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Roman Senator. I think the culture and lifestyle was fascinating! Mayo or mustard?

Take care and be careful around all that ice! Have an awesome year! Kevin

I hope everything went wonderfully, Rob!! Once again I'd like to wish you two all the happiness, love, and joy two people can have together Congrats! Kevin

**takes his mugshots and gets fitted for his orange suit** Welcome to the GA forums, Andy!! It's great to have you posting here! I hope to see more from you in the future LOL, Matty! But don't you make an effort anyway. I seem to remember you being horrified last year when I confessed that I used mid-term and final time to catch up on my sleep aww thanks, Graeme! Have a great day all! :pickaxe: Kevin

**waves quietly from the shadows** Actually I've noticed the drop off in activity too. I think it is mostly due to the holidays and stuff. Personally I've only been around maybe 1/5th as much as I have been in previous months. I hope everyone does come back and let us know how they're doing when things slow down though I know I will Take care all and have a great day! Kevin (who really could have passed for a lurker this last week or so )

**hands out the points yeah I definitely agree! Yeah, you should see the rest , good luck with the new job!! Yep, I ended up returning it without watching it and I got the first disc instead . You're right watching serials out of order sucks!! Hmm, I may do that! I'll probably watch all of the American version first though Anyway take care and have an awesome day!! Kevin

Hello David, Your cats sound as though they are behaving very much like my Timmy did. Of course I ended up solving the problem by sending him to live with my mom . Actually that worked out perfectly though. He's much happier in his new home, and my family is really enjoying having him around. So it all ended well Incidentally he started acting that way right after I moved, so I suspect that is part of it. The boredom factor might be as well. You were probably spending more time with them before. Anyway I'm assuming you don't want to get rid of your kitties. I think Vance and James offered excellent suggestions for the cabinets. As for the trash can I'd suggest getting one big enough, or stable enough, that they can't tip over. For example something tall and verticle is easy to tip over, as is something small. I use a large cylindrical trash can and it would be very difficult for my Lucky to tip over. Even if she cat managed to apply enough force to move it it would be much more inclined to simply slide around upright rather than tipping over. Indeed I often roughly shove it around the kitchen when it gets in my way and I'm yet to tip it over. LOL, well personally I think he sounds like just your type! I think you should just have fun and take things as they come. Have a nice day Kevin

hmm, no. Here's a link to one that's somewhat similar. Actually not really though. Mine's a dark gray instead, it's a little less wide and a little bit taller, and the strap is slightly different, but it's sorta that general style...well actually I think it's made out of something different too...LOL, but the overall structure and the way it's carried are the same. LOL that's totally me! But I like the bag because I don't like to put anything in my pockets, at least not my front pockets. LOL basically if my pants are loose enough that I can easily put something in the front pocket, they're too loose! So I tend to keep my wallet, cell phone, and keys in one of the back pockets if I can, or else I tend to just carry them around and yeah I'm sure to put them down and walk off . LOL, when I was a teen it was so bad that my friends would joke that if I've been somewhere I've probably left my keys there. The bigger the object though the less likely I am to leave it mostly because 1) it's easier to see and notice when you get up/walk away and 2) I'll miss it sooner and 3) if I'm not visibly carrying it I know that I do need to go back (whereas with my keys for example I'd probably just assume they were in a pocket.

I like alliteration; can you tell? So today totally rocked! First off I was doing the evening/night shift at work so I got to sleep really late (2:00pmish). Secondly, I'm well!!! WOO HOO, I was sick for a little more than a week and it totally sucked! Plus I hadn't been sick in awhile so I guess that made it seem extra less than fun. So anyway I went into work, and I was running late because it was rainy and traffic was bad. Which seems like that wouldn't be a good thing, but it totally was because I just called and told them I'd be about 10 minutes late because of the rain - which they were fine with - and I was actually really enjoying the drive and the radio station I was listening too! So then I got to work and yeah it was so much fun tonight! I had a nice chat with the scheduling manager when I got there - he's such a nice guy - and I told him how I wouldn't be able to work Thursdays and Fridays anymore 'cause I wanna do that sub. teaching thing. Then I didn't get any tables right away so I was having this lovely chat with one of my co-workers, Mia. She's so hot! There's like 5 or 6 really hot guys that work there (more on one of them later), and her. Anyway, I was SO stunned because we were talking and she mentioned her girlfriend! She totally didn't seem like the lesbian type! And I've usually got really good "lesbiandar". So were were talking about clubs and stuff, which gave me the perfect opportunity to make sure she knew I was gay too because I brought up a couple of gay clubs. It was really funny because it was totally one of those situations where we were each very subtly coming out to the other person, but each trying to act like we already knew when were really excited to find out...if that makes any sense. LOL, anyway it would have made a very fascinating social study **Puts on his sociologist hat**. So yeah you'd think that since I was actually kinda attracted to the girl I'd be disappointed if anything about her turning out to be a lesbian...but no, I was actually really happy and excited about it. I guess because I knew nothing was ever going to happen anyway. Besides I love lesbians! They're so awesome! Anyway she said she'd call me next time she and her girlfriend went to this cool lesbian club she was talking about. She said some guys do go too, which yeah hopefully, but whatever, if anything I'll have a really good time because I love hanging out with lesbians . I've often thought that I'm like the opposite of a "fag hag"...I guess I'm a "dyke dude" (obviously I saw that with the utmost amount of respect and affection). So yeah speaking of cool lesbians I also had fun chatting with my friend Melissa, BUT on the downside she told me that Megan was sick . So yeah I sent her a text message after work and I'll call her tomorrow. Megan is the friend from the GLBT group that got me the job in the first place. She's so super-nifty . OHH guess what?! Well I'll just tell you so I don't get a bunch of comments that just say "what?" She and Jesse are getting married (or commitment ceremonied) this summer! YAY! I'm so happy for them! And guess what else?! (well again I'll just tell ya ) they won this free honeymoon package from the bridal shop! Okay so anyway work itself was pretty nice too! It was slow tonight, but I still did pretty well for tips and I really liked all my people tonight. I had the nicest chat with this one lady! OHHH and best of all, I flirted a bunch with the guy I like...okay like I said there's like 5 really adorable guys at work. But two of them are straight...well one of them is definitely straight, the other one I just have no reason to assume he's gay, one of them I just can't figure out (Eric from my last blog, the one that no one seems to know about lol), one of them already has a boyfriend, and that leaves this guy, Brandon. He's really cute and he's ALWAYS smiling, which I just think is super-adorable. So yeah we've been flirting back and forth the last several times we've worked together. It's really fun I think I might ask him out soon(ish). We just need to have at least one more really good, fairly long, conversation first. Which is tough because in the past we haven't been working in the same area, so really just the fact that we've talked AT ALL is a good sign, but hopefully soon he'll be my partner. HAHA okay, so that sounds way different than I mean it. See they call the person that works in the same section as you your "partner", and of course you get more time to talk to your actual partner. LOL so hopefully he'll be my partner . Anyway I feel really good about this. So after I was done with my shift I decided I'd actually eat an employee meal (my first time). We get 50% off which is a really nice deal, but I've been trying to eat healthy. I figured I might as well splurge though so I got my favourite (from when I used to come in as a customer at the ones in Lafayette and Baton Rouge), the stuffed chicken Marsala with the Tuscana soup and a slice of black tie mousse cake for desert! YUM! It was awesome! Now normally a bunch of servers are all eating around the same time because general several people decide to eat after their shifts, but unfortunately tonight everyone that got off just went straight home. However, on the bright side my favourite manager, not the one I mentioned earlier a diferent one (yeah it's really kinda confusing), decided to keep my company while I ate, so we had a nice chat. I must say I got quite a surprise though! I always thought he was gay (it seriously seems like there's about a 50-50 gay/straight split there), but we were chatting and I was talking about how I wanted to go to the university of Houston next fall for grad. school and he said "oh yeah, my girlfriend is getting her master's there". Of course I was totally stunned and my first thought was "Whoa! You mean you're straight?! ", but fortunately I didn't say that and instead came up with the fairly generic "how does she like it there?". Also, I never realized how useful it was to be eating when someone gives you surprising news! If your mouth drops open all you have to do is stick some food in it and they're none the wiser! Anyway I guess I'd better stop flirting with him! Okay so then I left work, and went to Blockbuster to return a couple of movies. I'd rented the latest Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith, which was, IMO, by far the best of the new movies. I'd seen it in theaters and been wanting to see it again. It made me sad though, and I usually like it when movies make me sad, but this was more of a bad, unfulfilled kinda sad, but anyway I still enjoyed the movie. I also rented "Another Gay Movie", which oh my gosh you guys totally need to see! It was SOOOO funny. It's basically a gay parody of "American Pie", with some parodying of "Trick" and "Broken Hearts Club", it was just so outrageous, and fun. It was also really raunchy, and the guys in it are really hot so yeah that was fun too Anyway, while I was there I thought "hey, I think I'll get one of those monthly membership thingies where you can rent an unlimited amount of movies". So I did. I was really upfront with the guy too; I told him I basically just wanted to watch as many movies as I could in a month and then not continue the membership . Anyway he suggested I do the online membership because they were having a free month's trial , I also got the in store membership too though, because you have to wait for the other movies to come in the mail and I felt bad not paying for ANYTHING, plus I'd only have been able to get one movie tonight with JUST the online membership (because they want you to get them by mail), but by getting the in store membership too I was able to get 3 (one from the online thing and 2 from the in store thing). Anyway it's really nifty because there's no time limit on any of the stuff, but you can't get more movies till you return the old ones. So anyway I WANTED to get "Love Actually", because a bunch of people have been telling me how good it is, but it was already checked out (it was last time too , but blah if anything I'll order from online ). So anyway I ended up getting "Imagine Me & You" which is a movie about a woman who falls in love with this other woman on her wedding day (I told you I love lesbians so I'm sure I"ll enjoy this), I also got "John Tucker Must Die" because I remember seeing the previews and thinking it'd be funny, and lastly I checked out the first three episodes of "Queer As Folk". I've never seen a single episode, in fact the extent of my experience with the show is the time someone from here (and darnit I can't remember who , sorry) put that link to the Lifehouse song "Everything" that was played to a video of clips from the show. Anyway everyone says it's really good, and I figure it's a semi-important part of modern gay culture so I guess I should see what it's all about. OHH GRRRRR, I just realized that it turns out instead of getting the first three episodes OF SEASON ONE, I accidently got the first three episodes of season four . And I HATE watching stuff out of order.....GRRR, now I'm tempted to just not watch it and take it back and get the right season tomorrow, after all I have the other two movies and this didn't really cost me anything anyway since I have that membership thingy. I guess I'll watch the other two first and see if I still feel like staying up and watching QAF. One really cool thing is that since this Blockbuster is located right in the middle of Houston's gay center it's got a large selection of gay and lesbian movies. I'm enjoying getting up to speed on our culture's film and TV past/present. So tomorrow's my day off! YAY! I'm kinda thinking I may go get my hair done. I'm tempted to get it cut fairly short (for me), and dyed red. I wanted to wait and do that for Valentine's day like I did last year, but I don't think I'm going to be able to hold out that long. Anyway, I know I was probably overly bubbly and irritating in this blog post, so 5,000 bonus points to anyone who got all the way through it Have an awesome day all! Kevin

Err, I guess I'll go with the horrible stabbing pain. On the flip side: A few moments of intense happiness/excitement/pleasure or a whole day of pleasant contentment

I too have often contemplated this. A few people on here have my address and/or phone number; I suppose they would eventually be able to find out and let everyone else know. It is rather morbid I suppose, but I guess you never know what tomorrow will hold.

One morning I shoot a moose in my pants...and how he got in them I'll never know

WOOO HOOO! Happy Birthday, Grant! I hope your day is filled with joy and happiness! Take care Kevin

No, I don't. I like company though...I guess if it was a lot longer than expected it might not be as fun though. The person below me has no more clean spoons

Hey Viv! Yay for days off! They rock! Birthday! Davey, did you go and have a birthday without telling me?! well I hope it was an awesome one! Awww, my pleasure, Viv Thank YOU for getting the info to me Take care and have a really awesome week! Kevin

Cuddle Grapes or raisins

I had a friend who worked on an oil rig. I'll ask him if he ever watched Friends whilest at work. Hmm well I remember being amused by the instructions on a pack of Moist Towelettes once on a fieldtrip when I was a kid. It was 1) open package 2) clean hands 3) discard towelette....just seems like people woulda worked out that process on their own. I also remember the time a few years back when I was at work and I opened something to discover one of those foil liners on top. Without thinking I blurted out "you know I thought this was going to be sealed for my protection, but it turns out it's sealed for freshness". My coworkers got a kick out of that

I've been asking this same question since I was a small child! It's just frickin practical! Despite always thinking it was a good idea it's only recently (the last month in fact) that I finally broke down and got one of those trendy, metro (well I guess in my case it is just "gay") bags for guys. Probably because like Matt pointed out while you're still in college (or before) you can get by with just carrying a backpack. Now that I'm not in school I just got desperate! LOL since everyone else is listing their contents here's my unique list of "must haves": -Hand lotion -SPF 30/moiturizing lotion -Blistex -Concealer (no wisecracks! I hardly ever use it but it's good to have for "emergencies") -A hairbrush -A Comb -A mirror -Hand Sanitizer -Napkins -Gloves with a matching -Wool beanie hat thing (well it is winter and I hate to be cold, at least I don't carry the scarf around too ) -3 bottles of water (major must have) -My keys* -My cell phone* -Pens and -A little pad of paper -The latest issue of Reader's Digest -Random Mail -My checkbook* And since Jack brought it up -Condoms -Lube *denotes items that are only in the bag when I'm actually carrying the bag which isn't always. For example if I'm literally just running to the store or something. Having read this though I think I might add: -Scissors -A toothbrush -Toothpaste -Fingernail trimmers -A deck of cards -Body Spray and/or Cologne -A pocket pack of kleenex Maybe it's just a really big bag This happened to me once! The ripping my pants and having my butt hanging out part that is. Unfortunately I did not have the safety pins. *sigh* I guess that's what I get for always wearing tight pants and moving around rambunctiously. LOL, I must say I'm surprised at the sheer volume of posters in this thread that carry around the screwdriver! LOL It wouldn't have even occurred to me and now I'm thinking I might need one in there too Have an awesome, accessory-filled day everyone Kevin

Disney Dogs or Cats

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

That's very unlikely since I don't particularly like traditional Thanksgiving food. I don't eat much meat anyway and when I do I prefer chicken or fish not turkey. I actually dislike yams, cranberry sauce, AND stuffing which is all very unusual since generally there's very few foods I actually dislike. While I generally love potatoes any way I can get them, mashed w/ gravy is about my least favourite form. On the desert side pumpkin, apple, or cherry pie tends to be the most traditonal and frankly to me if it isn't chocolate it isn't dessert. So actually far from stuffing myself on Thanksgiving I've always just prayed there'd be a decent salad and maybe some corn or a rice dressing of some sort for me to pick at so I don't go hungry The person below me has read this and thinks I'm crazy now

surfing Red or Green

Hey Alex aww thanks HAHAHA! Well I suppose it depends on what sort of a Christian he is

awww sorry I'm a bit late on this, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope your day was filled with good things! May your year be awesome and your future always bright Take care! Kevin