Phantom

Y'all can bite me I happen to like my hat (I just put my rainbow bandana around it for the AIDS walk) it fits me

Yup, I agree with James... you'll get more hugs and advice then judgements. One thing we all try to do is offer the best advice we can for a situation whether in a post on the forums or in a blog so don't worry about us judging you Eric

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYR!!!!!!!!!! Hope it's as grand as everything you do for us here

It's a church in Washington Hights NYC.... not sure of the name though :wacko:

Here's one of me yesterday during the AIDS walk... If I remember right, this was about half way

Well this weekend is gonna be super busy for me... I'm gonna be working all day tomorrow (7am - 1am) so I can get Sunday off where I'll be participating in two things... The AIDS walk Sunday morning and the Gay Marriage Rally Sunday Afternoon. I didn't raise money this year for the AIDS walk, but I'll still be doing it in support of my friends and everyone one else. After that we'll be going over to the Marriage=Equality rally to show our support for New York to allow gay marriage (last I heard it's now in the senate waiting a vote). If your in the area, try to come by! ACTION=EQUALITY Rally for marriage equality! When: Sunday May 17th, 5pm-7pm Where: 6th Avenue at 45th Street NYC So... wish me luck and I'll try to take pictures Eric

Oh btw - this is the rally i'll be attending on sunday after AIDS walk... ACTION=EQUALITY Rally for marriage equality! When: Sunday May 17th, 5pm-7pm Where: 6th Avenue at 45th Street NYC if your in the area come on by

This Sunday is gonna be fun. I'm doing the AIDS walk with some of my friends (and the bf too). We also found out that shortly after there's gonna be a rally to support gay marriage in NY to pass so we're going to attend that as well... either way Sunday is gonna be extremely amazing since i'm gonna support two causes that I'm passionate about. Maybe I'll make it on TV

Happy Birthday!!! Thanks for all you've helped me with and hope it's a blast filled with nothing but fun and excitement

You look really nice with your hair short, it accents your face and eyes, so think of it like this, you're safe till it grows longer

You two are looking stronger then ever!

Well... let me say Hapy Birthday again! I'm glad your here and offering your experience and support to anyone who asks. Take Care! Eric

Life and Death, sounds like a philosophy question (now I realize I shouldn't have fallen asleep in that course ) To me, Death may be the end of physical life, but I also believe that it is the begining of a new existance. My religious beliefs are that I will continue to live on in heaven or hell and that's what gives me comfort in life. While I would love to live on (to many times has the darkness of depression enveloped me and almost shuffled me loose my mortal coil) and live life to the fullest, at the same time I would love my death to be somehting of meaning. To die for someone who needs it, to protect someone, something like that would be fine by me. Even if I was involved with an accident, I would love for my organs or something like that to be used to help others. To me, I want my life to have meaning and hopefully give hope to others, whether by helping them or giving them peace of mind and even in death I want the same thing, so I hope that one day it'll work both ways Eric

Happy Birthday!!!!!!! Hope it's a great one!

I moved back into my parents house today before heading back to work. We agreed that some things on both our sides need to change, and tomorrow we're going out to dinner to talk about them. My parents want to meet Matt and I think that it's a good thing. While I'm at home, I'm gonna start looking for a better job, various trainings for jobs, and hopefully get out of the hole I'm in now and move out. My parents agree with this because they want to see me happy, and that's the important thing. I've also taken a page from JSmith's book and while I'm not cutting meat out of my diet, I've cut out red meat for the past week or so and I feel better. While I occassionally get the whiff of a steak from a bbq, its not bad where I wanna break this diet, but it kinda sucks lol. Well... i'm off for now...

Well... does happy punch count (Purple Kool-Aid + Tequila + Everclear). According to the bar owner who gave it to me, he said its the best way to deal with drag queens. Needless to say, the tequila made the night more... fun Yea you avoid cliffs like I avoid tequila....

Just a little update... the kid who I helped ended up having three cracked ribs and a broken nose (found this out from the police officer who stayed with him till his parents got to the hospital). Also the guy who beat him up ratted out his friend and now they both are in a LOT of trouble. The kid also gave me a note saying thank you so much, that I will always be a hero and his guardian angel to him. So pretty much, he's doing a lot better and the police officer told me that i'm the talk of the cops in Red Bank on how I just did what no one would really think of doing. Honestly, I don't think I did anything speical. I saw someone who needed help and just helped. I'm glad he's ok, and that's good enough for me. So if you guys wanna thank me, just help someone in need like I did, that'll be more thanks to me then anything else. Eric

Because the kid that I held down was technically a minor (under the age of 18) and thus I could've been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor, assult and battery, and a few other charged (I cant remember right, I'm about to pass out from being so tired lol). So I was lucky and even if charges were pressed against me, the circumstances of the situation would've at the most let me have a plea bargain or at the least dismissed of all charges. But like I said, I didn't care, it was the right thing to do and the reason why I posted this was because I want all of you to do the same if something liek this happens. Help a fellow human being, its the best thing to do. Eric

The police officer who went with him to the hospital came back and said that the was doing better now that he's getting treatment. Because he was under the age of 18 (a minor) I couldn't get any information to contact the kid because of confidentality reasons, which is understandable, but i'm just glad that he's doing ok now.

NOTE: This is a true story that I felt I had to share. While I know the names of the guys, in order to protect there identites I'm going to be vauge on the names. I'll lessen the violence and the graphic nature of it, but you may be offended by it. Don't say I didn't warn you! I was sitting at work today (got here a little early... around 12) when I heard a large comotion outside on the street, so me being nosy went to go investigate it and I found two larger guys beating up on a smaller guy. What got me going was what they were shouting... "FAG!" "HOMO!" "COCKSUCKER" All the while punching him and kicking him. I ran over to break it up when one of the guys threw the kid down to the ground. When he went down I yelled to them to break it up now. They paused to look at me and the one kid took off, while the other stayed there and kept beating the victim up. The victim was on the sidewalk curled up in a fetal position holding his head with his arms and the bully didn't let up till I pried him off using a technique that they teach lifeguards to get people off of others. I got behind him and wrapped my one arm around him while I grabbed his wrist and applied a little pressure. I held the kid back while he kept trying to go after the victim. I yelled for the victim to run into the garage and into the booth and use the phone to call the police and lock himself in the booth. Meanwhile Mary here's me yelling and comes out to see what's going on. I yell for her to grab the victim and take him into the booth and call the police. A few minutes later while i'm still holding the kid who's struggling to get away, the police come and break me and him up. They grab me and the kid and I explain to the officers what happened and while they didn't believe me at first, the victim comes out of the booth with Mary right behind him watching him like a mother lion protecting her cub. The police take my statement and the victims and thats when it hit me, how I was gonna sink the bully's case of he started it. I explained to the officers that the kid needs to be charged with a Hate Crime becuase of assulting someone for their sexual identity, whether or not the kid knew it. I reinforced the point with explaining what the bully was yelling and also went to support the kid. The police look at me and I just give them a I'm not gonna mess around with this and moments later, I see the police slap the cuffs on the kid. When I ask what's going on, they explain that they ran his ID and found taht he's on probation and that he violated it by fighting and commiting a felony (hate crime). So the bully's led away and I stick with the victim who's still in shock and I noticed that he's bleeding profusley from his nose. I run inside the booth where we have a first aid kit and grab some gause and gloves and put them on, and hold the gause under the kids nose and tilt his head foreward. An ambulance arrives and takes the victim away, but i'm not gonna forget what he did before they loaded him on the strecher. He looked at me and gave me a huge hug, and said that I was his guardian angel. When he left, the officer told me that I was lucky that I could've been charged with various offenses and I told him I know, but that helping someone who needed it was worth any penalty that I would be charged with, and I explained to him that I was willing to go through with it. The officer looked at me and smiled and patted me on the shoulder saying that he wasn't going to because I helped the kid and that was enough for him (Thank GOD for honest cops!) and because my shirt is covered in blood, he gave me a shirt to wear and told me that I could keep it (it has the Red Bank PD logo on it ) So, I helped defend a kid and was called a guaridan angel today, and I now have mary telling me that this is my passion, to help kids and this proved it.

*pokes his head into the room and cautiously takes a seat* Great job CJ! I finally had the chance to catch up on all of the chapters I missed on cus I was to busy Btw - Can you do me a favor and let me know the next time your gonna leave your cliffside hovel? I might be moving soon and seeing how you attract natural/man-made disasters, I rather be safe and stay at least 1,000km from you Eric

I told my sister what was going on and she sent be back a message saying that mom's in a corner right now cus she knows that shes in the worng... and she also sent me a little phrase that's echoing in my mind: Every journey starts with a small step

Well... things are on the up and up with me and Matt. We've talked about what happened and why it did, and while he knows i'm still disapointed in him and the situation, we're taking steps to prevent it from happening. My friend and I also talked about what happened and while he says he's sorry, he knows that im dispointed in him, then Monday happens. Monday I invite matt over and let him in while I get ready for us to go out. We start watching TV and my mom calls me on my cell and tells me to come outside with a book for her. I do and she starts yelling at me to get *him* out of there, that she doesn't what *his type* of people in her house. That if I want him to come over, then she's gonna leave, and a whole slew of shit. I just look at her and my rage is growing BIG time, but I keep it under control. She leaves saying that he better be out, that she's gonna come by with my dad and check soon because she called him. I head inside and grab some essentials, like clothes, wallet, etc and head out with Matt, leaving my house key on the table. A few minutes after we leave, my dad calls me asking why I left my key home and I told him that as long as my boyfriend isn't welcome, then i'm not as well. He says that I should come back and talk about it and I told him no, that I'm tired of talking and not getting anything resolved, but that friday we're gonna have a family counseling session with my psychologist and go from there. Yesterday they show up at my job and say they wanna talk (my mom dad and sister) and I go okay and let them in. The conversation starts out nice and friendly, how they want me home, they miss me, and such and then I said I'll come home for now provided mom appologises to me for insulting my boyfriend, which then starts an argument between me and mom, and it escalates into a shouting match until I tell her to leave now. Dad tells mom to go into the car and turns to me saying to call him and such, that if I wanna talk with just him, he's okay with that. My sister gives me a hug saying that she's on my side and that she's been arguing with my mom the entire time i've been gone. Now it comes to today. I put an application in for a job at different places and also began the process to request assistance from the governemnt for housing, disability and the like. Though to do this I need my ss card, birth certificate and the like. So I go home thinking that my sister is home when BAM, my mom's home. I knock on the door and tell mom that I need to grab some stuff from my room to which she replies that i'm only allowed to my room and the bathroom (to grab my razor and toothbrush). I go to my room where she's watching me like a hawk and I activate a little program on my computer to back everything up to an encrypted external drive, and to erase everything on my computer (local drives, etc) and lock it with a password that only I know so that it's useless for them (tech geek is what I am). I grab my stuff and head out, with mom watching over me the entire time, hands on her hips and shooting me nasty looks. I left and headed back to my friends house where I'm staying for now, away from my parents and the drama. Oh, I just got an email from my mom saying how disapointed she is in me for doing this, that i'm being selfish and not thinking of others. Guess I am selfish for wanting to finally be happy, and if it takes being out on my own, then I'm gonna be selfish like that. Eri

Hmmm... send me your address so I can stalk you.... errr... send you socks I mean Life gets tough, but your a great person with a great heart. If you ever need something, let us know and we'll help. I'm sure the Domaholics will unite for you

Too late James http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015007057