The Weekend

I took Friday off to relax a little. I didn't really do much during the day, I just ran errands and I took a loooong nap. It was great. Friday afternoon I went to a screening of East Side Story that the gay group I belong to sponsored.

If you missed it, the movie will be showing again at the Dallas LGBT film festival, Outtakes. The director and the main actor where both there and the main actor is HOT. Unfortunately he is straight but he is still good eye candy.


Today I just had an overwhelming feeling to go see my family. Not sure what it was but I felt like something was missing so I went to FW and hanged out with my friend
SM and later with my sister and her kids.

I am just staying home tonight. I am walking for the AIDS LifeWalk.


Future Post:
The owner of a restaurant I go to is trying to set me up on a date.

Gay Advise

I received a message earlier today from my friend Sussy Q and it said "Call me back, I need gay advice."

With Sussy I always know it is going to be something strange. So I call her back:

Me: Why do you need gay advice?
Sussy: A guy told me I look like a lesbian, is that a compliment?

This is the same girl that calls me and ask "have you been thinking about me? I know you want me!"
To which I always reply, "The only way I would ever like you is if you grew a penis and had a better personality."

So she calls me and leaves me messages saying "C, how can I grow a penis?"

I guess I can't give her gay advice.

Hypnoticed

So I have lost a few more pounds in the last months but not enough. It has gotten to the point that I need to take some extreme measures.

That's right. Extreme.
I am not considering purging yet. But if I don't loose the weight soon I might have to do it. I just want to loose 10 more pounds and I am having trouble loosing them. Mainly because I still eat pretty bad. If I could just control my eating habits I would loose them in no time. But who wants to monitor what they eat? Not I.

The community center by my place offers hypnosis to help people loose weight and to stop smoking. It is only$30 so I am considering trying.

In other news, my arms are looking good :) I am starting to have some definition. :)

Random Stories

Sex
Me: I don't think I want to have a happy hour after all?
Friend: Why? (out of breath)
Me: What are you doing?
Friend: Nothing.
Me: Where you having sex?
Friend: (giggles)
Me: Why did you pick up the phone?
Friend: We are taking a break.


Kick you in the head
Scene - Gym with my trainer. At the end of the session we are stretching. I am on the mat he is standing over me with left leg up in the air, stretching it out.
His phone rings, he answers it. He drops my left leg and goes for the right one at the same time that I lift it and hit him on the head.

I had a good laugh.

Depressing Movies
I have seen two movies today. Both relate to prostitution. I don't like stories about prostitution because they make me sad and they make me feel helpless.

I was in San Antonio ones for a wedding with a guy I was dating at the time. After the reception we were heading back to the hotel and we stopped at a gas station. As he was pumping gas I saw a young girl across the street bending over a car with three guys in it. A few minutes later she got in the car.

I wanted to run over there and help her, at least ask her not to get in the car. But in the end I was helpless. I still have dreams about that moment. For some reason she keeps coming back to me in dreams.

These movies have put me in a funky mood.

Blogs

I have a lot of blogs to catch up on. I have over 100 unread blog entries. I try to read a few every so often but you guys write a lot :)
I will read blogs but I may not comment on all of them. Hope you don't mind.


I hope you had a great weekend. You exist because someone thinks of you, not the other way around.

Know that right now, I am thinking of you.

Birthday Parties--or Hapy Hours in My Case

A friend and I are celebrating our birthday's together on Tuesday, the 3rd--a day before her birthday and 4 days before mine. If we know you and thought you were cool or nerdy enough, we invited you.

Don't have your feelings hurt if:

1. Your coolness or nerd ratio were too low to garner invite. There are plenty of Happy Hours you can hit on a Tuesday.

2. You live outside of the Dallas/FW area. We didn't really think you'd want make a special trip.

3. We don't know you.

However if we did, by some crazy oversight, forget you send me an email and I promise to rectify the situation.

(This was taken from Swirly Girl's post. Check her site out)(and Yes, that is who I am sharing my b-day with).

Thursday Post 2 - Dinner, Drinks, Friends, and Cheating Boyfriends

I met up with two of my friends from high school on Tuesday. Actually, we weren't really friends in high school but we worked together so we knew each other. We became friends our last year of school. We really didn't hang out around the same group of people so we never saw each other at school.

We just caught up on our lives, we haven't seen each other in about 8 years so it was nice to just talk and have a few drinks. It is funny what people remember and what people choose to forget. We would all bring up different things we use to do but the others wouldn't remember. It was fun though.

One of the girls has been dating a guy for a month and a half and she was telling me about him. The more she told me about him the more suspicious I got about the guy. Here are the clues:
1. Dating a month and a half
2. Has a son
3. Hasn't invited her over to his place
4. Hasn't introduced her to any of his friends
5. Always calls her at the same time
6. Goes days without calling her without an explanation

So I am convinced he is married. He has to be, all of the signs are there. Do you agree or am I being paranoid?

I feel bad for even mentioning it but what if he is really married? It started out as a joke but the more she told us that more convinced I became he is either married or has a girlfriend.

She is not convinced he is married but we told her to keep her eyes open. I may have just ruined her relationship.

Thursday Post 1

(I am getting creative with my titles!)

So this is going to be a multiple post day...maybe. I haven't blogged in a while.

This past weekend was our pride weekend. Unfortunately it rained so I don't have any pictures of half-naked men to share. The parade still happened though and I got soaking wet. It was fun though and I was surprised to see so many people out there.

I was off on Monday and Tuesday. I don't remember what I did on Monday but I am sure it was alright.

Tuesday I ran around all day. I went to Fort Worth to see my mom and also met up with my old co-workers for lunch. Which was great because I haven't seen them in a while. And I also met up with some friends from high school. I will write a separate post about that.

Things are going well though. Life is good. How is your world treating you?

New Music Friday & I am hooked

New Music Friday

Do you know Sergio Mendes? He is an artist from Brazil and he recently collaborated with the Black Eyed Peas and other artist. The song with the Black Eyed Peas is called Mas que nada, watch the video.

Are you familiar with Fado? It is a genre of music from Portugal. I couldn't find my favorite artist but I did find a video of Amalia Rodriguez on you tube. Check it out.


I love this style of music because it sounds so sad, you can almost hear the tears in their voice.


I am hooked
My mom was here last week and she watches novela's (soap operas but in Spanish). She was here for a week and I got hooked on one of the novelas. The acting is good, the story line is great, and I can't stop watching it. I make sure I am home by 8 p.m. to watch it.

Here are some pictures here of Barrera de Amor, some of the guys are kind of hot.

What a Drama Queen!

Ignore my previous post, I was being way to dramatic.

I had a weird dream last night, my older brother gave me two white cats. One of them was completely white and the other one was white with tan/brown designs. Not sure what that means.

Anyway, have a great day!

Tough Week

It's been a tough week for me, I know it is only Wednesday but it has been rough.

It isn't anything in particular, or it could be everything in general. All I know is that for some reason I am just an emotional mess.

I have been working out regularly, so that is good. I have been waking up at 5 or 5:30 to go to the gym every day this week. I am going to try doing that for a while. Partly because I don't have time to go in the afternoons and partly because I feel some changes coming in my life.

All of the working out hasn't really paid off because I have been eating out way to much. The whole diet thing isn't really working. On Monday we took a co-worker to La Duni to welcome him to the department. For dessert I had their warm milk chocolate cake pudding, it is sinfully delicious.

All day on Tuesday I had a craving for fried chicken. Which is weird because I don't normally like fried chicken. So on my way home from yoga class I decided to stop at Brothers Fried Chicken. It is suppose to be the best friend chicken in town and I can see why. I had their chicken breast with fries, jalapenos, pickles, and bread. It was so good that I can taste it just writing about it.

And today...today I was a complete mess. I was so tired and so emotionally drained that I just wanted to go home and crawl under the covers. But instead I met one of my friends at Fuse for drinks and sushi. It was great just being able to talk to her about my problems.

I have been talking to my friend from college about my problems but it was nice to get a woman's perspective. Life is hard, and it seems like it doesn't get easier as we get older. But nobody promised me a rose garden, right?

There has been a lot of good news this week though. (Focus on the positive.)

My college friend is moving in with his boyfriend of 2 years. I am so excited for him. And he just got a dog :)

My friend has an interview for a job she wants. Keep your fingers crossed for her!

I turned in one of my assignments that is due tomorrow!

My sisters surprise b-day party is on Friday! I can't wait, great food, live music, and lots of family!

My friends daughter started saying "mommy"!

I received a random email from a friend telling me he loves me!

The weather has been great these last few days!

Focus on the positive!

There has to be an end

Have I mentioned I only have three more classes before I finish my masters including the ones I am taking right now?

I am taking two classes right now and they are both extremely labor intensive. Both courses have two huge projects due at the end. Luckily I am working in a group environment so I don't have to do all of the work alone but these first three weeks have been kicking my ass.

So much so, that I didn't sleep last night thinking of all of the work I have due on Thursday.

I am also skipping happy hour tomorrow to come home and do some more work. That is how much work I have. Normally I wouldn't even think about skipping happy hour.

Send good vibes my way.

And you were there, and you were there

He was in my dreams last night and I don't really know why. I haven't talked to him in months, actually, I just spoke to him twice.

I met Levi about 3 months ago at a party and we immediately hit it off. We talked for a couple of hours getting to know each other and ignoring the rest of the guest at the party. After a couple of hours we decided to leave the party and go somewhere were we could sit down and talk without interruptions. We went to a coffee shop and talked for hours. There was chemistry. There were sparks.

The shop was closing so we decided to go on our way, we said our goodbyes, exchanged numbers, and gave each other a goodnight kiss. A few days later I called him but I never heard back from him.

He called me about a month later and wanted to get together for dinner. I was a little hesitant at first but decided to meet up with him. His first question was, "Are you wondering why I didn't call you?" and of course I was but by then I had already had a bad first impression so I decided not to pursue it.

Everything went well, we talked, laughed, and had a great time. He talked about how great we would be together, etc, etc. But never called again.

I hadn't thought about him until he popped in my dreams last night.

Moms, the Anti-Spending

My mom is staying with me again this week and she is very much a home body which has helped me curve my spending. I love my mother and I love spending time with her but I need to get out every once in a while and be social. I take after my father in being social.

We really haven't gone out to eat this week, she cooks at home or I pick up something light for dinner at EatZi's. So last night when a friend of mine invited her to go to dinner at his restaurant I couldn't turn it down. But unfortunately she turned it down. So would I be a bad son and go to dinner without her or would I stay at home and keep her company?

I stayed home.

Then the same friend invited her to his house on Saturday to lounge by the pool and have cocktails. I was already imagining myself in my little bathing suit with a drink in hand. But unfortunately she turned that down also.

So it is Saturday night and I am at home.

New Music Friday

I have been listening to a lot of music lately so I want to share some of the music with you guys on Friday's. I am sure you have heard some of these artist but some will be new to you. Check them out.

1. Earn My Affection by Amel Larrieux
This is my favorite song right now. It reminds me of a beautiful man I know, who is a mess and hopefully he is working on improving his issues. Unfortunately the site doesn't have this song on it but there are other songs you can listen to. The lyrics say "You've got to earn my affection, put your back into it....Don't make me loose all my self respect, I ain't desperate yet...You're a beautiful mess..." I love the lyrics and her voice.


2. 1 Thing by Amerie
This is an old song but I still love it. I wish she would come out with another CD soon.

I am paying for what?

I opened my cell phone bill and I had a $20 charge for text messaging. I text message a lot but I purchased an option that gives me what I thought was unlimited text messaging. So I was a little surprised.

I called my service provider and they informed me that I only get 200 text messages and I am being charged .10 cents for every text message after the first 200.

On top of that, they told me I am also being charged for every message someone else sends me. Can you believe that? I couldn't. I can understand if they charge me for something I am in control of but not for something someone else is doing.

I called and complained but I only got credit for this pay period. So, stop text messaging me :)

What do you think?

I got this from my friend Fwmamma over there --------->
It has been modified because it was an email.

Here's what I want you to do. Describe me in ONE WORD...just one word!

And tell me about something someone has labeled you, e.g. procrastinator, smart, funny. How you feel about that label. Do you agree with the label? Do you resent it?

My 4 City Texas Tour

I was a little hesitant about the trip but I had a great time.

We left Dallas on Saturday morning and we stopped in The Woodlands to visit with my friends mother. His family is interesting/nice. Went to eat at the golf course, did some shopping and left for Houston.

After we checked in we went to have drinks at Cafe Adobe where I ran into 4 guys I know from Dallas. We left and did some more shopping in the neighborhood.

That night we meet up with my friends friends at JR's. I didn't drink that much and we were back in the hotel by 1 a.m.

Sunday was a lot of fun. Went to the museums and had a great time. We also went to a couple of places for drinks/brunch. We also got a manicure and pedicure later that day.

So here is the fun part:

We went to Berry Hill. It is a restaurant but on the weekends and special events they have a live dj, drink specials and tons of gorgeous people. It was a pretty mixed crowd (straight/gay) as well as racially diverse. I met a guy :)

Yes, a guy. We started talking as a fluke when he spilled a little alcohol on my shoes. We started talking later and he is a really nice guy. He is 28, lives in Houston. I am not sure where he is from, I thought he was black but he has an accent so he may be from the Caribbean somewhere. After about an hour my friends wanted to leave so we (the guy and I) made plans to meet at Jr's later that night.

Unfortunately I never made it back to Jr's. I met another guy at another bar. I was a bit whorish this weekend but I had a great time. I have been talking on the phone and text messaging a lot with the first guy. He is coming to Dallas in two weeks for work so we plans to go on a date. I am excited and nervous at the same time.

Buy he is really nice and he is my age. Did I mention he was HOT? He has great arms and chest and abs and lips.

We checked out early on Monday morning and drove to San Antonio for lunch. Then we went a little town, San Marco, where they have all kinds of great outlet stores. As you can see, I did a lot of shopping this weekend.

After all was said and done, I came home with 4 shirts, jeans, a pair of slacks, some home decorative stuff, and a great pair of Prada sunglasses.

I love long weekends.

Several things

Three of my third cousins got in touch with me over the last 3 days. They are all sisters, two of their are twins. I think one of them is a lesbian. I am not sure yet but we are going to get together when I come back in town and she is taking me to one of the gay bars :)

I am not sure if she knows I am gay or not and I am not sure if she is going because she is a lesbian or because she has gay friends. I can't wait to find out.

I am going out of town tomorrow morning for the long weekend (most places are closed on Monday in the U.S. for Labor day). I will post some pictures when I return.

My finger isn't broken. The swelling has gone down but it is still very sore and I can't really use it.