5/10/2012
More servings of meh.
5/9/2012
In the morning I was preoccupied with the lead singer from Against Me! announcing that she'll be transitioning genders, and in the afternoon I was preoccupied with the POTUS announcing his support of marriage equality for same-sex couples.
5/8/2012
Signed lease, ate a lot, Sex-Positive Film Series, ran into a guy I know named Kevin on the subway home.
5/7/2012
Kind of a wasted day, but I realized I may (or may not) be coming into financial difficulties with having the two apartments this month.
5/6/2012
Andrew the guy I worked with stopped into my place at 4:00a and when he left I slept a lot of the day, going outside again in the evening for Queer Dharma and the Full Moon Jam.
5/5/2012
The commuter train left Millennium Park on time at 9:20p and arrived on time at 10:14 in Homewood, and I met lots of Andrew the guy I worked with's familia.
5/4/2012
The 13th day of my second attempt doing the 30-day bikram challenge and I felt superstitious about the number 13.
5/3/2012
I knew it was possible that there would be a bus coming which was not being tracked on C.T.A. Bus Tracker so I took a leap of faith and went to the bus stop and when that untracked bus I'd hoped for came, it was like a small token of God's esteem for what I'm doing in my life.
5/2/2012
The problem with doing the late bikram class for the 30-day bikram challenge is that 5:45 to 7:45 are the hours I'm most likely to goof off and get nothing done.
5/1/2012
I went from my one apartment to my other apartment then as I was waiting for the bus, a guy I know named Andy stopped to talk to me and mentioned the guy I dated from December 15 until March 15 saying that what's-his-name "hasn't been around much lately," and I said, "Of course he hasn't been around much lately. That's because I killed him and cut him up into little pieces."
4/30/2012
The finale of Rupauls Drag Race was making me feel stressed.
4/29/2012
Talked to my mother and she named a bunch of ways in which my father is in really bad health, including news that he had a blood transfusion the previous week which seems kind of serious.
4/28/2012
I met Sheri at New Wave then went to the Chicago Outfit Roller Derby home opener and bought a season pass.
4/27/2012
Laura and I (and Vincent and Tom, all from The Shambhala Center) went to see Hunger Games at the movie theater formerly named Village North then ate at Leonas which was a great way to end the week.
4/26/2012
Virginia and I went to The Chicago Diner for Dining Out For Life which was great because she was acting in a way or mood which seemed to me to be very classically herself and "Virginia-like."
4/25/2012
Group-sex parties just don't give me the same thrill that they used to.
4/24/2012
Took some shirts to the cleaners, did some laundry, etc.
4/23/2012
I knew the winner of Rupauls Drag Race Season 4 was probably not going to be announced, so I stayed home and got to bed as early as possible.
4/22/2012
Rearranged the basement at the Shambhala Center so we could have regularly-scheduled Queer Dharma during Rigden Weekend.
4/21/2012
Worked in a booth at the Parent Resource Fair and went to Paradise on the way home.
4/20/2012
Nothing happened - seriously, I didn't even finish the weekly report.
4/19/2012
Took half the day off work to have sex with a prostitute, the first sex I'd had since what's-his-name.
4/18/2012
Went to La Cocina with Elizabeth C.
4/17/2012
The last night of VITA was not as busy as the next-to-last night, but there were still plenty of crazies.
4/16/2012
It feels good to be doing the 30-day bikram challenge in the morning and VITA in the evening, the alleged stabbing notwithstanding.
4/15/2012
People at The Shambhala Center celebrated the 70th birthday of Alice Dan which was a great start for Queer Dharma with a lot of great energy.
4/14/2012
The craziest VITA yet, rowing, bikram, then I told several people I was leaving to go to the Matt Alber concert at Jackhammer but laid down and had an amazing night of sleep instead.
4/13/2012
I woke up in the morning pre-occupied with how much stuff there was to get done at work, then after work I went and did rowing then signed up for the 30-day bikram challenge.
4/12/2012
I was busy busy at work and operating on a energetic frequency that didn't go well with people and niceties, and then right before I was about to go to sleep I was listening to Liza's radio show and she played "Joey" by Concrete Blonde which made me want to smash stuff.
4/11/2012
Woke up with tight / sore / tender / knot spot in between my shoulder blades; Lisa Junkin was the guest on The Deviant Minds Salon but I had trouble with the audio.
4/10/2012
I'd been thinking how the only "meaning" in life is having experiences of life, so I try to go out and have experiences but my experiences of life are often sucky (this was when I left home, went to Schubas, went right back home, encountering Cubs people way more than necessary).
4/9/2012
I didn't go to work and the weather was so beautiful, I bought some marked-down Easter chocolate and watched the episode of Rupauls Drag Race which was leaked a day early.
4/8/2012
Missed a day of the rowing challenge because I didn't have my shit together so I forgot the gym closed early since it was Easter.
4/7/2012
Virginia and I ate at Kanela and celebrated the end of her first trimester, and The Cubs had a game which brought about the entire mass of humanity that Saturday afternoon Cubs games bring.
4/6/2012
After work I went to the gym in Lakeview to do my 5k of rowing for the Strong Divas Of Chicago team rowing challenge, then back downtown to meet Elizabeth S. (the first time we've met outside of work) for a 7:00 showing of Titanic in 3D.
4/5/2012
Had a great time with Sheri, Ali, Jeff, Jonny, and Tommy at a quaint Italian restaurant.
4/4/2012
After work I went to do VITA but the doors were locked (yes I had read the e-mail saying Truman College was on spring break and were staying open specifically for VITA but that e-mail needed to do a better job of saying where the damn entrance was) and since there was no sign saying where the entrance was, I just went home because I was not in the mood to walk around the block and find the entrance.
4/3/2012
Went to Sheri's place after work and hung out with Tommy and everyone.
4/2/2012
Someone at work (an elderly man named Lester Stephens) disrespected me which gave me an opportunity to practice the anger management techniques discussed the night before at Queer Dharma.
4/1/2012
Shawn talked about the similarities between death of Jesus and the death of Trayvon Martin.
3/31/2012
More interesting VITA experiences, went to Digitour, then to Cason & Todd's.
3/30/2012
Everyone was talking about that damn lottery so much that I actually considered buying my first-ever lottery ticket, except I wasn't carrying any cash with me all day long.
3/29/2012
Did > 5k of rowing machine then saw Colin; I've been snappish with people's stupidity for the past few days so I just try to be calm and stay laid-back but then people ask me what's wrong, why am I being so quiet?
3/28/2012
Our morning exercise class was mostly jump rope intervals and then some other core-strengthening plank exercises, but we ended the class by doing kegels.
3/27/2012
It was like some kind of record day for me with maximum happiness, healthiness, and productivity.
3/26/2012
When the Twitter for Rupauls Drag Race tweeted #TheLibraryIsOpen, I tweeted #ReadMeDragRace and was the 3rd person to get read, and I laughed so hard at all the reads that it really cheered me up.
3/25/2012
Shawn, who preaches at the Lakeview Church Of Christ, has a great deal of respect from me -- when he was talking about the miracles of Jesus the first definition of "miracle" he read was from the Urban Dictionary in reference to Insane Clown Posse.
3/24/2012
My big accomplishment of the day was that I figured out my taxes, and I wish my daily accomplishments could be a lot lot bigger but hey at least it's something.
3/23/2012
I went to the post office and came across a big demonstration in the federal building plaza opposing the so-called "contraception mandate" which was a large spectacle designed to stir up strong feelings in the people witnessing it, and, oh, it did stir up strong feelings with me.
3/22/2012
A year and a half ago I liked Gretchen's collection better than Mondo's so I agreed with that Project Runway final decision, but I do like Mondo even though I still was not happy when his final collection was chosen over Austin's on the finale of Project Runway Allstars.
3/21/2012
At noon I went out to enjoy the beautiful weather and during my little walk there were a couple big WTFs (a free shuttle to Wal-Mart & presumably a tourist asking whether the city had paved over the Chicago River to build Wacker Drive).
3/20/2012
The Illinois primary election was happening but I didn't do any research so I just voted on the Republican ballot because there were no contested races except for President and I knew that I wanted to vote for Ron Paul.
3/19/2012
The world was stunned by the elimination of Willam Belli off the show Rupauls Drag Race.
3/18/2012
Met Virginia at Tweet and after breakfast went to the Church Of Christ for the first time since December 25, also officially joined The Shambhala Center after years of attending Queer Dharma.
3/17/2012
My strategy was to stay close to home and avoid Saint Patrick people.
3/16/2012
I told Joe that the way he'd been treating me was unacceptable.
3/15/2012
After 11, I caught a taxi from my place to Sheri's and spent the rest of the night there because I was having such a bad time and was worried I might do something I'd regret.
3/14/2012
Another day, at least the third day, of harsh acid in my digestive tract so still eating bland, healthy foods, no alcohol, no concentrated sugars.
3/13/2012
After being woken up again by those damn kids who do that firecracker shit, I ended up not going to work but the weather outside was beautiful and I went to Wicker Park, Bucktown, and the Sex-Positive Film Series.
3/12/2012
There was a productive office meeting for most of the morning.
3/11/2012
Sheri and I ate at Logan.
3/10/2012
Busy busy packed day with a lot of beautiful sight-seeing activites in Milwaukee before I caught the train home during the evening.
3/9/2012
Elizabeth who works in the cubicle next to me invited me out to a nice restaurant celebrating her birthday, then after work I caught the train to Milwaukee and was checked into my hotel and drunk before 10 (my special trip being an exception to the pregnancy-solidarity restrictions).
3/8/2012
I know I said I wasn't going to let Joe make me crazy, but the choice not to be crazy is a difficult practice.
3/7/2012
I wanted to go out of town to visit someplace else over the weekend (partially because of how Joe was contributing to my crazy the past several weekends), so I finalized my hotel and transportation for a 24-hour trip to Milwaukee.
3/6/2012
First session at Vie in the morning was nice, then after work I slept the entire train ride home waking up 4 stops after mine but feeling very good and rested so I decided to go in and do VITA and after doing 2 returns they put me on sorting which was the first time I ever did sorting (and it sucked).
3/5/2012
Joe sent me an e-mail saying that he'd been sick and tired and grumpy and I decided it was my last day being crazy, because I like Joe but I have enough to deal with before adding on whatever it is that Joe is dealing with.
3/4/2012
Got home from Give Peace A Dance around 3a and only left my apartment again for Queer Dharma.
3/3/2012
I was scheduled to go do VITA but I called in sick and rescheduled, then I set up a new Livejournal.
3/2/2012
Committed to 3 more months at Chicago Bikram, and went to work with a big rip in the seat of my pants.
3/1/2012
The numerology and cosmic gravitational forces were aligning to make the day challenging rather than cooperative for me, but Joe cooked us supper and it was delicious.
2/29/2012
Went to Laura's and we ate pizza from Luigis, went for a walk around the Lincoln Park pond (even though it was pretty much freezing and storming), and watched Harold & Maude.
2/28/2012
Signed up for 10 sessions during the month of March with my long time personal trainer Jill at her new exercise studio space, Vie.
2/27/2012
Had a great day at work - THANK GOD IT'S MONDAY - and other than that it was just average ordinary everyday craziness.
2/26/2012
After midnight I left my place and went to Big Gay Horror Fan's movie marathon that was going on from 8:00p until 8:00a.
2/25/2012
Wanted a burger with pizza and so I went to Chicagos Pizza on Montrose.
2/24/2012
Talked on the phone with Virginia about her pregnancy and told her I would follow through with my promise I'd always said that I would follow all the same dietary restrictions as she was throughout her pregnancy, except I just wanted to go out that night for one last night of drinking booze.
2/23/2012
Got excited when I found out that Diamanda Galas was performing in Chicago for the next 4 days, even though it was said to have been sold out.
2/22/2012
Went with co-workers to get ashes on forehead, but when I saw the line of people around the block waiting to get ashes on foreheads, I just kept walking.
2/21/2012
I felt a little apprehensive about starting the work week without Gloria, but it's not every morning when you get up and see that Sienna D'Enema posted another episode of Jiz and I laughed so hard at the new episode "Kimber Is A Dirty Lezzie."
2/20/2012
I realized I'm a planet that rotates, so as to only face the sun part of the time, and there's nothing I can do about those times when I'm facing away from the sun except just wait for my face to come back around to it.
2/19/2012
After watching Sharon Needles perform, Joe and I took a taxi from Boystown to his place and then we got together again at 10 that night for pizza, I also saw Jon during the morning and evening too.
2/18/2012
I dressed up and went to see Sharon Needles.
2/17/2012
The next week being Gloria's birthday week, she's taking the week of vacation off work and I've really been put in charge of things.
2/16/2012
After work I went to Sheri's and waxed my back a little and hung out, got home after 10:30 and called Joe whom I'd promised to call around 10, then went over and spent the night with him even though I already felt tired.
2/15/2012
Some days there are so many awesome fun exciting wonderful inspirational things going on but I get completely broke down and am unable to engage with the world in any way.
2/14/2012
It was the best Valentines Day ever, but that's not saying much.
2/13/2012
At work there's been one particular problem file that's been a tumor and I felt so happy and relieved to close it; I told co-workers that it'd probably be the highlight of my entire day (and it was).
2/12/2012
Early in the morning, Joe made awkward sexual advances and we persisted long enough in being awkward that eventually we had the best sex of my life - a cosmic explosion of energy and enlightenment and universal consciousness and it felt like I was high on some really great drug - then I went to Second Unitarian Church where the sermon was about sex.
2/11/2012
The way I felt about Joe had shifted, so I was acting reserved when we met at Garcias for a late supper, but when I took the rest of his food that he wasn't eating and scraped it onto my plate, he said, "That's my Brent."
Monday, June 4, 2012
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