My Bubbah taught me to skate and it was so fun and romantic.
Oh and damn hilarious.

Halloween (What the?)

I haven't had a chance to update in a week because of School stuff, and I felt a bit sad at the beginning of the week. I was fine by Wednesday, but it was all just a bit overwhelming.

Preston and I stayed the weekend at Chesapeake Beach and walked the beach and stuff. Preston did the most amazing thing and came all the way from Maryland to Richmond to help me register my car and then we both drove all the way back again. He had to play in church today.



Preston's recital was supposed to go ahead this month, but he has been able to put it into the next semester since he has so many other performance commitments this month.



It was the weekend before Halloween and the locals were out in full spirit. There were children happily digging graves and their parents constructing giant puppetry; Bats and Ghouls and Spiders ... and shit. Aparently the most freakish of all the exhibits, even more freaky than the video below were the two men in love walking along the boardwalk. Yes folks, my first public "shame" as an out gay. three 10 year old kids laughted and kind of screamed, one had some kind of fit on the side of the boardwalk as we returned from the end of the pier. But the best of it was the 'parting of the red sea' on the 8 metre wide boardwalk. Some actually got off the boardwalk because they were so afraid of the creatures. And then a "sick queers" shout out from an african american youth, who was obviously trying to get the girl he was with to sleep with him. So we instantly remembered that we must have been in McCain territory and are crossing EVERYTHING that he doesn't get into the White House tomorrow.

I was a little shocked and Preston was quietly outraged. Everyone else was out for a walk, holding hands and enjoying the sun, but it's clear what kind of world we live in. Perhaps that's why I felt a bit low at the beginning of the week. But I'm well over it now.

Check out this video to see who our competition was for most freakiest creature of the day.




But we made our own fun!

Povo weekend tops em all...

Well what a wonderful weekend. Preston came a day early and I got to kiss him goodbye as I went off to work on Friday. Sweeet action!

We are both still pretty poor so we made the most of home cooked vegies, only I burned the baked potato when we went to get wine. It had been a long day. We didn't eat until about 11:30 and that is never good. The next day we went to an SDA church for kicks and had yummy salad and turkey 'samiches' for lunch. Then off to check out the meet with Sonia, a friend of Pres. She is a really beautiful person and we all enjoyed yummy local icecream on Cary St. The Richmond Folk Festival, which was pretty good in my opinion, not that we saw all that much of it, was the next stop We got pretty lost getting there, and stumbled upon some interesting areas on the south side of the city.

I joined Blockbuster video store and we hired a few and got some make it yourself (in the microwave) popcorn and came home to our bottle of wine. Which helped us sleep until 11am the next morning. YAY to a beautiful sunny day and a cooked breakfast.

It's sucky to say goodbye on Sundays, but this one wasn't quit so hard. We are finally adjusting to the idea that we get to see each other very often now that we are not so far away. And I think I must be adjusting to my new life and really starting to embrace it. Last weeks days with the Henrico English team, made everything feel much more settled. I'm keeping just in front of my IB class, and have resolved that I actually can't write entire units that far ahead. It's all just a process that I hope to avoid next year by being super organised now.

It's starting to cool down these days, and I can't wait to see what winter brings.

A lot less 'debbie downer' days, and I'm glad. I'm having a great time, and could not be happier.

Loving that man of mine...

"Picture this: You and me, years and years from now, cruising along some highway with the top down, stereo blasting, the wind whipping our hair. What ever we want to do, we do it. No agenda, no schedule, nobody else to worry about. We travel the country buying silly t-shirts and sending postcards, stopping to try roadside cafes in search of the world's best pie. No hurry. So rush. We relax in the comfort of a lifetime of companionship.

You and me.... lovers, friends, partners on this road of life."