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April 26, 2005
I need to journal more often
When we last left our caped crusader, it was Friday morning and not too much to report.
Saturday was nice. I went to lunch with my friend Eric who I haven’t seen in a while. We went to Welcome Home (one of my favorite places to eat). He had never been there so it was nice to show someone else something new (and not in a sexual way lol).
Ste3ve went to pick up Craig at the airport. I have to admit, I was a bit uncomfortable having a guest stay that I don’t know. Not because I’m afraid they are anything less than great, but because I was going to be off half the week and Steve would be working. I was afraid I would be the one entertaining and playing tour guide to a stranger.
Well let’s just say, never judge until you know. When Steve and Craig got back, my first reaction was “he’s cute, but being from Tampa he must be one of those snobs with the nice body and all”.
After hanging out with him a bit, I realized, he is actually funny, laid back, and a really nice guy. With that began a couple of days of site seeing through a tourist’s eye. I realized this gave me and opportunity to see what I would like to do with my sister and Jason when they come to visit this summer.
Sunday we went to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. I had never been there before but have heard how nice it was. It was nicer than I imagined and I got some great photos (my opinion lol).
After tea garden, we went to beer bust. We ran into a guy from online who immediately recognized Steve from both gay.com and tribe. It was kind of interesting to meet Russet who was nothing like the pictures in his profile. For some reason, I figured he would be much taller and stockier. This wasn’t the case. He was definitely cuter than I could tell from the pics.
So the rest of the day was a blur. Last thing I remember was making out with someone at the bar who had told me they saw me a few weeks earlier at the Edge but were too shy to talk to me. We made out for a little while and then I was ready for home.
After passing out and waking up the next day, I found out that same guy, came back to the apartment with Steve and Craig, and apparently they had an “interesting” time with him. My feelings were a bit hurt but I guess if you snooze you lose and I really didn’t want to do anything with him anyway. I guess it was just the ego because we made out, he said he liked me, and then came back to my apartment with my roomie and the new guy from out of town and fooled around. LOL….
On to Monday. Steve went to work and I figured Craig would take off on his own. When I asked him what he was doing, he said he wanted to go to North Beach and Coit Tower. I’ve wanted to go to Coit Tower for a while so when he asked if I wanted to go, I said sure. So much for “not” playing tour guide.
We had a blast walking around and again took some more great pictures. The story of Coit Tower is that the funding came from a woman who died at 86. She was rescued from a fire at age 8 and grew up as the honorary mascot to the fire department. She enjoyed wearing firemen’s uniforms and when she died, she left the funding that built Coit Tower.
For those who aren’t familiar with it, you see this tower at the beginning of every Charmed episode along with the Trans America building. We walked around North Beach, had Irish coffee at 11am at the famous Irish Coffee house (this is where Irish Coffee originated. Yes, this is true and no it wasn’t in Ireland).
He also made me (yes I was forced) to ride the cable cars. This is just one of those things locals only do when you have visitors in from out of town.
We wandered a bit through Washington Square Park and found a cute little Italian Pastry shop. I haven’t had really good Italian pastries in a long time so it was a nice place to find. We also had lunch in the Italian district at a cute little pasta place. Calzonie’s I believe it’s called but cant quite remember.
Finally, walking back to Market St we went through China town. I still need to get back there soon and get a couple of things but perhaps Ill do that tomorrow.
Today has just been a relaxing day for me. I let Craig go off and do his thing. He was originally going to go to the Golden Gate Bridge but decided to relax in Dolores Park instead.
I’m doing laundry for Thursday so I can leave for Heartwood. Josh had a list of things he needed and with frustration I was able to get most of it done. It was frustrating mainly because they were downloads which tend to be time consuming. As we all know, you kind of have to be there watching things, checking things to make sure they work, and when it comes to complete albums and software, it can take hours.
I found 2 albums (with the exception of one song) as well as the program he wanted. Finding the serial number took a while but I finally found it as well. The only thing I didn’t find was one album he wanted, which Ill looks one more time this evening.
As for the rest of the day, I am going to finish laundry, have Thai with Steve and Craig, and then most likely head out for a night of drinking. Tonight will be my last night out before Josh graduates (not that I mind “not going out” because I’m really looking forward to spending time together again and getting our lives started again). I just want a last taste of being here on my own and being able to do it.
Well once again I’ve learned I shouldn’t put off journaling. Soon I will be updating my web page and creating something new. It’s definitely time to change it again. I have updated some things on it, but it still has a lot of work to go.
Posted by Des at April 26, 2005 07:21 PM
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