John has been hinting about me getting a Tablet PC (read iPad 2) for a few weeks now, and he of course didn't want to just TELL me to get the iPad 2. He "left it up to me" to choose (what iPad 2 color) what kind of tablet I wanted. Every time I told him I wasn't really interested in the iPad he would get dejected and poo poo my choice (the Asus EEE tablet Transformer) even though he would admit it was a "very close second to the iPad2"
Well we went and got me an iPad 2 (anyway) and i'm actually loving it. it's not the most powerful at only 16gig and only wifi connected. but I'm honestly really liking it. It's all the things in an iPahone that I like but in a size I can honestly use without wanting to cut my hands off and having a smaller set sewn on. I have HUGE hands. My glove size is 3x, so little buttons are a pain in my ass.
my only problem now is that I have to say "Thank You" to Steve Jobs, a man who's business practices I am not all that comfortable with. But everyone is happy, John has an iPad he can use whenever he wants and I get a tablet I have been wanting for a while. I have all my D&D books on it and a dice roller so I'm all set for gaming should I decide to get back into it. (I REALLLY want to get back into table top gaming!!!!!)
News on housing... John has been looking at properties in the Phoenix area and he found a house that is selling in the $40,000 range. This same house was going for $250,000 only 2 years ago, that how bad the market is in AZ. I really hope we get this job.
I'm thinking I should learn Spanish.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
The "Dear Penthouse, you're never gonna believe this" post.
As a gay man it sometimes happens that out of the blue there will be offers to do the 'nasty'. Many times these opportunities are strange and or down right freaky. These are not in order and I have left out any names to protect the (very very) guilty.
1) I was walking down the street here in Philly, John and I had just moved in maybe 3 months ago, and a black guy I had never seen before pulls up next to me in this beaten up hoopty of a car and calls me over to his car. I like a good Samaritan oblige and he says to me with his smile that could make Ray Charles wince.... "Hey are you the new gay guy?" I said yes as I had no reason not to be truthful. He then starts rubbing his admittedly ample crotch and asked me for a blowjob. I looked at him like either he or I had just lost our minds and said. "Even if I wanted to, that was the lamest pick up line in the world. Fuck off before I start yelling about how you want a guy to blow you!" Needless to say he left in a hurry.
2) We were living in Reading and it was Christmas time. There was a new postman picking up packages and he must have seen John and I at the house a time or two and then began asking the neighbors questions about us. I of course had no idea this was going on until one day this kind of cute stocky mailman comes to our door and introduces himself. He makes a joke about seeing our gay pride flag and then says he's been watching me and wants to "have some fun" He then gets down on his knees in the freaking vestibule and tries to blow me where the neighbors can see. Needless to say I stopped that.
3) Working at the porn stores makes you an easy target. I can't even remember all the guys (and a few women/or were they) who tried to pick me up. Most never stood a chance even if I had met them away from the store.
4) Working at the Ren Faire also seems to bring out the experimentation in guys. I used to have a rainbow flag on my readings sign and it was supposed to let LGBT people know I was safe to go to with personal questions but it also made me a target for horny guys. There was this one guy, really cute but married with a ton of kids who asked for a reading and while I was holding his hands (I read while in physical contact most of the time) he started doing the finger stroke on my palm. he then whispered he wanted a more private reading. As I was single at the time he got one, in my tent with the faire going on around us. I was a huge slut back then. The SCA has this effect as well.
There have been many others but these were the ones that stick out except for the hot bear why sucked me off in the middle of the faire with my cloak wrapped around us. I looked to all the world like I was just standing bundled in my thick cloak but his feel were hidden by some shelves covered in pottery.
1) I was walking down the street here in Philly, John and I had just moved in maybe 3 months ago, and a black guy I had never seen before pulls up next to me in this beaten up hoopty of a car and calls me over to his car. I like a good Samaritan oblige and he says to me with his smile that could make Ray Charles wince.... "Hey are you the new gay guy?" I said yes as I had no reason not to be truthful. He then starts rubbing his admittedly ample crotch and asked me for a blowjob. I looked at him like either he or I had just lost our minds and said. "Even if I wanted to, that was the lamest pick up line in the world. Fuck off before I start yelling about how you want a guy to blow you!" Needless to say he left in a hurry.
2) We were living in Reading and it was Christmas time. There was a new postman picking up packages and he must have seen John and I at the house a time or two and then began asking the neighbors questions about us. I of course had no idea this was going on until one day this kind of cute stocky mailman comes to our door and introduces himself. He makes a joke about seeing our gay pride flag and then says he's been watching me and wants to "have some fun" He then gets down on his knees in the freaking vestibule and tries to blow me where the neighbors can see. Needless to say I stopped that.
3) Working at the porn stores makes you an easy target. I can't even remember all the guys (and a few women/or were they) who tried to pick me up. Most never stood a chance even if I had met them away from the store.
4) Working at the Ren Faire also seems to bring out the experimentation in guys. I used to have a rainbow flag on my readings sign and it was supposed to let LGBT people know I was safe to go to with personal questions but it also made me a target for horny guys. There was this one guy, really cute but married with a ton of kids who asked for a reading and while I was holding his hands (I read while in physical contact most of the time) he started doing the finger stroke on my palm. he then whispered he wanted a more private reading. As I was single at the time he got one, in my tent with the faire going on around us. I was a huge slut back then. The SCA has this effect as well.
There have been many others but these were the ones that stick out except for the hot bear why sucked me off in the middle of the faire with my cloak wrapped around us. I looked to all the world like I was just standing bundled in my thick cloak but his feel were hidden by some shelves covered in pottery.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
I got the news today Oh boy!
John and I decided to eat at Sonic tonight. The only Sonic is near us is only a mile away from my sister Jean's house. This is the same house I grew up in, Jean and Cathy got the house when Mom passed well Jean told us tonight that She is loosing the house.
She never told me she was in such dire straights (Not that there would be thing one I could do to help her). It seems that during the winter the oil tank cracked and the heating oil would leak out and each time she needed to refill it it was about a grand. That and the fact that she's been struggling with debt from my nephew Michael and all his medical needs she just can't keep up with it. She said their last day will be the 15th of this month so I may have just been to my family home for the very last time.
I would have thought I would be more upset or angry about this but all I really have in a sense of relief. It's like an anchor of time has been lifted and we can all move on with our lives now. Jean is moving into a very nice apartment and it's all new everything. The house has been falling apart around her all this time to the point John and I kind of felt bad going there knowing we couldn't help her out ourselves.
But this seems like the point in time for change for the Leven family. Jean is moving and thew old house will be brought down and a new home will be built on it's site, I can only hope that the house is as filled with love as ours was. Now with John and I hopefully moving to Phoenix and Cathy doing her own thing without being able to hold anything over Jeanie maybe we cal all move on and up with our lives.
She never told me she was in such dire straights (Not that there would be thing one I could do to help her). It seems that during the winter the oil tank cracked and the heating oil would leak out and each time she needed to refill it it was about a grand. That and the fact that she's been struggling with debt from my nephew Michael and all his medical needs she just can't keep up with it. She said their last day will be the 15th of this month so I may have just been to my family home for the very last time.
I would have thought I would be more upset or angry about this but all I really have in a sense of relief. It's like an anchor of time has been lifted and we can all move on with our lives now. Jean is moving into a very nice apartment and it's all new everything. The house has been falling apart around her all this time to the point John and I kind of felt bad going there knowing we couldn't help her out ourselves.
But this seems like the point in time for change for the Leven family. Jean is moving and thew old house will be brought down and a new home will be built on it's site, I can only hope that the house is as filled with love as ours was. Now with John and I hopefully moving to Phoenix and Cathy doing her own thing without being able to hold anything over Jeanie maybe we cal all move on and up with our lives.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Round 2 is up to bat.
John had the College call him (where the radio station is overseen in Phoenix) and instead of doing any more phone interviews they scheduled him to fly out and do a face to face on July 19th. We both see this as a very good thing, I'm so excited for him and for myself.
I'm tenativly looking into Phoenix and the surrounding area for job prospects and possible pagan and gaming groups. I think I'll really be able to start learning more about being "Two Spirit".
I'm tenativly looking into Phoenix and the surrounding area for job prospects and possible pagan and gaming groups. I think I'll really be able to start learning more about being "Two Spirit".
Sunday, June 26, 2011
The beasts.
I hardly ever post pictures but here are my pets...
This is Ginger... She's a horror and a Lady all at the same time.
Bruno.. My baby and the biggest love of all time.
I'll try to get the cats and Ferrets later today.
Bruno.. My baby and the biggest love of all time.
It's a small small pagan world.
Last night John and I went to our friends Bob and Karen's party. Every time we go to one of their parties I bump into an old friend that I haven't seen in years so it's always fun for me.
Last night was a doozie though. I met a woman who knows Annabelle and many others I haven't seen in ages and she's giving them my information. I hope that I can re-establish contact as I really miss these people.
On the other hand... These are the same people who betrayed me when I needed my friends the most, do they deserve my love and devotion?
To top the night off one of the partiers who I don't know recognized me from our website! He told me a friend of his was raving about a reading I did for her and had him look me up on the web a while ago. he recognized me from my photo and it was cool and a bit weird at the same time.
Last night was a doozie though. I met a woman who knows Annabelle and many others I haven't seen in ages and she's giving them my information. I hope that I can re-establish contact as I really miss these people.
On the other hand... These are the same people who betrayed me when I needed my friends the most, do they deserve my love and devotion?
To top the night off one of the partiers who I don't know recognized me from our website! He told me a friend of his was raving about a reading I did for her and had him look me up on the web a while ago. he recognized me from my photo and it was cool and a bit weird at the same time.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Sorry to have been away.
But there hasn't really been anything I wanted to talk about happening in my life.
I'm struggling to use the CPAP machine all night long. nothing I try makes it comfortable for me.
John had his 60th birthday last week and being out of work I couldn't get him anything to celebrate and that made me very depressed.
Right as I type this John is on the phone being interviewed by 5 people at the college he hopes to be working at in Arizona. Oh how i hope he gets the job so we can escape the black hole that Philadelphia has become for us. Not that I expect moving to create a miracle but at least it will shake us up and out of our ruts.
Oh I did start Testosterone shots a few weeks ago and man has it made a difference. Guys as you get older make sure to have Testosterone tests done so you can avoid the health problems I have had from low testosterone.
Update: John did well on his first of 3 or 4 interviews. He was told that will make a decision in about 3 weeks.
I'm struggling to use the CPAP machine all night long. nothing I try makes it comfortable for me.
John had his 60th birthday last week and being out of work I couldn't get him anything to celebrate and that made me very depressed.
Right as I type this John is on the phone being interviewed by 5 people at the college he hopes to be working at in Arizona. Oh how i hope he gets the job so we can escape the black hole that Philadelphia has become for us. Not that I expect moving to create a miracle but at least it will shake us up and out of our ruts.
Oh I did start Testosterone shots a few weeks ago and man has it made a difference. Guys as you get older make sure to have Testosterone tests done so you can avoid the health problems I have had from low testosterone.
Update: John did well on his first of 3 or 4 interviews. He was told that will make a decision in about 3 weeks.
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