Recent Happenings

I don’t have tons to report here, but here are a few important things to document.

• My friends Andy P. and Laura N. got married two weekends ago. It was a beautiful ceremony (especially her dress) at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The electricity went out a few hours before the wedding, but everything came back on literally one minute before Laura was to walk down the aisle. Couldn’t have been better timing!
• I’ve started playing EVE Online.
• Work still sucks, but not anywhere near as bad as it did a few weeks ago.
• I saw They Might Be Giants a few weeks ago. They were amazing! I especially loved the second finale where Dan Miller (the guitarist) rocked out and acoustic guitar for about five minutes before the rest of the band came out to perform Istanbul.
• Went out Saturday night with some friends: Cara, Daniel, and Cara’s friend Katie. We had a nice dinner at Santorini’s and then danced the night away at Talbot Street.

That’s all for now.

Weekend Road Trip

I spent this past weekend up in Iowa City visiting my friend Daniel.

Photo Set: Iowa City – 2007-06

Daniel was down in Indianapolis the weekend prior and invited me up to hang out. I was in dire need of getting out of town (which I realized mostly after returning back to work on Monday). It had also been a long time since I had any kind of distraction from my life and the stresses of my job, so I just went ahead and drove up there.

Saturday was a lot of fun. It started off with Iowa City’s gay pride march.

I had no idea that I would end up walking with Daniel and his friend Dustin in the parade itself.

After the rally at the Old State Capitol, a group of us ended up at a bookstore. We had discussions with the lady there about Ireland, James Joyce, and lolcats. This cute little guy was there, too.

In the evening, we ended up eating a really good pasta dinner prepared by Daniel. Afterwards, we went out, as all gay people do during gay pride.

The gay bar there in Iowa City seemed alright, but it was very crowded (due to the fact that it was gay pride weekend) and extremely hot. Daniel and I only lasted for a few minutes before we had to leave. He and I ended up at some Mexican joint where we drank some liquids and talked for a long time.

Sunday was relaxing. Daniel and I had brunch with Dustin and some other friends of theirs. I got my eggs over and hard. Afterwards, people met back at Daniel’s place for some banana pudding he made the night prior. It was delicious, but very rich.

So, eventually, I had to leave and made it back home late in the evening on Sunday, ready to face the world the next morning.

Thanks, Daniel, for a fun weekend!

Recent Happenings

I haven’t been blogging much lately. It’s kind of bothering me, actually, because I really hate posting things about stuff I’ve done weeks after it happened, but I’ll just have to deal.

A few weeks ago I went to see Morrissey at the Murat with a bunch of people. It ended up being a spectacular show, even for a Sunday night.

Morrissey changed clothes a few times during the show. He started out in a suit, but ended up shirtless sometime about halfway through the performance. He eventually changed shirts a few more times before the end of the concert.

While walking outside to get a glimpse of the band getting back on the tour bus, I was stopped by this guy. He said that I looked familiar. He seemed familiar to me, too. He told me his name, and then I remembered that he’s this guy with whom I had a bit of a wild night back when I was 18 years old. It was the Summer after high school. Very surreal. (( le sigh ))

Anyway, I also went to the 500 Festival Parade with my nephew during Memorial Day weekend. Photos of that event will be forthcoming, as soon as I upload them to Flickr.

I’ve already documented the passing of my Grandma, which was a couple of weekends ago. The funeral was very lovely, and full of memories and stories about her. She’s going to be missed tons.

This past weekend was Indy (Gay) Pride. I took a bunch of photos of the parade down Massachusetts Avenue and the festival in University Park. I’ll post a note when they’re up on Flickr.

Also this past weekend, I had the pleasure spending a good part of my time with a very cool guy named Daniel.

He came into town with his best friend Dustin (on the right in the photo above) to visit his family. I met up with them at the homo pride festivities and had a great time. I hope to see him again soon (and Dustin, too).

That’s it for now.

They’re Back

I’m late to write about this, but I actually just found out. ACT UP and the newly formed Queer Justice League held a protest on Times Square this past Monday demanding the resignation of General Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for his stating his personal opinion that gays and lesbians are immoral.

Link: ACT-UP Army Rocks Times Square

(Found via Joe. My. God.)

Vowell & Rackoff

This past Thursday I saw Sarah Vowell and David Rakoff at the Circle Theatre.

The best quote from the evening came when David Rakoff said in an aside, “You can suck a mile of cock, but that doesn’t make you Oscar Wilde.” He was referring to how being gay doesn’t necessarily make someone creative. Perhaps a bit crafty, though?

Well, anyway, I had a very good time and I look forward to reading more of their work.