one table of mystery

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giant book sale

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so many books

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birthday hat

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8

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We're all doomed! There is no escape! They've taken over. Our best bet now is to make peace with our new overlords and ask for mercy...

"Invasion of the bedbugs: How we dealt with these disgusting little bloodsuckers; and why we still fear stigma and our landlord"

I recently watched the movie Pedro about the story of Pedro Zamora who starred on mtv's the real world from its third season. this reality show was set in San Francisco in 1994. I remember my friends backat that time watching it religiously while I never had cable so just lived vicariously thru their stories. everyone was in love with Pedro, as was I, simply from hearing about his story. he was my age, he was a gay activist and he was also HIV positive and as such became a face for the public for kids my age who could see a real person livig thru his struggle. I've often thought about Pedro over the years and what might have become of him had he not passed away. watching the movie had me reflect on several issues: 1) seeing San Francisco in the early 90s, 2) feeling my young 20s coming back to me in living in that time and being a newly open gay man and activist, 3) realizing his full story which was simply amazing and so so human, and 4) realizing just how lucky I am to be alive-- at one point in the movie he is finding out he is HIV positive at age 19 and he is telling someone how he wants to be old like people who are 40. 40. wow, ok, I stop watching for several minutes and think about that. here I am nearly 39, wondering about issues of turning 40 and here's this 19yo kid who only made it to 22 and wanted to get to 40 and wanted to live and here I am wondering what to do about turning 40 and living day to day, and it hits me how lucky I am to be alive and how happy I can be living in this day to day world while I'm still here. the movie had a powerful effect on me and I cried numerous times which is rather remarkable since I never cry. it hit me personally more than I realized it could

OMG I only have 10 days left...

my mom is totally famous! she sent in pictures to national geographic for their photo contest and she's featured on their website. click on this site: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/energizer/ click on the 'gallery' column and then pick 'week 4'. she's the 7th photo of that week 4 series. the one with the beautiful balloons touching down on the water. she's off right now in colorado taking more photos of balloons and whatnot. go mama!

wow, i just realized that it was a year ago today that i arrived in bangkok to begin my southeast asia trip. i still think of the trip as if it was just yesterday. i'm still reveling in its beauty and happiness. i cannot believe it's been a year since then. so amazing. and what a dramatic impact it's had on me. so wonderful.

strange things are happening lately. i feel more alive than i have in years. i'm excited about getting up in the morning; i'm excited about things to do in the daytime; and i don't want to go to bed at night because i'm excited about things i could still get done. i think it's partially because i've been back to steadily working out again, simple cardio everyday at lunch, and some racquetball once or twice a week, but it's really improved my daily outlook. also the weather's been pretty sweet lately and it's still daylight savings (please don't end) and so it's bright out late. but still, i seem excited about living right now. i'm not sure what's come over me, but i like it. much better than horrible depression worlds... so yay for inner lightness in being

hi! i'm still here. i keep thinking of tons of stuff to put on here, but then i keep forgetting or not having the time. but i will be posting so thanks for tuning in.