midtown shuffle

so little to say, so much time...
strike that...reverse it

i've been avoiding my blog. why?
sooo much has happened to me that its just seemed to snowball on itself.

i'm intimidated by it.

i've wanted to blog. trust me. but i feel like i should have also blogged about the other things that have happened in my life like pride, toronto, the fourth of july, my bf meeting the parents, our lil' condo party...

BUT i feel like, in order to do that, i'd need several hours that i don't really have right now...
...so instead, i'm gonna cop out...give a quick summary and be done with it.

PRIDE - this year was different. 1) I wasnt excited about it 2) i didnt hit the parties like years past 3) my boyfriend and most of my friends (with the excpetion of ruggers) were out of town. i spent most of this pride around a table or tossing a ball in an attempt to get interested folks to sign up for rugby.

a few highlights
- hitting a small but crazy party in ormewood (the 50/60's music videos were worth the trip alone! tb you would have LOVED it!)...
-leading the rugby team down peachtree street while orchastrating the 'days of the week' song (minus the rash i got from wearing that dirty jersey for 48hrs straight and my horse voice!)

TORONTO - work sent 2 of us to toronto for a perl conference...and believe it or not, i actually picked up a few nuggets of wisdom that i'm hoping to incorporate in my job. all and all, it was a great trip. jk and i hung out with ad rock for most of it. we met him at the last yapc i went too back in 2003.

a few highlights
- the cruise out on lake ontario with the toronto skyline in the distance. very cool - provided you ignored the boat full of geeks and the bad 80s music.
- canada is weird. when you are there, you feel like you are here - except there's just something different you cant put your finger on.

THE FOURTH - its become a tradition with my two closest friends - sw and lukie - to roadtrip to my folks place in nc for a lil' beach time, home cooked meals, rest, relaxation and AMAZING fireworks over the ocean. this year was no exception. the weather was beautiful, the ocean warm and the mike's hard lemonades kept flowing. :)

a few highlights
- turning my cell phone OFF for 4 days.
- getting a nice tan so some b!tch queen in the gym doesnt pipe up and say 'its is summer, you could get some color' ( i actually heard someone say that at la fitness...lord ).

MEET THE PARENTS - another reason the fourth was AMAZING happened to involve chicago! he flew in for the weekend to share in the 'fun in the sun'. by default, since we were at my parents house...he met jim and joan. to be very honest, i was a nervous wreck about it. its the first time my parents have meet anyone i've been dating. ever.

a few highlights
- in typical chicago! fashion, he made my nervousness disappear. he never ceases to amaze me - and contiunually makes me realise that he's for real. he LOVED my folks. in fact, when i was taking him back to the airport, i asked him what the best part of the weekend was - besides seeing me of course ;) - he said all of us sitting on our front porch having cocktails and talking with my parents about life, love, work.
- having my parents LOVE chicago! my mom actually pulled me aside and said ' dont mess this up - he's a keeper, he's wonderful, brad'.

THE CONDO PARTY - there's nothing like seeing all your neighbors SMASHED. this past saturday, the guy above me had a house warming party. the whole thing was in question because of the 'great piedmont blackout of '05' - but power and thankfully our a/c came buzzing back on.

a few highlights
- getting to know my neighbors better and meeting some really fun straight folk. who knew? :)

posted by btyguy @ 12:36 PM