I'm just an animal looking for a home...and you love me till my heart stops.

I love Talking Heads.

In other news, I"m coming out of the closet as soft rock junkie. It's not so much that I like it -- it's more like comfort food.

Now that that's out of the way....
( Bring on the ramblings! )

follow-up e-mail to my friend

Hey Co____,

I had a good time at the Hopleaf last night. I just wanted to drop you a line to say hi and make sure that I didn't weird you out by confessing my attraction to you. I had previously thought about saying something, but had no real reason to "come out", so to speak. My main reason for doing it last night was to (hopefully) make you feel good about yourself and your ability to snag a boy. And I also wanted to let you know that I really value our relationship and our dynamic and think very highly of you. I'm glad you're around and in my life, and hope I provide occasional support and entertainment (if nothing else!) for you.

[I may drop by the store on Sunday, esp. if I get lucky on Saturday night. Or I can just roll over a call. ha ha.]

love,
raymond

sigh.

Longest Day Ever

Why is it only 4:15 pm?

I'm going to entertain myself by creating an imaginary itinerary for next week:

Firday, July 20th
6 am -- wake up and shower.
6:30 am -- leave the house for the train
7:45 am -- arrive at Midway
8:45 am -- be in airplane seat
12 noon -- arrive at Manchester
1 pm -- sit in airport bar eating lunch
2 pm -- fall asleep
3 pm -- read book
4 pm -- people-watch
5 pm -- go to baggage claim and get nervous about seeing Melanie
5:23 pm -- find her and tackle her
7:05 pm -- stop and get dinner. possibly have sex in a random public facility.
9:15 pm -- arrive at house in Cape Cod
10:30 pm -- go to bed
11:03 pm -- ...


In related news, I bought a Greyhound bus ticket for Monday the 23rd to get from White River Junction to Manchester. I arrive in Manchester at 2:30 pm, then I have approximately 4 hours to get to the airport. Even if I have to walk, I can't imagine the town is that big. But I was able to buy my bus ticket online and it was only 20 bucks. Yay.

Oh, and my nephew Noah is super cute and I had a good time visiting with him on my lunch hour. People are so funny around babies. I definitely love them (and kids in general), but I interact with them in such a different way. Like I don't coo and get all overly excited around them. I almost treat them like equals. I'm more likely to treat dogs like kids than treating kids like "kids". So anyway, I had some 'private time' with Noah and walked him around the office and gave him the tour and told him all about my co-workers. Oh yeah, he's one month old. No matter.

Alright, it's almost 4:30. Getting closer to 5!!

see ya!

Hope everyone has a good weekend. Peace to folks who are at places they don't want to be.