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Well, I reclaimed Pride this year.

I’m one of those people who loves Pride. Being surrounded by the gays. Dancing in the streets of SF. Drinking until my liver screams at me. I love it all. Even the many, many faux Shanes…

Last year I skipped Pride for a truly alternative experience, but this year I was bound and determined to get to enjoy what for me is one of the best days of the year.

And I had a great time. I got to see some old friends and meet some new ones. I hung out and danced to the awesome music of Fag Fridays (thereby avoiding the Nectar stage and seriously minimizing the potential for icky ex-girlfriend drama – of which there was none for me this weekend). I caught a movie at the film festival, went to Dolores Park where there were many, many women, went to a few fun bars and a couple parties and in general partied, danced and laughed alot.

And brilliantly I took today off for general recovery. So followed up my revelry with a morning of rowing and Wimbeldon and then an afternoon walk along the coast of SF followed by the simple joy of hanging out on a week day afternoon at Cafe Flore.

yeah… it’s all good, baby. Happy Pride my sisters and brothers.

My new rowing machine finally arrived yesterday so I built it this morning and took a 15 minute beginner row. And it feels great! Watch a little Wimbeldon, row a couple thousand meters. Very nice. I’m pretty excited to have a way to do cardio at home again. Had a recumbant bike in a past life and it was the most consistently I ever excersized so I feel confident that I’ll be able to keep it up. Between that and the weight training a couple days a week I should start seeing results pretty quickly. Already starting to see my biceps and triceps developing a bit of definition.

And just generally making better, healthier decisions should help me get into good habits before work starts picking up. I want to lose the weight I gained on the last project and then not pick it back up again on the next one.

Bought a hiking book yesterday – 60 Hike within 60 Miles of SF. I’m planning on a hike every weekend from now until I do Half Dome starting this weekend. Decided to take a mental health day on Monday so should be able to get out of the city either solo or with a friend for a decent day hike.

When did I become such a health nut… Thank god I still drink beer and eat bacon or you guys would think someone took over my blog…

all of a sudden I seem to have a life again. movies, dinners, trips to Disneyland. so much stuff to do. and then wow, I’m glad to be lazing about at home tonight.

i flew down to LA on saturday to go to Disneyland for a day. it was great – if you have any love of D-Land you should go soon for the 50th anniversary celebration. the fireworks display is awesome, the nostalgia stuff for the 50th is good for a pop culture junkie like me (including vintage ticket books from when an E-Ticket wasn’t something you used to get on an airplane).

saw Batman Begins last night. excellent summer blockbuster, and a pretty good movie. still on the list of movies to see – Mr. & Mrs. Smith. yeah I want to see it. Crash – also want to see this. Saw Kung Fu Hustle last week. Over the top kung fu movie. fun. fun. and Willy Wonka is coming very soon. i hope it’s good.

this weekend is Pride. not sure what i’m up to yet. may go out and about. may go on a day trip outta the city and start getting ready for the big hike.

and lastly – my new rowing machine gets here on Friday. between that and TrainerMan i’m going to be kicking some ass in no time at all…

I bought a CD the other day that I haven’t had a copy of in about 5, 6, maybe 7 years or so. I loaned Gods and Monsters by Voice of the Beehive to a friend of my ex and never saw it again.

And then at the Haight Street Fair I bought not only a delicious medicinal brownie, but also a copy of this fine CD. It’s two sisters and some other guys and they remind me a bit of the less quirky B-52’s songs. Love the song Perfect Place. It’s one of my most perfectly favorite sappy songs of my life and I listened to it 5 times in a row on my way to work this morning, singing at the top of my lungs.

Yeah, I’ll assume if you’re reading my blog you already know what a dork I am.

We so won Best of Show.

Dude.

I promised Big Daddy I wouldn’t share his favorite online t-shirt store with anyone else, but it appears the clever t-shirt is really having its day. Here’s a couple other sites.

http://www.defunker.com

http://www.bustedtees.com/

And don’t forget the Preshrunk blog. All the t-shirt info you could want to know…

I’ve probably travelled more in the first five months of this year than I ever have. Two real vacation-y trips and over half a dozen weekend getaways. It’s been great, but I’m really looking forward to staying in town this weekend.

There will be home cooked food. There will be weeding of the planters on the deck in anticipation of planting next weekend. There will be a hike or at least a very long walk. There will be housecleaning. There will be time with Cheese. There will be Psychonauts. And there will be an attempt to sleep in. And somewhere in there I’ll see some friends and go to a couple parties.

And there won’t be (much) work. I’m starting to see the project heating up on the horizon so I’m going to try and keep my weekends to myself until I can’t anymore. We came out of e3 with a whole mess of awards – amazing for a game that won’t even be out this year. The critic’s choice awards come out next week (that’s the big one) and we’re up for Game of Show. No pressure, eh?

Stuff that I’ve run across lately:

Ten Ways to Destroy the Earth

For your iconography pleasure – cool symbols

an un-official forum for Spore – this guy also does great podcasts about the game.

charming 3D short – Beware: takes awhile to load