Ten Days...
I have read that it's important to update your journal every day; that's what readers like to see, and I agree.
But as you see, I don't get any where near that...
There are reasons...
First and probably most important in my mind, is the fact that this has always been pretty much a photo journal, and when I don't have a picture, I don't often come up with a post to this journal. I usually just post whatever thought for the day to the various GayCams message boards.
I should probably post those same things here as well, after all it's just a matter of cut and paste, and it is journal after all.
Reason number two: I have been really involved with work. I am having a wonderful time with the new position and the new department and the venerable old store. I am having fun rebuilding a retail space and a team to go with it; it's just the right place to be for me right now. But it does take up most of my thoughts and most of my time. That's very good for now, but it does cut into my time for posting to the journal.
And thirdly: I am spending what little time I have left for communication in quite a few e-mails and quite a lot of time on the phone with my family; because of the changes in my Dad, we all need to talk a lot right now. And of course, there have been the affirmations for Noah... all that toe wiggling...
So, what's yer excuse!
Well, O.K. I'll try to do better... it only takes a minute...
...unless I do pics... then it takes an hour!
So Far, Since Last Time.
Ah Ha! You thought that perhaps you would be spared any more scooter news!
Not a chance! It's still a wonderful thing. Last week, I used a third of a gallon of gas... and as you can see in the pic above, when I go to the dentist downtown on Poydras Street, I get to park in a special parking lot! It's called a bike rack. It's legal, and free, and most of all, it's right next to the ramp for the paid parking garage. People are starting to ask me how much the scooter costs and how it is to ride. I tell them that it doesn't cost much and it's really a lot of fun...
I didn't really realize until just lately, that I am quite the early adoptor here... there are only forty Venice scooters on the streets of New Orleans, and maybe only about a hundred Vespas and maybe about fifty other makers. I know of one other gay Venice owner, (in fact his happiness with his scooter was an influence on my decision), and I have heard of several a-list gays who have recently purchased brand new Vespas. The idea of a gay scooter club is not that far fetched... but I wonder if the $4,000+ Vespa queens will accept us poor knock off boys? hehe!
So, I parked the bike...
...and went to the dentist, his office is on the 14th floor... and I forgot to take a picture from there of the city skyline! Doh! The room that the dentist chair is in has a glass wall! Doh!
I might be forgiven; the tooth he opened for the root canal last week, and couldn't fill last week, was still very infected. Apparently, the antibiotic that we tried for this just didn't work. I've never had a lot of luck with controlling any kind of tooth infection, but this one has been very difficult; it's caused joint pain and fever, just a most nasty little poison spot. He put in a soft filling, and I will try a week of Keflex and hope that it will knock out the infection. Mostly, I tend to power through these kind of things and they just go away, but I guess I need to pay attention to this one.
So, since I was just across the street, after my dentist visit...
I took these photos of one of our most famous landmarks!
The Super Dome!
It is, btw, the most succesful sports stadium ever built that is still standing. (Had to leave room for Madison Square Garden, hehe, they tore down the Boston Square Garden...). It was designed by my friend's Uncle Buster, a noted architect in our city, and it has survived the test of time. In an era when most of the stadiums built at the same time are being blown up and torn away as unsuitable, this building still has some useful life in it. Of course, the owners of the Saints would like a brand new stadium, paid for with our tax dollars... but they could survive quite well in this doma supreme with only some slight modifications and a little sprucing up. It's in the right place in the city:downtown. That's why we've hosted so many Super Bowls; people can actually walk to the game from their parties and hotels. And yet, I-10 is only a block away.
It's a rather amazing building.
Other bits.
...ah, my Dad... he did go to the fireworks with the rest of the family when they were all together in the Boston area, but he told me that he didn't want to. I think it's getting to be just a bit too dis-orienting for him, but my sister said that someone always walked arm in arm on each side of him and that he seemed to be happy enough. The rest of the time, my 3 year old niece took over. My sister said that it was amazing how patient she is with our Dad, and how loving. Very often I am stunned by the emotional depths of this child...
...the American Cheese Society Convention! Soon, but with a change of cast. I will be taking my wine specialist, instead of my ATL. My associate team leader is leaving us in a month, so we had to shuffle the whole deck, but it will all work out very well. We'll be attending the convention and working at it, and spending the rest of the time touring the other WFM stores in the area, as well as visiting some of the local cheese makers. And ten days after I get back from SF, I'll be in FL, with all the store team leaders for a team building in a condo on the Gulf shore. We'll be cooking together and talking about food and cross-merchandising for two days. (This may not be anyone else's idea of a good time, but I get wet just thinking about it all! hehe!) Really, this is what I want to do right now, and I am having a great time doing it!
...Robert still lives next door, and I am eternally thankful for that.
...I won't be able to meet luca in Vegas in August to help him pick out the cabinets, carpets and flooring for the house... but I promised to try and be there for the October meeting with the builders. (Not that I have a thing to say about it! hehe, it's just that it would be wonderful to see him again!)
...I had the great fortune to wake up in the middle of the night and sign on to Noah's chat before I was really awake; don't know how or why, I just woke up then. There were a whole bunch of people there and Noah was brave and strong the day before the beginning of his bone marrow transplant... he's rather amazing... Here's his site, click here>... you might think me daft if I suggest that you try to send him some good energy in a psychic sort of way, but I do ask. I know that it works. If you don't think that it does, then e-mail me and I'll tell you a story or two.
...Pebbles, ya lil' punkin'!
...Jazzy!
...Chrisco, very nice chat the other nite!
...Doc, I'm thinking 'geez! there goes the neighborhood! hehe!
...and me. Still thinking that it's all good... just waiting for someone else's shoe to drop... it could happen...
durlx
I have read that it's important to update your journal every day; that's what readers like to see, and I agree.
But as you see, I don't get any where near that...
There are reasons...
First and probably most important in my mind, is the fact that this has always been pretty much a photo journal, and when I don't have a picture, I don't often come up with a post to this journal. I usually just post whatever thought for the day to the various GayCams message boards.
I should probably post those same things here as well, after all it's just a matter of cut and paste, and it is journal after all.
Reason number two: I have been really involved with work. I am having a wonderful time with the new position and the new department and the venerable old store. I am having fun rebuilding a retail space and a team to go with it; it's just the right place to be for me right now. But it does take up most of my thoughts and most of my time. That's very good for now, but it does cut into my time for posting to the journal.
And thirdly: I am spending what little time I have left for communication in quite a few e-mails and quite a lot of time on the phone with my family; because of the changes in my Dad, we all need to talk a lot right now. And of course, there have been the affirmations for Noah... all that toe wiggling...
So, what's yer excuse!
Well, O.K. I'll try to do better... it only takes a minute...
...unless I do pics... then it takes an hour!
So Far, Since Last Time.
Ah Ha! You thought that perhaps you would be spared any more scooter news!
Not a chance! It's still a wonderful thing. Last week, I used a third of a gallon of gas... and as you can see in the pic above, when I go to the dentist downtown on Poydras Street, I get to park in a special parking lot! It's called a bike rack. It's legal, and free, and most of all, it's right next to the ramp for the paid parking garage. People are starting to ask me how much the scooter costs and how it is to ride. I tell them that it doesn't cost much and it's really a lot of fun...
I didn't really realize until just lately, that I am quite the early adoptor here... there are only forty Venice scooters on the streets of New Orleans, and maybe only about a hundred Vespas and maybe about fifty other makers. I know of one other gay Venice owner, (in fact his happiness with his scooter was an influence on my decision), and I have heard of several a-list gays who have recently purchased brand new Vespas. The idea of a gay scooter club is not that far fetched... but I wonder if the $4,000+ Vespa queens will accept us poor knock off boys? hehe!
So, I parked the bike...
...and went to the dentist, his office is on the 14th floor... and I forgot to take a picture from there of the city skyline! Doh! The room that the dentist chair is in has a glass wall! Doh!
I might be forgiven; the tooth he opened for the root canal last week, and couldn't fill last week, was still very infected. Apparently, the antibiotic that we tried for this just didn't work. I've never had a lot of luck with controlling any kind of tooth infection, but this one has been very difficult; it's caused joint pain and fever, just a most nasty little poison spot. He put in a soft filling, and I will try a week of Keflex and hope that it will knock out the infection. Mostly, I tend to power through these kind of things and they just go away, but I guess I need to pay attention to this one.
So, since I was just across the street, after my dentist visit...
I took these photos of one of our most famous landmarks!
The Super Dome!
It is, btw, the most succesful sports stadium ever built that is still standing. (Had to leave room for Madison Square Garden, hehe, they tore down the Boston Square Garden...). It was designed by my friend's Uncle Buster, a noted architect in our city, and it has survived the test of time. In an era when most of the stadiums built at the same time are being blown up and torn away as unsuitable, this building still has some useful life in it. Of course, the owners of the Saints would like a brand new stadium, paid for with our tax dollars... but they could survive quite well in this doma supreme with only some slight modifications and a little sprucing up. It's in the right place in the city:downtown. That's why we've hosted so many Super Bowls; people can actually walk to the game from their parties and hotels. And yet, I-10 is only a block away.
It's a rather amazing building.
Other bits.
...ah, my Dad... he did go to the fireworks with the rest of the family when they were all together in the Boston area, but he told me that he didn't want to. I think it's getting to be just a bit too dis-orienting for him, but my sister said that someone always walked arm in arm on each side of him and that he seemed to be happy enough. The rest of the time, my 3 year old niece took over. My sister said that it was amazing how patient she is with our Dad, and how loving. Very often I am stunned by the emotional depths of this child...
...the American Cheese Society Convention! Soon, but with a change of cast. I will be taking my wine specialist, instead of my ATL. My associate team leader is leaving us in a month, so we had to shuffle the whole deck, but it will all work out very well. We'll be attending the convention and working at it, and spending the rest of the time touring the other WFM stores in the area, as well as visiting some of the local cheese makers. And ten days after I get back from SF, I'll be in FL, with all the store team leaders for a team building in a condo on the Gulf shore. We'll be cooking together and talking about food and cross-merchandising for two days. (This may not be anyone else's idea of a good time, but I get wet just thinking about it all! hehe!) Really, this is what I want to do right now, and I am having a great time doing it!
...Robert still lives next door, and I am eternally thankful for that.
...I won't be able to meet luca in Vegas in August to help him pick out the cabinets, carpets and flooring for the house... but I promised to try and be there for the October meeting with the builders. (Not that I have a thing to say about it! hehe, it's just that it would be wonderful to see him again!)
...I had the great fortune to wake up in the middle of the night and sign on to Noah's chat before I was really awake; don't know how or why, I just woke up then. There were a whole bunch of people there and Noah was brave and strong the day before the beginning of his bone marrow transplant... he's rather amazing... Here's his site, click here>... you might think me daft if I suggest that you try to send him some good energy in a psychic sort of way, but I do ask. I know that it works. If you don't think that it does, then e-mail me and I'll tell you a story or two.
...Pebbles, ya lil' punkin'!
...Jazzy!
...Chrisco, very nice chat the other nite!
...Doc, I'm thinking 'geez! there goes the neighborhood! hehe!
...and me. Still thinking that it's all good... just waiting for someone else's shoe to drop... it could happen...
durlx
posted by durlx at 7/15/2003 02:11:00 AM
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