Sunday, December 14, 2008

I was chatting online last night with several friends, Trevor included. I hadn't planned on going out or doing anything at all really. This one guy I've been chatting with for a few weeks wanted to come hang out with me on Friday, but I just wasn't feeling it. Then Saturday he wanted to again, and I called him and talked with him. I told him that if he wanted to come hang out that would be fine, but that I was feeling kind of out of it, and I didn't know what kind of mood I'd be in. He jumped at the chance, even though he lives about an hour away, in Bowling Green, Ohio.

His name is Victor K*i*r*y*a*k (asterisks added to avoid his name popping up in a google search); he's Russian. He's been in the United States for several years. He's a chemist. He speaks english very well, though with the Russian accent that you hear in movies and things. He's got this really adorable beard that's several inches long. He made me laugh a lot. We went to Pizza House to eat at 3am. We went back to the condo. He wanted to watch "Nightwalk", the 1 porn I have on my GLBT inclusive shelf. And while the film is porn it doesn't really turn me on, and I've always felt that it has artistic value; I used to have all my friends watch it. I was getting a headache around this time, which sucked because my room was getting warm and we were shedding clothes, and I started feeling like it would be ok if stuff happened. I took some midrin. Midrin is great for my migrains, but it also sometimes makes it impossible to 'perform', as do many of my meds. Anyways, I figured I could still fool around with him...only what we did was fantastic; very safe, very hot, and very satisfying.

I wasn't sure I could sleep afterwards, having slept until evening the night before, but the pills and the sex helped me sleep for about an hour I think. Victor wasn't used to sleeping on an incline, which I need because of my acid reflux, so he took a comforter and pillow to sleep on the couch, which woke me, which doesn't upset me. So he's sleeping and I just had a snack, and wrote this.

For those BSG fans that would rather watch the new webisodes on Hulu, here's the link for the new webisode.

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So this is my sexual history, first names only (though I know the full names for many of them; they're just not listed here for privacy reasons) - dates provided when I have them. This list of names includes everyone I've been remotely sexual with. Meaning if there was a momentary stroking of a penis or a vagina, or whatever - it's here, though many people wouldn't included these occasions. If this list only included intercourse it would be significantly shorter. Also, the dates apply to the first time I had sex with someone (or sometimes the first time I met someone I eventually had sex with), not the duration of time spent with that partner, and if I slept with someone more than once with others inbetween I'm not noting it here. I've been sexually active for 30 years.

01 David: Late 70's
02 Michael: Late 70's
03 Jeffrey: Late 80's
04 Deedra: Sunday, december 27, 1992
05 Jeff: September 1993
06 Jen: January 1994
07 Tony: April 1994
08 Robert: May 1994
09 Gene: September 1994
10 Mark: December 19, 1995
11 Paul: Summer 1996
12 Steven: Summer 1996
13 Darla: New Years's Eve 97/98
14 Jennifer: Summer 1998
15 Adam: July 1998
16 "Marc": Summer 1998
17 Joshua: November 1998
18 Claude: January 16, 1999
19 Carrie: January 16, 1999
20 Brandon: April 23, 1999
21 Kristopher: October 8, 1999
22 Gregory: Saturday, November 6, 1999
23 Adam: Wenesday, December 8, 1999
24 Daniel: Sunday, December 12, 1999
25 Christian: January 9, 2000
26 Newt: January 15, 2000
27 Brad: March 18, 2000
28 Christopher: May 2000
29 Carlos: Sunday, May 12, 2000
30 Shawn: Wednesday, June 14, 2000
31 John: Wednesday, August 12, 2000
32 Steven: Sunday, August 20, 2000
33 Jeffrey: Friday, September 29, 2000
34 Don: Friday, October 3, 2000
35 Shawn: Wednesday, November 1, 2000
36 Jeremy: Friday, January 5, 2001
37 Paul: Saturday, January 21, 2001
38 Ross: Sunday, April 12, 2001
39 Travis: Monday, July 9, 2001
40 Andrew: Sunday, November 4, 2001
41 Doug: Sunday, December 16, 2001
42 Dean: Thursday, December 20, 2001
43 Sean: January 2002
44 William: Thursday, April 4, 2002
45 William: Friday, April 12, 2002
46 Craig: Friday July 26, 2002
47 "James": Wednesday, August 21, 2002
48 Franklin: Tuesday, August 27, 2002
49 Brian: Saturday, November 9, 2002
50 Justin: Wenesday, April 23, 2003
51 Jason: Friday, July 4, 2003
52 RJ: Saturday, October 18, 2003
53 Scott: Friday, February 13, 2003
54 Danny: 2004
55 Matthew: 2004
56 Marcus: April 2004
57 Paul: Summer 2004
58 Patrick: Summer 2004
59 Dale: Summer 2004
60 Thomas: September 2004
61 Antonio: July 2, 2005
62 David: February 9, 2006
63 Anthony: 2006
64 Jeremy: Friday, May 26, 2006
65 Justin: Monday, August 7, 2006
66 Jason: Early 2007
67 Lucas: Summer / Fall 2007
68 Corey: Summer 2007
69 Cal: June-July 2007
70 Jim: August 2007
71 Michael: November 2007
72 Daniel: Thursday, April 17, 2008
73 Preston: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
74 Patrick: Thursday, July 31, 2008
75 Robert: Saturday, September 27, 2008
76 Paul - Tuesday, October 211, 2008
77 Trevor - Saturday, November 22, 2008
78 Joe - Friday, November 28, 2008
79 Victor - Sunday, December 14, 2008

Between September 2004 & Februay 2006 I only had 1 encounter, with a close friend of mine. This 'dry spell' was a concious decision on my part to explore single life, as I'd been dating nearly non-stop for most of my life. At the time, I felt I was in a rut, and didn't know what to do, or where to go next. The answers I found weren't what I expected, and were very informative for me.

It should be noted that the vast majority of these encounters are not regretted, but deeply cherished. There are however several that I do regret in retrospect, but these are thankfully the exceptions and not the rule.

And for those that were wondering, if I was only including intercourse, the number of sexual encounters included here would be 28 - and even 1 or 2 of those would not be included per most peoples standards, I just like to be as complete as possible.

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I didn't get to sleep until after 4pm. Victor left sometime after 3pm. While sitting awake I watched more BSG: "Sacrifice", "The Captain's Hand" and "Razor". I really enjoyed rewatching these episodes, but I was mindful about paying extra attention to them, as I remembered there being some sort of continiuty problem between these episodes and the next installment, "Downloaded". I slept for only 3 or 4 hours.

I watched "Downloaded" when I woke up, and noticed the continuity problem. But I also found an easy fix for it by rearranging some episodes. The neat thing is that they now fit together seamlessly. My onlly regret is I didn't figure this out the first time around so I could see the episode in the best order this time. Still I'm pretty satisfied with what I came up with, and you can read about it in more detail (beware spoilers) here. I also rearranged my simple episode list of BSG, to a more explanatory setup to help other find their way through the BSG universe, and to keep a record of how I view the series. You can see that page here.

My stomach is upset. I'm a little tired. But beyond that I feel fine, and I like the updates I just made to the BSG section of my website. I only have 2 episodes left in Season 2.5 of BSG, though 1 of them is the longer than average episoe "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". I'll probably watch those tonight.

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   Monday, December 15, 2008

I slept briefly, then woke up with my stomach still bothering me, which it continued to do throughout the night - preventing me from going grocery shopping as I had planned. I watched more BSG instead, watching the entire New Caprica arc which I enjoyed far more this time around, and it was nice to be distracted from my suffering. The episodes I watched included: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I", "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", "The Resistance" webisodes, "Occupation", "Precipice", "Exodus, Part I" and "Exodus, Part II".

I didn't chat online last night at all.

I'm going to try to get some sleep now. After Mark goes to work I have to be awake in case there's a delivery for Mark, which I'd forgotten about and had planned to sleep through. It sucks that I couldn't get groceries. Maybe tonight.

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Mark just left for work a few minutes ago. I managed to get 2 hours of sleep I think. I'm exhausted. My stomach hurts. I'm all out of water; all I really have to to drink is juice and soda; both of which upset my stomach under the best of conditions. I got dressed so that I'd be able to answer the door, but I really just want to sleep.

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See the teaser trailer for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", featuring Gambit, here.

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Mark actually bought some water and brought it back before going to work. That was nice of him. I think I'm going to take my half a zombie pill. I haven't taken 1 in at least 2 weeks; there's been no need. But there's definitely a need today.

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I took the zombie pill. My stomach is really kicking my ass today. I'm chilly in my room, which usually means I'm sick, but maybe the neighbors don't have their heat jacked up and it's just cold in here. I'm turning up the heat a bit.

Trevor chatted with me online. For the last few weeks I've had the feeling that something was going on with him and this guy that he dated before. Turns out I was right, though it didn't work out for them. I still feel kind of betrayed. Like Trevor and I were going to give it another go, only I was apparently the only one who took that seriously. And I've really missed our conversations lately; I've not seen him online, and his throat had been hurting him so I'd asked him to let me know when that changed so I wouldn't hurt him talking on the phone. Only he's been talking to this other guy the whole time. I know it's not his fault that he likes the guy, and has now been hurt by the guy (who just went back to his ex-bf), but if he'd just told me what was going on that would have been nice. And it was surreal having him tell me that he feels like EVERY time he lets himself like someone it gets fucked up - like...what about me? Blah.

Today's not working out so hot. I really wish I was asleep. Mark's delivery isn't here yet. I wonder...what's the latest time they can come? Cause if it doesn't come today I don't want to be watching for them until 11pm or whatever.

I don't want to watch any more BSG. I mean, I really do. lol. But I'm trying to make it last longer. If I could make it last until the Season 4.0 dvds get here around the 6th of January that would be great, but I don't really see that happening. Ooh. I can watch the new webisode which was released today though; Face of the Enemy, Chapter 2.

Oh. And a note on having just watched the previous BSG webisodes "The Resistance". I find that 10 part series mostly dull, but I enjoyed the last 4 I think. And I was really glad that I'd watched them when I dived into the New Caprica arc at the start of Season 3, as it really helped explain Tigh's inprisonment, and the backstory for Duck & Jammer was extremely telling. So, the story for those webisodes was only so so, but I think they really resonate well with Season 3, and are well worth seeing.

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So I just watched the new webisode; this new set is far more gripping than the 'The Resistance' set. Maybe because it deals with characters that interest me more. I've always had a thing for Gaeta; now even more so. And since seeing the first episode that outed Hoshi, whom I never really noticed on the show before, I see him in all kinds of episodes and smile. lol. And this new one seemed to imply that one of the 8's might be Boomer? Hmm. Nifty. And once again, rewatching the webisode with Jane Espenson commentary is very informative, and fun for me.

About BSG's Hoshi character. He appears in these installments:

The first # in the list is the number of the installment overall by my wacky reckoning. The next set of numbers shows the season it was produced in and what number order it's placed within that context. So 2x11 means Season 2, Episode 11.

27 2x11 Resurrection Ship, Part 1
28 2x12 Resurrection Ship, Part 2
34 2x17 The Captain's Hand
35 4x01-4x02 Razor
39 3x01 Occupation (1)
40 3x02 Precipice (2)
41 3x03 Exodus, Part 1
48 3x10 The Passage
49 3x11 The Eye of Jupiter (1)
50 3x12 Rapture (2)
58 3x20 Crossroads, Part 2
65 4x09 Guess What's Coming to Dinner
68 4x12 Revelations
69 4x13 Face of the Enemy, Chapter 1
69 4x13 Face of the Enemy, Chapter 2

He'll likely appear in most of the 'Face of the Enemy' chapters, and at least some of the final 10 installments of BSG.

I make lists of pointless stuff when I'm bored. But this list just demonstrates how this character has been featured throughout BSG but it took a kiss with Gaeta to make me notice he was even there. lol Now, everytime he appears I smile. ;-)

I'm a little paranoid that I'll miss the delivery for Mark's stuff. I've checked the door 4 times already, though I've not heard a knock or the doorbell. Every little sound makes me sit up and take notice.

I'm now chatting with Victor. He makes me laugh. He has a calming effect, which I'm in desperate need of today. At least when he's talking about his fucked up ex-bf, it's not blindsiding me. lol

And Mark's delivery has arrived. I'm free!

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I fell asleep and had some strange dreams about forced camping...then Mollie called to tell me about her possibly dating a younger guy. The call was fun and made me laugh. Afte she let me go I went back to sleep and I had moee odd dreams. I was a lifeguard. I was a terrorist. I was in Ohio at a fair with Mollie and friends. I ran into guys who said they'd met us in D.C. when Mark & I went with Michael and Heather. And we didn't want to go to Cedar Point because it was almost closing time. The guys asked if when I got the new game system I would hack into all the others and control them as well but I told them that's what Mark likes to do. And I woke up.

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I woke up around 11pm. I couldn't remember my dreams. I got up. I hadn't eaten all day. I made some garlic toast and a strip of bacon. I turned on the porchlight for Mark (a habit I'm getting into, which he thanks me for). I had just started eating when Mark got home. I gave me last slice of garlic toast (I made 3). I didn't want it to make me ill, and I felt I'd undercooked them. Then I listened to Mark tell me a story about his day. Now he's downstairs opening up his package, and I'm sitting here wondering if my stomach will be ok so I can go grocery shopping later. Definitely not going to Necto.

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   Tuesday, December 16, 2008

My stomach seems to be doing ok. My pills make me tired though. I might take another nap before I decide anything. I'm chatting with my online-friend Mark. He lives in Illinois I think.

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I laid down after I was finished chatting with online-Mark. I was sleepy, but couldn't get to sleep. It took me a long while, and I was cold in my room again, which doesn't happen that often. I eventually slept; waking up around 5am. I then read the news, and a blog entry of Mollie's. I'm more than likely going to the grocery store this morning.

I need to find a book to read.

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I can't seem to get moving. I didn't know why at first, but I can feel it now. It's the zombie pill kicking in. I take half of a capsule now, which usually keeps most of the side effects to a minimum, but I think I took slightly more than I have been. I'm finding it hard to concentrate...or I guess, I'm finding it hard to break my concentration from any one thing. I'm just kind of drifting. It's probably not a good idea for me to drive under the circumstances... But the effects should wear off by tonight or tomorrow. I haven't had to take the drug in a few weeks, so that might be why I'm feeling it more this time around. I was told that it stays in your system for quite a while. But on the bright side, my stomach seems to be feeling better, which is why I took it to begin with.

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I ate this morning and I can't remember what else I did... But I eventually laid down again, not really expecting to sleep, just trying to focus my thoughts, and I ended up sleeping for at least 7 hours. I woke up confused. The clock said 5, and I thought it was 5am. But then Mark wasn't in his room, and I realized it was 5pm.

I had a dream that a very large group of my friends were on vacation together. I'm not sure where we were. In one section of the dream, my sister Janice and I were arguing about where to go. I suggested returning to the frozen North where you could tunnel down through the ice and board an old shipwreck. You had to do it within a certain amount of time or the ice would melt and you'd drown. This ship was from a previous dream, and it terrified me, yet I felt compelled to mention it; thankfully I was overruled. I'm not certain where we ended up going but we stayed in a disturbingly large hotel. I remember we went to Briarwood Mall on the way there. Briarwood is another location in my dreams that is constant, and yet appears nothing like the actual real world place. Towards the end of the dream I woke up and decided to take the car (the Aston Martin from Goldfinger) and explore. We were in a warm, arid, sun filled place. Mark didn't come with me, though he was there. I stopped at a gas station where I traded odd coins and a slip of paper at the pump for a certain amount of gas, but the pump kept rolling and I figured I'd fill the tank. Shawn, Jonathan, and Jason came out of the gas station and I waved hello. They left and I woke up.

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   Wednesday, December 17, 2008

I basically chatted all night. I chatted with Victor and Trevor (hot). I chatted with Online-Mark - who showed me the hottest video ever. I chatted with this guy Shane from Toledo, and this guy Dustin. It was fun. I like chatting with people from all over the place and getting to know people I wouldn't know otherwise. Things with online-Mark are pretty intense. ;-0)

I tried watching the next episode of BSG, and it's one of those episodes that's so dark, and so intense that I find it hard to watch. Erg. This might be a good thing though as it will slow down my viewing. lol

I randomly stopped writing this blog entry and watched last week's episode of "Pushing Daisies"; I'm so weird.

For those wandering what the post series BSG movie "The Plan" will be about, here's a cool article that teases the plot without giving away it's secrets. It sounds awesome. :)

And for those of you wondering about the upcoming Doctor Who specials...especially the final one which will air about a year from now and will most likely end David Tennant's run as the Doctor (along with much of the creative forces behind the camera), Russell T. Davies had this spoiler free quote:

"The final special won't be shown for another YEAR, and I know exactly what happens. In fact, I had a phone call this morning about casting it, and we're after a couple of fantastic names for it, and one of those names is booked actually, but you'll discover who that is when we are filming it in May, because it will get out..."

My head aches. It's been hurting for hours now, but I've been hoarding my midrin lately. I should just take it and go to sleep.

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After I posted the last entry I saw that the time was 7:01am. It hit me that Mark was supposed to be at work at 7am, and that he was still in bed. I hoped I was wrong, but when I woke him I was right. He thanked me for waking him, borrowed a clean shirt, and got ready very quickly. I opened the door for him and locked it behind him. Hopefully his day gets better.

I took my midrin with some water and my prilosec. Hopefully this headache will be quashed.

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My headache is gone. I slept. I'm pretty sure I had nightmares.

BSG's "Face of the Enemy, Chapter 3" is now available to watch, though I haven't done so yet.

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Just watched BSG's "Face of the Enemy, Chapter 3" and it's writer's commentary version. Good webisode; loving this. I'd recommend that anyone watching this skip the commentary for #3 as I'm worried that it may have revealed something about the mystery in the webisodes, though I'm not sure if it did or not. The next webisode is on Monday, December 22nd; 5 days from now.

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I went back to bed. I slept well, though I woke up 3 times; everytime Mark used his phone. It's not his fault; it's just that both our bedroom doors are open, and his voice kind of carries. I had good dreams. Dreams about family. Dreams about pleasure. And finally dreams about BSG. All good. I'll probably stay awake now.

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New BSG Season 4 Promos:

The Final Episodes!

Who is the final Cylon?

What really happened to Earth?

How did Starbuck come back?

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   Thursday, December 18, 2008

I chatted again last night. I chatted with Trevor, online-Mark, Mollie, Tom & Jesse. It was all good. Mollie made me laugh a lot, as she always does. Sometimes when we talk, it's like we want to see each other but we don't know what to say, while other times, like last night, it's like a perfect reunion. :0)

I watched more BSG. I finished "Collaborators", then went on to "Torn" & "A Measure of Salvation". There's a slight misstep in continuity from the Razor movie in which Sharon explains to a group, including Gaius Baltar, what the hybrids are, and then in these episodes he doesn't know what one is. But this can be explained away as him being off with Six, or just not paying attention, or having forgotten, as it's been about a year and a half since that one brief mention (from his perspective).

And for Mollie's information, there is a Baltar in the original series. And just like in the new series, it's a character who betrays humanity to near-extermination. You can read about that character here.

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Um. This won't come as a surprise to anyone who actually reads my blog... but I want my goddamn final Battlestar Galactica episodes NOW! I want my answers now. Who lives? Who dies? What was the cylon plan? How did Kara Thrace return? Who is the final cylon? What happened to Earth? How will the series end, now that the thing they've been moving towards all along has been reached 10 episodes shy of the finale? If cylons can't procreate without humans, how is Caprica Six pregnant with a cylon's child? What will the 'Caprica' series bring to the mythology? Can 'The Plan' movie really tie into everything without fracking up the continuity? 'Razor' did so by the skin of it's teeth. What did Gaius whisper in Gaeta's ear that made him stab Gaius in the neck? I want answers. The promos claim that we'll get answers to at least some of these questions. But even while I'm reveling in the unfolding of the series, I'm also being driven mad from not knowing. Ugh. lol

I do love when a show holds my attention this way though. If Mollie still lived here, perhaps we'd be rewatching the series together, commenting on it all. Something like the way we watched 'Firefly' together. Hmmm. I can dream.

In other BSG related news, Time Out New York rated BSG Season 4.0 as the BEST of TV & DVD in 2008. They mention several spoilers from the season before locking it down to the one that has haunted me ever since:

"But it was Lt. Gaeta’s delirious singing—a song about lost love sung to a lost leg on a show about humanity’s lost identity—that perfectly captured what BSG has evolved into: a haunting, exquisite lamentation."

Yeah. I fraking love this show.

The Los Angeles Times also lists the final moments of last season in their best moments of 2008.

Also, actor Mark Sheppard, who plays BSG's cool lawyer Romo Lampkin (and Firefly's Badger), has revealed in an interview that he will be back at some point during the final 10 episodes of the series; actually he says he'll be back for the end of Season 4.5 - Awesome. :0)

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Just woke up a bit ago.

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, also known as Number One, also known as Nurse Chapel, also known as the voice of several ships named Enterprise, also known as Lwaxana Troi has passed away. I enjoyed all of her characters.

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I'm feeling the need to be away from the computer. All I've been doing lately is sleeping, chatting, watching BSG, eating, sometimes jacking off. These are all good things. I'm just falling into a rut though. I did the dishes this morning. Maybe I should clean my room or work on my collage, or read, or something. I don't know.

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Well, I went out to Kroger. I broke down and bought "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", amongst other needed items. Mark drove us on this excursion. Then we went to LC for pizza. But we detoured to the liquor store so I could get some wine; a merlot. I had it in my head that I should start drinking it, but Mark said that it was foul stuff that I wouldn't like. He was right. It was revolting. I don't know how people drink it. After all that, I spilled it all over the kitchen. I'm so fucking clumsy. Still, I got out of the condo for a bit, with Mark, and tried something new. These are all good things.

I also started setting up stuff for my collage, but then I got sidetracked. The thing is, I love my collage, but I'm not really clear on what I want to do to finish it off. I have plans for one section, which will take time. The rest could be done randomly, but I don't know that I want to. It's starting to weigh on me.

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   Friday, December 19, 2008

Not only is today the 13th anniversiary of the night that I met Mark Adams... it also means that there's less than a week until the Doctor Who Christmas Special. I'm less excited about then in years past, but in previous years there was always a cliffhanger ending leading into it.

I'm tired. I'm chatting with Jesse though. I chatted with him, and this asshole named Alex. I chatted with online-Mark - very interesting conversation. Carlos was on for a few minutes. Karen. It was all good. I cleaned my room a bit too.

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I slept from about 6:30am to 12pm. There was a blizzard last night, and I made sure Mark got up for work ontime because if he was late and then had to drive through all that it would be terrible. He borrowed another shirt; I let him wear the Twin Peaks one, which is funny because Mark hates Twin Peaks. I tried for a long time to get him to watch it when we were first dating, and he just didn't like it at all.

There's no BSG news. :0(

Just before falling asleep, I read the first 'Tales of Beedle the Bard' story and it's commentary by Dumbledore: "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot". It was cute. This book is very much keeping in the spirit of the 2 previous charity books. It's a very short book; I'm trying to make it last, just for fun.

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I slept from about 6:30am to 12pm. There was a blizzard last night, and I made sure Mark got up for work ontime because if he was late and then had to drive through all that it would be terrible. He borrowed another shirt; I let him wear the Twin Peaks one, which is funny because Mark hates Twin Peaks. I tried for a long time to get him to watch it when we were first dating, and he just didn't like it at all.

There's no BSG news. :0(

Just before falling asleep, I read the first 'Tales of Beedle the Bard' story and it's commentary by Dumbledore: "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot". It was cute. This book is very much keeping in the spirit of the 2 previous charity books. It's a very short book; I'm trying to make it last, just for fun.

When I first woke up I went downstairs and looked out at all the snow. It hadn't been touched. But I think I can hear them clearing it up now.

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There was a press screening of the new Doctor Who Special, which airs this Chritmas in the UK - I read the mostly spoiler free reviews and now I'm geeked about watching it. :-0)

I called DJ and he's done with my discs, and will bring them by sometime tonight. Always good to see DJ.

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I chatted briefly then slept some more. Mark woke me up with the phone, asked if I wanted him to bring home food. I went back to sleep and woke up when he got home. He had food and more wine; this wine was better. I had a glass with our food. Mark had 2 I think.

Now I'm chatting with online-Mark and Trevor.

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I'm listening to a mahshup and the songs that make it up on repeat; drinking wine; I'm on my 4th glass. The songs are "Enjoy the Ride" by Morcheeba, and "Maybe Tomorrow" by Stereophonics. I'm still chatting with Trevor and online-Mark.

Ok. Here's another one of my warnings. This entry is going to be sexually grapic and pretty serious. So people put off by such things should run away now. Ok?

Those of you still sticking around, might understand why I'm now drinking the wine. I sort of need it. Self medicating and all that shit.

I was chatting with Trevor about a friend of his...about how he pulls away when he's going to cum; how he almost always has to finish himself off; and he likes to be choked during sex. This struck a nerve with me, because I find it hard to cum with my partners; I usually finish myself off, and while I don't like being choked...I like to be humiliated. I like being called names and treated a certain way, and if my partners aren't doing those things then I pretend that they are. I asked if this friend of his had been abused and he confirmed that he had. And then everything made sense for me too. I was abused by my father. And I enjoyed it. And I felt guilty about this. And this made me shut off my pleasure centers. Like if someone is close to making me cum, I will physically stop them. I always have. There have been maybe 5 out of the 70 some people I've been with who have made me cum, and there were certain circumstances each time. The thing is now that I know this, I still don't think I can change this stuff. I mean...I really get off on this stuff, and if I gave that stuff up I'm not sure what I would do. But still...It seem so obvious, but it was quite a revelation to me. And now I'm drinking...because that's a lot take in.

   posted by Bald Jason at 09:52 PM
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   Saturday, December 20, 2008

So DJ never came over to return my discs. I don't know if his trip to a2 was cancelled or he just forgot. Blah.

I finished that bottle of wine all on my own.

I chatted with online-Mark until he was off to bed. Then I chatted more with Trevor. I chatted with Jesse, and later with Victor as well. They were all good. But the chat with Trevor, just as earlier, was the most revelatory; filled with hot insights and while Trevor and I have been intensly honest with each other online for over a month now, I think we reached a new level of honesty relating to sex. Nice. Now if we were just that comfortable in person that would be awesome.

New BSG webisodes on Monday & Wednesday, then The Doctor Who Christmas Special is on Thursday. Same thing during the last week of 2008; new BSG Webisodes on Monday & Wenesday, with the Doctor Who special "Music of the Spheres" airing on Thursday; the first day of 2009.

I'm drunk.

I need to lay down.

   posted by Bald Jason at 03:00 AM
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I took a brief nap. Dreamt about being in a park near our house. Searching through houses for a certain gay man. Then touring the park with my cousin Jennifer and my little sister Jamie, before being overrun by large, dying spiders, which turned out to be facehuggers from Aliens - which meant that there would soon be aliens on the loose.

   posted by Bald Jason at 06:01 AM
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There are some spoilers in this entry for the Battlestar Galactic episodes that aired this year, up to the current Webisodes - nothing from that story is referenced. This section is me researching the post series finale movie, which is set during the series.

I did some digging and here are the articles I found that deal with the post-BSG film, "The Plan". The Los Angeles Times had this in August. Also in August, BSG writer Mark Verheiden's blog had this to say. Also in August, the Chicago Tribune offered this piece. Then in late August, there was a blog / report on Door Q that had this to say. In September, IGN had this to add. Also in September, the Chicago Tribune offered this cast update. And lastly, there's this interview with the writer Jane Espenson from a few days ago on scifiwire.

For those of you not wanting to read all these articles, what we seem to know about this post series released tv movie is this.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Written by Jane Espenson
Directed by Edward James Olmos
Production Start: Sep 8, 2008
Airdate: 2009

The movie will air sometime after the series ends, so after Friday, March 20, 2009.

It's reported that the movie will be released on DVD shortly after airing, just as previous tv movie "Razor" did before it.

Edward James Olmos has directed other episodes. These episodes include Season 1's "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", Season 3's "Taking a Break From All Your Worries" and Season 4's "Escape Velocity".

Jane Espenson (former Buffy writer) wrote Season 3's "The Passage" & "Dirty Hands"; and season 4's "Escape Velocity", "The Hub" & "The Face of the Enemy" webisodes.

The movie was filmed after the series was completed, and around the same time the "Face of the Enemy" webisodes were also filmed.

From Sci-Fi's press release:

"Starting before the events of the miniseries, our story focuses on familiar characters including Cylon Number One, know as Cavil, Resistance Leader Sam T. Anders and Chief Galen Tyrol. In the beginning, the Cylons had a plan, but it didn't account for one thing: survivors. During the chaotic aftermath of the destruction, two powerful Cylon agents struggle with plots and priorities on the human ships that got away, and among the resistance fighters who were left behind."

Jane Espenson had this to say:

"The events of The Plan are the events that you've seen...in the show, from the miniseries to almost the end of season two. So it's that chunk of time, but sort of seen with the Cylon perspective. So you're going to see a lot of stuff that was going on that you weren't aware of at the time: on Caprica, in the fleet. That was when the Cylons, as depicted in the original show, were very mysterious, enemies that would come out of the darkness and retreat. And this is...what were they really doing all that time: What was the the internal stuff. A lot of loose ends are tied up, a lot of questions are asked that you don't even know that you have. If you had a copy right now, you might feel that you could go ahead and watch it, because it's about stuff that already happened. But it's very much designed to be watched after the run of the series, because it definitely relies on stuff you don't learn until much later... We made tons of changes in the preproduction phase and ended up with a really tight script that we filmed sort of as they were demolishing the sets out from under us. And we ended up with something that I think is so much better than our highest hopes had been for what this movie could be. It really sort of caps off the show."

It's interesting that it follows the Cylon perspective though the end of the 2nd Season, because that's when we started seeing more from the Cylon perspective in the show through "Downloaded" and later in the 3rd Season with Gaius on the Cylon ship. From "Downloaded" onward we got the Cylon perspective and now this movie is set to fill in some of the blanks - sounds awesome.

The movie stars:

Aaron Douglas ("Chief Tyrol")
Matthew Bennett ("Doral")
Tricia Helfer ("Number Six")
Michael Hogan ("Saul Tigh")
Lymari Nadal ("Giana")
Edward James Olmos ("Admiral Adama"),
Grace Park ("Boomer"/"Athena"),
Callum Keith Rennie ("Leoben"),
Rekha Sharma ("Tory Foster"),
Dean Stockwell ("Brother Cavil"),
Michael Trucco ("Samual Anders"),
Rick Worthy ("Simon")

Lymari Nadal's character Giana, appeared in the original miniseries. She was the Caprican who escaped along with Boomer and Baltar when Helo was left behind. She was heard asking about her husband who served in the Colonial Fleet near Gemenon. Nadal is also Edward James Olmos's real life wife.

Almost all of the cast is made up of Cylon characters, with the exception of "Three" & possibly the final unknown Cylon. The Chicago Tribune reported that Saul Tigh and Tory Foster both appear but in a limited capacity. I'm wondering if Lucy Lawless's character of Three might not show up in some old footage or something.

There's a page set up for the film on the Battlestar Wiki, though much of the information I learned about the film is not represented there.

And that's really all I can find on the film. Which is good as I don't want it ruined. I was just curious about it.

   posted by Bald Jason at 06:45 AM
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I just finished "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", which I thought was adorable, and perfect companion to the 9 other Harry Potter books (including "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them"). Fun.

Another BSG related list. It's been said over and over that BSG is a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. A few days ago I started pondering this, and starting thinking about what episodes constitute each section. This is what I came up with.

Battlestar Galactica: Prologue

Caprica: The Series

Battlestar Galactica: The Beginning

01 Razor Minisodes 1-2, 7.5
02 The Miniseries, Part I
03 The Miniseries, Part II
04 1x01 33
05 1x02 Water
06 1x03 Bastille Day
07 1x04 Act of Contrition (1)
08 1x05 You Can't Go Home Again (2)
09 1x06 Litmus
10 1x07 Six Degrees of Separation
11 1x08 Flesh and Bone
12 1x09 Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
13 1x10 The Hand of God
14 1x11 Colonial Day
15 1x12 Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 1
16 1x13 Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2
17 2x01 Scattered
18 2x02 Valley of Darkness
19 2x03 Fragged
20 2x04 Resistance
21 2x05 The Farm
22 2x06 Home, Part 1
23 2x07 Home, Part 2
24 2x08 Final Cut
25 2x09 Flight of the Phoenix
26 2x10 Pegasus (Extended Cut)
27 2x11 Resurrection Ship, Part 1
28 2x12 Resurrection Ship, Part 2
29 2x13 Epiphanies
30 2x14 Black Market
31 2x15 Scar
32 2x16 Sacrifice
33 2x18 Dowloaded
34 2x17 The Captain's Hand
35 4x01-4x02 Razor (Extended Cut)
36 2x19 Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 1
37 2x20 Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2

Now. In the last 20 minutes or so of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2", the series jumps forward a year. This is where I think the 'Middle' of Battlestar Galactica begins. That missing year. The entire series changes in tone. Everything changes.

Battlestar Galactica: The Middle

37 2x20 Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2
38 The Resistance (Webisodes 1-10)
39 3x01 Occupation
40 3x02 Precipice
41 3x03 Exodus, Part 1
42 3x04 Exodus, Part 2
43 3x05 Collaborators
44 3x06 Torn (1)
45 3x07 A Measure of Salvation (2)
46 3x08 Hero
47 3x09 Unfinished Business (Extended Cut)
48 3x10 The Passage
49 3x11 The Eye of Jupiter (1)
50 3x12 Rapture (2)
51 3x13 Taking a Break from All Your Worries
52 3x14 The Woman King
53 3x15 A Day in the Life
54 3x16 Dirty Hands
55 3x17 Maelstrom
56 3x18 The Son Also Rises
57 3x19 Crossroads, Part 1
58 3x20 Crossroads, Part 2

This middle section of BSG has more stand alone episodes then any other time in the show's run, and like many middle chapters, this is probably the weakest section of BSG. There are still a number of stand out episodes to keep people watching though. The tone of the series here feels like one of transition...and it's not an easy one. We get new insights into the Cylons. We get to know the characters again and how they've changed in the year that we missed. We see new sides to the fleet than we've seen before. And this section culminates with a trial - giving closure to this middle arc - while revealing several HUGE character revelations that push the series into high gear, from which it never really looks back again...while giving us a glimpse of Earth, and letting us in on the fact that the end of the series begins here.

Battlestar Galactica: The End

59 4x03 He That Believeth In Me
60 4x04 Six of One
61 4x05 The Ties That Bind
62 4x06 Escape Velocity
63 4x07 The Road Less Travelled (1)
64 4x08 Faith (2)
65 4x09 Guess What's Coming To Dinner
66 4x10 Sine Qua Non
67 4x11 The Hub
68 4x12 Revelations
69 The Face of the Enemy (Webisodes 1-10)
70 4x13 Sometimes a Great Notion
71 4x14 A Disquiet Follows My Soul
72 4x15 The Oath
73 4x16 Blood on the Scales
74 4x17 No Exit
75 4x18 Deadlock
76 4x19 Someone to Watch Over Me
77 4x20 Islanded In a Stream of Stars
78 4x21 Daybreak, Part I
79 4x22 Daybreak, Part II
80 4x23-4x24 Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

I'm going to watch the extended cut of "Unfinished Business" now. :0)

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I watched the extended cut of "Unfinished Business" then watched "The Passage". I went to sleep shortly after that. It was so hot in my room that it took me a long while. I had dream on was BSG, but the Galactica was the SDF-1 from Robotech. I've often thought while watching BSG that they could have made a fairly good adaptation of Robotech.

When I was trying to get to sleep I kept getting the most arousing images of Trevor in my head. It was intense. Really intense. At one point I found myself weeping. I'm sure part of it was the Midrin I'd taken earlier for a headache, and part of it was the intensity of feeling...and I was also exhausted, but it was almost magical.

I woke up around 7pm. My stomach hurt. I took a bath. I'm feeling fine now. A little worn out. Not tired, but weary of spending another day inside. This never used to bother me, so I'm not sure what my deal is now.

   posted by Bald Jason at 07:32 PM
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