Monday, July 29, 2002
Tonight I went to see the Gay Play. Not officially called that, of course, since they're QUEER not GAY, and because it's the About Face company and they named the show Inside Out. But anyway...it's so amazing. And I love spending time in Boystown because it's such a lovely community. But seeing a play like that makes me want to go around and love everybody, so I did. We chilled afterwards: Ruth, Hannah, Meshell, Dan, Sam (who's home! And taller, although I don't think that's fair), Nikki and me. And I just walked around hugging everyone and it was a big love-fest. Especially since Sam's home and he's been gone for 6 weeks. Dan hugged him a lot and cried. They really are married even if they won't admit it. And I just sat back and watched because it was all beautiful.
12:16 AM
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Friday, July 26, 2002
Here at work, there are a number of other student assistants like me. I'm obviously the baby of the group, the only one not yet in college. But the others who are vaguely around my age, the college kids, are all really cool and we've formed a bit of a "team." There's four of us, it's Bert, Carrie, Ivan, and myself. Whenever Carrie sees more than one of us together she'll refer to us as "team". It's very calming to feel like a community here.
Last Friday was the library staff picnic. Somehow it turned out that 3 out of 4 of us were doing something in the same library, so when it was time to go we just kind of picked up in numbers. It was fun to walk around in a clan like that. :-)
3:13 PM
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Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Last night was bad. My mother lost faith in me and she assumed she knew everything about friends of mine that is completely unfounded. Just because she doens't like him. It hurts, to be honest. But then I went to sleep and I had a dream. In the dream I was being chased by a murderer who was set upon my blood. I don't know if it has any significance, but it sure was creepy.
4:18 PM
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Tuesday, July 23, 2002
"You said to me once, 'love is touching souls.' Well surely you've touched mine."
I can't stop smiling. It feels wonderful.
3:16 PM
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Monday, July 22, 2002
Did you know there are people who exist that donate sorority paddles to thrift stores? These are the people who make existance fun.
2:49 PM
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Don't get me wrong, I'm worried about her, not it. It's going to be fine, I know her well enough to know she won't mess it up. I just worry about what she's going to do. Will she stay in school? What will he do to help her? How will she pay for it? As much as I'm scared of letting her back in my life, I feel like I need to be there to help her. I feel like she's going to need it more than other people realize. Or maybe I'll be pleasantly mistaken. I guess only time will tell.
2:48 PM
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Wednesday, July 17, 2002
I remember when he told me that if it ever came down to it and he had to choose between me or her, he'd choose me in a heartbeat. I miss being that important to people.
2:14 PM
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Friday, July 12, 2002
In lighter news, there's only a month left until both Erik AND Grant are home. I'm kinda excited...I've been spending all my time with the bois, and I love them and they're great company, but I miss my variety. They're in Germany and Missouri and Hawaii. Raaah. Jock Jams are addicive. Why is this what I think of now? I've definitely gotten less intelligent since school let out. I need to go to college NOW.
1:43 PM
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Someone has a blogger name that includes the word "schmee" and I'm not quite sure how to respond. Maybe it's Gabe in disguise....
1:41 PM
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Tuesday, July 09, 2002
Wow. I really need to post more.
Well. I located a tape a made about four years ago. One side is Reel Big Fish's "Turn the Radio Off" and the other side is Goldfinger's self titled. I've since lost both of these albums. And they're really good. And I want them back. :-(
4:23 PM
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Wisconsin.
3:29 PM
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Friday, July 05, 2002
Everytime I adjust the screen blogger erases what I've written. it's very obnoxious. So anyway, as I've tried to say TWICE now....(it'll never sound as good as it did the first time :-( )...last night was the fireworks on the lakefront. We got there around 8:45 while the official starting time was about 9:15, so, as I told Mike at the parade, I went looking for him. We were by the lagoon and I started my trek down past dempster and beyond. I found Mickey in about 20 seconds; he was on a search for Max and the rest of the crew. I wished him good luck and was on my voyage. I made it my whole way down and realized it would be next to impossible to locate just one person, so I changed my search for just people I know. On my way back to the blanket I ran into Gabe patay. He was there alone and so I made him come sit with us. It was cute.
The fireworks themselves were amazing. I never really noticed the music before, but they have some really random selections. One, that I thought went really well, was their performance during What a Wonderful World. Whenever the song mentioned colors, i.e. red flowers, sky of blue, etc., there would be a firework timed perfectly to accent that color. I was in awe. Gabe had an astounded look on his face. It was really cool.
It was also just a good feeling to see pretty much the entire town sitting together somewhere enjoying something together. It was very homey. Even if what they're enjoying represents something that not all of us necessarily believe in, you can put that aside and feel the energy of that kind of unity. It made me really happy.
2:18 PM
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Thursday, July 04, 2002
I was in the middle of this great post and then my computer decided it didn't love me. :-( But anyway. Happy 4th. I'm leaving here in about 45 minutes to go watch the parade with my family, and it's going to be good. I haven't been in town for the parade or fireworks in about 4 years, so this is kind of exciting. Cam's apparently marching with the Million Mom March (since when does she have a child?) and Nikki's marching with her soccer team in her neon uniform, so we're making sure Mike has his camera. It'll be good blackmail in a few years.
1:06 PM
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Wednesday, July 03, 2002
I almost made it an entire day without getting sidetracked enough to go online and mess around. And then I was like "hey....I'll do it." And I did. And it feels good.
My weekend:
Sunday I went with Hannah and Caleb to go see the Pride Parade on Hallsted. We missed the actual parade, but I got really happy 'cause it's such a warm and happy community. So we walked around for a bit and it was a good day. The cutest couple award goes to this one couple who were wearing matching hawaiian shorts and shirts. one of the shirts said "catcher" and the other said "pitcher." Very cutesy for a gay couple.
4:37 PM
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