Raybear is alive and well and living in east Berlin.

I shouldn't have allowed Big Jessie to give me a turn on the computer, because even though I was tired, I've stayed up too late catching up on e-mail and some of livejournal friends. And now I'm hungry again. I must hurry and go to sleep, but wanted to update briefly. How briefly? Who knows.

Made it DC safe and sound evidently. Overcame some toppish nervousness on Sunday night and had a great time and later felt weird that slept in front of her. Why is sleeping in front of someone more intimate than ... other things? MAybe because I drool and hum and mumble and sing.

Monday I walked and walked and walked and despite my anecdotes and complaining feet I loved every damn second of it. No issue 21 of David Boring BUT today after finishing reading Caricatures, I discovered there's a whole Daivd Boring book. {/end talk of Daniel Clowes books}
I saw Georgetown, I saw the Francis Scott Key bridge, I saw lots and lots of the Metro orange line and then.....Vinnie! He rescued me from the station and whisked me away to the apartment where Joe the houseboy was spinning. Oh my, it was hot.

I had a great time with them -- we saw MIIB which was exactly as I hoped (mindless fun with pretty good visuals) and good food was prepared for me several times during my time with them. We unsuccessfully tried to meet up with MArgaret, but in the end I almost didn't mind just sitting around and chatting with Vinnie. Plus, we went to 7-11 for slurpees and frosted donuts, which always cheers me up. Today we had a nice meal of bacon and biscuits and random multiple conversations about multiple personalit disorder and babies and trannies and mixtapes used to acquire booty.

Then I headed west, young man, back to Virginia. And I gave into temptation (how could I not?) but that's NOT what made us late for dinner. I'm very timely in all my actions, including sex. Soon after I finally got to meet Jessie and Phyllis and we ate dosais and talked about lots and lots and lots of non-LJ topics. But then Jessie and I cheated on the way home and I gave a lengthy description of previous incidents. I hope that didn't scare them.

Now I'm ready for sleepings. Vacation is going smashingly. Must take trips like this more often.

P.S. MelRo arrived in Montana safely, though I haven't heard from her since -- I hope she'll find out the phone number there soon, since I'm missing talking to her. Almost as much as I miss Sophie.

P.P.S. Angelina, my cell is working again, if you want to call.

weekly horoscope

how could I not post this?

Dear Raymond, here is your Weekly Horoscope for July 15 to 21

You can both excite and inspire others this week. Yourpresence is enough to make them want to pay attention to anything you have to say. You seem to have the knack of helping them see beyond the doubts and obstacles that are holding them back, to the possibilities that they could enjoy if they dared to take a risk. You also manage to inspire yourself for once, and this enables you to set sail for new horizons and take steps towards making some of your more exciting and heartfelt dreams come true. You may also learn something very interesting over the coming days. As both Pluto and Uranus are involved in the mix of influences you are bound to find that certain pieces of information may cause you to change direction and to reconsider plans that you had already formulated. But you will understand why this may seem so necessary and take it all in good humor. Your love life has settled down, but permanent partnerships may still be going through rather a quiet phase. It is as though you need to get your own house in order on an inner psychological level, before you can take the next major step in your relationship. But your relationships will benefit immeasurably from doing so.