Here's the fun of the last week or so. I'll start back at the first event. A week ago today I went to a party. It was at my friend, Audrey's house. Supposedly it was a "John Kerry" party, which is cool and all, but that had very little to do with Mr. Kerry. We pretty much just had fun, ate pizza and burritos, talked, and had a good time. I saw two movies...well sorta. The first was a stand up routine by Ellen Degeneres, and the second was "Bend it Like Bekham". It had Kiera Knightley in it...which surprised me at first. It wasn't bad. Very much a cultural lesson. It was about an Indian family living in the UK. The daughter was a football player, known in the US as soccer. This isn't very accepted by her family, even though she is really good. There are accusations of lesbianism in the movie, which all of us queer people at the party found amusing. Anyway, the party was fun, and definitely my kind of party. I like intimate, small parties as opposed to the traditional college party with tons of drunk people. It's just more my style. I also got to know my friend Audrey a lot better, and we got to be closer friends. I think that's great. Too bad she's on a flight to Japan right now, and I wont get to hang with her until probably next summer. That stinks.

Thursday I had a laser treatment in the morning, worked and then after I got home, I got a random call from Chris. He apparently was done with his camp work early and came back to visit. He crashed at my apartment and then kept me from getting enough sleep. I love the guy, really, but there is no reason to be answering text messages at 5:00 am with the sounds still on. He's not very technically oriented and didn't know how to silence it, but still....5:00 am. I forgive him though. I ended up hanging with him that night too. We went to the community center and I got to have a good time with my friend Jay Dee.

Saturday I met a local transwoman named Katie. She read the article in the school paper like a lot of people did and wanted to meet me. She's a published writer and has the personality of an artist. She is very eccentric. I had a great time talking with her. She has a very intelligent, experienced point of view and shared some of her knowledge with me. It was good to meet a kindred spirit in town. I'm sure we'll meet again.

Sunday I went to the store to pick up a few things. I found a book shelf for my apartment, which is good. While i was at the store, I asked this one girl for a price on something and was just taken by her. I'm such an idiot for not saying anything then. She had the most beautiful eyes...Anyway, I went home after getting my things and started building the shelf. I realized I needed a hammer for it, and since I don't own a hammer, I had to go back to the store. I got there and went looking for my hammer and saw the girl again. I was planning on saying something to her then, and she noticed me and smiled. But everytime I was about to, she had moved somewhere else. She saw me walking around a couple times and was watching me...which made me wonder. But everytime I assume something I end up making an ass of myself. I didn't want to make it look like I was following her around, so I just bought my hammer and left. Maybe if chance has me run into her again sometime, I can say something then.

Monday was nothing special, but Tuesday was interesting. It was Laundry day, so after work I headed over there. I brought a book to read while my clothes were in the washer. So, while I'm reading during the wash, this guy interrupts me. He's like "Have you ever been driving and just realized you have some place to be?" I'm thinking "Uh oh" and said yes. He goes on to tell his story "I was driving and saw you getting your laundry out of your car and realized...I have laundry to do. I was on my way to a friend's barbeque and when I got there I told my friend "I can't stay. I have to go find some laundry to do. So I grabbed some laundry and came here, so I could talk to you." I'm thinking "Is this guy for real?" and just said "...wow". He's like "My name is 'something'" I honestly forgot his name as soon as he told me it. I'm like "Nice to meet you." He asked if I had a name and told him. He asked me if I have a boyfriend. I said no. I told him I'm "Perpetually single". He's like "depressually single?" and I'm like..."No, perpetually single, as in always". He's like "Oh". "I just can't seem to find anyone" I said. He said "Yeah, me too. I can never seem to meet the right person". I'm just like "Uh huh." He then asks if he can call me and says he'd love to take me out to dinner or for a couple drinks. Now admittedly the thing I said next was harsh. I'm not denying that, however I've been wanting to say it for a long time now, and I did it nicely. "Sorry...I date girls." He looked pretty shocked and just said "Oh". And I continued with "...which is why I can't find anyone." He paused for a second and then just said "oh...well good luck," and headed for the door. I felt bad because he really looked shocked and crushed. I said "Sorry" and he said "Oh don't be, it's ok" and left.

That was like something out of a movie. I couldn't believe the guy used such a campy story. It was immensly flattering, and I needed to hear something like that since my self-image is always low, but particularly low recently. So I laughed about it because I was so surprised by it..and then there was the story he used. I was also giddy for a while. There was another guy in the laundromat and he was like "what was that?" and I told him what happened. We both laughed. That guy was cool. I decided to leave while my clothes were drying just in case the other guy came back. Turns out, it was a good decision. When I came back to pick up my dry clothes, the cool guy was there still. He was like "You missed your friend. He came back with his hair all slicked back and was smelling up the place." I'm like "He wasn't looking for me, was he?". "I think he was. When he saw you weren't here, he just grabbed his wet clothes out of the washer and left." I laughed. What an experience.

So, that was my adventure for the week thus far. My forthcoming adventure is this Friday. I've been invited to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" with some friends. That should be cool. I'm very interested to see that film. As far as the website design goes. I only have one error in the CSS that I have to fix, and it's minor. So I'll be creating content with the new design starting today. It should be up shortly. I'm sure you're all watching with intent excitement. Anyway, on to work.

Luv,

Jess