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Sep. 20th, 2005 02:34 pmBeen spending a lot of time cleaning up my messy, cluttered condo in preparation for Dennis' stay. Boyfriend 2001 will be visiting for a week before heading down to San Diego. (Yes, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rabbijeffty, this is the weirdness that caused me to bail on the September Sundays. Btw, that Buddhist Chinese vegan place we went to the last time we Linuxed did go out of business after all.)
Dennis spent a week with me this past January during MacWorld. It will be nice to see him again. I'm sure we'll go to Plearn, his favorite Thai restaurant. I probably won't play tennis, but may accompany him to the Folsom Street Fair on Sunday.
Let's see. Other recent happenings:
Enjoyed spending what time I had withtammy_g, and pezazul and Christopher, during their time out this-a-way, along with debmats, herefox, lilacfairy. Yay for balloons, chocolate, and Speisekammer.
Also, late (for me) dinner on Friday withdebmats to try an Oakland Chinatown restaurant for their jook aka congee (rice porridge). Good enough for a return visit sometime. Fun conversation, including a tentative promise to do a roast duck tasting. Maybe try some Pinot Noir at the same time ...
Was on the radio for a minute or two that same Friday (call-in show/auction benefit for Hurricane Katrina), plus spoke briefly with an Associated Press journalist to talk about my participation in an unrelated online auction (she didn't call back as promised that day, but did so on Sunday while I was out -- oh, well).
On the spur of the moment on Sunday, after visiting my mom at the assisted care place and wanting to take a break from cleaning, I went to a club. Really! I'd read about B-Unit ("for bears and their admirers") the previous month but had too much going on at the time. Since it was conveniently located a few blocks from an Oakland BART station, I figured it would be a low- to moderate-stress learning experience.
As I approached the club entrance (it was being held at The Bench and Bar) I was feeling a bit of anxiety, but my sense of adventure overrode it. In the end I stayed a couple of hours, nursed two beers and got a t-shirt. There were some snacks, the bar itself, and the dance area. I went into an "observe everything" mode fairly quickly that also closed me off emotionally, which is probably part of my defense response in case I found anyone attractive. Didn't know anyone, but recognized a few people. The dance floor was never full, though I enjoyed watching both dancers and non-dancers. There was a "Built Like A Tank" contest that got the crowd going, too. No private parts were flashed, but plenty of skin/fur. Hee! Maybe I'll go again. Maybe.
rabbijeffty, this is the weirdness that caused me to bail on the September Sundays. Btw, that Buddhist Chinese vegan place we went to the last time we Linuxed did go out of business after all.)Dennis spent a week with me this past January during MacWorld. It will be nice to see him again. I'm sure we'll go to Plearn, his favorite Thai restaurant. I probably won't play tennis, but may accompany him to the Folsom Street Fair on Sunday.
Let's see. Other recent happenings:
Enjoyed spending what time I had with
tammy_g, and pezazul and Christopher, during their time out this-a-way, along with debmats, herefox, lilacfairy. Yay for balloons, chocolate, and Speisekammer.Also, late (for me) dinner on Friday with
debmats to try an Oakland Chinatown restaurant for their jook aka congee (rice porridge). Good enough for a return visit sometime. Fun conversation, including a tentative promise to do a roast duck tasting. Maybe try some Pinot Noir at the same time ...Was on the radio for a minute or two that same Friday (call-in show/auction benefit for Hurricane Katrina), plus spoke briefly with an Associated Press journalist to talk about my participation in an unrelated online auction (she didn't call back as promised that day, but did so on Sunday while I was out -- oh, well).
On the spur of the moment on Sunday, after visiting my mom at the assisted care place and wanting to take a break from cleaning, I went to a club. Really! I'd read about B-Unit ("for bears and their admirers") the previous month but had too much going on at the time. Since it was conveniently located a few blocks from an Oakland BART station, I figured it would be a low- to moderate-stress learning experience.
As I approached the club entrance (it was being held at The Bench and Bar) I was feeling a bit of anxiety, but my sense of adventure overrode it. In the end I stayed a couple of hours, nursed two beers and got a t-shirt. There were some snacks, the bar itself, and the dance area. I went into an "observe everything" mode fairly quickly that also closed me off emotionally, which is probably part of my defense response in case I found anyone attractive. Didn't know anyone, but recognized a few people. The dance floor was never full, though I enjoyed watching both dancers and non-dancers. There was a "Built Like A Tank" contest that got the crowd going, too. No private parts were flashed, but plenty of skin/fur. Hee! Maybe I'll go again. Maybe.
