bluedogdays

i keep getting told to update... and i think i will, as it's a good excuse to stay on the computer and put off going to bed just a little bit longer.
first things first- thank you guys for the birthday wishes! you know, the ones you left me almost 3 months ago. i'm a really bad blog updater/ commenter and i apologize, but i really did appreciate them all very much!
second of all- we're almost 7 months into 2006 and i'm sorry to report that i haven't come close to accomplishing my new years resolutions. they were to learn the dance from "napoleon dynamite" and to relearn all the lyrics to "baby got back." i can't lie, i'm more than a little dissapointed in myself. i've gotta step things up a bit!
the other stuff- i've been busy working a job that is a little mindnumbing, but at a place where i am surrounded by books and amazing people. i constantly have to remind myself that i'm there to enter barcodes into the computer, not to read. but the whole making money thing is nice. i've also been busy trying to figure school stuff out. and life stuff out. this time last year i was working at a summer camp- every night was spent singing songs around a fire by the lake, flopped back on the grass looking up at the stars. making s'mores that tasted a little bit like bugspray. taking the kids on midnight ice cream "raids" which were actually planned out with the kitchen staff weeks in advance. rockclimbing and horseback riding and swimming. living outside in the fresh air for 2 1/2 months. i miss the place like crazy. although i'm kind of glad i decided not to go back. working there last year was a way for me to run away from a few different things. i don't have the overwhelming desire to get away from the life i've built over the past 9 months i've been back here. i'm actually kinda content. *gasp!* this last week has been fabulous. (yes, i'm aware that i'm a gay man trapped in a lesbian's body. i do the hand flips, too.) anyway. last sunday my close friend flew in from new york, and the few days she spent here were filled with laughter and late night converations, pints of ben & jerrys ice cream, and the basic annoyance of anyone else who accidentally came anywhere near us. i hadn't seen her in almost two years, it was great. friday night i headed over to ann arbor to see ani! with nave and keila. very very good time. it was the first time i had ever seen her perform. i want to eat her for breakfast. she's so freakin adorable, and so fucking awesome. saturday the girl and i spent the day walking around lansing's pride fest and then just had a relaxing night in. (for the record, the girl is also freakin adorable and fucking awesome. but shhh. don't tell her i said that.) today i had to pull myself out of a very comfortable bed to drive back here to get some stuff done. and i spent some time this evening with another one of my friends who moved away to oregon last year and was back in town for a few days. we took a walk and sat on the swings on the playground talking and singing and quoting kevin smith movies. and tomorrow... back to the grindstone. i have a looooong list of things i need to get done. will this update do it for the next couple of months?
xoxoxo.