CityWOOF

A couple of weeks ago I decided to get digital cable with DVR, through Comcast. Prior to this I had just basic cable, which is pretty much just an antenna for local tv. They were running a special, so I signed up.

Now if you aren’t familiar with DVR, it’s pretty much just like TIVO. And if you aren’t familiar with TIVO…it downloads all episodes of your favorite shows and saves them til you want to watch them.

Around the same time I signed up for this, I also switched from Netflix to Blockbuster Online. Coincidentally, at that same time Blockbuster implemented their new “All Access” hoo-ha which means you can now return your movies by mail as usual, OR you can take them into the store and trade them in for new movies, thereby triggering your next rentals to come in the mail. It pretty much doubles the amount of movies you have at home to watch.

SO NOW I have all these new dvd’s constantly coming my way and ALL of these programs on my DVR hard drive waiting for me to watch them….hours and hours of entertainment crying out to be viewed and returned or deleted.

I feel like my eyeballs are fried from trying to watch it all and my brain is turning to mush.

Something has to go…I can’t be held captive by all this entertainment. It’s too much. I suppose I could just exercise some self-control over all of it, but…..that would mean I’d have to have some self-control.

In the meantime, I have at least 6 novels that I bought waiting to be read. And there’s the Sirius satellite radio to listen to. Oh, and hello…actual other human beings in my life.

Plus, I start rehearsals soon for a new musical. That will be taking up a lot of evening for quite a while.

Something really has to go….

Oh my lord, I am so sick. Don’t know if I’ve ever had a cold this bad. I hurt all over and it is very painful to cough. My nose is so stuffed up it’s not funny and I have no taste or smell. WAHHHHH! Guess I won’t be cooking the turkey I bought. Poor CityWOOF. There, I said it, you don’t have to.

I’m nicking this off Dirk’s blog, who borrowed it from someone else.

The ABC’S of me:

A is for Alan, my middle name (it’s Dirk’s too)
B is for Boyfriend…I wish I had one!
C is for Cock…I love cock a lot.
D is for Dad, I wish I’d had a decent one
E is for Esther’s - the fabulous charity I manage.
F is for Fur - I love it…on the face, chest, legs, butt, back…wherever on a man.
G is for Grandparents - I had some lovely ones, they’re all gone now.
H is for “Hoo-Ha” - a term I use when I can’t think of the name for something right away
I is for inspired - I often am
J is for Jesse, my precious-wonderful-gorgeous dog.
K is for Karen - My mom
L is for Lakewood - The theater where I’ve worked the most.
M is for mamma’s boy. So what if I am?
N is for nipples. I love me some big, beefy, juicy mantits.
O is for Oregon, where I was born and currently reside. It’s beautiful here.
P is for Poppers - I love poppers. It’s also for Pisces, my sign.
Q is for Queer. That word never really bothered me that much. I can embrace it.
R is for Religion - Raised with it, rebelled against it, rediscovering it
S is for Shame - I don’t much of that at all.
T is for Tracy - My sister. We have a weird relationship, but she is my sis, my only sibling.
U is for Underwear. I rarely wear it, always been that way.
V is for Vampire - I usually am one for Halloween
W is for Writing - I have a talent for it, but not the discipline to get much of it done.
X is for X-rated - My life has had a fair amount of that. And I plan to keep it that way!
Z is for Zeitzuge - A lovely friend in Dallas.

Ok, I know I’ve been back for almost a week and ya’ll have been waiting with bated breath to hear how my trip was.

It was fun! Dallas is big and wild and full of handsome menz. I brought my camcorder and my digital camera to takes lots of pictures, but…there isn’t much to take pictures of there, except buildings and people. I would’ve taken pictures of buildings and people, but when I found myself out and about, the camera was back in Euless (where I was staying with Steven). So anyway, no pictures.

HIGHLIGHTS (in no particular order) -

- Reconnecting with friends: Steven and Mark
- Meeting new ones: Mark’s sweet and lovely husband Brian, Jason, Tazz, Alley, Rick
- The “Spider attack” Halloween decorations at the Roundup (pretty amazing)
- The crowd at the Hidden Door on Sunday afternoon
- Bill Shaffer performing at Alexandre’s
- Winning the “Bear chest” contest at Throckmorton Mining Co. on Wednesday night
- Dinner at Celebration
- My private, guided tour of The Cathedral of Hope
- Whattaburger (yum) and the Waffle House (chocolate pancakes) and Ojeda’s (mmm tex mex)

I could see myself living there, for sure. My visit definitely didn’t deter me from the idea of relocating. There is definite appeal, and some some real drawbacks, too. The drawbacks being: The lack of natural beauty in the area, the sexual repression by the state/city, the re-elected governer Perry, who stated that all non-Christians are going to hell…

But I still think it’s a great city, full of great folks. Thanks, Dallas, for a great week.