Two things frequently happen to me which I find strange and uncomfortable.
The first is that people regularly mistake me for someone else. I’m often asked, “Have I seen you before?” This happens at least once a week and my standard response is just to say, “I get a lot of that.” At an old job, this happened several times when I’d go to the grocery store to buy lunch. The same checker, several times, would see me and ask, “Weren’t you here a few minutes ago buying …

A little over three years ago I wrote my parents a letter telling them I was gay. My friends and I referred to it as The Letter and we set a deadline for delivery of The Letter and referred to it as The Deadline. Well, The Deadline passed and The Letter hadn’t been sent as planned and I spent another year in bi-weekly therapy contemplating the unknowable circumstances that may arise from actually sending The Letter to The Parents. My therapist assured me, and said I would …

I’m a little upset right now. I don’t know how to process what just happened.
Afterward, I ate some cookies, drank a glass of milk, took a bath and scrubbed my body with sea salts to try to soothe myself. Nothing seems to be working.
My favorite to make it to the final two of America’s Next Top Model, Heather, was sent home tonight. No plane ride to Beijing. Just a one way ticket back to Valpraiso, Indiana.
Tyra Banks, you really let me down tonight. I just want you …

Janie and I have been trying to save money for the past several months. We spent all of our liquid assets during our recent road trip, doling out the lettuce for necessities like gas, snacks, hotel rooms, hookers and booze. We’ve stopped eating out (not really – but we talk a lot about it), buying useless things (like vegetables) and have skimped on birthday and anniversary gifts (everyone gets a single bite from a chocolate bar that I wrap and re-wrap…). With all this saving, we have amassed a …

It’s raining kitties and puppies here this evening, which isn’t so bad except that it’s also freezing cold. I’m a dutiful Seattleite when it comes to rain – I’m all for it. I love to listen as it comes down in sheets and I enjoy a good puddle-stomping walk. I’m not afraid to get wet. I could probably handle a hurricane with relative dignity and manage, mostly, to not lose my shit. The only natural phenomenon I am terrified of is the earthquake.
Last year …