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Aug 15 08: the pause that refreshes

Right, where were we? Ah, yes. I was feeling twitchy and blocked and it was May, and I ended up taking a couple months off from the reportage. In the event that anybody ever wanders back along this way again, hi. Am not dead.

What have I been up to? I met one of my Big Damn Heroes, about whom more soon. I competed in the International Gay & Lesbian Aquatics Championships in Washington, DC. I went on one of my best vacations ever, to San Francisco: to meet a new family member and spend quality time with familiar ones; to eat well; to engage in tiki-bar mayhem (at the legendary Tonga Room¹) and subsequent rampage through the Castro; to see old friends; to get a personally guided tour of Pixar Studios; to spread the gospel of Oh Hell; to behave scandalously because being 2,700 miles from home means you can get away with that sort of thing. I wrote a couple of new stories. (Wikipedia was jettisoned for now, but the tulpa stayed. Also: Mad science. If you want a copy, ask.) I saw Wall-E, twice, plus the Batman movie and the Hellboy movie, because I’m a big honkin’ geek. Also Mamma Mia!, because I am a homosexual and secure in my masculinity. I bought a Jesus Phone.

I am working fairly regularly in a profession that I love. I have good friends. I have stayed up until 2AM and beyond to watch Olympics coverage every night this week, because how can you say no to the women’s table-tennis preliminaries? And water polo? And sculling? Someday soon, like hopefully this weekend, I will start going back to the gym, because the smokin’ pair of trousers I bought in SF are already a little tight.

Life is okay.

¹ Remember, the bar is [tɔŋgə], but the Pacific island nation is [tɔŋɑ].

Commentary

Welcome back, Cuz!

posted by Cousin Erika, Aug 16 08 3:35 PM

We thought you had drowned in the pool of radiance. Glad to see that wasn’t the case.

posted by grendel, Aug 17 08 6:10 PM

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