So I received a packet today explaining why my sisters have called the family meeting on the 29th, and I comprehend some of the reasons for the new configuration of the family affairs they want to put in place. What I don't understand is why I was excluded from discussions pertaining to this change, and why the change denies me equal participation ( Read more... )

So here I am. The world did not end on December 21st (obviously), and 2013 has arrived on schedule. I guess
are things going alright overall. Mitchell is gone from my life now, with only a few minor aftershocks of his habitual dramatics. I can't honestly say that I miss him at all, but I do sometimes wish it had gone better. He had a certain ( Read more... )

Mitchell (who I threw out, and against whom I have a restraining order in place) contacted me the other night. The RO entitles me to call the police and have him arrested on that account, but that seemed unnecessary given how limited and non-threatening the contact was, and because I could tell how miserable he was. Homeless, hungry, cold, and ( Read more... )

Mitchell (who I threw out, and against whom I have a restraining order in place) contacted me the other night. The RO entitles me to call the police and have him arrested on that account, but that seemed unnecessary given how limited and non-threatening the contact was, and because I could tell how miserable he was. Homeless, hungry, cold, and ( Read more... )

That subject line sounds especially portentous, but I do no mean to suggest a single post integrating those three items, but rather three segments of a post, condensed for brevity ( Read more... )

I'm really enjoying the television program, Warehouse 13. Partly, because it reminds me of Friday the 13th: The Series, which I enjoyed years ago... but also because it contains a number of actors I watched on Star Trek: The Next Generation interacting with each other in similar situations. Plus, it's just cool... it is a dramatized, fictional ( Read more... )

So I was something of a nervous wreck last night and this morning on account of the hearing at court scheduled for this morning. I want to give props to Mitchell both for his supportive attitude and help prepping for it, and for enduring my anxious, snappish behavior about it all with good grace. So he helped me make sure my paperwork was complete ( Read more... )

So I don't have a reserved parking space at my current address, and we have periodic street-sweeping, so I have gotten a few parking tickets over the last 6 months. Every time I get one, I go immediately to www.sandiego.gov/parking and pay them. An older one from my previous address slipped my notice, and I paid it at the DMV when I renewed my ( Read more... )

I know that sounds harsh and judgemental, especially from someone who circulates so comfortably in the gay community, but I was watching old episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation on BBCA, and I am continually struck both by how course and blatant are the stories, acting, and effects, and--inexplicably--by how femme is the character of Wesley ( Read more... )

I can't believe that I just now realized that Admiral Cain from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica was played by Michelle Forbes... Ensign Ro Laren from Star Trek: The Next Generation. I really liked Forbes' performance as Cain and it struck me as oddly familiar at the time, but I couldn't place it until just now.

Damn, I'm getting old. Lol.