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October and Meme from Dr. Spo.

October 8, 2009 at 3:53 am | Posted in 1 | 6 Comments

So I did end up quitting the gay men’s chorus, after only being in for a few weeks.  It was just TOO MUCH to go to those three-hour-long rehearsals every Monday after work, and my sweet, aging dog didn’t much appreciate it either.

He is getting so blind and deaf.  Pains me so. I love him.

Anyhoo, I’m very happy about my decision!  I had no passion for singing with the group and it’s a large commitment.  Now I can focus again on my writing projects (they are legion).

Still seeing someone possibly special.  We’re getting along nicely.  Went to see a couple of movies over the weekend (Mr. Moore’s new movie about Capitalism and ZOMBIELAND – both very good!)

I am thinking about moving to Austin, Texas.

Everything is good!  I copied this meme off the ever-enjoyable Spo Reflections site.   Here goes:

7 Things That Scare Me
1. Loss of a loved one
2. Homelessness
3. Republicans
4. Loneliness
5. Fat people.

7 Things I Like
1. Porn
2.  Movies
3. Books
4. Diet Mountain Dew
5. Sex (alone or with others)
6. Music
7. Theater

7 Things I Hate
1. Cruelty
2. Stupidity
3. Vegetables
4. Back problems
5. Hypocrisy
6. Republicans

7 Things In My Room

1. A pile of books being read.

2. A pile of laundry – some clean, some dirty

3. Posters

4. Xbox

5. Collectibles of dubious interest or value

6. Gay “Billy” dolls

7 Things About Me

1. Quit smoking now for 7 months

2. Undisciplined but talented writer
3. Lost 35 lbs and holding onto that weight loss.
4. Always wanting to move somewhere, but I don’t think anywhere is better than (or as wonderful as) Portland, so I don’t know why this compulsion to move persists.
5. Haven’t spoken to my father in years, and may never again.
6. Providing a comfortable home to the hiv virus for over 2 decades
7. I always have music on (in my head)

7 Things To Do Before I Die
1. Europe
2. Shove a gerbil up my butt
3. Lose another 30 lbs
4. Finish a play, a novel, several short stories and see them all produced and/or published
5. New York again
6. Michael Rockwell
7. Shawn (again)

7 Things I Can Do
1. Sing beautifully
2. Make people laugh
3. Bend my pinky finger all the way back so that it lays flat against the back of my hand
4. Communicate well

5. Get you off.

7 Things I Can’t Do
1. Eat vegetables
2. Discipline myself
3. Walk very well anymore (after two foot surgeries)
4. Run (I never could, so the coming zombie apocolypse will be a rough time for me)
5. Work under the hood of the car

6. Deal with republicans

7 Favorite Movies
1. Carrie
2. Terms of Endearment
3. The Color Purple
4. Sophie’s Choice
5. All of Quentin Tarantino’s movies
6. All of Barbra Streisand’s movies

7 Things I Say Often
1. “Huh?”
2. “Jesus Fucking Christ”
3. “Yes”
4. “What are you doing?”

I Cut My Finger!

October 1, 2009 at 1:44 am | Posted in 1 | 3 Comments

Yes, I did, trying to get into that damn hard-plastic packaging everything comes in now.  I think it’s infected, and I may die.  Oh, well.

My new thing is swimming at the gym….trying to get in a hour of freestyle laps at least 4 days a week.  I get SO BORED though, that I spent a bunch of money on a new ipod, waterproof headphones and armband case so that I can swim with my tunes.  WHOO HOO.

I’ve lost 35 lbs and have held on to that weight loss for a month now, pretty happy about that.

I’m dating someone, he’s nice and I like him.  That’s all I’ll say about that for the time being!

Went to see “Inglorious Basterds” (sp) and it is my favorite movie of the year so far…love that Quentin Tarantino, he’s such a great writer/director.

Working on writing projects.

I’ve joined the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, but I sure do dread the 3-hour rehearsals every Monday night…I’m not sure if I can do it.    It feels like I’ve been indoctrinated into a cult or something.  A very clique-y cult at that.   Mmmm, Kool-ade!  I don’t know if I’ll stick it out or not, need to decide soon.  I think I prefer the sort of stage performance where I GET ATTENTION, and am not just another queen in a tuxedo.  We’ll see!

My favorite thing in the world right now (besides swimming with my ipod) is the writing workshop I’m taking…I love having that time set aside every week to write.

So how are YOU doing?