The soul has greater need of the ideal than the real for it is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live

Friday, October 12, 2007

I did it!



I don't know who these geezers are but it's nice to see them together, and it's nice to see two men embracing. We should all embrace more.

Well, the title of this entry just turned out to be true. I did do it. I posted before I blogged. No clue how that happened, but I hope it's not indicative of the rest of the day. I've got too much on my plate to have that going on.

But what I was referring to initially was that I came out to someone yesterday. I decided a few months ago that I wanted to pay off my credit card. I don't owe that much but it's a nuisance to pay on it every month. So I looked around and found a job as a cashier at a grocery. I figure it's a job I won't have any compunction about quitting when the time comes.

But last night I was talking with this woman I work with, and through a series of conversational faux pas she managed to give me the perfect opportunity to come out to her. I did, she didn't know what to say. I thanked her for fulfilling my duty to the day, and that as far as I am concerned was that.

I was honestly surprised that at my advanced age I had to come out to anyone, but it apparently is still necessary and I was happy about it.




You Should Be With an Earth Sign!



Your best match is a Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn



Why? You like your guys to pamper, wine, and dine you

Not that you're a gold digger, you just like the finer things

An Earth Sign will go all out to woo you - and enjoy doing it

And you'll never find a more trustworthy or loyal match!



I just learned that a kid named Anthony Fortunato was convicted of manslaughter and hate crimes for luring a guy to his motel room and trying to rob him. This particular guy fought back got shoved into traffic and run over. He was removed from life support several days later and died.

Apparently the jury had trouble with the hate crimes issue. Figures. But my favorite quote was that "No one thought he (Fortunato) was a bad kid." Huh????

Oh yeah he was a saint! He lures guys to his motel room to rob them because they're easy targets cause they're fags, one of those guys gets killed and Fortunato tries to claim he wasn't committing a hate crime cause he's gay himself, which his friends all completely disprove. What a guy. This is proof positive that people simply do not think. I am not sure if it's because they don't want to, or if they're incapable of coherency, but it mystifies me.

Al Gore won the Nobel Prize this morning, very well deserved. Too bad no one is listening to him either. A woman I work with is still convinced he's going to step into the Presidential race now. She's nice, but delusional. I think Al is done with politics. And now he certainly doesn't need the money.

I have the Christmas in October house volunteer thing tomorrow, and after that I'm going out with my brother to play for a while. After that I'll probably sit at home and try to catch up on reading. I'm still woefully behind. The last two evenings I've only gotten like 20 pages read. I have to move a little faster than that. (addendum) I was just across the street getting a shot in the dark to help me stay awake while restoring the disaster my boss inflicted on us all yesterday when she tried to copy a program to the test server and accidentally put it in the production server instead. Everything I've done all week is gone. I either have to recreate it or do it over again from scratch, and everyone is in the same boat. She is not popular at the moment. In fact she just ducked when passing my office. Smart, since heavy objects could come hurling out my door at any moment. But the point of this addendum is that some woman comes in the coffee shop wihle I was there and says she's going to come back later for the artwalk. This rang a bell and I wasn't quite sure why. Right up until I realized I was IN the Artwalk and had not brought any wares. So I have to go immediately home after work, get my pots and get back there for the show. God I hate senility.

I'm wondering if the closet case safari is on this weekend. If it is I think I'll watch it. Apparently Jeff Corwin and Anderson Cooper went on safari together. And now it's going to be televised. Ahem.