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Happy Birthday!!! I hope your day and year totally rock!

Thanks for the link. He's definitely attractive, but not quite enough my type for me to say "super-hot" or anything. Actually I thought the drummer looked the cutest in this video. As for the song itself, well I'm a non-hardcore, loose fan of Maroon 5, but I don't really think this is their best work. When it comes to videos with beautiful singers I have to say that I think Jesse McCartney's "She's No You" takes the cake (this is a couple of years old now). IMO he looked "shockingly gorgeous" (and he's always amazingly hot IMO), in that video. -Kevin

Hey Nick, I'm so sorry you had a crummy day, and it sucks that everyone is ticking you off I have a theory about James. Perhaps he's "scared to grow up", or generally be out on his own. The sleeping at home instead of his apartment really makes me think that. Anyway I hope everything gets better. Take care and have a much more fantastic day Kevin

HAHHAHA! Oh my gosh, Bond! I found that so amusing!

HAHAHA! But it all worked out! And if it hadn't happened I wouldn't have the delightfully amusing memory of my friend and I both simultaneously loosing our keys and thus wandering the streets of Houston So you see, shopping is the stuff memories are made of Have a fantastic day and take care, CJ Kevin

Hey Miso! Thanks LOL, purely coincidentally (I swear!) I happen to be listening to it again right now. I don't typically feel like a song is "overplayed", unless I don't like it to begin with, or only marginally like it. With songs that "grab me", and that I voluntarily go home and listen to 20 or 30 times in a row , I seldom feel like they're ever "overplayed", even if I do get to the point of no longer craving them. hahahhaa! Two sides to every coin Thanks! I may just do it tonight! Have an awesome day and take care! Kevin

Hey Jamie, I did at the time. It's black now. "Living" it, writing it, and reading it were all different feelings for me, and my purpose for writing it could almost be described as "flippantly cautionary", so as long as you liked it I'm happy Have a great day! Kevin

I had a fun day off yesterday. I went to the gym with a friend then we had lunch and went shopping. Anyway after the shopping we were heading back to my truck when all of a sudden I realize I don't have my keys. So I turn to her and say "I don't have my keys". After freaking out with me a bit, she checks her pockets and exclaims, "I don't have mine either!". SO after thinking a bit she decides she must have left hers at the gym, and I conclude that mine are locked in the truck. No worries though, we're fairly near to her house and her fiance', and my other good friend/coworker, is on her way home from work. SO the plan was that we'd walk back, wait for her to get home, then she could take me to my apartment where I could get the maintance people to let me in, pick up my spare key so that I could get into my truck, then it would simply be a matter of going back to the gym to get her keys. Sounds simple right? Well on the walk to her house, we're talking about how unfortunate it is that we can't simply call the other girl to come and pick us up or even to let her know what's going on (but we can't because her phone is broken). So then I say "It sure is a good thing we both have our phones at least". Then I stop and remember something. See when we'd originally left the truck we'd had to go BACK, because my friend had accidently left her cell phone. SO that made me realize that I still had my keys at that point because I was able to let her back in. Now there was no way I could have then relocked the truck with my keys in it because I never got back into the truck, I simply unlocked the passenger side door and stepped out of the way. I'd have had to reach past her to put my keys down, and that woulda just been very unlikely and weird. SO that meant that I musta left them at one of the shops. SO we turned around and hiked back, and checked all the stops we'd made. No luck at first, then all of a sudden my friend remembers that in the 2nd store (where we'd already unsuccessfully looked), I had been examining some of the shirts that were displayed on a ledge. So we go BACK to that store and sure enough there are my keys sitting on the little ledge! So then we went back to her place only to realize that we couldn't actually get in since...well DUH she doesn't have her keys! LOL, but waited and her fiance' got home a few minutes later. She found it quite amusing that for a good 45 minutes neither one of us had our keys. She tends to help us both keep track of things, it's really quite amazing. Everytime I lose something at work she's always the one that turns it up. And of course she's always locating things for her absent-minded girlfriend as well. Anyway, after all the keys were recovered we went to the mall because the wedding rings had arrived but one of them needed to be resized so they wanted to pass by a few jewelry stores and get some estimates (and of course I never pass up a trip to the mall ). Anyway, while we're all hanging out they ask me to be there "ring bearer bearer". See their twi cats are going to be the ring bearers (cute huh!), but I'm going to carry the cats up! So yay, I'm quite excited! I haven't been this excited about a wedding in years, so it's really awesome that I get to be a part of it, and it's even more special since it's for my two best (Houston) friends!! This'll be my first lesbian wedding too! In other news I'm completely obsessed "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven! I heard it for the first time yesterday and I musta already listened to it a hundred times! Well I

He was attractive, but not really my type. On a more flattering note though, I also got the impression that he wasn't as vacuous as the interview made him seem.

Happy Birthday, Lugh!!! I hope you have a fantastic day -Kevin

More like "gay exclusive". I mean I suppose straights are welcome and I'm guessing there'll be some, but it's an annual "gay" event. LOL and if you click on the link above the name on the banner of your browser will become something like "Jeff Sanker presents the gay vacation getaway"

awwww, you poor thing, Vancey. I'm so glad she's doing better! LOL, you hadn't told me about the part where all your coworkers were whispering to avoid waking her! Take care and have an awesome day! Kevin

Yep.

HAHAHAHA Oh my gosh! I got the biggest kick out of that! "Katie, sit down I have something to tell you." *flips coin* "Ohh no, nevermind. I don't"

Hey Nick! I think that's a very very good point! I was thinking about that and I'm pretty sure I can make her see why it getting back to the grandparents is a bad idea, but that doesn't mean it won't get back to my aunt, who can kinda be a loose canon. *sigh* I don't really know, but I do have to call her soon so we can finalize the plans Anyway thanks for pointing that out! Have an awesome day and take care! Kevin

Hey Bond! Wow, I'd have been mad if my mom did that! Well, I've thought about that too. I mean it almost seems like I'm entrapping her this way with her coming and not knowing what to expect at all. Plus if she's looking forward to this little "mini-vacation" I hate to ruin it. AND since we so seldom spend time together there's also the feeling that "well why bring something heavy to the table?". In general though I think I'd rather do it in person. Have a great day and take care Kevin

Hey Graeme! Way to go! Yeah, I'm thinking that's pretty much what it boils down to too. Thanks Have a great day and take care! Kevin

Hey Jan, Yeah actually my friend Megan suggested that she might already know too. I suppose it is possible. I just kinda have a feeling she doesn't, or even if she pretty much does it'll still be a "big deal" if/when I tell her. Congrats on things going so well with your cousin though! Take care and have an awesome day! Kevin

Hey Kitty Yep, I know what you mean. I do tend to over-think thinks sometimes. Perhaps I should just relax a bit more and see whatever happens when she gets here....but yeah, that's unlikely Take care and have a fantastic day! Kevin

So my cousin called this evening while I was at work and left a voice mail. Turns out she's going to be in Houston on April 5th because her bestfriend's parents recently moved here and so she's riding with her to go and visit them. Anyway naturally she wants to meet up. Now my cousin and I were really close as kids. We were sorta like brother and sister (but were both only children). Anyway we've seen less and less of each other as we've gotten older, and particularly in the last four or five years, have hardly seen each other at all. Anyway, I really miss her and often think of all the fun we used to have as kids. So it all sounds great right? Well... See I never came out to her. In fact my mom's the only person in my family I am out to. I've got a really small immediate family. There's my mom, grandparents, cousin and aunt...and that's about it. Then there's my dad side who I'm really not close to at all, but that's a pretty small family too, just my dad and a different grandmother, aunt, cousin. So yeah, small family. Anyway as I said I'm not close with my dad's side at all, and coming out to them just isn't really an issue. Eventually I suppose I'll come out to my dad, and I guess sooner or later maybe the others on his side as well, but it just doesn't seem pressing in the first place, and I just don't really care in the second. As for my mom's side, well I don't plan on telling my grandparents ever because they're already really old (mid eighties), and it just doesn't seem particularly relevant (I'd hardly be likely to discuss my love life with my grandparents anyway), and like I said they're just pretty old and don't need the drama. SO since I already told my mother, that just leaves my aunt and cousin. Well basically I do plan to tell them eventually, and my cousin is actually definitely next on the list. And now you're up to speed on why I'm kinda freaking out about her coming to visit. Basically I feel like I can't not tell her while she's in town. I mean I'd only tell her face to face, while we were alone, and had plenty of time to talk, and this is pretty much the first time such an instance has arisen since high school. So I don't feel like I can just miss this opportunity. And I know people are going to say "well you shouldn't come out until you're ready", but how could I be any more ready? I mean I'm out to everyone in Houston, and I have a very large network of gay friends here, I'm also pretty active in the "scene". And I think I'm pretty comfortable, confident, and well-adjusted about the whole thing. So there's no excuse for putting it off. I guess it's just that it's so much easier to be out when you've never been in. What I mean is everyone that meets me now just knows, it's one of the early things that comes up, and they never really think of me as "straight", and I sure as heck never get used to presenting myself as straight to them. So it's just no big deal, take it or leave it. But "coming out" to people in my past...much more complicated. Especially people like my cousin, I mean geez we used eat snow cones and climb fences together. Sex/sexuality of any kind was never really a part of our relationship. That said I definitely wouldn't think twice about her knowing I were gay if she were just some random person I was just meeting. I mean I don't really think twice about it anyway, but she fits the profile of someone I'd be perfectly at ease with (female, under 30, intelligent, and fairly liberal). Still it's not just that I'm uncomfortable with the whole thing in general. I mean I suppose theoretically it could be a problem. For one thing she sucks at keeping secrets, especially from her mother (my aunt), and I've always said I wouldn't come out to her until I was ready to come out to my aunt too. And I suppose I am, ready to come out to my aunt that is, except that she's definitely one of the most difficult, complicated, judgemental people in the family. Plus there's always a chance it'll get back to my grandparents, and as I said I'm just not going to come out to them ever. SO I don't want that to happen. If that weren't an issue I don't think I'd really give damn. Everyone else in the family could just get over it and get used to it in their own time. And really that's how I feel about this too, I think worse case scenario she'll still be fine with it eventually and in the meantime it's not like things will be difficult or unpleasant for me. It's just a problem if she does react badly, or just with surprise, and spreads it around to the rest of the family. Anyway not telling her would be really weird in and of itself. I mean like I said, I'm just not "in" at all in Houston. If she meets anyone I know it could come up casually. I have several "gay" books on my shelf. Apart from the bookmarks I lost my computer is full of gay bookmarks. I have a copy of the "gay and lesbian yellow pages" by the phone. Besides all that I have WAY more skin and personal hygene products than a straight guy. My wardrobe would probably give me away, and let's not even bring up my "questionable" items (which are put away, but she's a notorious snoop and has been since childhood). So yeah, assuming I did want to stay in the closet where she's concerned I'd have to completely go through my apartment, carefully, remove/hide everything, then make sure she didn't actually run into anyone I know. And goodness, doing all that would make me feel really pathetic and lousy about myself. I've had a chat with my friend Megan about it. She thinks I should come out to her too. So far she's the only one I've discussed it with (it was fairly late when I found out), but I imagine that'll generally be everyone's opinion. I mean really it's mine too, and I suppose I'll do it, I just don't particularly want to. Blah, I feel like I'm trapped in some cheesy sitcome, "Oh look, George, it's 'the one where Kevin's cousin comes to town'!" :wacko: Anyway, other than that I had a particularly awesome day today.

Hey Drew Yeah, I really need to start doing that. Personally I've always had a slight blonde fixation, but I like (and have had ) all colours.

Hey Eric LOL, you know I hate pictures!! If I ever happen to take a good one I'll send it to you though

Happy Birthday!!!!!!

Hey Joe! Yeah, maybe he just didn't get a chance to respond. I know some days at work I have plenty of time to text and other days I can't even squeeze one or two out. LOL, then I suppose at that point it didn't really matter I was thinking the same thing; give it some time and see what happens Good luck! Kevin