Worst Day of 2004

GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back from San Franciso

1,027.3 miles and worth every inch. Happy one month sweety. Even though I'm sick right now, I am beyond happy. 35 more months...

San Francisco is as advertised. I got hit on by 2 gay men and sat one table away from an Asian gay man flirting with his Asian transvestite... partner. Yay.

I have an urge to list the major cities I've explored:
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Las Vegas
- Boston
- New York City
- Frankfurt
- Paris
- Barcelona
- Venice
- Rome
- Athens
- Santorini


It's just a start. The rest of the places that will be added on later will hopefully be explored with my love by my side. So many great things to look forward to...

No picture right now, I'm at the office waiting to switch cars.

San Francisco

In about an hour... LensCrafters will have your glasses ready. No. I'm going to San Francisco. Yay for hundreds of gay men against 1 straight man. I'm screwed (literally?)! I am excited about my 7 hour drive alone. It might take longer since I'll need to stop to nap and eat at least once. Arrive derci!



by Arnt Ove Jøsang

Through Good Times & Bad

There are some people that seem like they will always be there for you. They say sweet words, they act like they care when you tell them something. But something doesn't feel right, and that something is what you ignore. You don't want to know there is something wrong. You want to know that you have a friend who really does care. And then something happens in your life, a change, a new person. You're overjoyed, beyond happy, and you naturally expect your friend to be happy for you. Nope, they turn away. They ignore you, and they never tell you what's wrong. That's when you realize that the feeling you had, the feeling that something was wrong, was very very accurate. Be careful, some of the best people are only there for you when they get something out of you.

I used to sometimes want to just disappear. There are times when I still do, just not alone anymore. It's amazing how much hatred and envy there is in this world. It seriously breaks my heart....

It's Magic

In a sky full of people only someone to fly, isn't that crazy?

Went to Long Beach with Araks yesterday to see David Copperfield. The show was amazing, our own pre-show was even more amazing. I wish everyone could feel what I feel, it would definitely make the world a better place.

New Scientist has a long feature on asexuality and how online communities of asexuals are declaring their non-desire to be "as valid an orientation as being straight or gay."

The amazing degree of variation in the experiences of asexual people suggests that the underlying causes of their lack of sexual attraction are very different. Some asexuals might simply have extremely low sex drives in spite of an innate orientation towards males or females. Other asexuals might form a fourth category of sexual orientation in addition to the hetero-, homo- and bi-sexual ones, namely people who are attracted to neither gender, even if they have normal sex drives.

There is no official definition for asexuality yet, but it probably needs to take all these variations into account, says Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist and human-sexuality expert studying asexuality at Brock University in St. Catherines, Canada. “The place where we draw the line is the desire to interact sexually with other people,” says Brian (name changed), a navy veteran from Virginia. When it comes to having children, some asexuals say they would like to have a baby, but most would use IVF to avoid having to have sex. (Link)

And how about sushi USB? Can't say much about that, it speaks for itself.

Quote of the Day:
"The press has bravely and nobly eroded the public trust. What I'm advocating is the media come back and work for us again. ... The bias of the media is not liberal. It's lazy and sensationalist." - Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show




yes, that is my crotch.

Artificial Clouds

Surprise surprise! Seems like we are ruining the environment! GASP! According to this NASA site, airplanes are causing aritificial cirrus clouds which is "significantly increasing the cloudiness of Earth, reflecting sunlight back into space by day, and heat radiation back to Earth even at night." In other words, it is contributing to global warming. Yay for airplanes, endless summer here we go!

Improv Isn't For Everyone

There has been a rumor going around the web that President Bush was wired during the first debate. I thought it was just another conspiracy theory until I read this page. Sure enough, the bulge is there, and Bush was acting strangely. I don't know if he was wired or not, but I think it's worth a read.

Next item on the agenda: Sheet covers. Yes yes, that's right. I found this site with very cute sheet covers indicating who's on what side. It even tailors to the homosexuals in the crowd by having male-male and female-female covers. I think it's cute, don't bother me!


Also, I was reading about the 911 system on the web, and came across this:
9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number Day was proclaimed, by President Reagan in 1987, to occur on the 11th day of September, the ninth month, of that year. The proclamation was made to promote the North American universal emergency telephone number 9-1-1.

I guess we redefined 9/11 a few years ago...

I have also discovered an incredibly beautiful shape, more beautiful because it is mathematical: the trefoil knot.

The Fallen Seraph

My love sent me the link to the artist's page (see comment on previous post) so here is the picture I was referring to:

The Death of Superman

I'm very very VERY sad to announce that Christopher Reeve died today of heart failure. He was 52 years old.

Change Is Always Good

Always always always! It might not seem to be good at first, but in the end, it always works out for the best. Anyways, it's been a while since I've updated this, which speaks volumes for my stress level and time constraints. I've been very busy, but also very very happy. I wish I had a camera with me right now so that I could post the picture Araks got me, but you'll just have to trust me when I say it is beautiful. It's of a fallen angel. Very cool. Well since I can't post that picture, I'll post this one from a scene in Shark Tale:



I MUST go see that movie! How can anyone resist seeing a shark sucking on a straw? That is beyond cool!

2 weeks left till I head for San Franciso and get hit on by the mass gay population, SCORE! Yes, yes, very excited.

Can you believe 2004 is almost over? It passed by so fast! While I'm speaking on the topic of the passing of time, let me make a few predictions. By the year 2040, we will have regular commercial flights to outer space. We will have cell phones that don't require us to verbally speak. These will work by attaching a small unit to our throats. About a month ago they discovered that when you say things in your mind, your vocal cords actually move (subtly) with what you're saying in your head. Amplify that and you have a new, unintrusive means of communication. Also by the year 2040, nanotechnology will have evolved and be commercially available in almost everything we do. It will not revolutionize the world yet, but it will begin to become a part of our daily lives. By the year 2150, nanotechnology will have revolutionized the world.

I haven't posted in a while, so you can't complain about this entry being long. Let's discuss the univeral balance in the world. In due time, everything balances out. Take something small like offshoring. Eventually the price of offshoring will increase to the point that it isn't economically wise to do it, and the jobs will start coming back. Having had increased the GDP of our offshoring partners (mainly India), we will have increased their standard of living, and therefore they will contribute to the global economic economy.

On a larger scale, the world has no meaning. If Earth blew up right now, it would make no difference in the perspective of the entire Universe. It might cause some minor gravitational problems within our Solar System, but it won't make any difference to the Universe. Is that depressing? Does that mean we should all just kill ourselves because there is no purpose to life? On the contrary, it gives it ALL the meaning! It allows us to personally decide what we want our purpose in life to be, and not have to worry about it being right or wrong. It is the most liberating thought ever. Just think about it, you are your own master. How sweet it is.

Monday Monday

News of the Day:A elderly Romanian man mistook his penis for a chicken's neck, cut it off and his dog rushed up and ate it, the state Rompres news agency said.

Well at least I'm more lucky than him! In fact, I'm very lucky. I bet I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Yes sir, that's me! I would have been luckier if I hadn't gotten a speeding ticket 2 days ago for gonig 50mph on Glenoaks. Yes yes, 2 tickets in 1 week = no good. C'est la vie.



- Ben Goossens

Home

I feel at home right now... with 2 guests =)

The future looks so bright. I've never looked forward to the future as much as I do now. How great it feels. Work has been very hectic, but I'm planning on organizing life so that I'm not so stressed out, and so that I can pay attention to the things that really matter.

Intoxicated