fortissimo

I'm back, and louder than ever.

Love to all my old friends. New friends please form a line to the left for the initiation ritual featuring naughty limericks and tongue kisses.

I am so lame.

I meant to take a nap before the housewarming party last night, but instead I ended up sleeping right through until 6am this morning.

I hope you all had a blast.

As for me, I had some wonderfully bizarre dreams.

Yep, it was one wild party, right here in my head.


-ff

At a dancing school in a remote place, Fortunata teaches her pupils to become points of light.

They begin with her as early as six or seven and some stay for the rest of their lives.

Most, she releases like butterflies over a flowering world. Bodies that could have bent double and grown numb she maintains as metal in a fiery furnace, tempering, stretching, forcing...
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After a long cold year,
New morning hay

Clear water skimmed
from silt puddles in asphalt

Perched higher than a bird
and heart racing faster

Is this panic or providence?

Softer winds

New skin swells beneath
the dust that trails
From hard-worn fingertips

Begin again
Begin again

Only the bright face that kisses yours
Can outshine the moon

David Bowie concert tonight!


woooooooooooooooo!



-ff

I went camping in Ithaca with my sweet girl last weekend.

There were a couple of times when this amplified the stress and irritation levels considerably...but in a way that's actually a good thing. Conflict, once resolved, adds stability. And it led to our spending some quiet hours just reading--the kind of gentle down time that is so nice, but so hard to prioritize when...
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OK....report on the weekend.

*cue alliterative summary*

Fucking Fantastic!

Lover Late.
Singer Short but Sweet.
Hotel Heavenly.
Breakfast Brilliant.
Wandering Wonderful.
Dinner Delectable.
Show Spectacular.
Meandering Magnificent.
Parting Painful.

*end alliterative summary*

My sweet girl was a few hours late to NYC, due to hellish traffic all the way to the city (which was probably exacerbated by it being Gay Pride weekend)

On her arrival,...
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Must be brief...big day and big weekend ahead.

The Supreme Court struck down all sodomy laws nationwide...how rad is that? At last, an affirmation of a constitutional right to sexual privacy.

I raise a glass in celebration, and in particular honor of the many of my few high school friends who suffered in small-town Texas as gays, lesbians, or bisexuals. Salut!

Weekending with the power...
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I'm back from Boston. Exhausted, and sniffling with allergies, but sporting a sunny disposition that is undiminished by these factors.

The weekend with Joy was about as delightful as I could have possibly expected. Still early days to be flashing loaded four-letter emotion words around, but...we make each other smile, we make each other laugh, and we make each other HOT.

Things are good.

Maybe...
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This will have to be brief, as I've got to scoot up to Manhattan to give a dog and pony show...

THE MATRIX RELOADED ROCKS!!!

Lucky, lucky me...I saw it at 10pm last night.

Spectacular movie, and excellent ensuing philosophical discussion / critique ensuing in the car afterwards. Gotta love a killer action movie that actually provokes original thought.

Anyway, be sure to stay after...
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I'm back!!

As a drunken Spaniard once said..."Let me explain. No, that would take too long--Let me sum up."

In the past several months, I have...
- Been downsized by the new owners of my former employers.
- Had an amazingly intense relationship that was sadly all too brief. Mostly one non-stop weekend, and then...
- Renewed my commitment to keeping a ten-foot pole between...
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