(the week that Bill returns to the nest in Chicago!)
Oh for the love of god, why can't anything go right? So anyway, it's Monday, I"m at work, and I will try and re-count the weekend's festivities. So, after work on Friday, I went home, and it has been the most gorgeous weather here, it's been like 75-80's for this whole weekend. So anyway, Friday I went home, and then on Friday night we went out to a late show, and saw "Along Came a Spider" and it was fabulous. Morgan Freeman was just tremendous, and I can't think of anybody else's name who was in it, so that was tremendous. So anyway we got there quite early, about a half an hour before the show, and Richard and I, I love it, we just sit there and talk, and even on the way to the theater, we had a great talk about how I wanted to start taking vocal lessons again, and how he knew a couple people who could do that. Fabulous. So anyway we had a great time at the movie, and then we just went home because it was so late. Saturday he had to be up early because he was playing a competition for Trilla and Monty's kids, so he went and did that, I decided to stay home and go get my car tuned up at Precision Tune up on 38th and Main. So I go there, and they were pretty busy, so I had to wait like three hours to get it done, but I just waited because what else was I going to do? So they FINALLY got finished with the tune-up, and I took her out for a ride, and I really couldn't tell the difference, but maybe that's just me. He told me that the reason why she jumps sometimes when she's idling was because there is a small hole in the air intake valve or something, that would be difficult to replace, you would have to replace the entire engine or something. So needless to say, I was loving that; having my beautiful car tuned up. So then we went to a rehearsal with Missy Koonce, because this woman that Richard is doing this chapel service for, insisted on a rehearsal before the actual chapel service, so it was sort of insulting for Richard to do that because he felt like he was auditioning for something that he has been doing for like 17 years. That being said, I totally felt the room go a little bit cold when the woman came in, and it was a really uncomfortable atmosphere during the whole rehearsal, and it was funny because we had talked about this whole thing with Missy, who is just a hoot, and then Richard was talking about the "Late Night Theater" and how the whole building was a porno theater before and they turned it into the Late night Theater. But the kicker was that she didn't' say that it was transformed into a theater, she just said "porno theater" and the woman's eyes sort of bulged out, it was a funny moment. So, after that, Richard and I went home because he had been running around since early in the afternoon, and we went up to the third floor and apparently I fell asleep because I woke up, and Richard was gone and I was up on the third floor, sweating up a storm, so I must have been really tired. Saturday night was pretty calm, we didn't really do anything spectacular because Richard had to get up early in the morning for church. So I went to the service and Bukeka was singing and she got that whole congregation up on their feet, dancing up a storm, it was fabulous. Oh, I almost forgot, I almost broke my neck Sunday morning. Tee hee, I got up on Sunday morning and Ahab (the dog) was totally restless, so I got up, got dressed, and was walking down the stairs when Ahab was running on the side of me on the stairs and he must have knocked my foot from under me, because the next thing that I know, I'm falling down on the stairs, it totally knocked the wind out of me, and I got up, and I was yelling because my foot hurt so bad. It was my toes this time, on my left foot. Of course I hurt my left foot, my bad foot. So all during the day my foot was hurting, and then I looked at it at the end of the night last night, and it was totally swollen, and reddish/brown. Lovely. So when I go back to the Free Clinic on Wednesday, I am going to ask Doug to look at my toes, because I think that I damaged it, but of course I have no insurance, so I can't go to the doctor. So after that little incident I went to church, and Chris Michaels was talking about how the world believes that you have no value if you don't have a beautiful house, or not with someone, or how the world just tells you that you aren't worth anything, and he was encouraging everyone NOT to listen to that. He was saying that you just have to listen to yourself, and not worry about what the world thinks or says about you. I think I already knew that, because being gay, the world says to me constantly that I'm not worth anything, my love is not worth anything, and it's quite horrible if you let the world dictate to you what you listen too. I have resigned not to let anyone but myself determine my worth. So there.
So after I went to church yesterday, Richard and I went back home but he was only there for a second, because he had a DIVA! DIVA! DIVA! rehearsal at 1pm, so I took Ahab to the park, and played with him a while. It was fun to take him to the park, it always is, I always think that it is good time spent bonding with the dog. So after that, we both were sweaty and nasty, so we went back home, and I made some food, and we sort of hung out, I fell asleep AGAIN, and then Richard came back home, and then we started painting the back of the house on the third floor. I actually like painting. this color because the match that Richard got from Home Depot was a perfect match to the color of his house. So hopefully, this color will translate well onto the screen. It's says that this color (that this text is in) is khaki, but I think it's a little darker than that. So anyway, we painted until sundown, and then hung out for a while, and then eventually went to sleep. Something that has sort of turned up unexpectedly is that I got an email from this 22 year old boy in Eugene, Oregon, who asked me to make a copy of the new Rufus Wainwright album "Poses". He must have known that I had a copy of it, because I posted it on this webpage, and on this bulletin board of a fan page. If I can think of the link to that bulletin board, I'll try and put it on here, when I update this page, whenever that happens. Hopefully sometime this year. Anyway, here's the email
Hey Billy. First off, you are a bastard for listening to Poses =)
Well I have stopped off at the parents house to see if I received any emails from you and to my surprise, I have received two. I do enjoy the novel email myself. Its funny, because you get to know someone that you would probably have never crossed paths in this crazy world. Even weirder, I emailed you regarding Rufus...see, he brings wonderful people together. I have to jet unfortunately for I have a billion and two things to complete before starting the dreaded work day. I am currently being accused of sexual harassment at my job (the theater) from a girl who thinks I got her boyfriend fired. Basically, its all ludicrous (sp?) and if you knew me, you know that I wouldn't even hurt a fly, so this is quite the blow to me, never realizing that someone could want to hurt someone so bad for reasons that I couldn't even explain. However, the girl who has accused me spilled the beans to about 4 people at work that it was a lie and she was just mad because she thinks Im the one who got her boyfriend fired and quote un-quote "that bastard will get fired when I am done with him." So I have to sit back and watch all of this go down while in the background, I have had barely any sleep and have been crying enough to cure all the drought (sp?) problems in California alone. If I have learned something from this situation, its that my time here in Eugene definately needs to be coming to an end and my new life in Seattle will be a lot better. I won't bitch to you any longer. All I can say is that wow, all this shit Im going through is going to make for a great record someday when I get all the songs finished =)
I hope you are having a great day, and keep me in your prayers or thoughts or whatever it is you believe in. I could use all the extra good vibes I can get.
Thanks again Billy and Its great that our paths have crossed. You seem like a totally hip guy and I love meeting new people and new friends =)
Take care
Joe
PS So have I passed the "Rufus exam." Do I get a tape =) hehe
Here is my reply to that email
Oh the Joe,
If you're wondering why I put 'the' in front of everything, it's just a habit that I've gotten used to because my friend Yvette and I used to put that in front of everything. Oh the Joe, oh the 'whatever'.
I wouldn't worry about the sexual harassment thing, you said that she has admitted that it was a lie, and that she told some other co-workers about that, so that just makes her totally unbelievable. If it really comes down to the wire, you can ask the co-workers that she told that to, to come to your defense.
Well, you seem to be a regular guy, with a quasi 'obsession' of Rufus, you seem to have passed the test, but my question to you is what do I get in return? What is your music collection like? Do you have anything other than the album "rufus wainwright" in your collection. It seems like I have the upper hand, because I not only have the original album, R.W., but I also have a bootleg of the show at the Park West in Chicago, and Poses. Oh dear god I forgot about the kicker, there's a song that my friend put on a tape for me, it's a French song, by the composer Lalo, who was a French composer who was known for writing the "Symphonie Espagnol", and Rufus sings an aria from one of his opera's that is truly one of the most wonderful songs I've ever heard. It's just him and the piano, and he's singing in French. I've already decided that I am going to try and get the sheet music for that song (it's called Le Roi d'ys) and use that for an audition piece. My lover is an accomplished pianist here in Kansas City, and he's promised me that he is going to teach me how to play it. That's terribly exciting. I put that song on my voice mail, so I can listen to it anytime I want, and so it can sort of 'marinate' in my head, so that when I go and try to learn it, it'll be much easier. So I could also conceivably put that on the tape as well. Rufus is a huge obsession of mine, but there's a couple different ones as well, depending on the day. I a HUGE HUGE fan of Stevie Wonder, and I have just about every album that the man has created, along with different tracks that he has contributed something on. Joni Mitchell, Patti LaBelle, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, are just some of the few that have caught my attention lately. Like I said, it all depends on the day and my mood. I'm sorry to hear that you've been crying lately, if you need to vent anything, this would be a great medium to do it, and I have been known to be a good friend, and a good listener as well, so the offer is there, for you to utilize if the need arises.
I am listening to the "poses" and I have to say that my favorite song(s) are the Title song, poses. He just talks about how he bought a new 'fetching red leather jacket' and 'new black designer sunglasses' or something like that. It's really quite a charming song. Not sure if you have the running order of the album but it's as follows:
_______________________________
R.W. - Poses
1.) Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
2.) Greek Song
3.) Poses
4.) Shadows
5.) California
6.) The Tower of Learning
7.) Grey Gardens
8.) Rebel Prince
9.) The Consort
10.) One Man Guy
11.) Evil Angel
12.) In a Graveyard
(my personal favorites = 3,4,6,9,11 & 12) Now that I think about it, it's sort of a dark album. Not as cheery and smiley as the first album. There's some really dark moments on here ( the last two songs, most notably, by the titles)
I have to say that this is a pretty cool experience from my end as well. Not that there is any romantic notions going around, but it's nice to talk to someone who is totally new. I've had sort of a hard time making friends here in Kansas City since I've moved away from Chicago, and I have a lover, but I want to make some friends, and I'm a likeable guy, I really am, but nothing has come up, and it's sort of depressing. I love my man, and all of his friends are really nice, I just don't have a single friend here, other than co-workers, and that doesn't really count. God, that just depressed me. See what happens when you start me typing? Oh well, it's just nice to talk. I'll stop being pathetic now.
anyway, mail me if you get bored or something,
love your hair, hope it wins,
B
So Richard just emailed me and told me that the townhouse he went and saw just wasn't what he was looking for, and the house that they were going to look at sold, so we're back at square one. I guess that's okay, because it wasn't right, and if it wasn't right, then we don't want it. Something will show up. I'm done for today, I actually had work to do today, so I'll just leave it at that today. Mail me if you get a chance, or if you have anything to say. And buh-bye!
So after I went to church yesterday, Richard and I went back home but he was only there for a second, because he had a DIVA! DIVA! DIVA! rehearsal at 1pm, so I took Ahab to the park, and played with him a while. It was fun to take him to the park, it always is, I always think that it is good time spent bonding with the dog. So after that, we both were sweaty and nasty, so we went back home, and I made some food, and we sort of hung out, I fell asleep AGAIN, and then Richard came back home, and then we started painting the back of the house on the third floor. I actually like painting. this color because the match that Richard got from Home Depot was a perfect match to the color of his house. So hopefully, this color will translate well onto the screen. It's says that this color (that this text is in) is khaki, but I think it's a little darker than that. So anyway, we painted until sundown, and then hung out for a while, and then eventually went to sleep. Something that has sort of turned up unexpectedly is that I got an email from this 22 year old boy in Eugene, Oregon, who asked me to make a copy of the new Rufus Wainwright album "Poses". He must have known that I had a copy of it, because I posted it on this webpage, and on this bulletin board of a fan page. If I can think of the link to that bulletin board, I'll try and put it on here, when I update this page, whenever that happens. Hopefully sometime this year. Anyway, here's the email
Hey Billy. First off, you are a bastard for listening to Poses =)
Well I have stopped off at the parents house to see if I received any emails from you and to my surprise, I have received two. I do enjoy the novel email myself. Its funny, because you get to know someone that you would probably have never crossed paths in this crazy world. Even weirder, I emailed you regarding Rufus...see, he brings wonderful people together. I have to jet unfortunately for I have a billion and two things to complete before starting the dreaded work day. I am currently being accused of sexual harassment at my job (the theater) from a girl who thinks I got her boyfriend fired. Basically, its all ludicrous (sp?) and if you knew me, you know that I wouldn't even hurt a fly, so this is quite the blow to me, never realizing that someone could want to hurt someone so bad for reasons that I couldn't even explain. However, the girl who has accused me spilled the beans to about 4 people at work that it was a lie and she was just mad because she thinks Im the one who got her boyfriend fired and quote un-quote "that bastard will get fired when I am done with him." So I have to sit back and watch all of this go down while in the background, I have had barely any sleep and have been crying enough to cure all the drought (sp?) problems in California alone. If I have learned something from this situation, its that my time here in Eugene definately needs to be coming to an end and my new life in Seattle will be a lot better. I won't bitch to you any longer. All I can say is that wow, all this shit Im going through is going to make for a great record someday when I get all the songs finished =)
I hope you are having a great day, and keep me in your prayers or thoughts or whatever it is you believe in. I could use all the extra good vibes I can get.
Thanks again Billy and Its great that our paths have crossed. You seem like a totally hip guy and I love meeting new people and new friends =)
Take care
Joe
PS So have I passed the "Rufus exam." Do I get a tape =) hehe
Here is my reply to that email
Oh the Joe,
If you're wondering why I put 'the' in front of everything, it's just a habit that I've gotten used to because my friend Yvette and I used to put that in front of everything. Oh the Joe, oh the 'whatever'.
I wouldn't worry about the sexual harassment thing, you said that she has admitted that it was a lie, and that she told some other co-workers about that, so that just makes her totally unbelievable. If it really comes down to the wire, you can ask the co-workers that she told that to, to come to your defense.
Well, you seem to be a regular guy, with a quasi 'obsession' of Rufus, you seem to have passed the test, but my question to you is what do I get in return? What is your music collection like? Do you have anything other than the album "rufus wainwright" in your collection. It seems like I have the upper hand, because I not only have the original album, R.W., but I also have a bootleg of the show at the Park West in Chicago, and Poses. Oh dear god I forgot about the kicker, there's a song that my friend put on a tape for me, it's a French song, by the composer Lalo, who was a French composer who was known for writing the "Symphonie Espagnol", and Rufus sings an aria from one of his opera's that is truly one of the most wonderful songs I've ever heard. It's just him and the piano, and he's singing in French. I've already decided that I am going to try and get the sheet music for that song (it's called Le Roi d'ys) and use that for an audition piece. My lover is an accomplished pianist here in Kansas City, and he's promised me that he is going to teach me how to play it. That's terribly exciting. I put that song on my voice mail, so I can listen to it anytime I want, and so it can sort of 'marinate' in my head, so that when I go and try to learn it, it'll be much easier. So I could also conceivably put that on the tape as well. Rufus is a huge obsession of mine, but there's a couple different ones as well, depending on the day. I a HUGE HUGE fan of Stevie Wonder, and I have just about every album that the man has created, along with different tracks that he has contributed something on. Joni Mitchell, Patti LaBelle, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, are just some of the few that have caught my attention lately. Like I said, it all depends on the day and my mood. I'm sorry to hear that you've been crying lately, if you need to vent anything, this would be a great medium to do it, and I have been known to be a good friend, and a good listener as well, so the offer is there, for you to utilize if the need arises.
I am listening to the "poses" and I have to say that my favorite song(s) are the Title song, poses. He just talks about how he bought a new 'fetching red leather jacket' and 'new black designer sunglasses' or something like that. It's really quite a charming song. Not sure if you have the running order of the album but it's as follows:
_______________________________
R.W. - Poses
1.) Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
2.) Greek Song
3.) Poses
4.) Shadows
5.) California
6.) The Tower of Learning
7.) Grey Gardens
8.) Rebel Prince
9.) The Consort
10.) One Man Guy
11.) Evil Angel
12.) In a Graveyard
(my personal favorites = 3,4,6,9,11 & 12) Now that I think about it, it's sort of a dark album. Not as cheery and smiley as the first album. There's some really dark moments on here ( the last two songs, most notably, by the titles)
I have to say that this is a pretty cool experience from my end as well. Not that there is any romantic notions going around, but it's nice to talk to someone who is totally new. I've had sort of a hard time making friends here in Kansas City since I've moved away from Chicago, and I have a lover, but I want to make some friends, and I'm a likeable guy, I really am, but nothing has come up, and it's sort of depressing. I love my man, and all of his friends are really nice, I just don't have a single friend here, other than co-workers, and that doesn't really count. God, that just depressed me. See what happens when you start me typing? Oh well, it's just nice to talk. I'll stop being pathetic now.
anyway, mail me if you get bored or something,
love your hair, hope it wins,
B
So Richard just emailed me and told me that the townhouse he went and saw just wasn't what he was looking for, and the house that they were going to look at sold, so we're back at square one. I guess that's okay, because it wasn't right, and if it wasn't right, then we don't want it. Something will show up. I'm done for today, I actually had work to do today, so I'll just leave it at that today. Mail me if you get a chance, or if you have anything to say. And buh-bye!
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