{"id":498,"date":"2003-08-14T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-15T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=498"},"modified":"2003-08-14T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2003-08-15T00:42:00","slug":"a-long-time-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"A long time gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So,<\/p>\n<p>Stuff and events that have happened since last I posted, or at least, some of the big things.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;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).<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;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).<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, the anniversary of my first day in the bay area has passed.  Yay that. =)<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s fun, enthusiastic, insightful, tidy, and seems like she&#8217;ll be a generally interesting roomie.<\/p>\n<p>Ro and I had several headbutting conflicts over the way the house should be.  From my perspective, I&#8217;m for not taking a chance on doing something that&#8217;ll piss people off, and he&#8217;s for expediency.  From his perspective, I&#8217;m betting I seem lazy, and he&#8217;s trying to bring order to the house, and clean up potential sources of conflict.  There&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Ro got an office in soutwest berkeley.  It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>I beat final fantasy IX, and am looking for other goals.  Perhaps applying to grad school. =)<\/p>\n<p>Volunteering for the Dean Campaign is kinda nerve-wracking, haven&#8217;t been keeping up on my duties as the GMHC rep for the HIPAA committee, and what not.  But I&#8217;ve been surprisingly good about keeping the place clean.<\/p>\n<p>Finished reading ecocities, seen pirates of the carribean, finding nemo, terminator 3, and probably one or two others.  Found a guy who I&#8217;m kinda surprised that I like so much, but haven&#8217;t heard from him or seen him recently.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, not much to report.  Heading off to men in their 20&#8217;s gay group discussion night.  Not expecting much, but I&#8217;m prepared to be surprised.<\/p>\n<p>more later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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