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Hey Shadows! Aww thanks Yep I agree with you

Hey Kitty! Aww Thanks That's sweet to say, and might I add that I've always found you particularly insightful and caring too . Thanks, that's definitely a great idea! I'm really considering it too, I just need to try to talk to one of the couselors again to iron out all the details (well I guess I could research it myself but this'll be easier )

So I was watching music videos at Launch.com when this video called "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada came on. Basically it's about this guy who works in a library and his girlfriend comes in and starts dancing on the furniture, messing around with the card catalog, and all around creating pandemonium while professing her love for him. The guy is bewildered and attempts to calm her down and clean up the mess she's making. So I got to thinking, "how would I react in his situation"? I mean if my S.O. started doing that, I'd like to think I'm the kinda person who would grin and hop up on the table too, but on the other hand I also realize that there's a practical side of me that might be thinking, "Oh my gosh, you're going to get me fired!", or "you're making a big mess and your feet are dirty!". I dunno in the end I guess it would depend on how much I loved my boyfriend and how much I loved my job (and obviously there's a problem if I love my job more ) So anyway how would YOU react? If you want you can watch the video at Launch.com, all you need is a (free) yahoo ID. Besides it's a really nifty site anyway Take care all and have a great day! Kevin

This is a very natural reaction when confronted with cake

Yeah it does! I dunno, I kinda feel like talking/writing about your experiences gives them an extra meaning. Especially writing about them, because then you can look back a year or so in the future and see "where you were". Anyway have a great day! Kevin

LOL I skip school...well more than I should! But it's definitely nice to just sleep in sometimes! In fact I fully intend to not go to my 8:30 class tomorrow, I'll be lucky to make the 12:30 I really enjoyed your first chapter and I'm looking forward to the next. Um silly question, this "day of Silence" thing...oh my gosh I'm going to get my "gay papers" revoked for even asking this, is it like some sort of national day where gay people (or supporters) just don't speak? That's what I always thought it was, but I've never had any exposure to it. I know I couldn't do it though! Goodness I couldn't even go a day without talking to MYSELF, I know I couldn't not talk to anyone else. Anyway take care and have a great day! Kevin

Hey Nick! Maybe: Just A Song Before I go Crosby Stills & Nash Lyrics Just a song before I go, To whom it may concern. Travelling twice the speed of sound It's easy to get burned. When the shows were over We had to get back home, And when we opened up the door I had to be alone. She helped me with my suitcase, She stands before my eyes Driving me to the airport, And to the friendly skies. Going through security I held her for so long. She finally looked at me in love, And she was gone. Just a song before I go, A lesson to be learned. Travelling twice the speed of sound It's easy to get burned. And: ONE HUNDRED WAYS Quincy Jones with James Ingram Compliment what she does Send her roses just because If it's violins she loves let them play Dedicate her fav'rite song and hold Her closer all night long Lover her today Find one hundred ways Don't forget there could be An old lover in her memory If you need her so much more Why don't you say Maybe she has it in her mind That she's just wasting her time Ask her to stay Find one hundred ways Bein' cool won't help you keep a love warm You'll just blow your chance Take the time to open up your heart That's the secret of romance Sacrifice if you care Buy her some moonlight to wear If there's one more star she wants Go all the way In your arms tonight She'll reflect that she owes you The sweetest of debts if she wants to pay Find one hundred ways In your arms tonight She'll reflect that she owes you The sweetest of debts if she wants to pay Find one hundred ways Ya gotta believe it whoa Love her today find one hundred ways Anyway I hope that's right. I'm really sorry to hear you have a cold I do/did too actually. It was the weirdest thing, it started Sunday afternoon, I felt lousy Sunday night, AWFUL Monday morning/afternoon, felt better Monday night, stuffy but perky this morning (Tuesday morning), and now (Tuesday evening) I feel almost completely normal (healthwise that is, I would be concerned if I felt normal in general ). Anyway I really hope your cold is just as brief. Seriously dude, try to take it easy and get some rest. Stay home from work for sure, and from school if necessary, and get plenty of sleep and lots of liquids (non-alcholic, non-carbonated liquids ). Anyway Take care and I hope you feel better right away! Try to have an awesome week anyway Kevin

I really liked the first chapter of your story, Adam! I'm looking forward to reading the next.

Thanks Sparrow and Trebs!! That was the poem I was talking about And now I'm going to see if I can download the song lol. Have an awesome day and take care

Hey Luc, I agree with you, it's strange the way memories come back to us. I often find myself wondering how I got from memory A to memory B when there doesn't seem to be a natural progression. Anyway I'm really sorry you lost your guy . I hope you're doing well, take care and have a great day. Kevin

Ok so first off I'm really not depressed or anything, but I've been trying to remember the name of this poem that deals with suicide. I read it my Junior year of High School so I think it was in American Lit. It was all about this guy, and I think they kept using his name in the poem. It kept talking about how much everyone liked him and how successful he was etc. etc. then in the last line it went something like: and ____ went home and shot himself in the head today Also I think there may have been something about a hat Anyway I just really liked that poem and I've been trying to remember the name of it for a couple of years now (not continuously trying to remember obviously or I'd have gone around the bend by now ) So does anyone know what I'm talking about??

Hey David, I'm glad to hear that you've come to a decision and that you can relax a little now that you have. I hope everything goes well and I'm really looking forward to chapter 9 and the new short story. Take care and have a great day! Kevin

Hey Adam! I'm afraid I don't have time to read your story tonight because I have to study for a Latin test and then get to bed, but I definitely intend to read it soon and will leave you a comment. However, I did have a quick question. From reading your last blog entry I got the impression that you were going to come out to everyone who didn't know THROUGH the story? Is that right? Anyway take care and have a great day! Kevin

So I think I finally know what I wanna be when I grow up! A counselor/therapist. I was sitting in Church a little while ago (went to the 8pm mass) and my mind wandered a bit . And I suddenly realized I really should be a counselor of some kind. I mean it's basically what I was thinking all along, but I let myself get turned off by the research that would be necessary to get a PH.D in psychology (boo scientific research ). Then of course I started thinking I might worry too much about my patients and not be able to relax at home. But now that I really think about it, it is something I've always imagined myself doing and I think I'd be pretty good at it. Many people have told me "you're so easy to talk to", and one on one (or small group) conversations are pretty much my favourite way to spend a day. And I don't think I'm too bad at giving emotional support. Besides all those silly tests always indicate that as a good option for me. So I think I'll do it! Now I've just got the practicalities to sort out. Like shall I just become a regular counselor of some kind (and avoid the science junk ) or shall I become a psycologist (and just suck it up and deal with the science junk, which I'm sure I could do, it bores me to death and seems completely soulless, but I've always been pretty good at it)? If I just go with counselor I think that means I'll just have to go back and get my master's in counseling (but I'm not sure of the specific school/job situation, I'm gonna go back and talk to one of those COUNSELORS ). Of course the main thing is what's my focus going to be? I don't really think I want to deal with troubled kids...but maybe I do...I like kids and want to help the ones that are hurting...and school guidance counselor I could see. Marriage counselor might be fun. Maybe I could specifically counselor gay people? I think job counselor would be a little boring, but I could imagine it. I could see myself maybe working for some company as the counselor for their employees. I dunno, I need to work out the specifics, but at least I have somewhere to start now! I suppose I even owe some gratitude to that dreadful I.O psyc class I'm taking (Which is the most boring pysc class I've ever taken with the two exceptions of Statistics and Research Methods ). See one of the things I read in the book was all about how it was important to find a career which met your "growth need" requirements. Basically you had to feel like you were bettering yourself and what you're doing is fullfilling. Well lots of the jobs I thought of seemed viable and not unprofitable (yay! I made a fun litotes ), but I just didn't think I'd find them "worthwhile". Counseling I'd definitely feel good about . I still want to write though, but I guess that can go back to back burner dream status for now. Oh yeah, I've thought up this wonderful (I think) plot for a story, and I even ran over some dialogue I really like in my head...but I'll probably never actually sit down and write it . **Sigh** if I were half as disciplined as I am fanciful I could probably have written a novel by now. Anyway have an awesome day everyone and take care! ********* By the way I in no way mean to insult science or people who do it and enjoy it. I think it's extremely necessary and I have the utmost amount of respect for it. It's just a bad fit for me. I'm a relativist, I don't like concrete facts; I like abstract, theoretical ideas with ambiguous shades of gray. I don't need proof, I adhere to the philosophical principle that if I believe something (or perceive it) then from my POV it is true.

You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch. Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them. You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be. About what I would have expected, and I definitely do reject traditional gender roles and just want people to be themselves. I've wondered this myself. Not that I think they're trying to actively "fool" anyone, I just think some may go overboard (more than they'd naturally be) because that's how they think they're supposed to act. I don't have a problem with it if they're happy though, and I definitely don't mind the naturally effiminate. Hmmm, I think I'd go with "people change and may behave differently throughout their lives". I think he's kinda hot. Although when I watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith I was more into Angelina Jolie (but she's one of my all time favourite female celebrity crushes). But I'd definitely have been more into him in his "better days"; he was much cuter with longer hair and no facial hair...but then again that's typically my opinion about all guys (just typically though, and I don't like really long hair, to the shoulder is actually longer than I usually like)

I'm really glad Kurt made you post it here; I saw it in your blog but EVERYONE should get to see it . LOVED it thanks

Hey Kaiten! Ok so I feel like such an awful person about that lunch/shopping with Claire . I set my clock for the right time, then decided to hit snooze once before I got up...turns out I turned if off by mistake . I didn't wake up until she called at the time I was supposd to be there. Of course by then it was too late; I wasn't ready and it's a 3 hour drive. I would have been getting there right when she had to go to work . I felt awful, and she said it was okay and stuff, but she sounded disappointed to me . So we agreed to reschedule but it's going to be tough finding another day that works as well given the fact that we both have school and work and a 3 hour distance to contend with :wacko: . Anyway I did end up getting dressed up (in fairly snug clothes ) and going out to eat with my mom. We didn't catch a movie though, instead we dropped by a casino. Blah I lost 30 bucks, but she won over two-hundred On my two exams last week I did okay, and I feel sorta okay about the two I have tomorrow, and not ready for the one I have Thursday (but hey it's not till Thursday ). Good Luck on your upcoming exam too! Take care and have an awesome day! Kevin

LOL thanks you guys! I did end up wearing fairly tight pants and a small shirt

Hey Guys Congratulations! That's truly awesome that you two are engaged! I wish you both all the best for the future It was nice reading your blog and it will be missed, but of course you guys know what's best. Take care and be happy in all you do together Kevin

Well not to glamorize it and indeed I'm always pleased to hear about people who don't drink at all, but when you're drunk (if you're a happy sort of drunk) everything's funny, you're completely relaxed, and everyone's your best friend. But of course you can get yourself into quite a bit of trouble too, it's an extremely unhealthy way to handle your psychologlical/emotional distress, and getting drunk all the time definitely wreaks havoc on your body. Besides that if something's bothering you, or you're not a "happy drunk" you may indeed just end up making yourself (and everyone else) more miserable. I agree, Lucy! I know I'd be a nervous wreck and they would not hear the end of it if my kids stayed out all night without calling to tell me where they were and that they were okay. This is indeed interesting. Is it possible that this is because Dom doesn't like to write "perfect" main characters? I mean it would have been fascinating to see this story entirely through the lens of Nels having everything together and helping Milo deal with his stuff, like Seth and Jude did for Rory and Quinn. But Saint Seth and the Angel Jude or conspicuously absent from this story (unless perhaps Chad and Leanna count).

hmmm I don't watch horror movies anymore, but I used to quite like them. I didn't think that guy was particularly attractive or ugly. However, that stowaway, thief kid was really cute! And didn't it feel like they left a part of his story "unfinished"? Like they were making it seem like he'd come from Skull Island, but they never really elaborated on it. I stay up too late for laundry all the time I think Owen Wilson is SO HOT! His nose is definitely his worst feature, but other than that

In his blog he said that he'd switched the settings so that only logged in members (as opposed to guests) could read his blog. So unless he said that he wasn't going to blog anymore somewhere else, no I don't think so.

I just wanted to wish Redone a very happy birthday and an awesome year! All the best, Kevin

Happy Birthday Tim!