Monotony + A little intrigue = the story of my life
Monday June 23, 2008 ~ PHOTOS, COLGATE, HITCHCOCK, AND KARENINA
Today I got straight to work on my photo albums. I’ve realized that working on putting my life into albums gives me a HUGE feeling of success. It’s not because doing albums is a project, it’s because it’s an entire year or an entire life experience that I relive. And what’s more, the project takes time and thought, so when I’m left with random pictures and a leather-bound binder, I feel a huge sense of accomplishment. I spent the day making the first half of 2007 (excluding China, Berkeley, and San Francisco) into the album and writing everything down that I wanted in the margins. I did that all morning in bed and all afternoon on the couch. I watched TV, sorted pictures, and re-assembled trips and times with my friends. Once I finished the book, I couldn’t help but just sit back and look at it a few times cover to cover. I am a born nostalgic (if that’s a term). Anyway, after that, nothing was on TV, so I watched Shadow of a Doubt because it’s my mom’s favorite Hitchcock movie and I haven’t seen it yet. I enjoyed it, but I personally felt it was missing a big punch of an ending. Anyway, after that, I did the family thing and hung out for a while before reading in bed. I read more of Anna Karenina, but didn’t accomplish my reading goal, haha. It was a successful day even without that.
Tuesday June 24, 2008 ~ LOUNGING, SEX AND THE CITY, AND THE MOVIES
I decided that I would spend today not simply watching TV as I usually do, but that I would add something to the mix so that I felt at least a small sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. I woke up and did the morning thing, watched my shows, had lunch, but didn't have a project to do. So, I decided to start watching Sex and the City. I said to myself that if I ended up not liking it after a few episodes, then it was no problem, but I should have an opinion about it (after all, I think I’m the only gay who’s never seen any of it). I found the DVDs in mom’s room. She has every episode (all six seasons), so I took the first one, popped it in, and watched the first six episodes (the first disk) and made a judgment from there. To be perfectly honest, I don’t like any of the characters, and I don’t find any of the stories particularly interesting (and the show follows a VERY obvious episodic pattern). I really don’t like it. There are one or two moments of audible laughter during each episode, but nothing to warrant continuing to watch it. I think that since I have nothing better to watch, I am going to force myself to continue watching it. I want to do it pretty much for the sense of accomplishment that will come after finishing it all. Anyway, after doing that, piano, and other random crap, it was time to run and shower. When dad got home, he proposed that we go out to the movies. I decided that I normally go out on Tuesday nights, so tonight should be no exception. We ate and left to get to the theatre by 8. We went to see Get Smart and Love Guru. Get Smart was actually quite funny. They took a lot of classic jokes and really made them their own I though. There weren’t poop jokes for poop joke’s sake, there were poop jokes that added to the style of the movie (if that makes any sense). We both enjoyed it, so that’s all I could ask for. Love Guru on the other hand, was not nearly as clever. It was another Mike Meyer’s movie where he plays a preposterous character who gets into trouble and makes shameless jokes about feces. Dad and I considered walking out of it during the first 5 minutes, but we stuck with it because it was only 100 minutes long. After that, we drove home and went straight to bed. It was nice spending the evening with my father. We didn’t argue, and we got to bond over something. When he’s in the mood, he can be quite pleasant, so I was glad that I went with him.
Wednesday June 25, 2008 ~ TV MARATHONING, A BIOPSY, AND A REUNION
Today was a bit of a relief. I spent the morning watching my shows and spent my afternoon watching episodes 7-12 of Sex and the City and then watching the first episode of the second season. I really don’t actually like the show at all, but I like the idea of watching it all just so that I can say I’ve seen it all, but it’s so bad. I guess it’s like watching a train wreck. Anyway, the sitcom allowed me to spend my entire day “doing something” (as long as I have a project, right). Anyway, after that, I went to Miacco’s for a full body scan. I got a fair amount of reading done in the waiting room because I didn’t actually get to see Miacco until an hour after my appointment. I went in and ended up needing to have a biopsy done. He took a sample from my shoulder, I got a Bandaid, and I went home. On the ride back, I decided that I would play Greg’s game. If he’s raising me Strepp Throat, I’ll raise him a cancer scare. We talked for a bit and he invited me over to watch movies. I went home, had dinner, read for a bit, and then went to visit him. When I got there, we first watched Corpse Bride, which he hadn’t seen, but that he loved. After that, we watched Pan’s Labyrinth, which we both new was excellent. We spent the night lying together not doing much of anything. We caressed each other a bit, but it was still a bit awkward to be affectionate with him because I didn’t know if we were actually okay with each other. After Pan’s, I left to go home (it was about 1). On the ride home, I thanked him for inviting me over, and he said that he had had a good time. I was glad that dialogue had recommenced between us.