2007: A Year In Retrospect

Well damn. What a year. This has been the year of Brittany's hair. Of Kevin's short lived rise, and prolonged fall. Of President Bush furthermore pissing off the world. Of an inconvenient truth. Of Gore's Nobel Peace Prize, and realizing that things may be a little better had popular votes counted just a little more. Of Legally Blonde the Musical. Of Spring Awakening. Of Halloween. Of Across the Universe. Of "I am America (and so can you)". Of 70 years at American Ballet Theatre. Of loosing Benazir Bhutto.

On a personal note, it has been the year of many a breakthrough for me. I became a dancer. The greatest thing to happen to me. I'm a dancer now. It has been the year of the first World AIDS Day benefit in Norfolk. It has also been the year of coming out. On a full scale. It has been the year of parties. It has been the year of being with guys. It has been the year of intamacy. It has been the year of making new friends. It has been the year of theatre. It has been the year of going to New York, and finding myself at home, though I was a total stranger. It has been the year of becoming fluent in French. It has been the year of second hand smoking. And the year of finding an excuse to get coffee with everyone I know.

Everyone has talked about how shitty 2007 was. And granted, sometimes it really was. However, it has also been an amazing year. I've matured, and maybe just a little, we all have. We went through this shit, and we are stronger people. We are seeing the world go to hell. Granted we may be on the brink of apocalypse, but we are hitting a pentacle of culture. We are both tearing each other apart, and growing as humans, simultaneously. And we are here to see it. We are living. And having said all that, we just must, we are obligated to, live each day as our last. Because you never know when that is going to be. Prophecy is saying that the world is going to end in 4 years. The intellectual in me doesn't believe that, but the naive child gives it thought. Four years. The time it takes for a first presidential term to durate. The time it took to build the Empire State Building. The time it took to make the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Our reign can potentially be measured in weeks. And that is bad.

So if this year, in this god awful century, has taught us anything, it is to live life. The great work begins. See you next year.

Love always, Ian

My Condolences for Absence

I've been so insanely busy lately, and unfortunately, not had the time to sit down and write my emotions.

Life has been well, with the occasional bout of hating the male race.

I worked on World AIDS Day, for a benefit, and it was absolutely amazing. I saw many old friends, and made a few new ones. It was a wonderful turn out, for a good cause. Ricardo's piece made me cry from every orifice in my body though. He is that great...

I saw Antigone last night. It was surprisingly the shit. I didn't think that I'd be that crazy for it, seeing as I'm not the chair queen of the Greek Theatre Fan Club... It was very good though. It closes tomorrow night...

I'm seeing the Marijuana-logues next weekend, as will I be seeing Elaine Bromka's one woman show [courtesy of SURDNA].

All in all, I'm pretty okay with life right now. I'm not glimmering with excitement, nor am I discontent. I'm just taking life one day at a time, right now, which is probably the best thing to do...

hugs and kisses,
Ian

Bored On A Saturday Morning

Quiz- [And A Picture of A Rather Ravishing Young Man]

Your Score: versatile

You're 47% dominant

You like your boys pretty and strong, mature and younger, taller, shorter, older, younger, whatever. You just want someone you love and who loves you back, and you'll do whatever in bed, probably depending on your partner's preference. Chances are, though, that you'll want a little taste of both top and bottom, so being with someone who is purely top or bottom might make you restless for whichever you're missing.

You're not too feminine, but not overly masculine, either. You might go for a few sports, but you're probably not the football or basketball star jock type. a few people might have suspected you were gay, but coming out still surprised many of your friends and much of your family.

Link: The top, bottom, or versatile Test written by richardmv on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test