January 31, 2006

its so gay in here


Isn’t amazing how much these have blossomed in just a few days!

Ive learned something today. This afternoon, while walking The Loop, i discovered that the street lights in Chicago are indeed timed unlike all of my previous rants about this city have claimed. The thing is, they’re timed for pedestrians. I managed to walk 12 blocks without once having to wait at a stoplight. I’m not sure about the rest of the city, but my frustrations about The Loop at least have been solved. I’ll walk when i’m downtown from now on.

I had a fantastic dinner on Saturday night. What makes it fantastic? I asked me for another dinner. I’m as giddy as a little girl.

I’m off to watch a documentary on Gay sex in the 1970’s. I’d say I wish I was “of age” in the 1970’s to partake of such events, but then again, i’d be SO dead now if I was.

January 30, 2006

the view from here

I was sitting here watching my blubs blossom in the winter sunshine and thought i’d share my view with you, my wonderful tens of readers.

For those of you that asked (i.e. Moby) when I was due to arrive in San Francisco and didn’t click on the little link telling you the exact dates, I’ll be arriving on the night of Feb. 16th and returning to Chicago on Sunday the 19th. (Coffee Moby?)

I haven’t written about this, because its all such a new concept to me, but i think i may buy a house. I got to thinking the other day that it would be really nice to knock down a wall and have a living/dining room combination. Then i got to thinking that if i owned it, i could, as Grandpa Reagan said, “tear down that wall”. And one thing led to another and i’ve got an appointment with a Mortgage guy later this week.

I’m not getting my hopes up until after I meet with him. I have a rather checkered financial past.
I’ve said too much.

January 27, 2006


I’ve received an amazing level of response from my tens of readers and friends about my need for warmth and vacation away-ness.

The winner is San Francisco. The reasons are many.

  • My dentist is in San Francisco
  • My eye doctor / frames stylist is in San Francisco
  • The republican has fantastic taste in food / liquor
  • San Francisco is home to my favorite restaurant chain Pancho Villa
  • The republican offered to lend me her v12 Mercedes Benz Convertable to go to my dentist appointment
  • San Francisco has In-N-Outs all over the place

    • And the cherry on this sunday… The weekend i’m in San Francisco, is Kate Moss weekend. Not just one night a month. An entire weekend of Kate Moss fabulousness.

    Phoenix was a very close second. The v12, Jason, you can understand.

    In other news… wait, there is no other news. I’m going to California!

    January 26, 2006

    i’m taking a trip

    Yesterday, in a moment of desperation over the cold here in Chicago, I sent the following e-mail out to a few of my closest friends scattered about the country:

    Friends,
    I need to get the fuck out of Chicago for some sunshine for a few days in February. I’ve got a free ticket on southwest (WN for you Jason). Who wants me for a long weekend??

    The responses were great and the bargaining is still happening. Here’s what I heard back:

    From Married Well -

    Would love to see you, but I’m afraid the weather here (NYC) in Feb. won’t be much different than what you are experiencing at home.

    Hope to see you soon, though.

    From the Republican -

    Me, me, me….Pancho Villa and IN and Out are minutes away from my place!!!! (San Francisc0)

    From The Little Brown One -

    I have a 4 day weekend 2/17 to 2/20 and I live exactly 1.3 miles
    from In-n-Out :) (Los Angeles The Valley)

    From Jason -

    Sad to say that the new In-n-out is still 15 minutes away, a vast improvement over the 45 minute commute to the other one.

    However…

    We can walk across the park to Portlands and have a big juicy cheeseburger and fries served to order by the new beefy, somewhat bear-like bartender with the protruding cranial ridge.

    And do I have some sun for you. (Phoenix)

    and again from the Little Brown One -

    I have a big bottle of Vicodin and have learned how to make
    Cosmo’s…so basically, I don’t really care if you don’t come to
    LA, I won’t remember it

    So far Jason has the best offer. You all know how i love a bear-like bartender with a protruding cranial ridge… I’ll let you know how this progresses.

    January 25, 2006

    i lost my train of thought… what was i doing? oh yeah, i was shaking my groove thing. no, that’s the song… damn the coffee. screw it… shake your groove thing yeah yeah

    I’ve had too much Coffee this morning. I’m all a jitter or is that a-twitter? At anyrate, i’m hoping to be very efficient today, ADHD be damned!

    January 23, 2006

    after i watched the same move, i went out for a nicotine patch

    January 20, 2006

    a quote from Tom, made when describing a certain movie that seemed to focus on chain-smoking mechanics…

    “They smoked so much I was afraid I’d get cancer just from watching it!”