Positive People

HIV is such a serious virus that it scares me to abstinence.  I just found out a friend of mine is positive, but the best part is I heard through the "grapevine" so I don't know what to do.  Do I confront this friend and ask them, what if that makes them uncomfortable?  Do I wait to see if this friend will tell me?

I'm a bit confused, but either way, when I found out I got really sad.  As if the person had just died.  And said person didn't die.  they're happy and appear to be as healthy as can be.

So... What should I do?  Wait for the friend to tell me, or confront the friend and ask them?

Buffalo Exchange

I went to the Buffalo Exchange in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago today.  It wasn't what I thought it was going to be.  I thought it was going to be a store packed with original designs from local clothing designers.  I as wrong.  It was just another thrift store, but has a chain name attached to it.  LAME!

I got the number of the store though, so I'm still going to try and see if they'd be interested in buying and selling the clothes that I make.

What's the worst that could happen, they say no?

Early Morning

I just woke up a little while ago, like 2.  I wanted to get some sleep before I wen to work, but that didn't really happen.  I got 4 hours, so I do have some time under my belt for today.  I got woken up form my neighbors fighting outside (a normal thing) at 2, and I just thought I'd stay awake.  I couldn't really go back to sleep, they were yelling for quite a good amount of time tonight.  Usually it doesn't bother me, in particular, because I'm usually out.

Now I'm up, talking to Devon online, reading people's Twitters and listening to a message from my friend Dunielle.

I was supposed to meet some friends for breakfast at 3.  They were going out, and I was waking up... well now it's 3:15, I called them, and still no sign of them.  Doesn't surprise me.  Shannon blows me off more than a friend should.

Triathlon

The Schaumburg Park District, the company I work for, is hosting a triathlon tomorrow morning.  I get to "volunteer" for it.  YAY!  As if I chose to do it.  I'm sorry, but by choice, I would not wake up at 3:45AM on a Sunday morning to go work a triathlon if I didn't have to.  I'd rather be out Saturday night and still be up at 3:45AM, but be able to go to bed by like 6AM (cause that's normal for me), but I have to work 4:15AM-8:45AM tomorrow, so that's a little bit harder to do.

So... I get to be the lame ass who stays home on a Saturday night and goes to bed by like 10.  Even my parents will still be up.

It's fine!!!  it's only one day a year I have to do this.  I could be worse.

Post Office Traveler

I've never been to the post office as much as I have been lately.  As I've stated earlier, I'm selling stuff on eBay and things are actually going really fast, which is nice, but I don't like making a trip to the post office.  I wish it was like a block away (I mean it's only like 5 blocks away now, but still)  So I go there, send my stuff, and by the time I get back home, other people have purchased more things.  So then I have to package them up, and get those shipped within a reasonable time.

UGH!!!

Oh well, it's nice, cause I like the money flow in from it all.

Rock Climbing Bill

Monday I went rock climbing at this indoor location out in the West suburbs of Chicago.  I had so much fun.  I went with the summer camp that I work for.  I've only been there twice, but I've enjoyed my self both times.  It was good stuff.

The best part was Bill.  This guy that works there was so nice, friendly, and if I read body language correct, gay.  Which is nice when you're a single homo.

Long story short, since I wouldn't even know how to tell it, I wanted to ask for his number, but I'm a too nervous to ask someone for their number without being for sure about their sexual orientation.  I'm not afraid of rejection, that's not it at all.  I'm afraid of offending someone.  

So here's what I wanted to do.  I wanted to call the rock climbing place, ask for Bill and tell him who I am, and see if he'd give me his number?  yea???  um... I won't but it's something, maybe one day, I will be able to do.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm just kind of rambling cause I don't know any other way to get this out.

E-mails Rape Me

I love e-mail.  It's great.  You get updates about many things through it.  You keep in contact with your friends and family.  Easy/fast way to send pictures and documents.

But, every now and then you get bombarded by spammers that tell you that you have just won a million dollars, euros, yen, pesos, etc.  It's kind of funny how gullible they think people are, but the unfortunate thing is that some people really are that gullible.  Some people give into stuff like that with high hopes that they actually did win the money.

Here's the e-mail that I just got today:

LRP,
Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse 2
DE-56073 Koblenz,
Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany.

Reference Number: LRP/19-DE/9317
Batch: LRP/06/41

This Email is to inform you that you emerged a winner of
€1,000,000 (One million Euro) on our online draws which
was conducted last month.Your email address
drew the lucky numbers 9-29-1-15-4-8 which consequently
emerged you as one of first fifty (50) lucky winners in this
category.

Mr.Wilson Gart
Phone: 00 44 70457 30177
Email: wilsongart01@telkom.net

What I like about Gmail, is that I can filter this to be deleted.  I think that's great.  So now I'll go, set a filter against this sender, and be done with the situation as a whole.

Room For Sale

I don't know how this happened, but one day I walk in my bedroom to find that I have no room to walk.  My room is a disaster, to be frank.  It looks like a tornado hit it.  So, I'm in the process of cleaning out everything and down sizing my life.  I'm selling it all... kinda like a yard sale, but more of an internet yard sale.

I opened up a eBay store and began posting stuff that I had in my room.  High School books that are all noted up and highlighted...  college text books... CDs, DVDs, craft supplies.  I've got it all.  I'm looking into how to ship a mannequin and then I'll post that up there too.

What am I planning on doing with that money?  I'm going to move out of my parent's house.  I'm going to move to Chicago (out of the suburbs) and live on my own (or with a roommate).  But I need to live in the city, I'm a city boy... what can I say?

Hard C0re Friday

Friday night I was all over the place.  Out and about for 15 hrs straight.  Always on the go.  like Whoa!

We went to the Taste of Chicago, but started at a Starbucks for some nice Iced Tea.  W00t!

At the Taste... I ate too much, drank too much and peed too much.  We stayed for the fireworks where I cuddled with Robert's "straight" brother.  And then he got me all wet. ;)  haha.  we went and played in the fountain like we were all little kids.

Now... Picture 8 homos on the train, all soaking wet and most drunk.  Being loud and obnoxious.  YEA!  Oh well.

Made it to the liquor store for a nice handle to keep us going.  Watermelon Smirnoff anyone?  1AM we finally get going.  Make it to Berlin for some hard core raving.  The music louder than life, and people hotter than death.  <-- IDK.

Met some Brits who were here to learn to freestyle "the right way" but I say they were really fun to watch either way.

The night ended with morning, when I sobered up from the ride home and was ready to go again at 6AM.

I went to bed though.