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It’s a night of changes for me. The class I took is over. The last class was well attended at least, and A took a sadistic pleasure in putting us through our paces. I am going to miss the class. If it’s re-offered sometime, I’ll definitely take it. I asked about the Yoga class that is to start up. He kind of answered, but didn’t know. I said something about Yoga as a means to Enlightenment, and he said that he’s as enlightened as he wants to be. Okay, that doesn’t really do much for me. First the thing with Ayn Rand now this. However, when I mentioned that Tantra is great for one’s sex life, I got his attention. Hmmm.

Earlier Dot and I went for lunch at S’s. Coming back, my adorable guard was sitting there, and I began a very light flirtatious conversation with him. It never hurts. Note to self: Find out his name.

The Summer Worship Associates Meeting was very good. I sat next to JE, who offered me his zipper to light a match. I didn’t take him up on it. I did volunteer to work up a new CoL format. Well, a different one is more accurate. I’m tired, and need to sleep.

 

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Just when we think we have Reverend Mother settled down, she starts up again. I don't know if she needs a man, a woman, one of each. It doesn't matter. Hell, I'd settle for giving us all a hit of Valium each morning and another with lunch. It would boost morale. Plus, Her Excellency is out until Friday, so Reverend Mother must keep the acolytes in line.

When RM likened us to Catholic schools, she didn't realize I'd develope a whole hierarchy based on it. Remember, only a true believer can truly blaspheme, and I'm not a true believer.

 

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I really think that JT and I could have had a sexual relationship had I just thought to say “How about beer and blowjobs sometime?” He might have declined my offer, but I think he did set me up to make a play more than a few times. I was just too damned dumb to walk through it. I ran across some pics of him the other day, and he's been on my mind a lot since.

So anyway, I went to the gym to lift this morning. It’s the first time in a while. I can tell I need to do more. So, A’s there strutting (not really strutting but in his own way) around in his little shorts. He was in the locker room with me at one point but I got no more than his feet in socks. Damn it! I knew I should have waited ten minutes to head over. Oh, well, life goes on.

TDW gets on my last nerve. I can stand SP more since I vented, but TDW finds new ways to annoy me. I really wonder if she means to. I swear that she does. Typically when The Wookie’s there, she’s better, but since he came back from the mountain, she’s still been wound up tighter than a deacon’s hatband. Dot won’t disclose what physical ailment she TDW had a while back, but maybe it’s part and parcel of it. Maybe she’s lost her marbles, her health, and is trying to cover it up by being obnoxious and generally blonde.

 

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I’m not overly into writing at the moment. That means this will probably be a very long entry. It happens that way. I’ve got my favorite Friday Night Sound Clash playing (www.wfpk.org for streaming audio). I guess I need to send Ran e-mail about doing the interview. I don’t know if they’ll still want me to after the fiasco with the article on the Foundation. That really does need to be published, but it’s not in the June issue. I don’t know what will happen. I guess I need to ask about that as well.

Okay, I messed up completely last night and missed my yoga class. Peeking through the crack in the door, they start with the light off and meditating. I must go next week. I did get in my 50 minute cardio in today, and did some talking with A in the process. He was moving and cleaning under the treadmills while I was on the cross-trainer. It’s always nice to see him flex and up a sweat. I’m not sure where she’s heading. I plan to take the his class on Tuesday/Thursday. I’m still a little sore from my weight training on Wednesday. I plan a walk home tomorrow. I like to catch the rays, and the exercise is great as well.

I’m also back on trying to make sure I’m acting in a nutritionally sound fashion. I’ve been craving beef and protein--following my body's needs at the moment. At the buffet today, I barely touched vegetables. I wanted meat. I ate some tempura styled (no sauce) meat as well. I’ve got a nice steak for supper tomorrow night and chicken livers for Sunday. Those will go into whole wheat pasta with vodka sauce.

I also gave C a massage today. He really got into it. It was “Ouch. No, don’t stop.” He seemed to like it and said I’d inspired him to get a massage from a therapist. Glad I’ve not lost my touch. It might have been so much better had all those damned people not been around. C’est le guerre.

I’m working tomorrow. I don’t really want to but there’s the mandatory thing, the money will be good, and I’ll make a pit stop for another bottle of wine as well as some books at the LFPL sale. I don’t need another book, but I sure want some.

I’ve ordered that CD from TCC. With S/H it’s only about $15. I want the DVD Power of Harmony as well.Now, if they’d carry t-shirts...

 

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With the anniversary of Judy’s birth, the Gay High Holy Days begin! The Tony’s are on tomorrow night, Pride is celebrated in Louisville next weekend, and Pandora’s staging of Southern Baptist Sissies begins this week! We’re gonna have a gay ol’ time!

Unfortunately darlings, we began our GHHD trapped in a little 6 x 6 cubical at work. The only thing that made it better was that Dot brought in doughnuts fresh from Krispy Kreme. Oh, honey, we were pure bear with those. It was like Yogi and a picnic basket. Well, we are beginning the Road to Fitness next week–much like the Yellow Brick Road one might think but not as gay. Damn! Chad and I also admitted that we just aren’t gay enough for floral fragrances. Now, we can both do the fag thing well, but Babycakes, we’re not that good.

Oh, and then someone just forced us to stop at the LFPL sale at FUUC. It was fabu as always! Oh, Babycakes, there were books galore. Naturally we spent more than we’d intended, but it goes to a good cause. And we love to read. Really, I’m not just another pretty face. I’ve got a brain and everything.

One thing, can’t we drag TBW from the closet and fix him up? He’s just confused, and we find it a little disturbing. Even though we have our difficulties with him at times, we’d rather work for him than TDW.

 

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I watched the Tony Awards last night. They were wonderful as always. I did miss Hugh Jackman as the host though. I was becoming quite accustomed to him. I did Chinese for supper–fried wantons and wanton soup. I guess I must have been experiencing a wanton deficiency or something. The Chinese take away was the furthest I went from the house all day. I was just beat.

I called in sick today. I assume that TDW was able to make it without me. It would have been funny had Dot called in sick as well. We should plan something like that sometime. Our own version of Senior Cut Day.

I’m unimpressed with the Arby’s Downtown. The food wasn’t bad but there was more chaos that the WC Lounge on Market. Now I know why I don’t do fast food very often.

I do have Rosacea. I’ve got cream to use and a follow up in August. Hopefully it will do some good. I wasn’t in the office for a full half hour. It was a quick in, diagnose, and leave. It’s somewhat of a production line, but it does work for me. They also do hair transplants there. Interesting. Oh, I need to keep up with the SPF 15 or above moisturizers. Note to the World: Western boots absolutely don’t go with cuffed chinos. EVER.

I hurrying a little as I’ve got salmon baking three rooms away. I’m pairing it with some low carb pasta with olive oil and red vinegar, and some marinated artichoke hearts. I had ginger pancakes for breakfast–made with whole wheat flour and covered in honey. That Arby’s for lunch was a let down.

 

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It’s El Chez’s birthday! I cooked black beans and rice for a crowd (20 I think) and didn’t eat any. Well, I’d had a late and big lunch—steak, bread, baked potato, salad.

On the subject of illegal immigration, I’m against building fences. I do want to have the immigrants charted more as a means of insuring their safety than anything else. If you’re here illegally, then I can abuse you, steal from you, extort from you, and you’re pretty powerless to do a thing about it. That’s not good for those people. Let’s face it in the Latin American countries there are still actual peasants in the 21st century. Those are the people coming across our borders. Shouldn’t we do what we can to protect them? Shouldn’t we show them the same things our ancestors should have had?

With Dot out today, work wasn’t nearly as much fun. It was too much like being at work. I hope she’s back tomorrow and we can reek havoc on the unwashed masses.

Okay, I really want to reach out and make the year 40 so that all time and space began with the moment of my birth. But that’s just me.

Last night, I did some cardio before A’s ( ) RTF class this evening. I really liked it. However, Dot did stand me up. I know that R and M wouldn’t make it. We work in stations, so he’s able to mingle more and that allows him to give better and more personal attention.

I'm also a little pumped because I start my yoga class tomorrow evening. I'd have started last week, but somehow I was 10 minutes late though I'd been standing outside the room when I would have been early. I guess I've just got the talent.

 

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Sink your teeth right through my bones
Lets see what we can do
Come on and make it a
Hurt so good
Come on Baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don’t feel like it should
You make it hurt so good.

–John Melloncamp

Okay, now that I’m done playing with the header, I can start writing. I had my first yoga class this afternoon. I must remember to take my own mat next time. The ones there are horrid. Of course I knew that from using them for the other classes. It was a good 45 minutes of stamina building. I didn’t realize how limber I wasn’t. I’ll get where I want to be. A’s RTF was good. I think I’m getting better. It’s the squat that I find the most challenging. I can tell I’ll have decent effects from it, but I need to work at it the most. What’s always somewhat challenging is getting showered, dressed, and down the street to catch my bus. The trolley is never coming when I’m headed out.

Work was work. I was in several meetings today, so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but I just didn’t want to be there. I think it’s a delayed spring fever. I don’t mind going to the gym, but I really need the time away from work. Lunch was fairly dull. I feel bad that we grossed out Dot talking about eating bugs. I didn’t realize that she was that sensitive to it.

I’ve had my salmon for supper (again). It’s becoming such a staple of my diet. That and the salmon oil I do should be helping me see some results. I want meet, and I’m going out for lunch tomorrow in search of a blues hamburger–Z’s I think. I might also try to get the gang to go there one payday–not tomorrow as I have to work on Saturday.

 

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I’m sore in some pretty strange places. I guess I’ve worked out harder than I initially thought. I’m seriously feeling it, and I can assure you that I won’t be up much longer. I need the rest. And I’ve got to work tomorrow. I don’t know if I’ll be doing Pride or not. I intend to make an appearance, but that’s about it. Okay, I’m looking for someone to be there. I don’t know why, I just think it will happen. I’ve been wrong about things before, so this wouldn’t be a new concept for me.

I had lunch from Tumbleweed today. It was actually really good, but I have to say that the wait about killed me. A ten minute trip to pick it up took half an hour, so I got to shove in food as I worked and answered questions.

I do think I’m calling it a night.

 

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I had my re-assessment, for lack of a better word, today. We did a lot more with my strength training than I’d expected. It’s interesting. I had expected him to kind of blow me off the way he did when I joined the gym two years ago. Maybe he see that I'm serious. It's hard to say. He’s into using the stability ball, and I told him that I like them and had considered buying one for home. He showed me some abs exercises that I didn’t know existed, and I really and eager to try them.

 

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I've got Jonny Lang's "Cherry Red Wine" blasting away as I write. Damn, that child's got a voice that can make me stand up and testify.

There are updates on my love life, and I need to post them, but they need editing first.

I'm back on weight training that let's me know what God created Creatine!

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.

 

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With the first day of Summer, I think things might be making some turns for me. While I’ve still not connected directly with H, I have hope that the meeting will go well. I’m trying not to pin a lot on it. I don’t know what road it will lead me to. Maybe it’s Tarot time. Anyway, Dot offered up her ticket for a first date on Saturday, and for a lot of reasons, it just really wouldn’t be good. I don’t want to start things off with “Oh, and you’ll have to come get me.” Besides, I think a coffee shop would do better because there’s conversation that should be happening. I have a thing against first dates being movies, concerts, or plays. However, if I can make the connection and things look decent, I might just ask him if he’d like to go to the Bats game with us. I wonder how well it would be received. I hope no one freaks if it happens.

Last night when I was ordering my tickets for a play, the guy on the other end was like “We need to find you a date.” In I way it made me feel pathetic. It probably shouldn’t have, but I felt like some defective cousin the family was trying to marry off. And I even said to Dot that if a guy was desperate enough to date me, I don’t know if I really wanted to date him.

Yes, let’s have self-esteem problems. I think some of it’s lack of sleep. I’ll take a pill to help out later. A half-way decent night’s sleep with make me feel less bathetic. I think it will anyway.

 

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Instead of heading off to lunch someplace yesterday, I headed over to the gym to for a massage. It was fantastic. I really wanted to take a nap instead of getting dressed and going back to work. C’est le guerre I guess. He was playing bagpipe music while he worked. Honestly, I was pretty calm the rest of the day. Even TDW didn't get to me. Not that she tried.

The yoga class was good. I honestly felt a lot in differing parts of my body. I took my own mat, and decided that may I need to rent a locker to keep from having to drag it to and from all the time. Plus, I can stash other stuff there (maybe even shoes) and not have to lug things constantly. A was in a very playful mood for RTF. I’m not sure what’s going on. The hickey on his neck looks a little too big to be a regular hickey. D said that she saw him with a guy whom she thought to be a partner. Come on, we all know he's a sister, and that's okay.

Speaking of D, she won’t even make the introduction to H until after she gets back from vacation. Isn’t that just odd? I know she’ll want to be there for the first date. All I really want is for her to say that we’ll meet in the lobby or the break room and introduce us. I’m not sure what’s happening in her mind. Should I put it off when she does bring it up. Actually, I’ll offer it up to Aphrodite and leave it to the Goddess.

Dot and I did lunch at Z’s today. The hamburger was pretty good. I thought it would come with fries or something, but it doesn’t. It’s just a burger. But, it’s a damned good one. Hey, I was in the mood for meat. I think that’s why I had the fried chicken for supper. I’m also trying to eat my five servings of fruits and vegetables. And as we all know, gin and tonic counts as a vegetable–it’s also got lime juice in it, so that’s healthful as well.

I'm thinking of joining up with TH's team for that challenge thing.

 

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There's still some stuff to bring back to the hard drive, but pretty much I'm up and running. Of course all of my appointments from Outlook are gone; I need to start using my Yahoo! calendar. And I've totally flubbed my favorites. I'll get most of them back. I think. I hope.

It's just good to be back.

I've got a date (with audience) on Saturday, I'm doing the WA thing at Church on Sunday, the Gods are on Olympos, and all is right with the world.

 

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It’s that time of the day when the melancholy mood can start on Sundays. It might not hit me this week because I’m on vacation, but it’s not tied to working on Monday. It’s tied to the weekend ending. That’s why I have Jonny Lang sining in my ears. Man, I love his blues.

I was the worship associate at church this morning. I was in the courtyard listening reading the call to worship to make sure I had it down. I checked my phone and saw that Dot had called. I didn’t think too much about it until I heard her voice later as she came through the doors. She said she enjoyed the service, and I hope she did. We can be a very uplifting place for people looking for a spiritual center.

I also enjoyed the brunch we had at Masterson’s. I’ve not been in there in some years, but the food is pretty good, and at $12 for a buffet, it’s not badly priced. The dessert selection had me practically reeling, and I hunted out the last piece of pecan pie. It was give me a piece of pecan pie or someone's going to get hurt. Hey, I’m a Southern boi through and through okay. One night this week there will be cheese grits on the table for supper. Let me also say that I’m a liberal’s liberal. I have not time, patients, tolerance, or understanding of racism, ethnocentrism, inbred ignorance, or any of the other stereotypes that belong to the Southern purview.

I think I need to e-mail Penny and tell her that I can attend the leadership school in August. I’m being silly by not doing it. It’s $60. I’ll need to ride down with someone, but I can represent either of the committees on which I serve.

 

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of my vacation, and I’ve done as little as possible. I did get laundry accomplished. I took a nap. I cooked supper. I rearranged the bookcases, but that’s the extend of my doing. I’m a little surprised I only did one nap. I intended to do two. I don’t know if the freezer will get defrosted at this rate or not. Hell, I really don’t give a tinker’s curse right now. I want a shower and some stupid television program. Tomorrow will be more active for me, as I’m going to the gym (a lift day) and to the Castle to exchange the tickets for Thursday.

I also have my prescription for the antibiotic for my ear infection. I’m not amused with it. It took forever for the nurse to call me back and confirm that I had an ear infection. I diagnose these for myself all the time. It’s a formality to go to the doctor. I just need an RX. Is it that difficult? I guess it is. Well, I see him for my annual in a couple of weeks anyway. The cost of the drugs was pretty cheap though. It was less than $5, so I can’t complain.

I also have a complaint about guy checking me out. Come over and say hello or stop it after thirty seconds. It’s annoying. It could lead to something if you talk to me, but I’m not feeding your ego by bee lining to you. Okay, I know it was the laundromat (and not a particularly gay one), but you could have started an innocuous conversation.

 

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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
–Ayn Rand

I got up, ate my cereal, made it to the gym, and did my cardio. I’ve changed it up a little bit by doing a forty/forty-five minute full cardio then doing about ten minutes of abs (crunches on the ball, Roman chair, captain’s chair, & Russian twists). And I do two sets. When I lift, I’ve started using a forty pound weight for my triceps . I really want some more fat pretty quickly. I like gaining muscle mass. It’s odd today I was doing my “beef” thing. I wanted meat. I wound up at Arby’s asking for the largest sandwich they have. I didn’t want a side unless it was made of beef. They could have kept the damned bun for all I cared. I wanted meat and plenty of it. I got a steak for supper. I’ll do vegetables with it, but it’s the meat I’m after. I think I’ll do a protein drink as well.

I want cute guys in bookstores to be physically marked as straight if they’re not gay. It would only be fair. I was cruising this guy in Borders, and later saw his wife/girlfriend. And I’m also a little tired of dealing with cute, gay baristi with attitude (BWA for short). Dude, just because I’d fuck you doesn’t mean I’d kiss you. You’re not all that or anything.

Well, I made the call to Rick’s machine this afternoon. I hate leaving messages like that, but I also managed to have better sense than to ask him out on his machine. That would have been stupid.

 

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Well, I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too

I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this
–Warren Zevon

I’m slightly hung over, more than a little horse, and I’m sure that I’m slightly dehydrated. It’s all good though. I haven’t parties like that in long time. Sure, I’ve gone out to a bar for a couple of drinks, but this was more than it. This was literally howling at the Moon. The food wasn’t that great, the Cuba Libres needed some help, but the Hypnotiq on the rocks wasn’t bad. Can you really mess up a drink on the rocks? Anyway, it was a blast. I also realize that I’ve developed this “thing” for maraschino cherries in my drinks. At the play, I had the cute, gay bartender put one in Dot’s gin and tonic. And one went decently in the Absolut Mandarin and tonic. It’s still medicinal you understand.Did I really pay to have FOCUS written on the mirror?
I’m fairly sure that C enjoyed herself, and I think that Dot did. It was somewhat odd to see so many people from work there. For the most part I’ve seen so few of them outside the office that I almost didn’t know what to say or how to react.

I was truly enthralled by the Mohawk/Fauxhawk guy and one of the piano players. I would love to have made a bar boy and sandwich... Let’s hope that TBtB doesn’t mind me looking lustfully at other guys. I wouldn’t act on those feelings even given the perfect opportunity were I in an exclusive relationship. I do demand, respect, and want monogamy, but I also find nothing wrong with flirtations or having one’s appetite whetted. It’s part of being a sexual human being.

 

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I made it to Church on Sunday. It was a nice service. Dot made it for the second week. This might just be the beginning of something for her. There was a triad of gay men there. I made sure to introduce myself. I remember the first time I went to a service, I wondered where all of the gay people were. Plus, I have to admit, that it would be nice to make some actual gay friends.

After I’d cooked, eaten, washed dishes, and finished reading "Winkie," I decided to give R a call. He seemed happy to hear from me, we talked for about ten minutes. He suggested that I him an e-mail about getting together for lunch sometime this week. I’ll do that. I know tomorrow will be uber crazy.

Okay, I cannot believe that R & L don't know that I'm homosexual. How could they possible miss it? It's astounding. It honestly is. Dsees it very plainly. I know that M knows, but she’s doing a MiLo version of “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell.”

FOCUS!

 

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It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I had fewer than 200 e-mails, and Dot had taken care of many of the really important ones. I did find myself pulling Mini-me into a room to complain about TSBM. He's really a complete idiot. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. The gloves are off. He's worse than Tomcat at this point.

In other news, I do have a lunch date with R. I'm happy about that. I think I'd like some place like Bearno's or Kuhn's. I would like a little more encouragement from him.