Ashi

Yay. That always makes me happy when a day goes woosh! When I was a supervisor in retailing, I always told my co-workers, "Don't count time. Keep smiling at customers and they'll smile at you," and that way the day really go by very fast. When I watched Edge of Seventeen (not Woody Harrelson movie of the same name), the lesbian boss Angie, played by Lea DeLaria, told the new hire gang that they'll have the best time of their life after all prior words to scare them off about food service, I was like, she was so cool! LOL. I hope I was that boss to some people's Summer jobs. It's sort of a sad movie, but was that movie great!!!

Awww!!!! Your son is sweeter than a smiling flower! ;-) He's 18! Of course he wants to drive. When I was feeling not happy, I'd drive hundreds of miles myself also, and sometimes I get to see some beautiful scenes and I'd feel life is too beautiful to let go. I remember I drove to my brother's place in LA which is not 700+ miles but 550 miles from San Jose. I took my mom to San Diego Zoo, which is probably 700 miles I think. Yes, I can get grumpy after a while, especially I felt I drove her this long to a zoo and then she said she didn't like animals, but you know the relationship between mom and her gay son is just... weird! I sometimes say to people, "You think men don't have periods?" It's a miracle people don't ask me if I am gay sometimes. I love ice cream shops. I remember one of the first stories I wrote I inserted a part where the MC went to eat Ice Cream at Thrifty's (which was a California drugstore back in the 90's before it got gobbled up by Rite Aid). And another thing I do a lot when I go to Pier 39 in San Francisco: I'd get a scoop of ice cream when I am feeling down, or feeling extra happy, or just want to enjoy myself. You have to remember I am a Taurus. I am the kind who thinks it's cheaper to buy the whole bucket than a scoop of ice cream in a tourist trap. If I don't mind buying a scoop of ice cream on waffle cone.... LOL

Well..., it sounds like your son has forgiven you! I hope he gradually learned how to bounce on a trampoline, and be happy. From your other post, I thought he's a character. LOL. I gave my parents look also, like... "I'm been gay all these years and you don't know, and when I finally said it, you feel hurt," look. Wait, not that look? Okay, let's try again, "I've told you a billion times, I don't do drug, and before you ask, I play safe, not that I have a boyfriend yet," look. Wait, not that look either? Okay, I give up. But here, yes, let's start the day with a smile! Good morning and good evening everyone.

Tim, you know that's why I love you, right? Not the way Michael loves you, but... AHHHH!!! This is getting awkward. I am not sure about all ten benefits of whiskey are true, but I'll take a shot anyways. LOL I am not very religious, but I take my mom to church all the time also. But even her church started to do virtual gathering over the Internet, and it's strange seeing my mom using iPad and talking to her church friends (my mom isn't really a high tech person), but I set it up so she can do it. Anyways, let your brother know why it's a bad idea, though they may not listen, but just let them know you care about them out of health concern. Anyways.... You know alcohol cools your body temperature? It's true! But I think ice cream works, too. Hmm..., rum and raisins is one of my favorite flavors. Ain't that the truth. But don't feel too bad when we're hard on ourselves, because we want to be better, which is why we're hard on ourselves to begin with. Nothing wrong with it, but must let it go... let it go.... Okay, I am singing.... Sorry.... I hope you got recovered soon!

Something else also melt. CHEESE!

Dream Tonite You have a great day, too. 🙂

Not excited. I don't need to be reminded I am old enough to be an uncle.

I had those classes back in early 2000's, which is like when I was younger than you.... Business Laws and Ethics were different classes in my time. I see so they compressed them into one.... Anyways, West Coast rocks. Changes are made because sometimes system fails to do its thing. It's not always about the individuals. Diaper needs to be changed, too.... Just saying. I know..., nobody is excited about that. So..., hey, I learned how to do Skype Meeting today.

Yay! Soooo..., do you by any chance have a gay brother? Good evening. My day was crazy but I caught the train the last minute! 😄 Ice cream is the best invention, ever. I like strawberry ice cream.

Tim, you know how I feel. Ice cream.

Good morning everyone. I am off to work. Hope I don't catch any nasty disease....

Good night everyone. Umm..., I think I shall take that glass away from you. Sharing is caring.... *drinks the other half of the glass*

Yesterday I heard this radio show, The Gondolier (rebroadcast I believe for the Pride Month) from my local radio station. I couldn't finish listening because I had to cook the Father's Day BBQ and stuff, but today I remembered. I tried to find the podcast all over the Internet to find the source. I finished listening the whole broadcast today, about the first "female" gondolier, but she is actually a he, and his internal struggle with it, the label. Part of it is just being human, and part of it is the same career struggle many of us go through, disregard of your gender identity. Alex just has this gender thing caught in the middle. It's almost one hour long, but I assure you it's worth listening through it. And nope, it's not your typical love story with a clear hero. It has its twist and turns, because it's real.

Yeah... I thought it was vernacular, too. So does vermicelli comes from the same root?

My mental image of you is always a friendly one. When you smile at people, people smiley back at you. :) I know you are a good soul, Tim. From time to time it's difficult, but like that quote says, we're all battling something we don't understand. Sometimes it doesn't matter. Sometimes I don't ask myself what's that thingy I am fighting. It took me a while before I realized I am not alone in it. Whatever you're fighting, we're here. When everything fails, there is ice cream. LOL.

Good night. Everyone @Mikiesboy@MichaelS36@kbois@mollyhousemouse@rickproehl@Reader1810@Brayon@Wayne Gray Do nothing funky, drink nothing funky, paint the wall purple (with a bit of brown and silver). Hug someone.

Hey, it's summer.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Good morning. Free hug for all?

I don't care anymore if I got to hold hands. It might give me blush because I know he loves me, not because I am self-conscious nowadays (but I need a BF first. LOL). Michael sounds so cool.

I don't think anybody was trying to attack one another. Communication via the Internet can be difficult sometimes as we missed 60% of the communication, which is the non-verbal cues. Sometimes I reread my post and edited it just to put a smiley to it, as I realize with or without that smiley, the message can be interpreted very differently sometimes.... No harm is done, as far as I know. I just wish you sleep well and stay healthy. I almost woke up last night to see if I needed to modify my post, but I decided not to. It bothered me a lot as I was strange enough, had been writing a chapter where MC kind of stopped caring what other thought of him, but he did care.... It's one of those strange thingy when you do something, and someone else you know (and care very much) suddenly has something happened in RL, and my funny little brain begins to draw parallel and it bothers me no end (and I am probably overthinking). I had a feeling you knew what you were doing, you just needed time, so I left the post the way it is. You have Tim, who like your meme suggests, is a very strong person, always next to you (physically and emotionally, I can feel it). I've always wondered if I shall get a BF, and the situation should arise that he decided to hold hands in public, would/should I be bothered by other people's look? You're probably rolling eyes as this is like nothing when compared with D/s relationship, but you see, you've come farther than I have. You have a loving hubby, and you're proud of him (and he is to you, as exhibited in that poem), so if anyone judged you (which I don't think anyone here did), it's actually quite petty when compared with the love you have for one another. Now I just need to find a hubby and see if I could overcome my mental block of doing public display of affection. LOL. Oh, I just remember another thingy.... I used to have a coworker who was involved with a married man who promised him he'd divorce his wife to marry him.... Every time I think of him or when I am precariously infatuated with a married person, I'd be feeling so sad. I don't think my other coworkers were judging but our concern might have come across as such from his PoV. But guess what? He never let it bother him, but then he's ten years older than I am, so you gotta remember things about us older gays.... At the time people were just starting to accept homosexuality a little better, so he finally could be him, but the timing they met was just plain bad when one was already married. He finally found his happiness, so I don't think he'd let that affair go. I met him one more time after I quit that job, and his BF still did not marry him as promised. Anyways, things have come far for LGBT+ people.... Hopefully things would be simpler in the future. You young folks are very brave and paving ways for us older folks sometimes. I would have stayed away, which is my normal policy in such situation, but your conspicuous absence at the time.... I am glad you are back.

To love is to forgive. I don't think any one of us was born knowing everything in life, but I am sure we were all born with an open mind.

That's a lot of things I read about D/s relationship. Anyways, I'm going to read some stories about it. I am probably not the sub material, but I am not judging type either, soooooo..... I'd never know.... I just need to find the right guy maybe I'll sing spontaneously like a Disney Princess. <-- that's Ashi when he was a boy. LOL.

To me (also speak English as a second language) the problem is, it's one of those weird words you'd think it's spelt as "indominable" rather than "indomitable." So why is something that cannot be eaten, inedible, but something cannot be drunk, undrinkable (rather than unpotable, which is just plain weird. LOL). I say it's abomination.

I resemble that statement. And yes, it must be crispy but not burned. I know I need to be a little more temperance, but bacon..., yeah, I need it once a while. (and Canadian bacon is good too, to Tim. I love it with my sandwich and if I ever made pizza again the last time seems aeons ago) That's so nice! That gotta be one of the most memorable graduation ever!