Hey Everyone! Guess What?! I'm back! Sorta. I still have alota unpacking to do and I still need to find a job and make new friends, so I'm not completely back, but kinda sorta.

So let's see, what do I really need to tell you guys about since the last time I blogged?

-I quit my job. Everyone was REALLY great, especially my boss and his wife, they took me out to eat to this really nice sushi place, gave me some cash as a graduation/leaving present, as well as a couple of other gifts it was really sweet! Then when they dropped me off at home and were leaving for good they both gave me hugs and told me they loved me and were going to miss me. Needless to say I was pretty emotional. Especially since I basically "left" three seperate times, the time I just described (which was the official final time), and then once each when I left the two different locations for good and had to say goodbye to those respective coworkers.

-My grades for the semester turned out WAY better than I expected. Even in full slacker mood I still managed to NOT bring down my GPA at all.

-I unfortunately had trouble motivating myself to pack and ended up literally staying up all night 2 days before the move to get it all done.

-We had MAJOR U-Haul difficulties. While I'm proficient in handling a stick **blush** my mom (who accompanied me) doesn't know how to drive a standard, so she had to drive the crazy-big (23 foot long) U-Haul (automatic), while I drove my truck (manual).

-We were late getting to the leasing office, but the lady had stayed behind and waited for us! So I was still able to pick up my key etc.

-Getting everything inside was tough, we had further to take it, several steps to contend with (even though my apartment is on the ground floor the whole property is slightly elevated), we also had a self closing/locking gate to deal with.

So let's see here's some highlights of what's been going on since I've actually been here:

-I got a new phone (and number of course), which I'm absolutely crazy about! And best of all it has a camera on it! I've always wanted one with a camera. So I've been taking alot of pictures of Timmy and Lucky hugging and cleaning each other. They're so adorable! I'm defintely planning to post the pics of them later. I may even post pics of the apartment once I'm done unpacking (which I'm not even close to completing). And POSSIBLY, but much less likely, a pic or two of myself. I absolutely hate the way I look in pictures. I've got to be like the least photogenic person in the world! I just don't get it! I actually LIKE the way I look in mirrors, and I feel pretty good about my appearance in general, but geez get me on camera and I look like something Dr. Frankenstein couldn't quite vivify.

-Before my mom left (on Wednesday afternoon) we went to "The Container Store" which is a really fun place! I'd read about it in Reader's Digest so I was excited about going. Anyway it was really cool. I bought a buncha junk. Anyway one of my ongoing problems (since before I moved) was solving my shoe situation (I just hated the shoe-rack I used to have). So of course I was looking for something nifty to put my shoes in. But I still don't really like the conventional shoe-racks they have. So anyway finally I see this cool cube-y boxed thing, which I think was actually designed for DVDS/CDS, and I really like it. But my mom's like, "no, you shoes will never fit in that, the boxes aren't wide enough", and I'm all like, "no, I'm sure they will". So anyway finally I'm like, "look I'll prove it", so I pop my shoes off and stick them in the cube-y box structure. LOL well JUST at that moment the guy in that department wanders up; now he's clearly gay and very excited about his job (which I think is just nifty!). So he looks at me and then at my shoes in the DVD case, and while practically bubbling with enthusiasm askes, "Have you considered a shoe-rack?"

-Thursday night I decided to try go out and meet people (I had previously met one of my neighbours and had a nice conversation with some other applicants at a job interview - the job for which I decided wasn't quite right for me). So I went to this gay dance club, but it was like empty. SO I ended up walking along the strip (yeah it's so cool there's like a whole strip/area of gay clubs and other venues) and going to this like sports/karaoke bar (well actually I think they usually show Will&Grace and other "gay" stuff....so I guess it's not really a "sports bar"). It was okay, but there weren't that many people around my age there . This older guy said something to me that was a comeon, but I'm still not quite sure what. He either said, "Hey Cutie, what's up?", "Hey Kiddie (I was one of the youngest people there), what's up?", or "Hey Kitty ( ???), what's up?". In any case even if I had be interested (which I wasn't), he just kept walking. The funny girl next to me turned to me and said, "You shoulda said 'the rent' ". lol

-So when I got home that night I checked out some stuff online and found some information for a "GLBT Community Center", and I figured maybe they could help me get involved in some sort of groups or something, and meet people. So anyway I went, but the darn thing was closed even though it was during normal hours! BUT by a huge stroke of good luck as I was leaving these two guys walked up intending to go in too, so we got to talking, and one of them, Brad, said he was going out with some friends that night (to the very same dance club I'd originally intended to go - which is apparently packed on Friday and Saturday), and he invited me to come along. At this point I discovered that they were actually a little younger than I expected, and similarly they were surprised to discover I was older than they expected. Brad, is 18 almost 19, and his boyfriend, Michael, is only 16! (and of course couldn't even get into the club). Anyway Brad was really nice and I figured I could use all the friends I could get, besides 3 years isn't that big an age difference (and it made me happy that I apparently could still pass for 18 or 19 w/o any trouble).

-It was really fun, I met his other three friends, and we all danced and had a good time. (And I discovered that I'd better be careful around here, the guys seem to move REALLY fast. I was dancing with this one guy at the club and the next thing I know he's trying to kiss me, I didn't even freakin know his FIRST name, yet alone his last! Anyway I kept moving away so he didn't quite get my lips, but my throat, ear and cheeks certainly got covered in "pushy guy saliva. I was kinda irritated too, I mean geez! there wasn't even any conversation! Maybe I'm just a prude but...eughhh) Anyway then we went to this cafe' and hung out for awhile, then eventually we got food at like 4 in the morning at this all night diner. I had a really good time. And amazingly all these places were like "gay" places. I just can't get over what a huge gay settlement this city has! It's like everyone's gay! Especially in this one section of town which, by complete coincedence, I'm not quite in, but I'm in the neighbouring section (which still seems to be very "gay friendly", in fact I'm pretty sure my upstares neighbour (who I haven't officially met yet, it was a different one I referred to earlier) is gay). Anyway there's also going to be this huge "Pride" parade/event next month. And even though I'm not a big "Pride" person, I'm definitely going to go, it'll be fun and a great chance to meet people.

-So today I finally went back to the GLBT center and this time they were open. So I gotta buncha info about meetings and groups and stuff, so I'll be attending those soon.

-Me + no job + a million new places to shop = a BAD combination. LOL instead of unpacking I've literally been shopping every day since I've been here. Not just for clothes of course, but for like EVERYTHING you could think of around an apartment. It's been fun but I REALLY need to stop. So tomorrow I'm promising myself I won't even leave my apartment, I'll just stay and unpack all day!

-I've also got a bunch of job interviews in the works. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, when you apply for "real jobs" the interview process takes much longer and you have to go through more phases, so I'll keep you guys posted.

Okay so that's what's been going on with me. LOL sorry it went so long, you guys feel free to just skip it if you want.

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On another note I want to sincerely thank everyone who left me comments or sent me a PM in my absense. Your support and kindness meant ALOT to me, and it made everything much easier for me knowing that I had you guys behind me.

Specifically I want to give a and my warm wishes and prayers to Nick for a full and speedy recovery with his surgery.

I also want to give Kitty a big and my best wishes and prayers that everything with her dad works out okay, and that is prognosis is good and hopeful

I want to give a big congratulations to Anthony on the birth of his Niece!!

A special thanks to Ben, David, Vance, and Viv (hehehe alphabetical order), for keeping me company and sane (and in general being the awesome (hehehe sorry David) people that they are!), these last few days when I've had time to get on MSN.

Good luck to Rob with all the mess that's going on with his plumbing and everything else

Anyway finally a BIG to EVERYONE else, and I'm sorry I haven't caught back up on what's been going on with everyone else yet, I've just been randomly reading blogs. But you're all super-awesome and teriffic!!

All the best and have an amazing summer everyone!!

Kevin