I can't believe he is turning 40 next week. He looks even hotter than he did 7 years ago when I first met him! Here are some of my favorite pics of him recently of him being silly
Hi All,
I know it has been a LONG time since I have updated. I have been a busy beaver. I am going to unveil to you our new hotel- the one me and my team have been renovating for the past year (it has taken up a great deal of my time). We started with two model rooms in February of 08, went through a very long approval process with the partnership who owns the asset, started purchasing all FF&E in July, followed by the beginning of the renovation from August through March.
For the past month, we have been concentrating on the martketing and re-branding efforts. The following link is to our new website. The photos posted of the lobby and bar are computer renderings. We took professional pics last week, but they haven't been up loaded yet. As of May 5th, we are The Artmore Hotel www.artmorehotel.com
I have been keeping up reading people's posts, but not commenting or posting myself.
Another big thing that happens this month is that Steve turns 40!! It is on May 5th. Unfortunately, I can't plan anything big because our grand opening party is May 19th. I waited until after the grand opening, so on the 21st, I am marking his big birthday by taking him to London!!
I am pretty excited. It is going to be a hectic month.
I promise to update more.
On a different note, although I despise Bush, I acutally think the movie "W" coming out now is in bad tatse. I don't think a movie like that should come out during the presidency of the subject of the film. I think it makes a mockery of the office, or should I re-phrase, a further mockery of the office as Bush has done a pretty good job doing that himself. I know Oliver Stone is very incindiary, and I happen to like a number of his movies, I just think it is disrespectful and opportunistic of him to release it now. What I mean by opportunistic is that perhaps there is more interest and press in the movie because it is being released now, and not after Bush's presidency comes to an end.
This girl is a ***kin rock star. The Noisettes broke big last year in their hometown of London with their first release "What's the time Mr. Wolf" They have a new album coming out soon, and hopefully it will lead to bigger things here. This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the lead singer/bass player Shingai Shoniwa is a born rock star! I am going out and buying this tomorrow
2. Biden did very well, and I enjoyed listening to him as well
3. Dissapointing to hear that they BOTH will not support gay marriage. Why is gay marriage such an issue in this day and age.? How do we "diminsh the legitimacy" of hererosexual marriage? I am hopeful that what Biden means is that an Obama presidency will not ammend the constitution, but will certainly not block more states from recognizing gay marriages.
4. At one point, when Biden was talking about his wife's years of service as a teacher, Palin answered that "her true reward will be in heaven" What the fuck is that? That infuriates me. I cannot stand god and relgion being brought into politics.
"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending soldiers out on a task that is from God. That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan." –Sarah Pailn, on the Iraq war, speaking to students at the Wasilla Assembly of God, June 2008.
No wonder people from other countries hate the U.S. I love this country, and I am not unpatriotic, but where do we get off thinking that "God" loves us best because we are Americans?
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Maybe it''s the mystique that has surrounded his life over the years, but I have become utterly fascinated with him. He died pretty much an unknown in 1974, and unbenknownst to me, his three albums have gone on to become classics to music lovers around the world. I have heard of him, but never took a close listen until one of his tunes popped up on my Pandora player. The purity of his voice, his unique style of playing, his lyrics and song writing, all beyond reproach. It's a shame the world lost him so young, but most of the best artists are tortured souls anyway. Take a listen,
http://abcnews.go.com/wn
Please watch this. More people should to see how incompetent this woman is. Towards the end of the interview, he really skewers her.
When they say to you, "B is the Antichrist," here's what you should say to them. Say to them, "Yes, you're right-absolutely right. B means to steal the hearts of the people away from you so that the world may live. B means to gather the voices of humans all over the planet into one voice singing,"The world must live, the world must live, the world must live!" We are only one species among billions. The gods don't love us anymore than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lillies. The age of the Great Forgetting has ended, and all it's lies and delusions have been dispelled. Now we remember who we are. Our kin are not cherubim, seraphim, thrones, principalities, and powers. Our kin are mayflies, lemurs, snakes, eagles, and badgers. The blinding we suffer in the Great Forgetting has abated, so we no longer imagine that Man was ill-made. We no longer imagine that the gods botched their work when it came to us. We no longer think they know how to make every single thing in the whole vast universe except a human being. The blinding we suffered in the Great Forgetting has passed, so we can no longer believe that suffering is the lot the gods had in mind for us. We can no longer believe that death is sweet release to our true destiny. We no longer yearn for the nothingness of nirvana. We no longer dream of wearing crowns of gold in the royal court of heaven.
Say to them, "You're right to see that we're straying from the path of salvation. We're straying from the path exactly as you always feared we might. But listen, we're not straying from the path of salvation for the sake of sin and corruption, as you always imagined we might. We are straying from the path because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging. We're straying from the path of salvation-but not for love of vice and wickedness as you contemptuously imagined we might. We're straying from the path of salvation for love of the world, as you never once dreamed in a thousand years of dreaming.
I needed to get out tonight to clear my head. I went to Starbucks to finish reading "The Story of B- an Adventure of Mind and Spirit" by Daniel Quinn. I am forever changed. I am posting about it seperately.
Steve and myself are going on a cruise with my family. We weren't crazy about being trapped on a boat with my family for 7 days, but my parents would have been really disappointed if I didn't go. It couldn't be coming at a better time. We haven't had a full blown vacation in years, and we are both stressed in our careers.
It is a cruise of the Western Carribean stopping in Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Ocho Rios. In attendance are me and Steve, my parents, my sister and her husband, and my brother, his wife, and my two nephews. Exciting! I am looking forward to some quiet time out on the ocean with Steve as we don't get to spend alot of time together. I am also looking forward to re-connecting with my family - especially with my two nephews as they have grown up so fast. The boat leaves port Miami on Sunday. We are leaving tonight to spend the weekend at the hotel the company I work for manages in Miami. I will be back in Atlanta on Sunday the 31st, and will back to work on Tuesday the 2nd. Hopefully I will have some fun pics to post when I return. Hope you all have a great Labor Day!
Here is a list of itmes that gay guys (or any guy) for that matter in Atlanta should really retire. I tend to vomit in my mouth a little at the site of the following:
1. I Don't know what came first- the Ed Hardy Tee, or all of the "Affliction" tees. It really started with mostly African American guys wearing them, and then it spread into the gays- especially the ones who "try" to look "butch. "Well, my t-shirt has a skull on it, of course I'm butch" (and I have a tribal tattoo, silly!) You can barely enjoy a nice gay brunch without the sight of a group of gays walking in, half of them sporting these things. The only thing you are "afflicted" with is bad taste. See pic for detail
I am tired of seeing these shirts!!! There is an even more offensive and gayer version, where the shirt is a v-neck, but really looks like a scoop neck blouse. Coupled with a conch shell necklace from Abercrombie, it doesn't get any gayer than that. Please make them stop.
2. Next is "I borrowed my sisters jeans, Don't I look good in them? See pic for example. You know the ones I am talking about, with the button pockets on the ass.This pic does not do a good job of showing how tight these jeans are usually worn among the gays. Hi- I can see your g-string. Guys, please give your sister her jeans back!:
3. I have noticed more frequently this summer that there are an inordinate amount of people who wear sunglasses indoors. I am all about sunglasses when I am driving, or out and about- you know, in places with direct sunlight. However, when I step indoors, and try to talk to someone, I take them off! It's really not that brite inside that you have to keep the glasses on. My inner critic sees this, and immediately whispers "douche bag" in the direction of the offending Sunglass wearer.
4. I am tired of hearing "Guuurrrlll!" Please stop. Retire that immediately.
5. Lastly, the guys that smoke like my mom did when I was growing up. Arm raised to Jesus. Wrist bent back. Cigarette held precariously between two fingers. Other arm folded over in the crook of the cigarette holding arm.
I am not pretending to be the butchest person on the planet, but there just seems to be alot of people trying way too hard. Just "be", whatever that may be. Butch, fem, queer, dyke. I am just over all the affectations, rituals, and accessories.
http://coolspotters.com/bands/silversun-p
These guys should be bigger! They have a strong local cult following in the Pacific Northwest where they are from. I have been enjoying them since about 2003. They have been around since 1994. If I ever get out that way, I would love to catch them as they are a great live act
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