Okay... it is getting crazy... work was nuts today... I did make it to Body Pump tonite at the gym and there was no AC... they had little K-mart fans set up, but you just broke in sweat just walking in the room... it was crazy HOT and the good thing is the instructor made people take water breaks... we came home and ate and we packed more boxes... have I mentioned I hate moving???  I was at the new house today trying to get some things situated... like writing checks... seeing why Dominion Power had not cut on power yet... typical moving crap.  I am sorry, but you will have to deal with my bitches of moving until we actually move in August 1st... then I am sure Comcast will fuck up the tranfer of cable and internet and I will be down (not in a good way) until it is taken care of.  I want to go on record that I did call them on Monday and set up for new connection at new address on August 1st... I let them know that it would not be a 'flip the switch' connection, since the house is almost 100 years old and we need cable to be run in many rooms... and it looked like DISHnetwork was there before... so they will have to spend some time there and probably need two folks... wanna bet they screw it up???  If I dont have internet when I get up on August 2nd to blog from my new porch in my new place, i will be pissed... anyway, I am sure I will a few more vent moments between now and then...but I hate moving!!!  i will say this, after a stressful day, I did have a nice little meal, i nice big "nap" and a few cocktails... that is why i am showing my box(es) above... now I must go to bed and be all ready for work tomorrow...ughhh... buenos noches!!!

Weigh-in: 209.8... birthday weekend caught up with me... have some work to do soon to get it back off...ughhh

        

Ughh... I have to go back to work today.  I have been out since lat Thursday, so I am sure I will be walking into a world of shit.  Also, we got an offer on our house yesterday.  They low balled us, but it was expected.  I know have to get the two mortgage companies to agree to the terms.  This going to be a weird and long process.  But yesterday we also got some of the utilities hooked up at the new place.  Others coming online soon.  We also started packing.  The house is going to start looking like a big ole warehouse of boxes over the next couple of weeks.  I hate moving.  Can't I just take a nap, and when I wake up, everything be in place at the new house???  Not so lucky.  Well anyway, gotta get into office.  Hope everyone has a great Tuesday and thanks to all out there for your birthday wishes and gifts... I really appreciate it.  Yall made for a great 4 day birthday weekend!

        

What in the sam hell am I doing up at 6 am on a Monday that I have scheduled off????  and as much as I drank this weekend I should be all hungover and shit, but I am not... I am bright eyed and bushy tailed (yes I have a hairy ass in case you missed previous post)...I am raring to go... mmmmm... coffee... diet coke.... screwdriver, oh wait, drank all the vodka yesterday... besides, we have tons of shit to do today so I must take it easy... cross your fingers and pray, there may be some good stuff happening today... we need all the good karma we can get... smooches... I guess I will surf porn or something now...

        

Maybe it is the sun, maybe it is the vodka Red Bulls I am drinking while laying in the sun, but I know there are a few gay bloggers in the Richmond area and I think we should all meet up at the Gay Pride Event in September (9/27).  You guys always leave nice comments and I think it would be sweet if we could meet up and chat a bit and see each other in person.  I have met other gay bloggers from across the country and it was awesome, so why not a local thingy... so shoot me an email and lets get this thing organized... well, Gay Pride Virginia is organizing it, we will just all show up and meet each other at a particular time... I will even bring THE CORE... thoughts???



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Good Morning world!  I am just sitting here on my front porch having finished my coffee, moved on to Diet Coke, thinking about a screwdriver... Just thinking that in two weeks I will be sitting on another porch, in a new home.  What will the neighborhood there be like on Sunday mornings when I am surfing the internet.  Will it be quiet like it is here, with the subtle sound of birds chirpping and dogs barking.  The distant sound of a church van honking as they stop to pick up the kids for morning service.  Will the neighbors their be nice and wave as they walk by on their morning stroll.  Just wondering... We have two weeks to pack up our lives to haul them across town.  Holy shit!!!  I hate moving.  I like the excitement of being in a new place, but hate the physical part of moving.  I guess this is a good time to go through old shit and toss some things or give them away.  Start fresh.  I have mentioned before that there are two times of year that I like to reflect on life, New Years and my birthday... more so on my birthday.  I think the day that your numbers change and not the calendar, is the true new year.  I am blessed to have had my friends around me the last few days and look forward to them being around for a lifetime.  Our friends have been great over the couple of months as we have made some very hard decisions in our lives.  We know the next couple of months could be rough and they have all thrown their support behind us.  For that, we are greatful.

Also, you know I could not just sit by and let all the fun and nakedness from the full moon night just go without my own full moon shot...


Maybe I will be more of an exhibitionist in my old age... but I don't know if my friends can handle seeing more of my flat ass on the blog... and yes, the is the moon in the sky... it was pretty bright last night...

There will be no weigh in today or tomorrow (I was good and hit the gym on Saturday)... just sunbathing today, tomorrow Jeff and I are off, but we have to get the car inspected and I will be sitting by waiting for the city to call so I can run over to the new place and meet them to connect water and gas... hopefully electric will be on by then too... cable is set for move in day...  now lets just hope painting and other things get done in time for us to take over...

        

So the part of the last post that I left out was the part where I passed out and everyone else kept partying.  There had been a comment left on my blog about seeing me show a full moon on my full moon birthday... but I was not able to stay up long enough, but my friends drunkenly happily took the thought and ran with it... so here are the full moons courtesy Chris and Jeff... thanks guys... these are just a few of the pictures I found on my camera when I downloaded stuff this afternoon... I laughed way too hard... but here's to some nice asses!!!





What the hell did I miss out on?!?!?!?!?!

        

Let's see... where did we leave off... oh yeah, I had lunch and movie with Sloan.  Then a bit of a breather and then Sloan came by, picked me up and we headed to Mulligan's Sports Bar to meet up with Stephanie and Amy... two sassy ladies from my past (old drinking buddies)... then after THE CORE all got off work, Chris came by the bar and picked me up to bring me home for more fun... I have to say, by this point of the evening I was a bit tanked... but before I get to the pictures, I must tell you what I got!!!!  You of course saw the 'out of beer' shirt that Sloan sent me from my wish list... he also got me a few drinks along the way... I also got a nice gift card to Macy's from Steph and Chris, so look for some new outfits soon...  Joe and Laird got us tickets to see Kathy Griffin in September here in Richmond (stoked!!!!)... Stacy got me the sassiest little book and a couple of bottles nice wine and dinner Thursday night... Mom sent money, Dad had given me money earlier in the month... then today I got a package... thanks to one of my blog readers for the red chuck taylors... they fit and are AWESOME!!! I never expected to really get anything on the wish list, but Mr. Smith, thanks for the shoes and thanks for the shirt Sloan!  Now for the pictures...


OH NOOOOO straight girls grabbing boobies.....


Okay a good serious picture of us.... then it went down hill...


Okay... orange crushes are the devil... as are Amy's tits...


Milk, it does the body good... there are soooo many things to say here, but I digress... are these things real???  Okay, had to get out of the sports bar before it got too crazy and people started to think I was straight...


So after leaving the girls, I came  home to THE CORE and they got me my own tiara with matching earrings and all... yup, I am totally lit at this point... I have such great friends...


Just two old queens hanging out having drinks... tee hee...


Will and Grace Chris and Steph being too cute...  I did not know which picture to use, so I did both...


My baby... smooches!


Joe and Chris hamming it up on the porch...


Steph, when are you gonna learn that if you become a queen, gay men want to lick you...


Lordy... it might as well be the sun on top of that carrot cake... mmmm

And it was at this point I kind of fell out of the picture... too many shots... too much fun... I crapped out apparently after an emotional breakdown of having such great friends... oh well... I will make another post on what happened after I passed out... but for now, let's fast forward to today...  I was up early, since I passed out early last night... I blog-hopped then went to the gym for a quick cardio workout (went early cuz I did not want to wait for Body Pump class)... after that, I got with Laird and we went to Lowe's to get he and Joe a grill and I picked up some paint for the new house... I love miss-tints... $5 a gallon and some cool colors... then came home to help Jeff finish cleaning the house for the 2pm showing... so we took the dogs and headed over to Steph and Chris's place to hang out and have some drinks for the afternoon... oh, did I mention...




... the new kicks!!! I love them!! Thanks to Mr. Smith for the very nice gift... I was totally surprised when I got them today...

SO that is the birthday breakdown so far.  It is now early evening on Saturday... I am having cocktails... Chris is over here while Steph and her niece have a little get together with her little friends... I may throw in Queer as Folks and just watch back to back to back episodes over the next couple of days... hmmmm...

Weigh-in today was 207.8 even after eating carrot cake last night...and probably again tonite... it is soooo good!!!  Thanks Ukrops Grocery Steph for baking the cake.

        

Today I am a whore... well for the whole weekend... Last night, CORE member Stacy took us out for drinks and dinner then came home to watch Kathy... Today, Best Friend in the world, Sloan met me for lunch and the new Batman movie...awesome... he also got me the awesome shirt I wanted from the LIST... I got up late this morning as I stayed up way tooo long drinking last night making a very egotistical video... I am just now getting around to posting it since I was way too drunk to figure it out last night... so here are pics and a video... do not think bad of me for the video... it is silly, but it is all about me today!!!! teee heeeeeeee...


Stacy, Me and Jeff with birthday Cosmos at Avalon... Stacy is soooo cool and a sweetie... so sad she will be out of town this weekend... I will drink for you hollow leg...


So Sloaner and I met at TGIFridays for lunch... consisting of these Vangough Coffee shots...mmmm


and for dessert we got Lemon Drops... thanks to the bartender, Nick... he was cute and even delt with taking pictures for us... and the 'Out of Beer' shirt was a Sloan bday present from the list... I love it!!!! after these shots we went across the parking lot and caught the new Batman movie...  it was actually a good movie... though I thought Heath would have had a larger role in the movie... what he did do was great!!!  The movie is a bit long at two and half hours, but it was well worth the dime... I cant wait for the next one as this movie laid the ground work for a sequal.... check it out if you can....

Now I am home finally getting a chance to blog while waiting for folks to get off work and get ready to drink... I have vodka red bull in hand and Comcast on the phone... so I will leave you with this wonderful video I threw together last night after many drinks... just remember.... I am not really this much of and egotistical whore, but it is my birthday and a full moon and I was born on a full moon... wooo hoooo!!!!




No weigh in today, slept too late to get to the gym before drinking, I mean lunch and movie...

        

Adios 37... bring on 38!!!!

        

Today is my last day of being 37... in just a few short hours I will be entering the zone occupied by the likes of my best friend Sloan, blog buddy BrettCajun, tennis star Andre Agassi and Diva J-Lo... all were born in 1970 like me... we are all now considered to be in our LATE 30's... ain't aging grand??  Unlike some folks who hate the aging process, I embrace it.  What better reason to have a four day weekend of drinking and debauchery... I mean Thanksgiving, Christmas and Federal Holidays are great, but to have days off for the celebration of something really important (ME) is even better... so bring on old age... I plan to age gracefully.  I will be like those old ladies in Sisters of the YaYa, oxygen tank in tow having a bloody mary for breakfast.  When  I get thrown into that hole in Hollywood Cemetary, people will say that I had a good life--I hope.  So let all hold hands and skip our way toward our 40's and beyond with smiles on our faces and visions of lemon drop shots in our heads!!


Pretty as a flower... one of the Lilly's in our back yard, with a red one in the background...

It's not too late to take advantage of this.

Weigh-in last night 208.4