"This is one thing I would say about all those gay, bi, transgender, queer, in closet, in-fear, boys with an i, woman with a y, multi mix gender twink or bear batenders, friends of married faries and fags, progressive questioning hags, we all live life bravely as was our destiny when we were born this way." - Roo from "Home for Christmas"

This poet sent me a friend request on myspace last night and I listened to his work and it was really awesome.  I highly recomend it to everyone.  I think I have all the words right in that quote, if you find a mistake just let me know.  Here is his link.  He also works with many HIV and AIDS patients which makes him an even more awesome people.  It's great to know that not every gay man out there just has sex on the mind all the time.....at least it's good news to me.

OMG I'M HOME!  That was the longest freakin 10 days in the history of man.  I'm serious.  I feel like I've been gone for like 2 months or so. 

The trip was really fun, I hads an awesome freakin time.  We swam A LOT and worked really hard but the fun stuff we did really made up for it.  I feel like I've really bonded with my swim team which isn't something that I have ever been able to say about them before.  I really felt like I was a part of something and it felt great.  I could tell stories here but they are really stories that I should save for random meetings with frieds who wwant to know about my summer.

Today I coach my first swim meet.  I am excited yet apprehensive....so many children!  Tomorrow I leave for the beach for another 2 weeks.  2 weeks with my entire extended family on my mom's side....lovely.  It should be relaxing though..in theory. 

So another large break will come between me and this computer screen but I promise I will return in the near future.  Patman out!

Hey guys, it's been a while.  Summer laziness has set in.  Sorry to keep you looking with no new stuff.

So summer vacation is on and doin great.  Havin a lot of fun having time to hang with friends and do other things other than schoolwork.  I've been swimming my butt off lately.  My schedual has literaly turned into swim sleep eat swim sleep.  It's nuts. 

This Friday the team is leaving for our training trip in Florida.  I'm real excited but also pretty nervous, gonna have a lot of tough practices down there.  It'll still be cool to see some other teams and have time to bond a little morte with my own. 

Coaching has been good- I'm really enjoying watching the kids I'm teaching get better and better.  Too bad I'm gonna be in Florida during the first meet, I really would like to see my kids swim.  I guess thats life. 

I was on the news yesterday morning with Coach Sawyer talking about swimming as a good summer activity for kids and stuff.  It was pretty cool, un fortunently our segment was cut short due to lovely Tropical Storm Alberto.  Boo for big news stories taking the place of the awesomeness of swimming.

I really haven't felt that dark isolated lonliness that I get sometimes in a pretty long time now.  I guess time with friends really has helped that kinda fade off- at least for now.  I love random outings with lots of laughs and of course ice cream.  I'm glad I have people that I can always count on- it really takes the place of that need for a love interest that I've felt for a while. 

So thats about it for now I guess, nice little summer update.  If I don't get a chance to update more tomorrow, it'll probably be a good 3 weeks until I get a chance to touch a computer again.  If thats the case- enjoy summer friends!  Patman out!

My group's overcraft beasted everyone.  We won every competition hands down.  It was so awesome.

Been coaching for a little now, 2 good practices under my belt.  I'm really enjoying it so far, watching kids improve thanks to something you tell them is very rewarding.  It makes me feel special.

School is almost over, I can count the remaining days on one hand.  Yayness~ Patman out!

Saturday was a good day.  Started with Bonner talkin about doing something with our peeps and shortly after Lauren called me.  We went and grabbed some lunch at Boj's and then went to Michael's for her to buy a plain t-shirt for some t-shirt making.  We also walked out of there with a rubber duck and some Peachy-O's.  Then we went to Old Navy and made each other try on outfits.  I bought a new shirt and I like it.  We met Bonner and Jamie there, went to Starbucks and got some tasty Frappacinos, went and got me fitted for my Junior Marshal tux, and then we went to the movie's to get some advanced tickets for The DaVinci Code. Then me, Jamie, and Bonner came to my house while Lauren "cleaned her room."  We walked Sandy and brushed her so now she's a happy puppy.  Then we picked up Lauren and went to see the movie.  It was really good, I recomend it.  Just keep in mind, IT'S FICTION PEOPLE!

So yeah, today I went to church, worked on cleaning my room up some, and then met up with Ms. Hutto at The Daily Grind to get some beverages and talk.  She then said she needed to talk to me somewhere else so we went to Boyd Lee park and then the questions started coming.  Basically it came down to that she thought I was gay and wanted me to tell her.  I couldn't get the words together so I just basically sat there listening while she talked to me on and on.  She talked to me about lots of things but mostly about how she doesn't consider think being gay makes me any less of a person but she does think it's important that I don't turn into a sex-a-holic and end up having AIDS or other STDs because I think being gay is a reason to forget abstinance.  I really agree with her on that I do have respect for her having the courage to talk to me about it but I'm really not happy about her really pressuring me to talk to her about something I really didn't want to talk about.  It's a lot harder to talk to an adult about being gay than it is to talk to your peers.  I learned that today.

Well thats about it for now.  Patman out!