David's Tangled Thoughts

Justin and Carrie's Halloween party is coming up this Saturday and I need some ideas one what would be a good costume. 1.) It has to let me be able to drink. 2.) I have to be able to squeeze into tight areas and be reasonably mobile. 3.) It's got to have plenty of parts in case strip poker comes up. Ask the guy who showed up as Biblical Adam last year. Whatcha got?

Yeah, Mom didn't tolerate this for very long.

The outing to Truman's for the Miss TEC Pageant was fun. I wish it had been a bigger group than just Erin, [Erin's friend], and myself. Sara never responded. Michele, Laura, Mark, and Danielle never showed. But still we three managed to enjoy ourselves. An old classmate of mine--let's call him John--was a contestant and I wanted to see him do his thing. And although I'm not 100% comfortable, I thought that stepping out of my comfort zone, even just a little bit, would be good for me. Plus, if I got hit on by a guy, it would totally make my night. There were only three contestants this year. Contestant One looked--or had to be--MtF. And boy did she go to town with the implants. She reminded me of that cat lady. You know, the one that had surgery to make herself look like a cat. Contestant Two was a large white person. Looked like what I expect a drag queen to be. And then Contestant Three was a John. As much as I wanted to root for John, he clearly was outma

Minge tagged me. So here we go with another meme about me. 2007: I consider myself to be an easy going person that has a live and let live view when it comes to other people. I really don’t hate anyone except for two people. One of them fired me for bullshit reasons and I still hold a grudge. I’ll probably hold it tight to my chest until I die. Must be the Irish in me. 2006: Slowly but surely, I am tucking some cash away for a nice vacation that I will go on when I get my first real vacation from my first real job. I’m thinking about climbing Half Dome, rafting down the Grand Canyon, or maybe a trip to some island paradise in the South Pacific. 2005: It took me a while but now that I’ve come to accept some of my most basic identities, I am actually breathing a little easier and smiling a little more. The world seems like it is opening up. 2004: With my first taste of the real world, I realized how those bad decisions in college will now follow me for the rest of my life.

My blogroll is by no means a complete list of sites that I visit. If you so choose, you can follow the links to two blogs that I really like. This past weekend, I was watching this video: It's "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring One Republic.* As I watched the singer I was wondering who he was reminding me of. I'm certain that I never met the singer before but there was something familiar about his face. It was still bothering me up until yesterday when I figured it out when I went through my large blogroll. He reminded me of Sean Bugg . Okay so maybe they aren't so similar but you know... all white guys look alike. I joke. Hey, I never claimed they were twins just that one reminded me of the other. I don't know whether I should like or hate "Apologize." It stays in my head, particularly that "It's too late" part but at least I'm not pulling my hair out because of it. If you want to listen to some great stuff, head over to

<---See Also: Did we miss the election lull , MI Cuts in Line , & A Blue State Goes Red in the Face . The executive committee of the Republican National Committee has ruled that Michigan will lose half their delegates to the national convention. Not quite as bad as what Michigan Democrats are facing but it is bad enough. If the RNC goes through with their threat, I will abandon the Republican party next November. I guarantee that. Don't mess with my state.

I was talking with a coworker the other day and she told me that she takes art classes up in St. Joe. They use nude subjects. I was teasing her about this and that and I asked what she thought if I volunteered to be one of the subjects. She told me that I should, "totally do it." However she didn't want to draw me because then she would feel weird as she already knows me. I've been thinking about the idea. Part of me actually wants to do it. It'd be an experience that few people try. It'd be interesting to see how others view me and how they would portray me in their media. That is--if they don't demand refunds from the instructor for not getting a quality subject for them! While I probably will not be shedding my clothes for a crowd in the near future, I have been thinking about asking if I can go to her class. I think it is time take out my old pencils and drawing pads from storage and start using them again. Believe it or not, I used to draw a

I miss the good ol' days in college when friends or dorm mates would pop in and ask if I wanted to go do something. There weren't any plans or preparation. We just went and did something. It's getting harder and harder to do that with my friends here. They've got different work schedules, meetings for organizations, or they've got other relationships that take up their time. Last night I went to town again by myself. I treated myself to a little dinner and then headed for Barnes & Noble . There's a GLBTXYZ book club that meets there. Since my exposure to the local gay community is two, I thought maybe I could stick my head out there in a more comfortable environment. So I go the Gay and Lesbian section and look out for their flier. They will meet again on the 24th. I look at the book that they are going to discuss. It's a cowboy book. (I'd tell you the name but I've already forgotten.) I look at the back and it says that it as about

C'mon... it was Ohio State . Okay... it's still a loss.

I've been looking forward to seeing Elizabeth: The Golden Age since I saw the trailer for it a couple months ago. I was hoping to see it on premier night but things didn't work out for Erin. So I thought that I could wait until this week to see it. Turns out again, that she couldn't do it until next week. Too long of a wait for me. I went through the address book and texted every girl that I knew. All of them either said they couldn't, wouldn't, or didn't reply. I even considered contacting my former stalker but I thought that it might be going a little too far. So I went alone. Yup. That's me in the theater. Alone with only a minute to go before the movie started. Yeah, I had the whole theater to myself. Never had that happen before. Warning: Possible spoilers ahead. Elizabeth: The Golden Age didn't live up to my expectations. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was a good movie but it wasn't the great movie I thought it would be. The first movie

When I was seven or so, I was living in the Philippines. We lived off base, but I felt equally at home on base as well as off. To me, the base was a little bit of America which was wonderful since I was on the other side of the world. Some American products that we wanted or needed were not available in the local markets so we had to buy them at the BX (base exchange). It was a tiny shop, about half the size of a CVS or Walgreens and it certainly had the same feel. I remember one day I was with my Dad there. We were in the check out line. It was somewhat busy and were were standing there for a bit. The guy in front of us turned around and looked at me. It was like he was inspecting me. I did not like that. He looked me right in the eye and said, "Are you brat?" Excuse me? I knew what I was and it wasn't that. "No." He turns fully around so that he and I are now standing opposite each other. "Yeah. I think you're a brat." Who the hell

I saw a new set of commercials about the series premier of Viva Laughlin on CBS staring Lloyd Owen . And I thought, "Geeze. Another one?!" Has America run out of resources to not only make an original series but also hire our own actors? We've already got enough Vegas/gambling shows and we already have enough Brit actors putting on fake American accents.

With Michigan moving up its primary to January 15th, New Hampshire is moving to their January 22nd primary date so that it is still ahead of Michigan and that it remains first in the nation. Because of breaking DNC* rules, the DNC has threatened to strip Michigan of her delegates at the national convention. Four of the Democratic candidates have decided not to participate in Michigan's primary. Senators Barak Obama, John Edwards, and Gov. Bill Richardson have contacted the Michigan Secretary of State office to have their names removed from the ballot. Sen. Joe Biden has said that he would bypass (whatever that means) the state's primary. In addition, all Democratic candidates have pledged not to campaign in the state. Democrats are screwed in Michigan. So if you live in Michigan, the only real candidate that is going to appear on your ballot is Hillary Clinton. If you are a Hillary supporter you might think this is excellent because Sen. Clinton is going to have Michigan

As much as I love the Irish, I had had to link to this video.

Honestly, I forgot that this was National Coming Out Day until I ran through the blogs. What a coincidence that I also came out to a coworker today. Well not really. Just told a girl, who was complaining about her cheating boyfriend and those who were in earshot. She said, "I want to kick him out but his name is also on the lease." "If my man cheated on me, I'd throw his ass out and burn his stuff. Screw the lease." Everyone around me stops and another coworker, Katie, who was referencing a previous conversation said, "...I thought you said you were a Republican." "You're right. I'd shoot him."

The other day I stopped over at Best Buy. I wanted to fiddle around with the iMacs that they have on display. The nearest Apple Store is in Chicago on Michigan Ave. If you think that I am going all that way and into the city just for that, you're nuts. The other option is to drive a couple hours north to Grand Rapids. But why go through all that trouble when you can drive to Mishawaka? Plus Best Buy employees tend to leave you alone when you shoot them the "get the hell away from me" look. Fortunately the store wasn't crowded and I got to fiddle with the 20 inch model. I did not have problems trying to figure it out like I thought I would. I figured that two different OS's would be somewhat different even though they are supposed to be essentially the same. The only things I really noticed was that applications seemed to be a pain to find even though it probably only took five seconds for me to hit that drive icon and find an application folder. The othe

I know, "another meme?" There's another one on they way. But this one I got from Chad over at Cake or Death? It might give you some small idea on what I think on some issues. Hope that something more interesting happens in my life soon. 1. If you had to choose between being a vegetarian for the rest of your life, or eating nothing but meat the rest of your life, what would you do? Death please. 2. Do you believe in Global Warming? Sure but I don’t believe that it is such a life-or-death issue. Depending on how you look at it, the period we live in now is warmer or colder than other periods of Earth’s history. This idea of “normal” climate that we must preserve is ludicrous. It is the abnormal period of warmth between ice ages. Warmer, colder, humans have and will adapt. 3. Republican, Democrat, Independent, Anarchist, Terrorist. . . Which party do you believe in? Considering there’s really only two parties listed… I would have to say that most of what I believe

Does someone love you? No. If I think what the question is really asking. Do you know anyone named Dave? Nope Ever kissed anyone with the name starting with a J? Yes. Readers of the other blog may remember who. Has anyone ever mistaken you for a family member? Yup. My Dad. I think they are blind and deaf. What colour are the walls of your parent's bedroom? Biege Off-white Ecru Mother of Pearl. Do you think that hair extensions look skanky? I don’t think I could tell if someone was using them. So… no? Are you named after a grandparent? Nope. They went straight for the bible. Say you were given a drug test right now. Would you pass or fail? Pass with flying negative colors. Are you taller than 5'6"? By half a foot. Do you know anyone in jail/prison? I did. Ever see a dead body? Quite a number of them actually. Do you like the colour green? The darker the better. What is your best friend's Dad's name? Tracy How old are you? 25 Who was the last person to sen

There was a call earlier this afternoon on the purple phone. Mom picked it up. Why she picked up the purple phone is beyond me. No one ever is supposed to pick up that phone but she did. I walk into the living room and she is just sitting there with the receiver on her ear. She's not speaking. She waves me over and hands it to me. ...democrats...blah, blah...republicans...taxes...blah, blah...contributions... Thanks Ma. Yes mom let a solicitor into our home via the dreaded purple phone and I got stuck with the call. You see, us Midwestern folk in general are far too polite to slam the phone on a caller so I waited until she paused (she's got a helluva set of lungs) before I said, "I'm sorry but we don't give political contributions." Without skipping a beat she reiterated her spiel about how Democrats were responsible for the tax increases and that the Republicans need real leadership and that by contributing to MIGOP we could help bring back a Republi

While browsing YouTube for Doctor Who vids, I stumbled onto this one. How did you react?

Due to a bunch of retards in elected office, the Michigan government was shut down for a few hours on.... I forget the day. It doesn't really matter. But the government was shut down because the legislature could not balance the budget which is constitutionally mandated. At the last minute Acting well after time was the up, to plug up the budget hole, our leaders have decided to raise our taxes. Yay! Income tax rate is increasing from 3.9% to 4.35% immediately --that is, with your next paycheck. The 6% sales tax is getting expanded to include services such as astrology readings, coin-operated machinery, house sitting, personal shopping, bathroom services (sorry Sen. Craig you might want to skip DTW), transit services, dating services, escort services (sorry Sen. Vitter you'll have to keep to LA and DC), balloon-o-grams, and--here's a shocker--skiing. Golf was conveniently left out of the expanded services list. Well, we wouldn't want to burden the old, rich, wh

Premier Week is over and done with. What shows did you watch? Did you pick up any new shows? This year's week was so-so. I'll give you a little more though. Here's what I thought--in order of showings. Warning! Possible Spoilers. The Simpsons The episode came off really well from the summer movie and I had high hopes that they were going to put some effort into this season's first episode. I thought it was a return to their pre-movie level of hilarity. Sooo... I tuned out halfway through. The Family Guy I largely skipped out on the previous season in favor of Desperate Housewives. Now I am going back! The 1 hour Star Wars special was hilarious to the point I literally collapsed to the ground crying in laughter. (It happened around the Grey Poupon scene.) My Highlights: The Bush-Cheney bumper sticker. I wouldn't put a bumper sticker on my car but I'd sure as hell put a Bush-Cheney one on my Imperial Star Destroyer. "Now select, 'Default Media