TBA

Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick. this is the 1st opportunity i've had to write, all day. that's the problem with 3 day weekends: when you get back to work you have to catch up on all the crap you missed the day before.
1st thing's 1st: X3. MAJOR LEAGUE dissapointment. i won't ruin the movie for you, if you plan to see it (or rehash it if you already did see it). suffice to say, i was very perturbed. as a comics/fiction fan, i hate (with every fiber of my being) when hollywood changes basic parts of a comic/book's history. this was the case with X3. basic parts of the X-Men history/mythology were changed (for no apparent reason). now, i can understand that they need to condense 30 years of history into a 2 hour movie, but this was just ridiculous. as a movie, apart from its comics history, X3 was sorely lacking. the characterization was blah, the character development was nil(i have to cofess that i really didn't care who won the war), the special effects were the same we've seen for the last 2 movies and the storyline was downright absurd. yeah i'll buy it on DVD, but only in the hopes that the Special Features include deleted scenes that fill in all the obvious softball sized holes in the script.
2nd: this thursday is my next MRI. stephen took off to accompany me, and john promised he'd come too. i have to say, i've been getting ALOT of support throughout and it makes me really happy. i'm truly surrounded by wonderful people. :-) also, i have my followup with the ENT on June 9th; he wants the results of the 2nd MRI, to make an accurate call as to what's floating around in my noggin.
3rd: this weekend is SI Pride! it'll be my 1st Pride on SI (this is the 2nd year they're holding their own festivities), and i'm really looking forward to it. don't ask me why :) i'd like to march in the parade, but stephen pointed out what was painfully obvious: we don't belong to any of the groups that would be marching; we don't like the small and bizarre clique of homos at the church we've been attending, we don't belong to PFLAG SI, and unless there's an Unaffiliated Chubby White Guy Posse that we don't know about we're screwed. i guess we have to stand on the sidelines and watch? that doesn't seem right. maybe we can trim our goatees and march with the Dykes Without Bikes. **shrug**
4th: wedding plans are progressing. we've found one place on the Island that looks doable. i e-mailed them today to see if our date is open. i have no idea how to approach this. i'd be lying if i said i wasn't nervous that we'll be chased out of every prospective hall by waitstaff with pitchforks and holy water. i can't imagine there are many places that would be willing to host a queer wedding.
5th: i finally saw Jenn this weekend! it's been almost 3 months since i last saw her and i was jonsing for my fix. there are very few people who truly get what's going on inside my head. Stephen is there 95% of the time (when he's not, i can usually explain my actions), but John and Jenn are usually there 99% of the time. it's truly amazing how well they both know me and how truly at home i feel with them. John i talk to all the time (and see almost as much), but Jenn has become a once-in-a-blue-moon kinda gal. it's just too damn hard to mesh our schedules together, with her out in God-Forsaken NJ and me on La Isla del Staten. i miss her :-( anyhoo. we met up for lunch on sunday (she and her hubby and me and mine). and it was like no time had passed at all. that's how it is with her. if i talk to her once a week or once a month, it's exactly the same.

i think that's it for today. i just needed a chance to breathe and get my bearings. i've been working like a mexican since i got here this morning and quite frankly, all the multitasking is making me dumber than a box of hammers. besides, it's about 110 degrees here and i'm sweating like Dingbat at the SATs. Maybe it's the 3 cups of coffee i've had since 7:30...

"Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor/not going left, not going right" Losing My Mind (the Pet Shop Boys)