm not sure how long I'll be up for hanging out. I went to bed around 12:30pm, and I woke up around 4:30pm and decided to stay up so I can sleep tonight, and be awake for work tomorrow.

I'm doing some laundry right now, including some shirts that I got at MediaPLay last week. Mark actually paid for the 2 shirts that are mine; we divied up our purchases - but he bought himself a wicked Nightmare Before Christmas shirt. Mine are The Crow & Hellraiser. I didn't wash Mark's in case I screw them up somehow.

Speaking of Mark, around 8:50 I noticed what time it was and that Mark should be at work at 9am, so I woke him up. I know it's not my fault that he didn't get up earlier, but I feel stupid for not noticing what time it was until then. So, Mark called me at 10:16am to let me know he'd been in a car accident, in our car, but that the damage wasn't bad, and Mark was ok - the police were there to give the guy who rear ended Mark a citation or someting - and Mark & the guy had exchanged info & stuff. I hope Mark really is ok - if he is, then all is right with the world. I'm sure the car will be fine - it's pretty new, and we have really good service, plus the accident was obviously not Mark's fault - and besides all that - I don't care. I'd much rather have Mark be ok; he's much more important to me than a stupid car.

Well - I'm still tired, and I'm probably making all kind of mistakes, so I'm going to go. Jonathan is supposed to call me today. Perhaps I'll write more lat... The cute guy just called, which would have been really annoying if I'd been asleep. He wanted to know what I was doing at 5pm, but I don't really feel up to visitors at the moment; I'm naked and stumbling - and doing laundry. He seems like a really nice guy, who actually wants to spend time with me, so I'll cut him some slack, though we already had plans for later in the day, and for all intents and purposes, he should have presumed I was asleep - since I said goodbye to him so I could sleep about 30 minutes before I fell into bed. Don't normal people sleep like 8 hours at a time? lol I'm in a good mood at least.

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   Wednesday, January 11, 2006

So I had a really great time last night on my date with Sam. We talked about a lot of stuff, and there was really nice chemistry, which left me really horny. We were kissing goodnight in my car with Robert pulled up, and made a point to let me know that he saw us, so I ended up hanging out with him, Fabio, Robert's Itallian 'friend' Daniel, and...I forgot the other guy's name - but it will come back to me; I'm just really really tired right now. I had intended on going to be fairly early in the evening, but Robert & company insisted that I accompany them to Pizza House - which was fun, because I never see Robert as much as I would like to. It was great chatting with Fabio, and watching Robert & his cutie boy together; they are hot together, in a sweet kind of way.

I still made it home before 2am, but only managed to sleep until 4am. I surfed the net, and ended up buying some movies through e-bay for fantastic prices; and 3 of these movies were unavailable from anywhere else. I knew that later I'd be depositing some cash in my account, plus I just got paid a few days ago, so I wasn't that worried about it - but when I did get to deposit the cash, which turned out to be like $70.00, I found out that my account was overdrawn. I've been buying movies the last 2 weeks - but nothing like what I used to spend. But it was too much for my savings in the aftermath of the Mark Party, and the Janice Family Party - and I've been buying a lot of food and home stuff on my card, which I never used to have to do - so while I'm really bummed about being broke again, I can see how it happened, and I'm not really sorry that I spent my money - I'm just a bit bummed that I don't have anymore. Especially since I preordered some stuff, and I'm worried about that - plus this book that I never thought would be published is being published, and the cheapest edition is like $45.00!

Work was ok today, but the bank thing really knocked me on my ass. I'm super tired from not sleeping enough, and I learned that my plans to hang out with DJ & Bryan tomorrow have been ruined by a work scheduling fuck up... I was looking forward to spending time with Mollie on Saturday, and finally getting the Nip/Tuck marathon back in swing - but when I got home there was a message from her inviting me to see Harry Potter at a IMAX theater - which pretty much means that she forgot about our plans - and is also doing something that I can't afford to do right now. And really, I don't want to. But I don't want her to cancel going to the movie either, because I don't want to feel like she doesn't want to be hanging out with me, you know?

Also, Jonathan was supposed to call me yesterday, and he didn't, which has me a bit worried. And Sam was supposed to call me around 7pm, so we could maybe hang out again tonight - which, in truth, I was going to see if I could get a raincheck for, on account of the fact that I'm now in a lousy mood - but he didn't call, so I didn't even have the option. I hope he's ok, but I'm not gonna obsess about him. He's a nice guy, and I had a great time, and if more happens, bonus - and if not - I'm ok with that too.

I also found out we owe $500.00 for the no-fault accident with the car the other day, which is money we don't have...so that's more good news, but I'm sure I'll save up some cash soon. I do that by reading a lot; it helps me not spend. And then there was the shocker that the pants that I thought Mark had ordered for me, for work, haven't been ordered at all, and with the way our funds are going now, I have no clue when they will be. But taking all of this shitty news into account, I feel pretty good about how I'm dealing.

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   Thursday, January 12, 2006

So I got a lot of sleep today, which was fantastic, and really helped alot with getting over yesterday's shit. I'm reading Section 31: Rogue; I've read parts of it before, but never the whole thing, and I'm really enjoying it. Nothing horrible has happened today (that I know). I'm really mellow, and I like it. I talked with Mollie briefly, and she may come over to watch Nip/Tuck after Harry Potter on Saturday - which I so can't afford to see, but I do really want to see it again - though I supposed I'd be ok with not seeing it until the dvd.

I'm chatting with my friend Pat on AIM at the moment, and he says he hates mashups. I love them! lol I was actually having this super erotic daydream about him earlier...which is what prompted me to hop onto AIM in the first place. Oh, well. blah blah.

Sam called last night around 10pm, but I didn't get the message until late today. I don't have his #, and his message was simply him stating his name, so I e-mailed him, but I haven't gotten a response as of yet. Hope there are no hard feelings and that greatness abounds around every corner.

see...mellow.

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   Saturday, January 14, 2006

Friday morning I was sleepless yet again, but it wasn't so bad. I was on time for work, which was constant, if not overwhelming. DJ watched episode 29 of Buffy at work, and will most likely have season finished off next time I see him. I think he's going to love the 2-part finale, as he's a big Angel fan, and Becoming, Part I has all those Angel flashbacks. I worked over. I rented a movie from work, and I passed out once I got home. I woke up around midnight, and checked my messages, only to find that Sam was hoping to meet me at Aut Bar - I tried calling the numbers he'd called me from, but I didn't have any luck. I shaved and showred, thinking I'd give Aut Bar a try to see if he was there, but my stomach started to cramp up, and I decided it wasn't worth it to get to the bar, if I wasn't feeling well, and I'd only have a half hour there before closing time - and that's even if he was there at all. I wrote him an e-mail, and then watched a movie that I ordered earlier this week, which had arrived while I was at work: "Lola & Billy The Kid", which I really enjoyed. I then downloaded the latest Desperate Housewives & The L Word. I watched Desperate Housewives which was really very good. They really aren't shying away from the gay kissing, and I really respect them for that - plus it's awesome. lol

So that's what's going on with me. My stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and I'm pretty sure it was just indigestion. A lot of my coworkers are ill, as are a lot of our customers, so I was worried that I might have caught something there, but I seem to be feeling better now, and I'm grateful for that.

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So I woke up about 40 minutes ago. After the last entry I started watching the 3rd season of Buffy. I watched "Anne" but only watched highlights from "Dead Man's Party" (the scenes relating to Buffy coming back to school) - I had watched that one at random about 6 months ago, and it's really fresh in my mind. I watch, "Faith, Hope & Trick" & started "Beauty & The Beasts" and then went to sleep - which I did all day. It was very nice, and I had very good, if very odd dreams. Courtney Ceronsky was in my dreams. I was also working at the Carpenter Road Meijer; where I was attending some kind of church service, which mildly annoyed me, and my cousin (who isn't a cousin of mine in real life) was falling in love with me, and we were dancing (and the cousin was female) - it was all very odd, but good odd, and I woke up feeling really good.

I checked my e-mail. I wonder if Mollie is at the theater now... And if so, when she'll be home. There may be a phone message for me, I should check.

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   Saturday, January 21, 2006

This past week has been lame & wonderful all at once. I still haven't gotten in touch with Jonathan. I finished watching the 3rd Season of Buffy. Mollie came over last Saturday and we got her all caught up on Desperate Housewives. She'll return on Monday to watch Nip/Tuck, new Desperate Housewives, and The L Word; the latter with Mark in the mix. I played a game of Spyro The Dragon - the original one; still my favorite of the little purple dragon games. Mark finally ordered his Widescreen TV - which will be here on Wednesday. The assholes at Wireless Toys settled with Mark about the whole cell phone business from months ago, but not before trying have Mark sign away his free speech!?! Now we have the cash back from that - and we got a check from the car accident Mark was in, to pay for the damages (from the other driver) which actually gave us a prophet of like $20.00. We've been driving a rental car since Monday or Tuesday, and Mark will pick up our car in the morning. I'm downloading the JLU episodes that have aired in the UK even though the speed of the eps will most likely annoy me to no end. And the boy I had a date with the week before, kind of went over the edge... I haven't spoken to him since his last e-mail, but I simply don't know what to say at this point.

So that's about the it. Oh, I also worked, and slept (though not very well)... There was eating & breathing and the like. It was a fairly dull week. I mixed some mashup cds for Bryan and bonded with DJ about Buffy; he's so fricking hooked now; it's great! I chatted with Shawn very briefly. I just didn't have a lot to say about this week, and that's why my blog has been empty.

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   Saturday, January 28, 2006

I watched Corpse Bride with Mark tonight; it was ok; parts of it were really amazing, while other parts were just really dull. It might have been better if it were longer, as it was really quite short. Also watched some new JLU episodes, which were way fun. The descriptions of the final 5 episodes have been released and they all sound really great. I downloaded a bunch of queer themed music today; I'm really enjoying it.

I got an e-mail on Thursday from this online slash artist, whom I had given positive feedback to in the past. She does this amazing Smallville art; I don't watch the show myself, but her art is just fucking brilliant. Anyways, I posted a link to her site, and apparently this brought in a bit of traffic to her site, because she e-mailed just after that to thank me for the link. Well, this e-mail on Thursday said that her new Clark/Lex piece was inspired by a poem & chalk drawing I did years ago! Her art is really hot, and there's a note with it saying it was inspired by me, and my poetry (with a link to the poem on my webpage); check it out here.

Sam called this morning while I was sleeping and left a message saying he would call me back tonight to see if I wanted to hang out, but he hasn't called. I finallly got ahold of Jonathan last night around 5:45pm, but he had to go to work, and said he would call me around 1am, but then he didn't call either. Boys suck.

Mollie came over on Monday, and watched the latest Desperate Housewives & The L Word, a couple episodes of Nip/Tuck & an episode of Drawn Together. It was fun, but I was up that entire day and was super tired by the end of the night. I've been sleeping at night all week actually, and would really like to sleep right now, except I ate while watching CB with Mark, and I don't want to sleep so soon after eating. Mark went to Hollywood to return the movie, and said he'd probably rent some other stuff on my account.

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   Tuesday, January 31, 2006

So apparently it's highly likely that JLU has been cancelled. Part of me feels shorted that JLU didn't get the average animated episode count of 52 episodes, while the other part of me feels like when the writers thought that last season was the end, they gave us the perfect finish, and the 13 new episodes this season are just icing on the cake. There are 5 more episodes this season, that I've yet to see, and they all sound awesome.

Ok, I'm back to feeling shorted. The show is apparently ending because of a series of character embargos that have been placed on the series over the years. When Justice League first aired, they were able to bring on just about any character that they wanted to, and did. As the show progressed, and JLU began, things began to change. They had to stop using Batman's villains & Batgirl was fobidden because of "The Batman" & "Batman Begins"; they couldn't use Robin because of "Teen Titans"; they had to stop using Aquaman because of his appearance in "Smallville", and a proposed film, which will has since morphed into a new CW TV Series. They were somehow still able to use Batman himself; possibly because the JLU Batman is a continuation of the '92 animated Batman who is widely sited as the best representation of the character, ever. But with "The Batman" & and new a Batman movie in the works, plus "Superman Returns" & a new Joss directed Wonder Woman movie, it would appear that the once unlimited number of characters they could use on JLU is beginning to dwindle. This is really, really sad, as JL/JLU has proven to be the hub of the DCAU. It has featured crossovers with "Batman", "Superman", "Lobo", "Static Shock", & "Batman Beyond", while referencing "The Zeta Project" & "Gotham Girls". Plus the sheer number of D.C. characters they were able to portray as part of the League was astonishing, and had the potential of becoming a kind of DCAU variety show with stories that were/are unlikely to be told in any other series/film. erg. I'm so bummed.

There is a new Legion of Superheroes series in the works, but it's unknown at this time, if it's part of the DCAU, or something like "The Batman" or "Teen Titans" - which are both D.C. properties, that don't seem to take place in the same universe as JLU. I hope it's a continuation of the DCAU as we know it. There was a LOSH episode of Superman ("New Kids In Town"), and there will be a new LOSH episode among the last 4 of JLU ("Far From Home"); it would seem like a perfect springboard for a new animated series - a series set so far in the future, and with characters that few people in the mainstream even know about that the possibility of character embargos would be slim to none.

Anyways...blah. Most animated universes don't get to live this long I suppose, and I should be grateful but I'm selfish, and I don't want it to end! It breaks down, something like this:

91 episodes of Batman: The Animated Series.
that includes Mask of the Phantasm & Subzero as 3 part episodes of the series.

28 episodes of The New Batman Adventures.
that includes Mystery of the Batwoman as a 3 part episode of the series, + the Catwoman short "Chase Me".

54 episodes of Superman: The Anmated Series. There's a new Superman DTV in the works called Superman: Brainiac Attacks, and though it features the character designs from the the original series, and the voice actors for Superman & Lois, it's unknown how this will actualy fit in with the rest of the series - if it does fit in, then that would bring the series total to 57 episodes (to my way of thinking of it).

52 Episodes of Static Shock.
55 episodes of Batman Beyond.
that includes Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker" as a 3 part episode of the series.

15 Lobe Webisodes.
30 Gotham Girls Webisodes.
52 Justice League Episodes.
39 Justice League Unlimited Episodes.

That's 416 episodes. (or 419 if the Superman DTV fits in). I like to think there will be at least one more DCAU DTV from these combined series. And hopefully the new Legion show, or some other spin-off will continue to expand this universe of possibilities.

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Just got done watching the new JLU. It was awesome! Not only was there a continuation of the Legion of Doom plot, but there were returning characters Vixen, Fire, Black Canary, Question, Huntress, & Roulette! Plus we got to meet a LOD guy named Sonar, that I'd never even heard of before, though he's been seen a couple of times. There were tons of amazing things in this episode, but the one that made me scream like a little girl, and then call people to tell them about was the location of the new Metabrawl: it was in Bludhaven(!?!) and there was a shot of fricking NIGHTWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a shame that the show is ending, when a new season could have possibly given us the real Nightwing episode of the DCAU I've been dying to see since the multiple references to him in Batman Beyond. Wow. I'm super-geeked, and there are still 4 more episodes to go; the next one features the Legion of Superheroes, and looks stunning; the one after that would seem to wrapup the GL/Vixen/Shayera/Hawkman thing, which is HUGE, and the final 2 wrap up the LOD storyline. Grrrrr. These last 4 episodes will probably be aired in the UK within the next 2 weeks. Hopefully they end the series with the big finish that it deserves (and actually got last season).

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