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October 31, 2005

pretty women, fascinating, sipping coffee, dancing

yup that's me with Wanda Wisdom. somehow I just know this will come back to bite me in the ass.

you know what though, even though I am not into women, I would do me.

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Happy Halloween

I am too scared to blog, it is halloween!

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October 28, 2005

do you hear a lark in any other part of town

The big book study I started last night was great, which I was already suspecting it would be. This is a worthwhile reason to miss Will & Grace, and a good excuse to get TIVO.

This weekend is daylight saving time, I remember when I was drinking(this is one of the few things I can remember) how excited I would get for daylight saving time, I mean this was an extra hour to drink. The spring time change was always a let down, losing that hour o' booze, but I wuold forget about that by fall, ok by the next morning. Now I am excited that I get to sleep an extra hour, oh how the times change.

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October 27, 2005

brick by brick, heart by heart

I am starting a big book study tonight, 12 weeks I have to be commited to stay sober! I had a great conversation with a new sponsee last night regarding service work and the way it holds us accountable to our recovery. For example I am the treasurer for my home group, this is a 26 week service obligation.. that means I have to stay sober for 6 months! Thats a really long time.

Well after staring at the screen for a few minutes without anything coming to mind to write I am going to post and move on with my day. Later.

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October 26, 2005

planning your day around the parking

It is nice to be back in the routine of my life. I like my life, which is certainly a change from when I was using.

My plans to see Capote last night fell through, I had forgotten that I had a commitment after my meeting last night, so I had to reschedule. So last night I sat in my backyard, a fire in my new firepit drinking cocoa and reading from the Big Book with Al. It was great.

The little bodega near work is called the AA market, there is no connection to Alcoholics Anonymous, but we do get to giggle whenever someone goes to AA during the day. We are a simple folk.

A month from now I will be in Houston for their round up. I am looking forward to seeing Houston for the first time, meeting a bunch of Houston bloggers and finally seeing my friend Steve's place on Galveston island.

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October 25, 2005

home, where music fills the air

I had a wonderful time n Boston, thanks go out to Mke(tushy's dad), Laura(tushy's mom), tushy of course, Nick, Hallie, Dan...everyone who helped make my trip so much fun. I met a personal hero while I was there, more on that later after Laura e-mails the pictures. Ate at some wonderful resturants, ogled some beautiful boys, went to a couple amazing meetings and relaxed. It was nice to get home and see Frank and Henry, who obviously missed me, as I did them.

Rosa Parks died last night. What a wonderful gift to be able to look back on your life and be able to see how you have changed the world.

I am going to see Capote tonight, Dan and I talked about seeing it during the entire trip, but never found the time, so I was glad to see that it is playing at the Uptown.

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October 19, 2005

lilac waters bathe her skin

I saw a woman today on my way into work who gave me a good reminder that fashion is fleeting.Coming out of Starbucks in Calhoun Square, looking all "I am so stylish", there was something terribly dated about the Roots beret perched on her head. I really think she should donate this to Goodwill, or Amvets, along with her benetton rigby shirt, coogi sweater and stirup pants. It is time to let this go, even on the off chance that she was a member of the olympic team it is time to put it away.

I am very excited to see my friends in Boston, especially looking forward to seeing Laura, Tushy, Mike, Nick, Hallie and Ellie. Dan has never been to Boston and I am excited about showing him around my favorite city. Plus this weekend is the Head of the Charles, which will be a great thing for Dan to see. Thousands of highly intoxicated BU, Harvard, MIT, Emerson and other ivy league types just looking to experiment. It is a good thing that I am a man of great virtue.

I recieved an e-mail from my childhood friend Gretchen M. yesterday. Now there was a flash from the past. I had a chance to take a look at her blog and see pictures of her family. Gretchen and I were pretty tight through that horrible experience known as puberty, so we have been in the foxholes together. I remember her fondly and was actually talking about her just the other day to some friends. The internet has made this a very small world. I am really looking forward to catching up with her.

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October 18, 2005

it's not talk of God

Well 2 days until my trip and I am completely unorganized. My friend Don came over last night to go through all the stuff while watching my house, the cat's pecularities, etc.
Some stupid baseball game pre-empted Prison Break, so another week without my beloved, Wentworth Miller. Absence does not make the heart grow fonder. As a matter of fact I am starting to get a thing going for the guy on Surface whose name I do not know. Ah, the glow of budding romance.

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October 17, 2005

we'd be so glad to see you

Busy weekend. On saturday night I went with a group of friends to see Ms. Barbara Cook in celebration of dear Bobo's birthday, we had dinner at the St Paul Grill, always tasty. The most exciting part of the evening had to be while we were waiting for the valet to fetch our cars. Now, for those of you not familiar with the St Paul Hotel, a little description. The St. Paul is one of the staunch old hotels where the doorman still wears a tophat and a red coat and the valets wear tight pants and are not stoned(unlike Chino Latino where the valets wear tight pants and are stoned).

Back to my story, one of the valets had brought a car around for a well appointed elderly couple, the kind who write off large donations to the Republican party. It was something large and luxury, old school, a Lincoln or Cadillac. The valet, very properly, was running around the car to open the passenger s door for Mrs La Te Da when a vagrant dashed into the drivers side of the still running car and took off, nearly crushing a number of pedestrians! It took a few minutes for this to register among the throng of people waiting for their cars then you started mummering "Did that car just get stolen?", very dramatic.

So today I am filled with gratitude that my car was not stolen.

Very short week at work today, just three days then Dan and I are off to Boston, woo hoo!

Oh, before I close. I saw the movie A History of Violence this weekend. This was very easily the worst movie I have ever forced myself to sit through...horrible, horrible, horrible...DO NOT GO TO THIS MOVIE!

On a high note, there was a trailer for Brokeback Mountain before the movie, almost made the horrific movie worth it.

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October 14, 2005

a man who never learns how to be free

David Gray was a great concert last night. I really wish that I had been able to see him in a more intimate setting. The Northrup Auditorium is pretty big, and people were whooping and hollering like they were at an AC/DC concert, sort of surreal. He does this adorable thing with his head, bouncing it all around from side to side, very cute. And he has a great smile. Guess I have a little crush. Thanks out to Jason for a wonderful evening.

Being at the concert made me think back to some of the concerts I have attended, at least the ones I can remember. The first "rock" concert I went to was the Carpenters. My parents took me to see them at Keinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo NY in 1974. I remember what I was weraing, navy boot cut slacks, a white shirt with romeo sleeves and a red vest with gold circles on the small pockets...I was all about preparing for the upcoming bicentenial (and my coming out of the closet). My mother was wearing a floor length quilted patchwork plaid skirt and a silky top, I forget the color, while my dad had a tan corduroy blazer with patches on the elbows and plaid slacks, he was sporting big sideburns at the time and I believe smoking a pipe. I remember nothing of the concert.

My second concert was a true rock extravaganza. In 1977 I saw the Bee Gees' Spirit Having Flown tour. I went with Trisha Isherwood and her mother. The people in front of us were smoking "weed", according to Trisha's mother, so we had to change seats after she complained to an usher. i bought a tan t-shirt that had BeeGees in sparkling letters, I think I would be willing to take a punch in the face to have that shirt today. They had a stage that lit up like the Saturday Night Fever set and Andy Gibb opened for them singing his hit Shadow Dancin'. It was awesome.

Memories...

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October 13, 2005

So I don't have to listen to Lindsay whine any longer about how she does not get mentioned in my blog

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it's enough for this wide eyed wanderer

I am going to see David Gray tonight, very excited about that. Then saturday I am going to see Barbara Cook in St. Paul, both of these dates are with Jason.

teehee

In a week I will be in Boston on a little vacation. Dan is coming with me. It is his first trip to Boston, so it will be fun rediscovering my favorite city with a friend. If there are any bloggers or readers out there, other than Mike, LAura and Nick who we are already seeing, who want to grab a latte and work Newbury with us, let me know.

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October 12, 2005

crazy amy

This morning was a typical minnesota autumn morning. There are leaves all over the ground, the sky is overcast, it is around 60, and the smell of people's furnaces operating is still new. I saw groups of kids waiting for school buses and smiled at new backpacks and school clothes.

Driving over the Mississippi there is a mist hanging over the river and trees up and down the banks are changing color. This really is my favorite time of year.

Have I mentioned I need a new sofa? More coming on that later.

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October 11, 2005

trying to keep sane as the rules keep changing

Every once in a while a day comes along that seems a little overwhelming...today is becoming one of those days, which is awesome, because yesterday was also one of those days.

I would love to be at home in bed, the comforter pulled up over my head, the soothing muffled sounds of HGTV drifting through the layers of down as the purring bodies of the kitties vibrate against my chest. A steaming mug of cocoa cooling on the bedside table.

But alas I am at work, trying to not take on the drama of other peoples lives, and frankly not doing a terribly good job of it.

To make matters worse, there was no Prisonbreak last night which meant a Monday without Wentworth Miller, yet another way the universe is trying to screw with my head.

Why can't it be tomorrow already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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October 10, 2005

if I was a banner I'd wave

Great weekend, I really could have used some time off before coming back to work. Did some painting around the house, spent some time at Minnesober, the glbt round up here in Minnesota, saw Jason(a highlight), hit the Marshall Fields Day Sale, went to a housewarming party, spent a bunch of time at home depot, played with the kitties, purchased some mini-pumpkins to line up on my dining room(my minimalist holiday decoration, and spent too much time on the phone for work. The one good thing about being on the phone is that I get to talk to Tushy's father Mike.

It is Columbus Day and in honor of the subjegation of American Indigenous (sp?) Peoples and the introdution of smallpox and firewater, I am working. Where is the justice in that?

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October 07, 2005

wrap it up and charge it, that's my favorite phrase

OK, the title line is cheating a little, but it is Kander and Ebb and I love it.

My friend and old roommate, Scott came over for dinner last night. We don't get to spend alot of time together so it was good to hang out. It was a litlle unsettling though, every story I started to tell him, every update in my life he already knew about from reading the blog. When he came into the house he said, oh the flowers are pretty and do go well with the monochromatic style. disturbing.

Katie Couric had a mamogram on the Today show this morning.(I wonder how many people will end up here after that google search) It was rather funny when during a pre-x-ray adjustment she turned to the nurse and said you could have at least bought me dinner. Joking aside, if you read my blog and you have breast please get them examined. Thus ends my public service announcement in honor of breast cancer awareness month.

The weekend is upon us and once again I have more things planned then there are hours in a day. The Minnesota GLBT Roundup, Minnesober, starts tonight and runs through Sunday. In addition to being there, I have dinner plans tonight, a housewarming party tomorrow, work at the gym on Sunday, have to do laundry and clean my bathrooms, take down air conditioners, put up storm windows, bring out winter clothes(it was 32 degrees when I left the house this morning) and find time to spend with some friends I have not been connecting with lately.

Yeah, I am sure I will get that list completed.

Oh, I need to relax and rest too.

And there is the sober house meeting on Sunday night.

And Jason gets home on Sunday and wants to get together, which I do too.

I am already tired, but smiling. Who said that sobriety would be boring?

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October 06, 2005

I look at my friends who say they're in love, when they're just having fun

Great evening last night. Jason keeps doing the right thing without prompting. Last night he came over for dinner and to watch some TV, well Jason had a handful of gerber daisies in his hand, the ones that are a blend of green and white. Now I have a rule, a rule that Jason was not aware of, in my house I only have white flowers, we all have affectations and this is mine... ok it is ONE of mine. That adorable Jason, unaware of my pretension brought the correct type of flowers, isn't that sweet. He even acknowledged that he had originaaly grabbed a handful of colored flowers then thought about my house and realized that monochromatic was the way to go.

I thanked him for the flowers, if you know what I'm saying.

Later he asked me out on another date next week(we are both busy this weekend), He is taking me to the David Gray concert.

I love David Gray, tee hee.

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October 05, 2005

the dashboards genuine leather

I have a friend who just called me to tell me that he is going home from work today disgruntled. I wish I could do that, although then I would rarely work. Not sure if that is true but it is kind of funny.

Goddamn, that Nate Berkus is a pretty man. Yes, I think that there may be trouble in my relationship with Wentworth Miller, especially now that Nate has a line of bedding available at, of all places, Linens -n- Things, where my old friend Scott Bruns used to work. Coincidence...I think not.

There was an interesting segment on the Today show this morning about cutting and adolescents. According to reports, 39 % of all adolescent experiment with cutting. Now we all know that percentages can be manipulated to say whatever we want them to say, but that is a shocking statistic.

Ah well, have a good day, I have another date tonight with Jason, a real person thank you very much, so send me good wishes.

My co-worker Mike F gave me the title for todays post. A little obvious, but he is straight.

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October 04, 2005

he had it coming

Once again I spent the evening with my significant other, Wentworth Miller of tv's Prison Break. I really think this relationship is going somewhere!

The stars burn a little brighter today, Nipsy Russell has passed away. The chances for a Matchgame reunion grow ever and ever slimmer. Tonight in his honor I will spend a few minutes considering adding the Wiz to my netflix list before better reasoning takes over.

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October 03, 2005

the subtle tilt of a hat

I went to a great warehouse sale this weekend at blu dot, this was one of those refreshing warehouse sales where things are actually on sale.

The visit with my friend Brian was fantastic, it was great seeing him and I love having him stay with me.

I saw Jason a couple of times this weekend, unplanned, then he came over for a bit last night. Made my weekend even nicer, having sometime to hang out with, smooching and such.

David and David celebrated their third anniversary this past weekend with a glamorous dinner at the Olive Garden, the delight of bread sticks and a never ending salad bowl, what could be better?

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