Sunday, June 7, 2009

I took a nap. I read. I talked to Michael. I read some more. I talked to Mark. A lazy day.

I've now read 4 of the 21 stories in my book. The four stories are:

In the Water Works
(Birmingham, Alabama 1888)

To This Water
(Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1889)

Estate

&

Salammbo

I've enjoyed all the stories so far. The first is connection the book "Threshold". The first seems to be a stanalone, if perhaps set in the same universe as the others. The 3rd & the 4th both take place in the same castle, with the characters in the 4th being the great grandchildren of the main character in the 3rd. The next story would seem to continue this trend, with the story centered on one of the 2 sisters that were introduced in the 4th story.

I've enjoyed all of the stories so far, and all of them have been worth reading IMO.

I'm considering reading one of the Dune prequels next. I'm also craving Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury. I'd also like to track down some Charles Fort. Maybe I'll revisit some Poppy Z. Brite? I don't know. I just have this urge to read something other than Trek for awhile. Maybe a combination of all of the above? I don't know. We'll see.

I had a dream I was showering with Michael, in this odd school lockeroom setting. It was erotic, yet sort of science fiction related. It wasn't water, but this blue gel stuff that be washed in. He left me, and after I dressed there was an announcment that there was an intruder in the building, and realizing I was this intruder I tried to make my way out, only to be caught at the last instant - except I then realized I was dreaming, and replayed this scenario several times - fighting Matrix style - making everyone naked - morphing - changing the walls and my surroundings. It was wondrous. I woke up to Mark blowing his nose. lol

I've also had dreams, recently, of playing Aliens vs. Predator (the game) with my friends, only it's like we're in a holodeck, and it feels very real - and is terrifyingly cool! I've also had recurring dreams that of an unreleased Alien 5 movie, which is actually scary. I say this, because I don't find any of the Alien or Predator movies scary, but this unreleased sequel in the dream is really disturbingly scary. lol.

Ok. I'm off.

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There are rumors starting to swirl (see here & here) that next season of Doctor Who (2010) might be split in two sections, with the first airing around April with the first 6 episodes, then the final 7 airing around October, and leading into the annual Christmas Special. I could live with that, as long as we got full seasons of Torchwood & Sarah Jane in between. Plus the new K9 series has to start sometime soon.

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Woke up hot. With a headache. I turned down the air and took some Midrin, with shakey hands. Blah. What an odd weekend.

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The headache from earlier is mostly gone, but it was one of my worst ones this year. I just laid in bed in the dark, with the most unbearable pain. It wasn't one side of my head. It was my entire skull. I took 3 Midrin, and when Mark arrived with food I ate a bit with an Ibuprofen. Still in the dark. Propped up on pillows; under the covers because even with my window covered and my door closed and my computer off everything was too painfully bright. What I notice when my drugs kick in, is that I feel fine for a second, and then not the next, and then fine again. I also notice my breathing changing, and if I don't conentrate on breathing, it seems as though I'm not breathing at all (even though I am). I slept.

I had dreams about Michael (again) and his brother (he doesn't have one) and a friend, driving out into the Milan countrycide to bring me a shirt, and then me running on giant stilt like legs, home - with a girl who also ran on giant legs. When I got to my home, she ran on, and I stubled towards my parents' house and woke up.

My headache was mostly gone. I worked on my cyber farm, which has had an upgrade with new animals and hairstyles and such. I want to play until I get this one mansion, but I think the game is losing it's appeal. I did randomly notice that I now have more experience points and coins than any of my 20 some neighors in the game, which may explain why I'm tiring of it. Part of me wants to play until I get the mansion, and part of me wants to get rid of the farm. Sell the farm! lol. Maybe I'll just plant crops that take a long time to harvest and limit the amount of time I have to spend there? We'll see.

I ate some more. Chilled with Mark, who showed me a funny video about making a Leo fall in love with you (which was mostly right on, lol). I took a hot shower. I read the news and wrote this. I'm going to lay down in a minute. After I post a separate entry which Mollie will hopefully see.

Here's the video Mark showed me. Aside from the fancy food, vacation and gifts, this is sadly, probably true. lol

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Mollie Must See This:

I found out about the ad in this Time Magazine article. Why people are upset by this, I have no clue.

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   Monday, June 8, 2009

My right armpit hurts. I'm not sure what I did to it. But Mark has problems where he has pain in his armpits and I hope that I don't have what he has. It's not likely, as his seems to be some sort of nerve damage or something, and mine is merely random. Too much time at the computer? I don't know. It's annoying though. At least my back is almost back to good.

I talked to Michael last night. He's coming over around 2am on Tuesday morning. Also, he says we're likely going to Cedar Point the week of August 3rd. We'll see if that comes together. If he and I are still together at that point, he'll be my longest relationship in several years. Unless you count all the months that the previous Michael remained my lover despite us not being a couple anymore?

New Doctor Who rumor. It's now being said that the opening credits will include the face of the 11th Doctor. This a big change as the opening credits have been faceless since it's return in 2005, but the show used to feature the face of the Doctor, starting with the 2nd I think and going all the way through the 7th. The 8th-10th went without, and I was grateful for that, as I preferred the opening credits without it, but it's not something I'm freaking out about - except this is one more change to a program that is already changing a lot without it. New Doctor. New Companion. New Head Writer. New Producers. New TARDIS. Possibly a new style of season; split in 2 parts? New opening credits? That's a lot of change, and change is scary.

Mark & I tried out the new Soul Calibur Wii game he got. It was fun. Lot of arm motions though; it was tiring (and my armpit hurt before that). But the grapics were cool. I hope you can unlock characters and weapons in the game.

Michael and I are texting. He's going to bed. We miss each other. :-0)

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Mollie sent me a link on Facebook to this show called 30 days, in which this Michigan homophobic x-ian was sent to live with a gay man in the Castro for a month. It made me cry. lol. Mark said he'd seen it before.

I'm sleepy. Probably go to bed soon.

Just watched the Rachel Maddow Show from Friday. She makes me smile.

My monitor continues to do the wonky acid trip show.

I'm taking a break from my cyber farm for 4 days while my crops grow. I'll just be stopping in now and again to help out on Michael's farm.

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I slept well today.

Thanks to Mark, I now have 4 new pairs of pants that fit me (more pairs of pants than I've had in ages). 2 pairs are blue jeans (which I've not own in like a decade); 1 pair black jeans; 1 pair black cargo pants! Thank you! Thank You! THANK YOU!!! ;0)

Often when people buy me stuff, it's stuff I can't really use, or want, or need. I've needed these pants for a long time. I've wanted them. And I certainly will use them.

Michael should be here around 2am. I'm thinking about cleaning the condo a bit, and getting ready - maybe going to Necto. Then Michael & I can shower together when he gets here, and do the cuddle thing. :-0)

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Just updated the things I want page.

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Not going to the bar. Doing laundry and stuff.

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   Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Just watched some random scenes from the BSG Miniseries while I ate. It's SO WEIRD watching the start of this amazing story, but knowing what we know at the end of it. Knowing who lives and who dies; who's straight and who's not; knowing who's a Cylon and who's human - and which ones are aware of it - who end up coupled; who end up crippled; who end up finding out that they were victis of a cabal that they can't even remember - and knowing how and where it all began because of the recent Caprica release. One of the things that makes BSG / Caprica so amazing, is that it gets better the more you watch it, and the more you know about it. It a tv show that is actually a completely different experience the 2nd time around. The upcoming BSG movie "The Plan", and next year's Caprica series seem to be adding to this quality.

So say we all.

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I almost broke up with Michael last night. Turns out he doesn't vote. This is something that has been very important to me in the partner I've been looking for, and upsets me a great deal... Only I'm already in love with him, which complicates things. If I'd known this when I met him I'd have never gone out with him. But I DO LOVE HIM. We're not breaking up over this now. But it's in my thoughts and he knows this. Even if I broke up with him, that wouldn't make him vote, but I'm afraid him not voting will be stressful for me, and make me resent him or be ashamed of him...and I don't want that. We'll see.

I'm oddly awake. Maybe I'll go see T4 today. We were going too, but I thought I'd changed my mind. Only I'm very awake. And my face is on fire from Michael's stubble scraping me. Ouch!

Mike Anderson saw Caprica and loved it! Yay! I want more people to see it and love it. I want it to do well. The new season of The Closer started last night, maybe I should see if I can get that episode.

My jaw is making a new noise. I swear I've heard this noise before, but I can't think of when. Anyways, I'm worried this might mean even more headaches.

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My back hurts in the same spot, but worse than before. I think I hurt it more yesterday when I was cleaing. I cleaned my room. I did all my laundry. I cleaned up downstairs, part of which included me moving around some heavy stuff (I think that's when it happened). I cleaned up the kitchen a bit, sorted trash and plastics and did the dishes.

I did get that episode of 'The Closer' this morning and watch it before joining Michael in bed. I woke up with him leaving, saying goodbye. I went back to sleep, and just woke up. I think he left around 3.

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So apparently, the BSG: The Plan release date that I got all excited about, is wrong. It will most likely not air in September as it's still on track to air in November. Blah.

My computer's doing this annoying thing where I'll have a few screens open and then everything will stop working. It used to do this a long time ago, and then it just fixed itself...only now it's back, and it screwed up right as I was sending a long written response online, which I hated writing...ugh.

Oh. When I reached for my water I knocked my phone over to right side up and it's blinking. Texts and messages from Michael. I should call him.

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Thank You Ellen!

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   Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Michael & I got in another fight last night, but it was sort of stupid. One of those stupid fights that couples have. It was very emotional and angry and stupid. And it didn't last very long, but it made Michael & I very sad, and we got over it.

Also, Michael told me he'd thought about what I'd said about him wanting to be married but not willing to vote for the right to do so, and that he's going to register to vote!!! How cool is that? I always hoped to date someone who was even more political than me, and have them force me to grow in that direction... Only I'm dating someone who isn't political at all, and I've inspired some growth. I've become what I was looking for. I like that.

Michael came over and we went to Little Caesars, and the liquor store, and a gas station. The crazy bread I had was perfection. We came home. We played Soul Calibur Legends. We had fantastic sex. We had some cuddles, and I had just found my copy of "The Thief of Always" and was going to start reading it to him, when Mark got home and interrupted us, putting an end to that. We slept.

I woke up around 3:30am. I went to facebook, and ended up chatting with Mollie and trading tips on our farms - now that I've had more experience than her on the farms I was able to help her do some stuff, which felt good; she's gonna harvest my farm in a few days. We got Robert Alfaro to get a farm. Mollie is on disability and can't work; she's passing out a lot. She's currently on these drugs that give you hallucinations until they get the right dose. Like, she was saying it looked like she didn't have skin on her hands, but she knew that she did so she wasn't freaked out. She's also lost her sense of taste (lol) - I mean, she can't taste anything. She can smell stuff, but she can't taste food, which is sad. She's hoping a recent med change will correct this. She's very happy with her pet rats, which is cute. Hopefully she'll watch BSG now that she has the time.

I screwed around online for a long while; reading up on Caprica.

Michael interrupted me while I was typing and I read what I've written so far. That's really about all that's gone on anyways. I should get some more cuddles in. Michael wasn't feeling well earlier, but we MIGHT go see a movie today before he has to go to work. I'd almost rather watch 2 episodes of BSG with him. He's so close to the end!

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Michael & I saw the 11am showing of 'Terminator Salvation', which I liked. There were parts that were less engaging than others, but there was a lot that worked, and as a big fan of the series there was a lot to enjoy, and references to all 3 previous entries, while bringing enough new material to set it apart. The film explains how John (from the pre-title sequence in T2) got his scar. The photograph was back, as were cameos by Sarah Connor (voice only) and Terminator model 101. My only complaint is a minor one, relating to Linda Hamilton's altered dialogue that I can rationalize if I try. I've heard they intended this to be the first of a new trilogy, and I've heard the ideas for the 5th one, which I seriously hope never sees the light of day. I'd much rather they close it down with a single final film that wraps up all the plot threads and sets up the first 3 films.

With the 3 movies I've seen this year, I've now seen 3 of the 4 Terminator movies in theaters; 6 of the 11 Star Trek films, and all of the X-Men movies.

Michael dropped me off after the movie; he has to go home, get ready and go to work. Mark is either at work or will be soon. I'm home alone, feeling pretty exhausted. My back and my neck are still bothering me. Not sure if I mentioned previously, that my back was getting better, but I think I hurt it the other day when shifting some boxes downstairs. It sucks.

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Things I liked about T4:

The opening credits. I know most people won't get this, but the way the credits circled around on themselves is a revamp of the opening credits of the original. I was annoyed at first that they weren't using the theme music, but then it popped in now and again throughout the film. I would have preferred a Brad Fiedel soundtrack, but this one wasn't terrible; it could have been worse.

The Sarah Connor photograph; Kyle Reese; the closing fight between John & the Terminator mirroring Kyle's fight in T1. Nice.

The Marcus Wright storyline was awesome, and gave us new material to play with, while following up on older storylines.

Marcus's Terminator like behavior; the way he turned his head, and the way he turned back from a punch was straight out of T1 & T2. M-101 does this later in the film.

The 600 Series. "HK's" hunting during the day and other random references that match up with T1.

CDS M-101. Perfect cameo.

The explanation for John's scar in the pre-title sequence for T2 was unexpected, and very cool.

The new year for Judgment Day, John's wife Kate, and the nuclear power cores for the Terminators made good use of Terminator 3, which was the weakest link in the film series.

"I'll be back."

"Come with me if you want to live."

Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor; the new recording for John (not the one meant to be from the first film - but a different entry) is perfection.

Seeing the dark tone of the first film on display here (while slightly brighter here) brings home Kyle's arc in the first film.

Things I didn't like:

The tape from Sarah that's supposed to be the tape from the end of T1 is obviously a new recording, which would be fine, except they changed some of the dialogue, which annoys me.

John should have given Kyle the picture at the end; his not doing so doesn't mean he won't do it, but it would have been nice to see on screen.

Some scenes were a bit flat; emotionless and in the end kind of pointless. This didn't kill the movie for me, but I did notice it.

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There are more on both lists I'm sure, but that's all I can think of at the moment.

I'm sleepy.

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After the last entry I laid down and watched the first 3 or 4 episodes of 'Designing Women', which Michael left at the condo. My screen is so fucked up, that I couldn't watch it on the widescreen setting; I had to minimize it to tiny little square, or else it went all wonky and spastic. I eventually fell asleep, and slept until around 9pm.

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   Thursday, June 11, 2009

I have a new(er) monitor, which doesn't do the wonky acid trip thing. I'm slowly getting used to it. I worked on Michael's farm last night, and chatted with him on the phone, and online. I watched Terminator 3. I'm always how surprised how much I enjoy the film when I watch it, as what I think of most when I consider it, are the films flaws, which are things that could be easily fixed; much like T4; the good far outweighs the bad I think.

Oh. I remembered something else I liked in T4. They play "You Could Be Mine" by Guns N Roses. A nice callback to T2. ;-0)

So...I watched more Designing Women, finishing the first of the 4 discs; it's fun. Then I watched the 2nd episode of Nurse Jackie, which I loved. Then in a random turn, I downloaded an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which I caught now and then when Mark would watch it about 8 or 9 years ago. I liked it then, and always intended to see more of it. Well, I watched the episode and enjoyed it and now I'm getting more. Random television viewing. lol. It's nice.

I read an interview with Ron Moore where he talks about Caprica and how that's going, and it seems to be on track. Again, it seems like we'll be getting the series in January. Cool. Not as far away as I feared.

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Mark wants me to drive him downtown, but I can hardly keep my eyes open. Also, if I don't sleep, my stomach is going to be upset. I'm more worried about being exhausted though. I might do it. I'm thinking on it. But I'm so tired it's not making a lot of sense.

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   Friday, June 12, 2009

I did end up driving Mark downtown; dropped him off before hitting Krogers; came back for him, and went to LC. Then home. I watched more episodes of SVU. Slept until about 8pm. My mother called to remind me about the rehearsal tonight. I spoke to Michael and Mark. I watched more Designing Women. I worked on the cyber farm(s). I chatted on gay.com briefly; more of a hello than anything else. Played Spider Solitaire. Listened to Music. Had an interesting exchange with Michael; I hope he'll be alright.

Later, I captured a large bug in my room. My room, and our home in general have been invaded by spiders fairly often...we have the occasional set of teeny, tiny ants. We have random flying insects that get in when we open the front door, but I've made my peace with all of that and it doesn't bother me overly much. This thing was huge though...and was near some food I was eating, which disgusted me. When I went to capture it, it escaped, and I started cleaning. I found it eventually, and caught it. I think it's somekind of beatle. I'm not sure though. I'll show it to Mark, though I think it will freak him out - maybe he'll know what it is. I've not seen anything like it before, really, but it's large. Ick.

I threw out all the food that the bug could have come in contact with (anything that was open). I'm now washing my sheets, and clothes that were on the floor. Then my towels.

I also boxed up all of my Xanth books. I had intended to read the entire series, but having read the first 4 volumes I find that I really don't like the the series overly much. The later volumes that I had read years before (volumes 10-15), and enjoyed, had inspired me to collect the series with the hope that I'd love the entire run, which would have been nice considering they are on 32 or 33 by now...only I don't love the entire run, which is very disappointing. Perhaps I'll revisit the later volumes someday as I have happy memories of a few of them (#14: 'Question Quest' being my favorite).

I made room on my shelf for the upcoming paperback release of 'Paul of Dune'. I believe I'll read more of the Dune series soon, and that volume is one I'd very much like to read as it takes place between two installments that I've read in the past. I also added to the shelf, the 2 movies of Dune that I have (the 1984 David Lynch Dune, and the Sci-Fi 'Children of Dune' series).

I have more Designing Women & SVU to watch.

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I can't find any new BSG news. All I get is "The Plan" will air in November, and "Caprica" will most likely air in January. I want news NOW. I want to sleep now as well, but all my bed stuff is in the washer or the dryer. :-0(

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Slept for about 5 hours. Made it to the rehearsal almost on-time, despite a traffic jam. Everything went smoothly. I almost cried during their vows. Jordan & Jillian were there. Jamie inferred some horrible things about my dead great-grandfather. Then shortly after that Janice said some cruel things relating to me, which caught me off guard, and hurt my feelings. Janice and I usually get along, so when we don't it throws me off balance. Mark talked about how outragious her behavior was all the way home.

We stopped at Hillards to get more bottled water, as Michael Eisinger tipped us off that the water we like is on sale 3 for $10. We got 6. They're heavy though, and Mark shouldn't be carrying them, and my back is worse today than it was yesterday - and the stress of Janice / Jason drama doesn't help.

Michael is getting ready and then will come over. I'm exhausted.

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   Saturday, June 13, 2009

I went to bed after the last entry. I woke up when Michael arrived around 10:40pm. We spoke, but I was kind of out of it. I stayed awake, but I was still sort of asleep. My stomach felt weird and I didn't want to go out. Michael went to Applebee's for takeout and returned. We watched 2 more episodes of BSG while we ate ("The Oath" & "Blood on the Scales"). I'm excited to see the next episode with him ("No Exit"), as it explains HUGE amounts of stuff from the show, and even has a tie to the Caprica pilot episode (and possibly has even more ties to it, but that's not been explained yet). We were going to sleep, but ended up making love instead.

Michael went right to sleep. A lot of my food came back up in the shower. I don't think I ate too much, but maybe I did, plus the stress of the Janice / Jason spat was still hanging over me, and the burst of activity right after eating combined might have been the cause so I'm trying not to worry about it - and I didn't have any other problems of that nature after leaving the shower.

I played on the computer for awhile before joining Michael in bed in sleeping for a few hours. I got up around 7am. I read my e-mail and installed some new securities on my computer.

We should all probably leave for the church at noon; we're supposed to be there at 1pm for pictures, and we can't be late. I need to pick out my exact outfit. I was thinking of wearing one thing, but now I'm not sure. I'm singing with Janice at a certain point, and then my job is mostly done. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone; even Janice. We don't usually hold grudges and hopefully this will be no different.

Michael's phone just rang, waking him up. I tossed his phone to him but he didn't answer it. He asked me what I was was doing and I told him I was writing in my blog. He wondered if I was cranky for throwing the phone to him, but I just thought he might want to answer it. I think he's already sleeping again. lol

Last night there were several calls from Michael's roomie David who's tie rod snapped on his truck while he was in Royal Oak for a hookup gone wrong (despite the person in question being a doctor). David was worried he wouldn't make it home, but he managed to do just that. He even stopped at Walmart on the way, but found that he'd lost his debit card. Bad night for him.

There was also a call from Michael's ex-roomie Scott, who couldn't help David because he has Sarah's car. Sarah is the ex-gf of Melissa, Michael's other former roomie, who might be moving back in with Michael. Melissa is cool. Melissa moved out to help her ex-gf Sarah, but at the time of the call, Melissa had taken Scott's car (with Michael's other roomie Jesse in tow) to a titty bar to see Melissa's latest crush? I think I got all that right. It's a gay soap opera. And they're all bound together. Jesse has had crushes on Michael and David (and possibly me a long time ago - plus a guy that I almost hooked up with last fall). David & Scott have had sex (or not, depending on which one you ask). Scott & Michael had sex and dated. There is at least 1 guy who's slept with several of them, and probably more. It's all very incestuous. It actually amuses me a great deal.

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Michael, Mark & I are ready to go. We'll leave here around noon. We have to be at the church at 1pm. I spoke to Janice on the phone and we seem to have tabled our mutual bitch fest. I asked her opinion on what I'm wearing; she was at the mall trying to find something. I'm nervous, but not worried. I know my grandma is going to love the whole thing and my performance isn't that important. I have to go outside; Mark wants to take a picture.

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