Feeling better

Well, my Christmas shopping is complete except for Emilee, and thats only because she works at the GAP and I couldn't find anything she probably doesn't already have. She got me a whole bunch of stuff (yes, all from the GAP) and already gave me the first half which are... yup, you guessed it. 9 pairs of underwear. All Gap. From my cousin. How great is that? :)

I shopped at Ross Park again with my grandparents and cousin Zack on Saturday. Before buying for friends though, I spent a good half hour agonizing over my new coat. They didn't have the black wool "campus jacket" I had been looking for, and I was about to forget it when another one caught my eye. Of course as I tried it on one of the employees came to help me. As a sidenote, I swear that Ross Park has more homos per square inch than anywhere I have ever shopped. Anyway, needless to say, my clerk was very helpful, and I bought a "field jacket" and can still afford the "campus jacket" I had wanted if i order it online. I know you all wanted to know all about that. The rest of my shopping experience was kind of a blur, and blends well with oh, the previous two days I spent doing the same thing. I woul dhave to say that the highlight was the other Gap boy I met. I didn't really mean to buy stuff for Bob, Vag, and Brendan while I was there, but I started talking to him and before I knew it we spent half an hour picking out gifts and talking. It was definitely a good time :) Too bad I didn't get his number... I don't even know his name :( But, then again, I'm sure I'll be shopping for after christmas bargains soon ;)

Right, so anyway, that pretty much ended my shopping experience. I at least looked trendy coming out of the mall with a box from Bombay and my other miscellaneous shopping bags. Grandpa had me drive the truck home and that was definitely a treat - much more fun than driving my little car. I felt so domineering

I got home and made some plans with Em for her to come over and us to hang out- trying not to have another depressing Clarion evening alone. Eventually we flip-flopped plans a bit and I went back to Franklin for the night. We ended up hitting up Kings, Wal-Mart, and Kings again along with Andrea. Minus our old friend Frank, it was like replaying a night from high school :) We all made the comment more than once... "why am i not 16 again?" I would do things very differently if I were... no responsibility, no debt, just time to hang out and have fun. Oh well... retirement is coming up here in 40 or so years, so i can look forward to it again there :) Andrea and I found the most terrifying gift ever in Wal-Mart. It was the therapy bear... You hit its ear and it asks deep probing questions. You answer, and it responds, I understand. Good. Buh-bye! It was TERRIFYING... you have to see it! But just think, kids can save a fortune now on real therapy and just talk to a bear, which just might give the same answers!

I got back to moms house after the second round of Kings and played with the cat. I miss the cat. I did talk online a bit before bed, including Steven who sent me some stunning pictures from the show on Tuesday :) I think i'll use the one on my christmas cards... Love ya Steve

Sunday was totally lazy... I had dinner w/ Dad, accompanied by my Christmas check for my laptop... thank God i can pay my credit card now! His g/f (loving refered to henceforth as spawn of satan) cooked LOADS of food and we had a good time. (She was actually pretty good there) I would have given anything to just lay around for the rest of the night, but Choir practice was calling... damn my quasi-real job! I worked with one of my basses for the hour before practice and once done with that, i realized my phone was in my coat back in my office (ok, so its totally a storage room... whatever... i don't see you having an office!) So i went to get it... 12 MISSED CALLS! all from Em, who was in clarion trying to find the church... I got a hold of her and she was in the McDonalds right nextdoor in the parking lot... There is an emergency exit near where I was, so I went ahead and opened it, and lo and behold. Em was RIGHT THERe :)

Practice went well... I have 7 singers for Christmas Eve which isn't bad, and they really pulled together. We rehearsed for nearly 2 hours though... by the end everyone- including me- pretty much lost all concentration... I'm crossing my fingers that Tuesday night will be excellent. My grandmother came to practice again and said we sounded beautiful... she would say that no matter what, but it felt good to hear that. I can't wait to get this whole saviours birth thing out of the way and get to regular church services again. The choir will be much better and way more prepared for singing one song a week rather than a whole program. Its so fun being agnostic/Methodist and working in a catholic church! (not to mention a homo and an occasional alcoholic... but whatever)

Em and I went to EnP after practice for a delightful meal, I have so much fun with her :) I dropped her off at her car and headed back to the apartment. I was ready for bed, but Eric called to say he was coming over, so i waited up and he showed up at about 12. It was very nice to see him again (Eric= friend I met at state chorus senior year who went to clarion for awhile and then became a fabulous flight attendant out of Cleveland) and we hung out for a few hours just catching up. We have definitely had some amazing times over the years...

All in all, it was a great weekend from the hot Gap guy who helped me find all my presents (Socks could be fun!) to Em (girl who humps a lot) to Therapy bear to snowing...

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