The blog of the thirty-something fag- November 2006 Edition
They say God has existed from the beginning of time and will exist beyond the end of time. Can you imagine trying to sit through his home movies?
-- Scott Roeben
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
-- Garrison Keillor
November 27, 2006
Roger was right
Years ago, before my Uncle Roger had a massive stroke, he was working on a theory that the stradivarius violins were special because of a way they treated the wood before it was made into an instrument. He spent hours soaking violin frames in everything from salt water, to red wine to goat's blood. I rememer after his stroke, going into his house to help clean it out, and seeing all the violins hanging on a clothesline in a back room, drying. I found an article today that supports his theory, apparently, not his alone.
He never found out if he was right, his theory was considered controversial, I think he'd be happy to know that his research was not a goose chase.
November 27, 2006 Fresh Hell, with a twist of Lemon
Bang and I decided to do the lemon Cleanse diet, starting today. Today was the best day to start because it will interfere the least with the plans that we have over the next 2 weeks. Herein lies our only torture/starvation window.
I'm beginning to see myself as one of those people who cannot simply be contented living life as it comes, I need to throw in a little self-inflicted torture now and again to keep things interesting. As if I don't have enough opportunities in my life to wipe the sweat from my brow while stating "Phew, Glad that shit's over", no, not me. I have to create those precious moments.
So we drink this cayene pepper, lemon syrup cocktail all day and try to avoid food, caffein and each other. This brew is supposed to provide more evergy than ever before. I'm not seeing it.
Being in the first few hours of this ordeal, my hands are seriously cramping from simply typing this, and I think I will fall victim to the one thing I have prided myself on avoiding in my adult life: The Nap!
I feel for Bang today, his caffein headaches are making his life miserabale right now. I also feel for Mickey and Rusty, who will soon be wondering where the hell all the tastey table scraps are going to be coming from for the next 10 days.
My buddy Alan did this diet ending last week 20 lbs lighter, and that's the target I'm shooting for, even if it is only water weight. And I pledge to eat carrot and celeery sticks till 2008 If I can get my favorite jeans back on my middle-aged ass.
I built a website and im inviting other AIDS/Lifecycle riders to join me in ordering t-shirts from local screenprinters to give to donors of the fundraiser. The more Tshirts we buy, the cheaper they come. I have 30 people signed up so far, and the buzz is reallly growing.
I've designed an entire marketing campaign around the project and I'm having so much fun doing it.I've sent out newsletters to the signups telling them about the bidding process, and letting them know when we'll be placing our screenprinting orders. Bang is even in on it, helping me fashion the flash banners for the site. We're having a lot of fun.
Here's the pitch: Donate $50 or more to the AIDS/Lifecycle Ride to End AIDS and get this nifty "Official Donor" T-shirt! If a rider gives away 50 T-shirts to donors of $50 or more, then they have met their minimum goal of $2500. It's that simple. So far I have 30 riders signed up to particpate, so we should be able to get the T-shirts for as little as $5.25 a peice, that's fantastic!
This year we're hosting the stragglers, those friends who have no place to go for thanksgiving. This year it's just two friends, Cousin Jay, and Luis, who'll be helping me (or me him) prepare the standard dishes for the event.
Both Bang and I had plans to travel to see family this year, but after viewing the airlines fees - we decided to spend our money on something more practical, like a solid gold cow for the mantle, or a Romanian baby.
Seriously, the airline prices are out of control, and we simply can't afford it. My family will be gathering for Christmas this year in New York, all of us Gaebel's under one roof for the first time since 1987, and I'm spending my milk money on that trip, though I haven't quite figured out how I'm getting back . . .
Two Drunks on Thursday Ok, we've been able to get together twice no, and the "Two Drunks on Thursday" podcast is somewhat of a go. I think it needs some polishing, but for the msot part, we're quite happy, and mostly, we're having fun. Our next podcast will not be uploaded until the week after Thanksgiving, so if you like it so far, you're going to have to wait a little while for the next one.
This weeks podcast is about Camber Hill's reltionships with women, and his product concept "Thinkfabulous"
Two Drunks on Thursday My buddy Camber and I got together and played a little with garageband and created a poscast for ourselves.
An irverant and rambling recording of two pseudo-intelllectuals discussing life, culture and sex. Not for the easily bored.
Roger was right
This weeks podcast is about Camber Hill's reltionships with women, and his product concept "