Well, after many years of minimalist TV, I recently upgraded to a 20 incher--a 12 year old hand-me-down from a friend who was going to junk it. It will be perfect for watching films assigned for my History of American Cinema class at City College ( Read more... )

Well, I am sick again--stomach flu this time. This has been a year of illnesses, mostly respiratory. I think it has to do with the stress of trying to find a new career ( Read more... )

If Graceworks, the job hunters program at Grace Cathedral, is a soaring, inspirational gothic structure, Jewish Vocational Services, my second stop on the Career Search Path, is a post-industrial factory. They are certainly polite and sincere at JVS, but you can sense as soon as you walk in that it is a processing facility ( Read more... )

Today I went to Grace Cathedral,to a job hunters' group they hold there, called Grace Works ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I attended the memorial service for Eric Rofes, the gay activist and writer, at the Collingwood Recreation Center in San Francisco ( Read more... )

My chest cold has turned out to pack a nasty wallop. Tuesday my fever shot up to 102, Wednesday it hovered around 100.5, and today, fortunately, it is down around 100. So hope is on the horizon for a happy conclusion to this affair. Three days of fever, however, is no picnic. And it all comes in a package that includes nasty coughing fits ( Read more... )

Tonight I went to the Queer Contra Dance at the Humanist Hall in Oakland. I really like some of the East Bay venues I've been to for concerts and dances and such. There are a lot of funky old halls in the East Bay, that feel like they've been used by many generations. I like the connection with history--not the capital H kind, but just being in ( Read more... )

I went to see a preview of the new film "The Promise," in Mandarin with English subtitles, at the Clay. It was my first SFmoviebears experience. It was great ( Read more... )

I went to the gay/lesbian contra dance on Saturday night. It was their second anniversary, and they had some nice extra touches: decorations in the hall, a food table full of goodies (including their punch which, in accordance with tradition, had five ingredients), and wonderful calling by Erik Hoffman ( Read more... )

Saturday I went with albadger and bestbear_Icanbe to see "The Country Wife," a restoration comedy, in Walnut Creek ( Read more... )