I can't get no satisfaction

I think I'm going to redo my tags in a style more like ExNavyMike's. This whole vague categorizing thing isn't working for me anymore. I'm never satisfied with this blog.

Plus, mom has my car and I'm bored.

That all said, as always, if you have any suggestions for me, let me hear 'em! (PS I'm saving up for a camera next, so that'll mean more pictures, faster!)

Oh! I have a meme to do, from Sue! I forgot about it!

PART 1: ON THE OUTSIDE
Me: Amazing
Date of birth: June 23 (it's coming up, guys, better get shopping!! :P)
Current status: Chronically Single
Eye color: blue like the Caribbean sea
Hair color: dirty blond--but with summer it'll lighten up so it's almost blond-blond
Right or left handed: ambidextrous (one of the many things that make me *quite* interesting to watch -- which hand will he use next? :P)
Zodiac: Cancer
PART 2: ON THE INSIDE
My heritage: English with teensy bits of German and Scottish and possibly Welsh
My fear: answering machines. Dead serious. Not voice mails though.
My weakness: green eyes
My perfect pizza: white pizza with chicken, brocolli, and bacon
PART 3: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
Your first thought waking up: Noooooooooooooooo
Tomorrow: we celebrate my brother's birthday
Your bedtime: when I feel like it
Most missed memory: I don't know, I cherish all my memories but I don't really miss them
PART 4: YOUR PICK
Pepsi or Coke: Coke. Pepsi has citric acid, which is bad for me, and Coke does not. Plus, I have stock in Coca-Cola.
McD or Burger King: Wendy's. I'm an investor. ;)
Single or group dates: At this point, I'm not picky, I just want dates. :P
Adidas or Nike: What is Champion? Aren't they a knock-off of one of those brands? I don't know anything about shoes.
Lipton Tea or Nestea: Neither.
Chocolate or vanilla: Both. At the same time.
Cappuccino or coffee: Mocha latte.
PART 5: DO YOU...?
Smoke: No.
Curse: All the time!
PART 6: IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU...?
Drunk alcohol: TGIS was less than a month ago, wasn't it?
Gone to the mall: Yes, of course!
Been on stage: Sadly, no
Eaten sushi: Nope
PART 7: WHAT WERE YOU DOING...?
1 minute ago: This
1 hour ago: Eating and watching Judging Amy on TNT.
4 1/2 hours ago: Sleeping
1 month ago: Schoolwork, no doubt
1 year ago: I don't frikkin' remember a year ago.
PART 8: FINISH THE SENTENCE
I love: my life.
I feel: bored.
I hate: when things like the garage door break and mom needs to take my car.
I hide: very little.
I miss: my friends in PA.
I need: moneys!

PS: I'm good at hitting penguins. My top distance is 264.9. Thanks for that gem of a boredom-killer Fergie.

Q&A!

So, basically everyone had questions after my last post so I figured I'd take a post to answer them.

Aurix -- Where do you go to school in RI?

It's not Rhode Island that I don't like when I say I don't like "home", not at all. I love this state. It's this building. The house. It's not really "home", there's just not a better word for it. It's a big house, lots of rooms. Lots of small rooms with lots of corners, very few windows, and no overhead lighting. Sound doesn't carry -- unless you can scream as loudly as my mom when she's losing her patience (this happens a lot, especially in this house). There's shag carpetting on the stairs (I hate that). The wallpaper in my bedroom is all flowers and birds and patterns -- not a solid color or a single stripe which is how I like my walls to be. And the atmosphere of the house just...it makes me want to stay in bed and mope about nothing. I hate this building.

Also, the wireless never works. Actually, it's been fine (although I'm afraid saying something about it will jinx it) since I got here, which is unusual and has helped me to be not-so-miserable-as-usual in the house. Tomorrow I am going out. All day. And I will probably be out continuously every day for the rest of the summer if I have anything to say about it!

Sue -- my summer is going to be packed full of excitement! You see, I have an Italian class to take this summer. I will also be working at Abercrombie & Fitch. And I go clubbing basically every night while I'm here, but since I will probably need a second job so I can afford rent *and* have spending money, I will probably start dancing at one in Providence. Also, there's those beaches that I have been craving! I have to go to the beaches! So many RI traditions I need to catch up on! If there's Waterfires (which I could give a whole blog entry to, and still not be able to fully describe), I'll have to catch one of those! I was thinking, as childish as it is, I haven't seen the dinosaur exhibit at Roger Williams Zoo in ages -- and there's a new one every summer! Also, my dad and I go eat clamcakes at our favorite place, George's at Galilee's, every summer (don't listen to anyone else, George's is totally the best clamcakes!!) And I need to drink some Del's Frozen Lemonade and at least one cabinet! I have to have some Rhode Island-brewed coffee too, because I am beginning to forget what it's like! Crazy, right? Too much coffee from "Seattle's Best" and -- worse -- from Starbucks! And how can I forget that Providence Pride is coming up?!

Aside from ALL of that, I have a birthday coming up in a little over a month. I have to make sure I'm ready to stop being a teenager by June 23rd! That's a LOT of pressure! But my birthday is going to be big -- not as big as my 21st will be, of course, but bigger than the past two -- because both of those passed by with basically nobody noticing (despite my best efforts). Some of my friends from PA are coming and we are pretty much going to have a wild party all over this state. Rhode Island may never be the same again!

Speaking of birthdays, I have to get in touch with one of my high school friends. I promised him over a year ago that I was going to take him clubbing when he turned 18. He turns 18 in 2 days, so I have to make sure I'm ready for that. I have to get him a cake...and figure out a way to embarrass him at whatever club we go to. What strings do I have to pull? Hrm....

But that's just what I'm going to be doing here! I have to go back to PA every once in a while to move stuff to the apartment -- and like I would miss Harrisburg Pride? Uhhh, no!

Kevin -- I actually am feeling great right now. Tomorrow I am going to really start vacation by....running errands all day! Hopefully I will get to go out tomorrow night since one of those errands is a haircut!

Well, since Sue was so eager to hear about my studying and such....here's the to-do list for the past week or so....in no particular order

• Register for summer Italian class
• Register for summer Science class
• Finish Photo project for Comm.
• Finish iMove project for Comm.
• Prepare audition for Acting
  
• Audition in Philly
• Write final paper for Acting
• Write final paper for Anthro exam
  
• Take Comm. exam
• Take Anthro. exam
• Help create play for Theater History final
• Rehearse play for Theater History final
• Perform play for Theater History final
  
• Go to the registrar's office to discuss summer courses
• Call A&F to make sure I can get a job this summer
• Doctor's appointment!
• End of the year Theater banquet
  
• Begin work on National Coming Out Week projects for GSA

See, it's mostly all done! :)

Breaking out of the usual...

I don't typically do memes on this blog. I usually have too much else to say. But usually I haven't been tagged, and now I have this obligation to Steve to do his meme. :P

Memes are fun, maybe I should do them more often. Anyways, here goes:

Here are five things about me. Four of them are true. One is a lie. Try to guess which is which. :)

1. I am a member of pretty much every networking site I've ever seen.
2. I have never broken a bone or been stung by a bee.
3. I don't know how to swim.
4. I'm a self-proclaimed seafood snob.
5. I am fiercely loyal to my coffee shops.
   

I am tagging...Sue, Brad, Shaney, ExNavyMike, and Adam.

Let's see...today I went apartment hunting and saw the touring production of The Light in the Piazza. Neither was bad by any means, but neither really was exciting enough to have much to say on here.

Though I gotta say, the guy playing Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza? HOTTIE!

Hrm. While we're on a roll with these memes, how about this one I stole from Brad?

20 years ago

1.) How old were you? -1. Aheheheh. I feel young now.
2.) Where did you go to school? I didn't.
3.) Where did you work? I didn't.
4.) Where did you live? Come to think of it, at this point twenty years ago (because we are that close to my birthday!) I was residing in my mommy's tummy.
5.) Where did you hang out? Mommy's tummy.
6.) Did you wear glasses? No
7.) Who was your best friend? I was very anti-social. :P
8.) How many tattoos did you have? None.
9.) How many piercings did you have? None.
10.) What car did you drive? I didn't.
11.) Had you been to a real party? Yeah, we really led life in the fast lane in the womb.
12.) Had your heart broken? Nope
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced: I was preparing to divorce my umbilical cord.

10 years ago

1.) How old were you? 9
2.) Where did you go to school? South Road Elementary
3.) Where did you work? I didn't
4.) Where did you live? Mom and Dad's house. Coincidentally, the last residential building I actually felt at home in.
5.) Where did you hang out? My yard, the woods near my yard, the playground, the dirt road behind my house.
6.) Did you wear glasses? Nope
7.) Who was your best friend? I honestly don't remember.
8.) How many tattoos did you have? None
9.) How many piercings did you have? None.
10.) What car did you drive? I didn't.
11.) Had you been to a real party? I don't think I'd even been to a school dance.
12.) Had your heart broken? Nope
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced: Single. Girls had cooties. Boys were weird. Not much has changed. :P

5 years ago

1.) How old were you? 14
2.) Where did you go to school? South Kingstown High
3.) Where did you work? I was doing lots of volunteer -- I hadn't quit Boy Scouts yet, but I'd started with the teen advisory board at the local library.
4.) Where did you live? Same place
5.) Where did you hang out? The park near my school.
6.) Did you wear glasses? I was supposed to wear reading glasses. At the time, I sometimes did.
7.) Who were your best friends? We don't talk about them, they turned out not to be "friends" only a few years later.
8.) Who was your crush? I believe I'd begun my crush on Kendall by that point.
9.) How many tattoos did you have? None.
10.) How many piercings did you have? None.
11) What car did you drive? I didn't.
12.) Had you had your heart broken? No, but it was obviously only going to be a matter of time and everyone, including me, knew it.
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: Single
14.) Any kids? Noooo

Present

1.) How old are you? 19
2.) Where do you go to school? I'm in college in PA. (If you pay close enough attention, you can figure it out, but since I don't know all my readers I'mma make you *work* if you really want to know. :P)
3.) Where do you work? Abercrombie, a gay club
4.) Where do you live? A dorm, and in my parents' new house with my grandmother
5.) Where do you hang out? Gay clubs, the student center, whereever the hell I feel like it
6.) Do you wear glasses? Nope. I have long since "lost" my reading glasse.
7.) Who are your best friends? Oh! I have so many friends now, and I'm close to a large number of them to! I can't possibly decide. I mean, Cody and Johnna obviously but otherwise I simply cannot choose.
8.) Who is your crush? I think I'm getting a crush on Matthias, and I'm not completely over James yet either.
9.) Do you talk to your old friends? Occassionally.
10.) How many tattoo's do have? I'm never getting any.
11.) How many piercings do you have? I'm never getting any.
12.) What kind of car do you have? My beautiful baby, Grandma's 2001 Dodge Intrepid.
13.) Has your heart been broken? Yeah, it has.
14.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter? Single. Getting on towards bitten.
15.) Any kids? Nope.

"Before we play the game, let me say that I never lose"

So, let me start by saying that I am in SUCH a good mood today. I slept an almost normal amount of sleep (unlike my 12 hour coma the night before...that was some crazy ass shit :-P), and when I woke up I pulled out my as-of-yet unopened book Yoga in Bed by Edward Vilga. The book is full of nice easy stretches to do in the morning when you first wake up and right before you go to bed. The stretches are very easy to do and perfect for beginners like myself, and perfect for people who don't have time to do yoga during the day. It even includes tips for power napping -- something I can really use! I highly recommend it.
It's definitely a step in the right direction for something I haven't been doing terrifically at: taking care of myself. I also took my morning pills today -- it's been a while since I took my pills. I've also written down a to-do list for tomorrow that includes calling my doctor and making an appointment. I've got enough going for me right now that I can't afford to be slacking off and ending up in the hospital.

Another thing improving my mood? Fairview Sue, of course! She did this whole post about how fabulous and unscratched I am and it really brightened my...well, I guess this is still morning since I've only been awake for a couple hours. (No, but since I went to bed at 6 am, I'm really not a waste of life!)
And the comment that our favorite Down Under stud Shaney left on the post was also an ego boost. :)

Speaking of Down Under studs...Aussiebum not only makes the hottest underwear, but they have the most gorgeous models. Seriously. I've been going through the site this morning looking at things I want to order when I think mom won't mind or get suspicious or after she's found out I'm go-go dancing and finished flipping out about it. :-P

Anyways, I won't keep you waiting any longer, I know what you want to hear about (or at least I think I do)....last night was....WOW. I know I say that every time I have a weekend or go out for a night, but every night I get surprised at how much fun I have!
First of all, I hadn't been out with the kids from our Gay\Straight Alliance since November, really. Some of them I hadn't even seen since November when I started working at the club I now work at (almost!) every weekend. Also, my friend and Queer Mentor* who graduated at the end of last year showed up on campus to surprise us!
Also, Cody found out I was going so he went. As did Brendan, bringing a new friend of his named Joey. Carl was there with some friends of his. And my friend John who I haven't seen since November was there. Codi, who bartends there, was there with his boyfriend even though he wasn't working tonight. Mark was there, Danny was there, Adam was DJing, Will was training the new bartender, Jacki was working the door, Loki was on staff, Ray was doing security, Brenda was checking IDs...all these people I hadn't seen in forever because they work there! All in all, it was amazing to see all of these people!

Unfortunately, there were like 3 people there who I didn't know. They were awesome, but it was dead. It was cool though, we made the party happen.

(This picture is of my lesbian (yes, mine) Margie and I doing our "Just a Little Too Late" faces at each other while the song was playing. Her Lesbian Death Glare has been perfected.)

Worse still, there was drama. Well, apparently there was some lesbian drama going on, but I followed the Treatise of Drama* and stayed the hell out of it. But there was other drama....
Now, I had heard that some of the bartenders and managers from the club I work at had gone to this club and made asses out of themselves and been banned. I hadn't realized that they had gone so far as to ban all employees of the rival club -- which includes me. I understand their thinking here, I really do, but there were some problems with that:
-I hadn't driven, which means I was going to be stuck in the stairwell til 2 in the morning.
-From a business perspective, 11 people from my school came. Most weekends they stay on campus for their partying. Not to be stuck on myself BUT....what does that tell you?
-There were probably less than 10 people there who weren't there in the.
-When I take a night off...I have no other clubs to go to.
Anyways, Jacki talked to Loki on my behalf (after she gave me my five bucks back and told me I had to leave in a really apologetic way). She said she was going to discuss it with the club's owner too, because I have never given her a problem. Which, I'm sure isn't true, but whatever.

Anyways, I was allowed in for the night and she didn't take a cover charge the second time I went in...so I bought a lot of drinks. The new bartender they had that night, Josh I think they said his name was....CUTE!! Gonna have to go back soon, and on one of his weekends, so I can maybe talk to him a little bit more. I gave him big tips though, so I think I got his attention at least. (Also, I was talking to Brendan and said "The new bartender is CUTE!" right when the song faded so I'm damn sure he heard it. Whoops. :-P)

*At my school, we have these people called "Peer Mentors" who teach incoming freshmen about our school. Ryan, my "Queer Mentor" taught me about the gay culture when I came out, so we call him that. In return, I am referred to as his protogay. (protoge? It's really very clever. :-P)

*The Treatise of Drama is a (fictional) document written and signed in the early '70s (or whenever) which clearly states that gay men are not to be involved in lesbian drama and lesbians are not to be involved in gay drama. If it is mixed drama, it is fair game. All drama is fair game for heterosexuals.