Me...Over Time

I got this meme (I still have yet to find out what "meme" means...) from Brad. I thought it was cool, so here we go:

20 years ago

1.) How old were you? 6
2.) Where did you go to school? Lanier Elementary
3.) Where did you work? I didn't.
4.) Where did you live? With my mom and sis in a house up the street from where I just moved into.
5.) Where did you hang out? Either at my house or my best friend's house.
6.) Did you wear glasses? No
7.) Who was your best friend? Ryan
8.) How many tattoos did you have? None.
9.) How many piercings did you have? None.
10.) What car did you drive? I didn't.
11.) Had you been to a real party? No.
12.) Had your heart broken? No.
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced: 6 years old, DEFINITELY single!

10 years ago

1.) How old were you? 16
2.) Where did you go to school? North Hall High
3.) Where did you work? Dockers Outlet Store (you know, the khaki's)
4.) Where did you live? Same
5.) Where did you hang out? with friends
6.) Did you wear glasses? No.
7.) Who was your best friend? Matt
8.) How many tattoos did you have? None.
9.) How many piercings did you have? None.
10.) What car did you drive? A gray 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra
11.) Had you been to a real party? Not really, I was a "goodie goodie" in high school
12.) Had your heart broken? No.
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced: Single.

5 years ago

1.) How old were you? 21
2.) Where did you go to school? UGA - Go Dawgs!
3.) Where did you work? GAP
4.) Where did you live? In my first apartment - University Commons
5.) Where did you hang out? Downtown Athens, bars (both gay and straight), with friends at their apts/dorms.
6.) Did you wear glasses? No.
7.) Who were your best friends? Jennifer, Anna, Stevie, Morgan.
8.) Who was your crush? my bf.
9.) How many tattoos did you have? None
10.) How many piercings did you have? Two - tongue and top of left ear
11.) What car did you drive? I had a 2000 Silver Nissan Frontier Desert Runner
12.) Had you had your heart broken? Not yet...
13.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter: Taken.
14.) Any kids? Nope.

Present

1.) How old are you? 26, almost 27
2.) Where do you go to school? I graduated from UGA
3.) Where do you work? For an IT company
4.) Where do you live? In a house in the neighborhood I grew up in.
5.) Where do you hang out? Home, gay bars, with the fam.
6.) Do you wear glasses? No - but I'm starting to need to...
7.) Who are your best friends? I can't say that I really have one...
8.) Who is your crush? Steve Sandvoss (the mormon on Latter Days)
9.) Do you talk to your old friends? Not really.
10.) How many tattoo's do have? 1.
11.) How many piercings do you have? 1 - the previous 2 out, a new one;)
12.) What kind of car do you have? '96 Black Volvo Wagon - great car...and it's PAID for!!!
13.) Has your heart been broken? Yup.
14.) Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter? Single.
15.) Any kids? a 9 month old Golden Retriever, Bailey.

'Tis interesting to think back like this...

I Scream

So, I have my own show, The Colbert Report. Now, I have my very own ice cream:) Please please, no autographs.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070214/ap_en_tv/people_stephen_colbert

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Happy Freakin' Valentine's Day

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Going Ons

I, being the friend that is always the "early one," had about 30 minutes to kill before meeting friends out for drinks last Friday (I know, I'm a freak...). Knowing that there is a Pier1 near the bar, I decided to stop and browse for a bit. I mean, they were having a sale for goodness sakes, so I just had to! While I was browsing, an older man walked by me and grunted, "Mmm!" not so casually under his breath. Ok, one - do you think you said that in a way that I couldn't hear you?! Two - Do you think that is a good come on?! Three - Am I gonna respond to that? NO! Come on, man. When is a grunt an appropriate form of communication?

I'm convinced. All the guys that I've met lately that I think are hot/cute are coupled. This past weekend was no different. I'm cursed.

I know that I'm a little slow to get on the bandwagon, but DVR is the best thing since sliced bread.

My brother-in-law and I both have birthdays in March. He's turning 30, so my sis wants to throw him a surprise birthday party. She's throwing this party before MY birthday! Mine is on the 7th and his is on the 31st. He'll definitely be surprised!

Best comment I've heard about the whole Anna Nicole Smith saga: Her life was crazy when she was alive, even crazier now that she's dead.

AIM question from a friend: "If you had a myspace account and moved someone lower on your friends list would you be upset? Basically I moved J from 3 to 4 and he was like why did you move me...are you upset?" This, my friends, is what I call needless, gay drama. Lord!

I've spent 25 out of 26 Valentine's Days single. Wow.

Favorite CD's at the moment: Katherine McPhee and Mat Kearney. I can't get enough of this dude. He rocks! I've got tickets to his concert when he comes to Atlanta in April:)

Within the past 3 weeks, I've bought a Volvo Wagon and a house. Yes folks, I'm officially old. But I'm happy:) More on this later...

I don't get it...

What's up with Fergie and spelling? She always spells things out in her songs. Is she trying to teach the world how to spell? Did we forget? I don't get it...

TGIF

Since I don't really have much to blog about right now, I'll post another joke.

What did the gay sperm say to the other gay sperm?
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How are we suppose to find this egg in all this $#!T ?

Joke of the Day

How to get a flat tummy:

A little boy walks into his parents' room to see his mom on top of his dad bouncing up and down. The mom sees her son and quickly dismounts, worried about what her son has seen. She dresses quickly and goes to find him. The son sees his mom and asks, "What were you and dad doing?" The mother replies, "Well, you know your dad has a big tummy and sometimes I have to get on top of it and help flatten it." "Your wasting your time," said the boy. "Why is that?" the mom asked puzzled. "Well, when you go shopping, the lady next door comes over and gets on her knees and blows it right back up."

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Scenes From a Gay Bar

I don't care how many times I see it, I just can't get used to it. A woman isn't supposed to pee standing up. I don't care if you're a drag queen. Sit to pee, please.

Another bathroom first: I saw a girl pee in a urinal. No lie.

Drag show + straight guy in gay bar = trouble. This one bar in Atlanta is known for it's camp drag, and the main drag queen is very well known. So, on Saturday night, she asked the crowd if there were any straight guys in the house. There happened to be 2 groups of people who had 1 straight guy in each group. Let the fun begin. She called them both up to the front and proceeded to ask them questions. And yes, she asked if either one of them had kissed another guy. Both replied with a definite "NO." Well, well, well... She then asked the crowd if they wanted to see 2 totally straight guys kiss. Um...needless to say, the whole bar cheered in approval. And before you knew it, all you could see in the crowd were gay men with their camera phones out. It was so hilarious. Despite her great effort, the 2 guys didn't go through with it.

Why is it that I can't seem to like a guy who is totally into me? I'd met this guy about 6 months ago and he started flirting from the get-go. I'm a nice guy. If you talk to me, I'm gonna talk back. Well, he took this to mean that I was interested, too. Um...nope. Sorry. So, after that night, I just didn't return any of his text messages in hopes that he would get the hint. It worked. Rewind to last night. Who do I see? Yup. Once again, he starts to flirt hardcore. Maybe I shouldn't have let him buy me a drink or 2, huh? I mean, if a guy wants to buy me a drink, I'm not going to deny him that pleasure. I mean, that would just be rude. LOL.

My 2 friends and I had a little game going last night. We each had to find a guy that we thought was cute, that we didn't know, and talk to them for at least 5 minutes. Both S1 and S2 accomplished their task. By the time I found someone and mustered up the courage (or at least had enough alcohol), he had already left. And since the bars close at midnight on Sundays, I ran out of time. Oh well.

A Gym Rant

(Preface to the below rant: I'm a more than regular gym goer (some call me obsessed, but I digress), so I exercise proper gym ettiquette. If there is one thing that I hate, it's the lack of gym ettiquette!)

This took place yesterday after work. Along with going to an already crowded, popular gym, the New Year's Resolution folks have envaded. I give it about 1 more month, but who knows...maybe it'll stick for some people this year? **chuckles** Anyway, I had just finished running 30 minutes on the treadmill (the max time allowed when people are waiting) and wiped it down with paper towels and cleaner. I motioned over to the woman who was next and left to go get water. After I got some water, I stopped to talk to an gym aquaintance. As we were walking away from the water fountain, the woman who got my treadmill came up and rudely said, "if you're going to run that much and sweat, you really should wipe it down when you're done!" I looked puzzled and said, "I did..." To which she sarcastically replied, "with what, that towel in your hand..." "No...paper towels..." She was still giving me a dirty look, so I went to the treadmill with her following. I tapped the girl that had been running beside me and asked her if she had seen me wipe it down. She shrugged at first and then said, "oh...oh, yeah...you did!" I looked at the rude woman and said, "thank you!" and walked off. As I was walking off, I heard her say, "oh, I didnt' see you, I'm sorry..."

What the F ever, biatch! If you are going to be out right rude, at least make sure that you are freakin' RIGHT! GEEZ!

Part of a IM Convo Today

Me: I've been biatch-y lately, huh?
Me: lol
B: YES
Me: whoa!
Me: don't answer too quickly now
Me: lol
Me: hey, at least I'm admitting it
B: is it your time of the month?
Me: and fessing up
Me: who knows
Me: I've just been crazy busy
Me: hey, i think saying yes was very mild

At least I admitted it, right?

A Song Can Take You Back

When I'm at work, I usually set my iPod on shuffle and let her go. Well, a song came on today that I hadn't heard in forever. It took me back to the Spring of '01...

I was a Junior in college and just started going out with my first boyfriend. I had met him through a mutual friend and we started to gradually hang out more. In between classes, we would meet each other downtown for lunch. It was just turning warm outside, so we would eat lunch in the warm weather and hang out. Once we started going out, he was either over at my apartment or I was over at his dorm. He didn't have a roommate, so he had the room all to himself. It really was like what see in the movies. We would skip class just to spend more time together. If we did go to class, we would meet up afterwards. Since finals were approaching, we would go to coffee shops and study together. Etc.

When we first started going out, he put his favorite cd in while we layed in bed. Halfway through the cd, I heard a song that I really liked. He put it on repeat and it just became "our" song. *This* is the song that played today. Isn't it funny how powerful a song can be? How it can bring back so many memories and emotions? I don't really think about C, but I did today. Listening to that song put me right back in that period of my life. It brought back feelings and memories that I haven't thought about in quite some time.

I hope C is doing well.

Snip-its of 2007, thus far

My New Year's Resolution: not to make a New Year's Resolution

I saw a guy at the gym this morning with a pink iPod Nano...'twas funny.

I am still picking up flecks of confetti from my closet carpet from New Year's Eve!

There's a guy that I met out one night. We've hung out a couple of times since. I don't think it's going to go anywhere. He has big gums and smokes. Does this make me shallow? Too picky? Oh, well...I can't help it.

There's this guy in my spin class that I think is cute. Not hot hot, just cute. I've never gotten up the nerve to talk to him. Well, for one, he and this other guy were ALWAYS together. Now they're not. Did they break up? (I hope so) Anyway, I was changing after spin class one day and he was in the same section of the locker room as I was. I just couldn't bring myself to change in front of him. Silly, I know, but. The locker room was really crowded, so I just sucked it up and dropped 'em. Was he looking?

Ever since I told one of my friends that my mom asked if we were dating, he won't let it go. He's a guy I would never date. Actually, I love all my friends to death, but I wouldn't date 99% of them. Odd? I dunno. Anyway, it was funny at first, but now it's just getting old. Stop it already!

Holiday Weekend

ate too much
played with the kids
went to church twice on Sunday
ate too much
watched movies
...but fell asleep during most of them
actually ran over the holiday
stayed up late
ate too much
last minute shopping
text messages galore
helped cook Christmas eve and Christmas dinners

oh, and did I mention that I ate too much?

priceless moment #1: when my niece and nephew ran up to me, gave me a big bear hug, and said, "uncle, this is just what I wanted for Christmas!!!"

priceless moment #2: when we were waiting for the kids to get on stage to perform "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and my niece couldn't stop smiling and waiving at me.

priceless moment #3 - .....: everytime they said, "I love you, Uncle!" My niece just comes up behind me, hugs my legs with all her might, and says, "I love my uncle!" My nephew runs full force into your arms and gives you a big kiss and hug and says, "love you!"

4 gay men on a Sunday afternoon

One of my friends had the Victoria Secret Fashion Show on his TiVo, so a group of us watched it. Leave it to 4 gay men to say things like:

"She's cute."
"She's sooo skinny!"
"Are her eyes real?!?"
"Those shoes look sooo uncomfortable!"
"I'll bet she's like a size 0..."
"Can you really buy all this stuff?"
"She pulled that off really well!"
"Gawd...I bet that diamond bra was heavy!"
"Is that a key hole on her panties? That is SOOO cute!"
"She's chunky compared to the rest of them. She's probably like a size 2."
"She's really not that pretty...makeup does wonders!".
"I bet they would get more people to watch if they had hot guys on here..."

How ironic can you get? 4 gay men sitting around watching hot models walking around in underwear...and no one was in the slightest bit turned on. This is just funny stuff, people.

New Music

2 words: Mat Kearney

I bought his new CD and I can't get enough of it. I play it non stop. While I run, workout, at work, at home...NON STOP! If you haven't heard his stuff, go to his site and check him out! And, it doesn't hurt that he's cute, too. ;)

Makes ya think

Here’s a quote from The Most Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green:

Punch: “I realized tonight that I’m sooo not over you. Some guy told me it would take a couple of months…”
Ethan: “He was lying. The truth is that you never get over people. You’re life goes on, but there’s always a part of you that still loves them…and yearns for them…wishes you got it right the first time…”

This quote struck me in a funny way. On one hand, it’s sooo true…but on the other hand, I hate to think that it’s really true. Do you really never get over people? Will you always love them…yearn for them…wish you got it right the first time with them?

As much as I hate to admit it…I think it IS true…

Validation

Late night call from my friend Matt last night:

Matt: Hey, you'll never guess who I just got finished hanging out with...
Me: Oh lord...who?
Matt: Well, I went to Burkhart's with a friend and saw Justin and...Chris there.
Me: Oh lord...
Matt: No, it was good. Chris told me that he's done with drugs and that he's trying to clean up his life up. When we left, he gave me a hug and said, "I'm really sorry for how I treated you toward the end...I hope you're not bitter because of it..." 1GAR, I never thought I'd hear him say those words...
Me: Wow...I can't either. That was very big of him. It takes a lot to be able to say that...
Matt: (voice a little shaky)...yeah...it meant a lot. I mean, I'm totally over him, but it's just nice to finally hear him say that.
Me: Yeah, it's good to get that validation...

You could tell that it really meant a lot to Matt to hear Chris say that. He got the "validation" that he's been looking for since their relationship ended almost 2 years ago. Most of us never get that validation, hince why people become bitter and jaded. I laid in my bed feeling happy for him. I know how much Chris messed up his life.

If only we could all get our validation...

Just 1 more mile...

Anyone who knows me knows that I love to run. Seriously. I've been running since I was in 8th grade, so it's just second nature to me. It's something that has always been the "rock" in my life. No matter what mood I'm in or what's going on in my life, I always feel better after a good run. Well, this past Thanksgiving morning was my 2nd marathon. Here are the results:

3 hrs 16 min 22 sec
6th in my age group
36th overall ! ! !
(out of 449 men/569 total)

I'm only 6 minutes away from qualifying for Boston! I honestly got so overwhelmed when I finished that I almost teared up. Almost. All the training, all the time put into it, all of it was worth it.

Yes, running is my addiction...and this just took it to another level.

A different type of wake-up call...

I was awakened by the sound of my neighbors having sex yesterday morning.

6:30am
"OH. OH BABY. OH. OH BABY."
repeat over and over...and over.
No variation. Just that.

Sorta gross. Sorta not. She's hot, he's not. I'm gay, so this doesn't interest me.

Have they heard me before?

Not that I'm that active, but still. Oh well, such is life...

"Tour de Restaurants"

Since this is a short week, I didn't go grocery shopping. I got to thinking, I've lived in my condo for almost a year and a half now and I've never eaten at the quaint restaurants around my complex. So, that's what I've been doing.

Monday night: Figo Pasta.
I've been to other locations, just not the one right next to my complex. You sorta "build" your own pasta dish, so you can't really go wrong. Must. Go. Back.

Tuesday night: The Big Easy.
Yes, you guessed right, cajun/New Orleans style food. It's more of a bar/restaurant. I got the jumbalaya and a pint of pale ale. It was good (at the time). A little overpriced--$15 for spicy rice, sausage, and chicken. No crawfish or shrimp. All in all, a neat little bar/restaurant.

***fast forward to about 1:30am this morning***

1GAR woke up to horrible stomach pains and felt like I was going to throw up. I head to the bathroom and plopped down on the porcelain god...and yeah...I'll let you use your imagination. I won't be going there any time soon.

Since I'm headed up to the family's house for Thanksgiving, this is the extent of my "tour de restaurants" for the time being.