A long time gone

So,

Stuff and events that have happened since last I posted, or at least, some of the big things.

I went to Albuquerque for work related stuff, which was not exciting, but highly productive. Over the weekend I was in NM, we went to Los Alamos, and went hiking through a mountain stream. This partially involved jumping off waterfalls taller than me into the murky depths of pools (thankfully) over my head. All in camo pants and a tshirt. On the way back, I traveled solo, and didn’t have the same destination as the rest of the group, oops. But hanging out by the highway, I was quickly found. (had I known the way to go, I would have run in to people more quickly walking, but oh well).

I also had an unprotected bottom in anal sex experience with an off-the-net hookup for the first time in, oh, over two years. It’s slowed me down, but not freaked me out (the way I was freaking out, oh, say, a year ago, right before I came out here).

Oh yeah, the anniversary of my first day in the bay area has passed. Yay that. =)

We have a sublessor for simon and a fifth roommate, Shannon Wu. Shannon is a vegan anthro senior at cal. She has a bf who she met through their internships at tivo. She was arrested during peace protests in sf (and the charges were dismissed). She’s fun, enthusiastic, insightful, tidy, and seems like she’ll be a generally interesting roomie.

Ro and I had several headbutting conflicts over the way the house should be. From my perspective, I’m for not taking a chance on doing something that’ll piss people off, and he’s for expediency. From his perspective, I’m betting I seem lazy, and he’s trying to bring order to the house, and clean up potential sources of conflict. There’s also the throwing away/making space, v saving for (admittedly unlikely) contingencies. Had a better time of things in Albuquerque, and with us settling into relatively independent lives (his very not house-centered, mine very house centered), conflict is reducing.

Ro got an office in soutwest berkeley. It’s spacious, cheap, and not much to loook at, though much more so now that we have a marker-able wall map of the world. He also got an exercise bike to pursue the entrepreneurial effort of setting up a game to link in to an aerobic machine.

I beat final fantasy IX, and am looking for other goals. Perhaps applying to grad school. =)

Volunteering for the Dean Campaign is kinda nerve-wracking, haven’t been keeping up on my duties as the GMHC rep for the HIPAA committee, and what not. But I’ve been surprisingly good about keeping the place clean.

Finished reading ecocities, seen pirates of the carribean, finding nemo, terminator 3, and probably one or two others. Found a guy who I’m kinda surprised that I like so much, but haven’t heard from him or seen him recently.

Really bumped up the workout stuff, (6x/week at the gym), biking 3 miles each way (and the return trip is grueling at the end) to work and back.

Other than that, not much to report. Heading off to men in their 20’s gay group discussion night. Not expecting much, but I’m prepared to be surprised.

more later.