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!

Post Holiday Report!

Firstly, I want to apologize for neglecting the blog this week. It's been one of those weeks, y'know? I think everyone else has been busy holidaying as well though, so I hope nobody minded.

Honestly, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. The holiday spirit was short-lived this year, partially due to this blasted house I'm stuck in. Love the people who live in it, but I can not stand this building. You guys will probably notice, I refer to Rhode Island as "home" but I don't call this particular place in Rhode Island that I'm writing to you from "home", ever. It's not. It's more like a hellhole somebody stuck in my home. If I owned a bulldozer, you know what I'd be doing with it.

Anyways, moving on...Christmas was fun. I got a lot of things I'd been waiting for a long time to get. These include several CDs:

• John Mayer - Room for Squares
• John Mayer - Heavier Things
• Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q
• Lifehouse - Lifehouse

Also, I got Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway"...except I already own that CD so we're going to have to do something about that.

I also got my all time favorite movie ever on DVD -- Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Okay, so I wasn't born yet when it came out but it is such a classic and it so so so so soooooo funny.

I also got a bunch of books, most of which I'd wanted for a very long time.
- Stephen R. Lawhead - Patrick: Son of Ireland
-Stephen R. Lawhead - The Endless Knot
-Stephen R. Lawhead - The Silver King
-Charlaine Harris - Definitely Dead

I also got a book from my Internet friend Lenaria, she sent me Jonathon Livingston Seagull.

I also started playing a new computer game, but I'm not going to say anymore about that. I believe it won't be too long before I make an entry about it.

I went out Wednesday night while the parents had a dinner party. The clubs were not exactly the most exciting they ever are. Still, I was enjoying myself hanging out with Dom, Kyle, and the bartender Ivan (who is quite hot, and has a great sense of humor I discovered) at Club Energy. Then, to my surprise, my friends Chris, Bill, David, Josh, and Pat walked in. They'd been at Club XL, but came by Energy to say hi. A bunch of us headed to a nearby 7/11. I was the only one who wasn't high, and that is all I'm going to say about the magazine pages that were somehow all over the street when we got back to the club. It wasn't long before we decided to pick ourselves up as a group and head to XL, so we did.
I was pleased to see one of the really, really, really hot dancers remembered me from my one visit prior (this past Saturday, I went there with a date...I don't think I blogged about it. Whoops. It was really a very good date though!) He seems like a nice guy, and if I had the money I'd shell out for a private so I could get to know him. Oh well, I guess I'm just going to admire from afar and tip well when I have extra cash.

Tonight I wasn't planning on doing much, but my friend Emerson and I made dinner plans. We haven't seen each other yet this break, although this summer we were basically inseperable. We ate dinner and then, deciding we weren't ready to go home yet, we met up with some of his friends.
Cool. As. Hell. He, like myself, has good taste in who he associates himself with. (Although, that's questionable for me...we'll discuss at a later time...) Hopefully, I'll hang out with these people again before I go back to school.

I also have done a lot of thinking lately. Unfortunately, as confident as I am most of the time, and as great as my life is...when I get introspective like that, it usually has pretty devestating results for something -- be it my friendships, my self-esteem, it's never good....and that's my cliffhanger ending. Tune in next time! :P

PS: I finally got some more pictures from my first weekend dancing in PA!

Pretty Person of the Week!! (WARNING: there is also a rant)

This is a good day for it to be Thursday.
You see, Tuesday I had an...encounter with Boy-Craig. I won't give you the details, but let's just leave it at: I'm freaking horny since then. I'm not sure if any of you particularly wanted to know that, but you'll just have to deal. :P
But it's okay. Thursday is after all our day for our Pretty Person of the Week. And today, I am pulling out someone I have been saving for a special occassion. One of the absolute hottest men who hasn't been featured yet....Channing Tatum!

He, like my very first Pretty Person Jim Verraros, is some that I hope to at the very least make out with when I make it to Hollywood. Although, if things don't work out with Jim, Channing could be a future husband too. He is bisexual after all. :P

Channing is one of the few guys who I think can pull off almost any hairstyle. I don't think he could long face-framing hair, but otherwise...look at him, shaved head, full head of hair...he's still gorgeous.
















He's a model, obviously, but he's a model who has successfully and terrifically moved into the acting world. He played heartthrob Duke Orsino in She's the Man, and the sultry stud Tyler Gage in Step Up (which I still need to see). He's appeared on CSI: Miami (which, granted, not a testament to anyone's acting skills...) and if you look you can even spot him in Crazy Tom's (Tom Cruise's, that is) movie War of the Worlds, as the Boy in the church scene. I'm telling you that info so you know that you can skip the rest of the movie and just watch the one scene. He's also got a role in a movie that's come out since Step Up, but that I've never heard of, called A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. He's also going to be in two upcoming movies slated for 2007: The Battle in Seattle, and an untitled Kimberly Peirce project. Make sure you catch both of those -- you wouldn't want to miss a single dose of Channing, would ya?
So, in not so good news, I have been home for almost a week and I can't stand being in this house. We moved to this god-forsaken building shortly before I left for school -- so obviously, I didn't get much say in what house we moved into. It had everything my father wanted, it had everything my grandmother needed...so mom settled for it, and I have to deal.
But I can't stand it. I absolutely loathe this house with every fiber of my being. This house depresses me, which I know sounds silly but it's true that certain buildings can affect your mood and there's nothing positive about this building's effect on me. I've expressed this dislike to both of my parents, and the response is pretty much "suck it up". I don't even enjoy celebrating in this house. I know I have to be here for Christmas, but mom and dad are going to want me to celebrate News Year's with them. Here's my resolution for that: I'll celebrate New Year's with the family if the family moves.
I can't stand spending a single night in this house as it is, let alone one where I'm expected to be cheerful and happy with the family. Speaking of which, apparently I'm stuck here tonight even though I'm not working tomorrow. This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard of.

Anyways, to get on a happier topic...here's more Channing.Oh my, Channing, what a big gun you have. ;-)