Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Updates and Lil' Tidbits
Back in action!
1) Yesterday was my first doctor's appointment in the last 8 years. I mean, I've BEEN to the doctor since then, but I now have a real doctor in the city that's all my own. It feels GREAT to be an adult for once. The check up went perfectly. He said that I am in excellent health. The only bad thing he noticed was that I have a slight tremor (I was unable to touch my nose with my eyes closed). He said that it may be caused by my quitting smoking or by not eating breakfast yesterday morning. Either way, he's going to monitor it over the next couple of months to make sure it's not something serious. BTW, I can touch my nose with my eyes closed now that I'm out of the office. Figures.
2) My anniversary with Paul was wonderful! His gift to me was perfect. He bought us two handmade silver rings from a jewelry designer (Jill Platner) in the city. They are beautiful rings. On the inside of mine it says "APG loves JHC, 1/9/2004" and his says "JHC loves APG, 1/9/2004". We are both wearing them on the middle finger of our right hand. I was very moved by the gift. After this, Paul took us out to dinner at Lupa's and we had a great dinner. The wine was SO good and the food, although it was gourmet style and looked foo fooish, was excellent. The whole night was memorable.
3) I didn't end up doing the five senses gift. I am running VERY low on money and was unable to buy him a gift this year. Instead I remodeled his bedroom. I decorated it, organized it, and whipped it into shape. He was VERY excited and happy with the gift and I saved me some extra pennies, which I am in desperate need of.
4) For Mariah's Christmas gift, I overhauled her bedroom too. I wish you could see it. In the 4 years I have been friends with her, Mariah has never had an organized, clean bedroom. Now she does. I told her that I would be giving weekly inspections to make sure it stays that way. And I'm serious.
5) On Friday night we went out to Splash Bar. I think everyone had a blast. I know I did. BUT, there was one rough moment. There were these three middle aged queens hanging out in the bathroom at the same time we were and they would not leave Mariah alone. I pulled her away from them and they got pissy. I then asked them to leave us alone as we didn't want to hang out with them. This one guy got really angry and called me "bald", which I didn't like very much. I then told him that he was an "ugly 50 year old man that is obviously spending his night alone". He didn't like that very much and grabbed my shoulder. Now, I do NOT like when people put their hands on me and I tend to turn into a huge psycho. I started telling him to "remove his fucking hands immediately" and he kept pushing me and rubbing my head. Eventually the bouncer came over and asked me if this loser was bothering me. I said yes and proceeded to walk with the bouncer to the entrance. Fuck head got BOUNCED right out the bar. I felt so powerful and dared all of my friends to mess with me.
6) My brother is being nominated for a Bronze Star! Read up on it to find out more. My family couldn't be more proud.
7) I saw Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King last night. I must say, this trilogy is by far my most favorite trilogy ever. I could watch it over and over and over. The last installment is surely Oscar worthy and will prove that point once the Academy Awards roll around. I won't give anything away, but dammit, it is rare to see a movie of such caliber. Thank you Peter Jackson for directing this masterpiece.
8) Ari informed me that there is a new remake of Dawn of the Dead coming. She showed me the trailer while we were at work on Friday and I still can't get it out of my head. FUCKING YAY!
9) I had one cigarette on Friday night. I caved and had it all by myself in my bedroom. I haven't had a single drag since and am still quitting the smokes, but I did cave once and thought I should be honest about it. Unfortunately, the Nicotine patch is giving me a horrible case of insomnia. I have to try removing it before bed tonight to see if that helps. I'm barely surviving on 6 hours of sleep for the last 3 days.
That should be it.
I have rehearsal tonight. We found a space for our February AIDS benefit. I am really excited that this is moving forward. I have to memorize another script during my lunch break today and I should be ready to go.
Now, if only I could get myself an agent and make some money doing this acting thing. That's my next goal and it couldn't come sooner.
Happy Stupid Tuesday!
Back in action!
1) Yesterday was my first doctor's appointment in the last 8 years. I mean, I've BEEN to the doctor since then, but I now have a real doctor in the city that's all my own. It feels GREAT to be an adult for once. The check up went perfectly. He said that I am in excellent health. The only bad thing he noticed was that I have a slight tremor (I was unable to touch my nose with my eyes closed). He said that it may be caused by my quitting smoking or by not eating breakfast yesterday morning. Either way, he's going to monitor it over the next couple of months to make sure it's not something serious. BTW, I can touch my nose with my eyes closed now that I'm out of the office. Figures.
2) My anniversary with Paul was wonderful! His gift to me was perfect. He bought us two handmade silver rings from a jewelry designer (Jill Platner) in the city. They are beautiful rings. On the inside of mine it says "APG loves JHC, 1/9/2004" and his says "JHC loves APG, 1/9/2004". We are both wearing them on the middle finger of our right hand. I was very moved by the gift. After this, Paul took us out to dinner at Lupa's and we had a great dinner. The wine was SO good and the food, although it was gourmet style and looked foo fooish, was excellent. The whole night was memorable.
3) I didn't end up doing the five senses gift. I am running VERY low on money and was unable to buy him a gift this year. Instead I remodeled his bedroom. I decorated it, organized it, and whipped it into shape. He was VERY excited and happy with the gift and I saved me some extra pennies, which I am in desperate need of.
4) For Mariah's Christmas gift, I overhauled her bedroom too. I wish you could see it. In the 4 years I have been friends with her, Mariah has never had an organized, clean bedroom. Now she does. I told her that I would be giving weekly inspections to make sure it stays that way. And I'm serious.
5) On Friday night we went out to Splash Bar. I think everyone had a blast. I know I did. BUT, there was one rough moment. There were these three middle aged queens hanging out in the bathroom at the same time we were and they would not leave Mariah alone. I pulled her away from them and they got pissy. I then asked them to leave us alone as we didn't want to hang out with them. This one guy got really angry and called me "bald", which I didn't like very much. I then told him that he was an "ugly 50 year old man that is obviously spending his night alone". He didn't like that very much and grabbed my shoulder. Now, I do NOT like when people put their hands on me and I tend to turn into a huge psycho. I started telling him to "remove his fucking hands immediately" and he kept pushing me and rubbing my head. Eventually the bouncer came over and asked me if this loser was bothering me. I said yes and proceeded to walk with the bouncer to the entrance. Fuck head got BOUNCED right out the bar. I felt so powerful and dared all of my friends to mess with me.
6) My brother is being nominated for a Bronze Star! Read up on it to find out more. My family couldn't be more proud.
7) I saw Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King last night. I must say, this trilogy is by far my most favorite trilogy ever. I could watch it over and over and over. The last installment is surely Oscar worthy and will prove that point once the Academy Awards roll around. I won't give anything away, but dammit, it is rare to see a movie of such caliber. Thank you Peter Jackson for directing this masterpiece.
8) Ari informed me that there is a new remake of Dawn of the Dead coming. She showed me the trailer while we were at work on Friday and I still can't get it out of my head. FUCKING YAY!
9) I had one cigarette on Friday night. I caved and had it all by myself in my bedroom. I haven't had a single drag since and am still quitting the smokes, but I did cave once and thought I should be honest about it. Unfortunately, the Nicotine patch is giving me a horrible case of insomnia. I have to try removing it before bed tonight to see if that helps. I'm barely surviving on 6 hours of sleep for the last 3 days.
That should be it.
I have rehearsal tonight. We found a space for our February AIDS benefit. I am really excited that this is moving forward. I have to memorize another script during my lunch break today and I should be ready to go.
Now, if only I could get myself an agent and make some money doing this acting thing. That's my next goal and it couldn't come sooner.
Happy Stupid Tuesday!
