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2006-08-03 16:08:00
Niagara Falls and Canadanada
Another vacation down. Sigh. Ky and I had an awesome time over the past few days in upstate NY and Canada. It was a oft postponed trip because work was being a fickle twat and at the last minute it looked like I had the time to go and I grabbed the chance.
Friday was hell. It was hot, trafficy and I had two golden retrievers in the car with me for what should have been an 90 minute drive and ended up being 150 minute drive. I felt bad for the pups since nothing I seemed to do relaxed them. April always wants a window down no matter the heat or rain, oh she's an odd one, and with the air circulating around the car it created a vortex of swirling dog hair that was constantly in mouth or eye. Relax and beer and veg that night.
Saturday was waking with lots of dogs, giving them love and attention. We headed out at one point to see My Super Ex-girlfriend which was really cute. It was perfect for the day and fun. That night was packing and getting ready for the drive. Sunday was getting up way ass early taking care of the pooches and hitting the road. We left the house at 8:11 and after getting gas we were officially on the road about 8:30. the drive was actually fun. I never imagined that being in a car for what turned out to be 11ish hours could be fun but it seems that where ever or whatever Ky and I go or do is always fun. Finally we arrived in Attica NY and found the hotel which was this no name cheapy place. But again we found some small place and the owners were awesome and chatty and great.
Sunday was waking up a little slower than normal. We began the day by heading to the Jell-O museum, yes there is one. It's in a place called Leroy NY and that is where Jello was born. At the museum there was this adorable woman named Ruth who gave us the tour. She was the coolest person and gave us the cutest tour of the place. Lots of really cool facts about Jell-O as well. Who knew. There was also a ad running in the back ground on a DVD of Paul Lynde (love him!) doing his gay shtick for chocolate jell-o. Noticing the time we heading out and off to Niagara Falls to meet Ky's brother and his family. Thankfully they were running a little late so Ky and I had a chance to hang out at the Falls and explore before I was judged by the family. :) It couldn't be farther from the truth, there was no judging but they seemed to accept me instantly. I am still so glad that I took the time off to meet his brother Larry and his wife and 5 ( of 7) kids. A very nice family. And I think I did a good job holding my tongue from swearing or drinking or sex talk or smoking or whatever I may do that would be offensive to a Mormon family. So we did the American side of the falls, as not all of them had their passports, but that was a blast. The Maid of the Mist was a blast! We were drenched but to be that far inside the falls was incredible. Pics to be on blackotter.com soon. After they all left Ky and I headed to the Canadian side of the falls which are far superior to the US side. The view is incredible and they have really a nice set up for all the tourists and stuff. Hopefully the US side takes advantage of this someday. So we drank and smoked a (sadly pathetic) cuban cigar and looked and the falls and walked around. It was romantic and nice.
Sunday was six flags darien lake. It was a nice park but nothing out of the ordinary. Superman ride of steel was awesome but it's the same as the one in MD. But it was nice to ride it again (5 times :) ) and also see Larry and his family enjoy it. More coaster fanatics :) Sadly then we had to say goodbye to Larry and his family as we needed to get rest and they were heading off elsewhere on their trip. We went back to the hotel with pizza and subs and beer. I don't think that either of us wanted to come back but instead wanted to continue playing and ignoring the issues of life.
Monday the drive back. It wasn't bad and was shorter than on the way up since we didn't stop. We watched Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brian and Ultraman in the car which helped the time pass.
Now it's back to the grind. I'm looking for jobs in Charlottesville that I can do and that should make the pain of separation hopefully go away. Driving away on sundays back to DC is killing me.
But a fun time. Up next E's wedding and Cedar Point. Yeah! I mean YAY!
2006-08-07 22:18:00
No one's gay for moleman.
It's time for the midlife crisis. Skip at your will, read at your demise.
So something has been getting to me again. I'm sure I could go back a few months or years and find the same entry which makes the while thing so damn annoying since I am pretty sure that I said I was going to do better.
So I was at the airport this time, waiting for my mother to get back from Prague, when a plane before her began to unload. People came off the plane and were greeted by loving family and friends, of which I am lucky to have plenty in life. But there were various people, young people, god i'm saying that at they may have just been in theor 20s, and they looked very well traveled and, not so much handsome, but well styled and put together. With this I ran in my head to what I imagine what their life must be like, which I know is most likely incredibly incorrect. But it made me think about myself, and we know where this is going, and I began to think that I haven't really done much of what I have wanted in life. i am been so scared to try stuff and get out there and do anything that I feel like I have missed so much.
Years ago hanging out with my friend Jason in california, days would last forever. It seemed like we could bike, go to the canyon, burn armymen and so much more all in one day. Now I get off work and get home and it's midnight. I've done nothing.
I know 35 isn't old in the grand scheme of things but when I was hanging out years ago, this is not how I planned to be at this age. And I know I have wonderful things in my life, I have a job that I love and that annoys me and challenges me, I have a man that loves me and makes me incredibly happy and I will not and cannot forget all the good things. Yes by this time I would like to own a house and all that crap but i want to be confident in something. Like there is a guy in the office, i think he works for Sun, and he knows his shit. This guy is a fountain of knowledge. I want to be that. I am trying to listen to all that I tell everyone else and that you can do everything if you try, I just need to do it. wa wa wa.
I'm trying to remember that I am very lucky individual and there are worse people out there than me. I call that the Laurel Mall syndrome.
Acting is a must on my list
I would love to take classes to be an apple sys admin.
i'd like to stop bitching...:)
I'm bored of writing. I am not getting my point across AT ALL.
Need to pee.
2006-08-08 14:55:00
I like chocolate milk
2006-08-08 23:23:00
Romeo and Juliet.
So now that technology has caught up to what I need, I am finally able to copy the VHS tape of Romeo and Juliet onto DVD. I tried ages ago to do it but it would have taken two dvds and at that time burners were $500 dollars and dula layers didn't exist. Now it does and I'm creating a copy. Once I make it complete I will give copies to anyone who wishes one. i'm sorry that I wasn't able to get it done long long ago.
2006-08-09 09:34:00
musings on the morning.
drakkar cologne, though it brings up many many good memories from the 80's, is not a good cologne on some people. Especially if they soak in it.
changing the routine is hard. Usually, for lack of ease, I wear black shoes and belt. Today I decided to wear brown shoes and now have brown shoes, black belt and a white polo i'm afraid to tuck in.
Smiles are contageous. I woke in a really good mood and that translated to other people I came in contact with ... fun to make people smile.
Loreena Mckennitt has a brand new album coming out in Autumn. I can't freaking wait!
It's weird when you know someone and they are having a hard time that you can kind of identify with but you don't know if they still remember you and so you don't respond to their lj.
After hanging with mormons I have been thinking of creative curse words. It was tricky not to say fuck and shit and all that so I used heavens and gosh and crap.
I think I'll bring back Frak. Yeah...."
2006-08-09 12:15:00
there is this freak ass religious zealot crazy ass mother fucker that works with us and whenever he's around, i just have the urge to be dirty and offensive. Does that made me a bad person? (The answer should be yes mwahahahahahahahh!)
2006-08-10 13:40:00
damn you apple. I am excited yet disappointed by WWDC. the new Mac Pro sure is pretty and I am indeed thinking of selling my sperm to get one but I wanted more. yes usually the week after is when they release info on the iPod and stuff but i'm impatient. not that I have any money to get any new gadgets (i.e. selling sperm) but now I am spending traffic time thinking of the kick ass wireless setup i can make in VA with a blazing mac pro for each of us, Mac Books to walk around with and wireless speaker system piped though the house by airport express and itunes. and with parallels or any other various desktop Winblows em I could move all my PC apps, though i don't have that many pc exclusive ones, to the new mac. sigh.
and i'm cranky. like weirdly cranky today. i don't know why. spoke to my boss about jobs in charlottesville yesterday. today my site manager is irking me and i'm just not in the mood to be here. After watching the outtakes of The Vicar of Dibley last night, greatest show ever (sort of), I want to spend my days rehearsing something and acting and stuff.
where's a carebear when you need to punch one.
2006-08-11 12:06:00
AIDSWALK
And I said this day wouldn't get to me. Oh well.
I blame my iPod for getting me in this mood.
I say all this as a recounting and not to make anyone feel bad. With that...
It was two years ago today that I found out my then lover and now loving friend was HIV +. I didn't think I was going be able to handle that as just exactly one month before I found my grandfather dead at the foot of the stairs in his house. Needless to say I do not like 2004. But dealing with Jack and his status was painful, it was the actuality that yes it can happen to loved ones and almost to me. As bad as I felt I could't imagine what Jack must have been going through. It made me think of the times that I had had unsafe sex, been a little too lax and just thinking that it couldn't happen to me. Thankfully it didn't but to so many it is. Sitting at the Whitman Walker clinic is torture because you can see how scared some people are.
Long and short, I'm asking for money for AIDSWalk. Yes it's that time of year again. I will continue to ask until October 7. My goal is set at $500 but I would really love to double that. I again thank all those who donated last year and if you can do it again, that would be wonderful.
2006-08-14 11:49:00
Weekend
well the weekend is over and that means that I'm back from the country. sigh. Ky and I had a wonderful weekend as Elizabeth came down to relax before everything gets crazy. We cooked hot dogs over a bonfire, played paddleball ( i lost), shopped at vintage stores, sang loud and hard with Queen, watched Queer Duck, watched shooting stars, talked till the wee hours of the morning and had a blast.
Now it's a crazy day where I am dealing with missing Ky to the point of distraction and people here at work that seem to live to piss me off.
"why don't you dance with me? I'm not no limberger""
2006-08-16 08:58:00
I don't want to be here. I don't want to be anywhere at the moment. I had a somewhat terrifying dream last night that just popped in my head. I think it was a dream. I need cave time and I can't seem to find it but I'm afraid to get into the cave for what I may see there. I feel helpless and hopeless and at a loss of what to do. I feel my heart sinking in my chest as I sit here. I actually prayed. It's my greatest desire to make it all right but I can't deal with what I'm putting him through. Ah life, you suck.
Very much looking forward to the weekend with E's shower and hanging with Ky. And then the wedding the week after. The Ky and I get some quality time to ride coasters and spend some quality time together and working on the future.
2006-08-18 04:12:00
How odd 
2006-08-19 04:00:00
hyper hyper hyper. had bawls for the first time in a dogs age and i think it rocked my energy. really spazzy today.
Ky is coming tonight. Wheeeeee!
E's shower tomorrow. My first bridal shower! Wheeeeeeeee
2006-08-22 00:24:00
i had to get out of bed and write this down. i was watching the roast of william shatner as i fell asleep and Betty White came out and gave a great set. Her best line was that she hopes to live long enough to catch the cock ring at Sulu's wedding. I thought i was going to piss.
2006-08-24 00:54:00
(ed: made the page less ucky.) New coaster are Busch Gardens Europe next year and this thing is giving me a rock hard coaster woodie!! Griffon - Fact Sheet Fact Sheet Set amid a French village, Griffon carries riders up 205 feet, thenhurtles them 90 degrees straight down at 70 mph. And that's just thebeginning.
Griffon evokes the power and speed of a mythical bird that is parteagle and part lion. It plunges, twists and turns giving riders anadrenaline-pumping adventure that's unlike any coaster experience inthe world.
Griffon will be the tallest dive coaster in the world; the firstfloorless dive coaster, and the first to incorporate two Immelmannloops (an inverse diving loop named for a WWI German fighter pilot), asecond 130-foot dive and one water feature. Griffon offersover-the-edge excitement on more than half a mile of steel track andwill become the centerpiece of Busch Gardens' Europe's French section.
TYPE OF RIDE:
- Dive coaster
FIRST-OF-A-KIND ELEMENTS:
- Steepest drop (90°)
- Tallest dive coaster drop (205')
- First dive coaster to include two Immelmann loops
- Floorless trains
OTHER ELEMENTS:
- 130-foot second dive
- 360° climbing carousel
- Water-feature
TRACK LENGTH:
- 3,108 feet, more than half a mile
MAXIMUM SPEED:
- 71 mph
RIDE DURATION:
- Three minutes
MAXIMUM G-FORCE:
- 4 G Forces
HEIGHT:
- 205 feet
SEATS/TRAIN:
- Three rows of 10 seats
- 30 passengers per train
- Floorless
- Stadium-style seating
GUEST CAPACITY:
- Approximately 1,400 guests per hour
HEIGHT REQUIREMENT:
- 54"
LOCATION:
- Busch Gardens Europe, France area
MANUFACTURER:
- Bolliger & Mabillard Monthey, Switzerland
2006-08-24 02:55:00
This day is going way to slow for my needs.
2006-08-24 23:24:00
YAY!!! dvdpricesearch.com has Pinky and the Brain volume 2 and Animaniacs Volume 2 coming out December 5! I own an animation cel from the cartoon when I used to sell them for Warner Bros and I hope this has my show on it. As madhatternalice pointed out, this show is brilliant in everything it does. I can't wait.
2006-08-25 01:55:00
i remember knowing this but it's no less odd, you can buy a casket at Costco. Urns too. creepy.