31.08.04 :: boys of summer

i'll be spending my labor day weekend with the boys in atlanta. have a great holiday weekend.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 31.08.04 10:21 PM

bill murray, actor/comedian and ninfoodle cobbmottin, garden gnome

posted by lonestarsteve on sat 28.08.04 11:12 AM

a little extra time this morning. probably more than i deserve. got good sleep last night. dead to the world before 9:30 p.m., up before 5:30 a.m. maybe i'll actually get to work on time this morning...not. who am i kidding?

anywho, is it just me or are we entering into some critical point here in this 228-year-old country of ours? gay marriage-bashing, terrorists about, an upcoming election...it's enough to butter anyone's biscuit. i'm not one to speak out politically or religiously: i believe what i believe and i don't think it's necessarily my place to inflict my views onto others who might see the other side of the coin, so to speak. but i do know this for fact: i'm terribly confused about what to do at this point as well as about how to feel about what's going on around me. should i be scared? will i survive? should i go ahead and buy those kenneth cole boots even though they aren't on sale? perplexing questions. unanswerable questions. but questions to think about, nonetheless.

probably what i should do for now is keep my voter registration card out and handy for november. that's a start. my vote might not count for much in this back-assward, republican-dominated lone star state in which i live, but it's got to count for something. afterall i won't be able to complain over the next 4 years if i don't have my say. like the bumper sticker says, "1,000 points of light, and we get the dim one."

let's start getting real. let's put an end to this mess. please vote your conscience. it will matter in the end.

posted by lonestarsteve on wed 25.08.04 7:35 AM

wish i had a topic. but nothing. even with having a day off from work yesterday, and wanting to use that time to get this site up to snuff, still nothing. not that there's nothing going on. there is. plenty. maybe i'm hesitant to share myself lately. break that barrier to let all of you -- faceless, unknown -- to get to know me -- exposed, raw.

most of my hesitance, of course, is fear-driven. no one will read. no one will find it interesting. no one will find it funny or sad or anything. when i first launched this site back in april, i was advised by a long-time blogger to "make it my own," which i think i have, in a way. but there's still something lacking. there's an overall sense of holding back. something to work on (always something to work on).

so for now i leave you with this: i'll be more myself, i'll be honest, and i'll make it interesting. i would like to continue to do this. get better at it. make i my own.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 24.08.04 8:01 AM

so much for highlighting the hotties from the olympics. the ball was tossed to me and i dropped it. but, to play some catch up, here are some other hotties to look out for over the next week or so. just how long do the olympics last anywho?

i appologize. i'm in a foul mood this week. lots of worries over work at the moment. the company that i work for is screwing the pooch, and all i can do lately is bend over an enjoy it.

posted by lonestarsteve on thu 19.08.04 7:29 AM

this one's for you, beck. this will be us, just 30 years from now:

beck :: love your hat, honey.
lonestarsteve :: at least my eyebrows are drawn on straight.
beck :: i had to use my arthritic hand this morning, smartass.
l.s.s. :: trust. that explains a lot.
beck :: we've known each other 60-some-odd years, and this is the treatment i get?
l.s.s. :: you want different treatment, ask another hag.
beck :: shut your pie hole, or i'll shut it for you.
l.s.s. :: i'd like to see you try, mama.
beck :: baby, let's not fight. we're not as young as we used to be.
l.s.s. :: you said a mouthful, beck. a mouthful.

posted by lonestarsteve on sat 14.08.04 1:53 AM

let the games begin! not that i would need much incentive to catch the 2004 summer olympics on t.v. over the next few weeks, but mama! some of the boys competing in greece this year are such hotties.

today's spotlight falls on mr. blaine wilson. his stats are below. as i watch the games, i will highlight some of the other athletes competing for the gold.

blaine carew wilson :: 5 national titles; competed on 2 olympic teams; the bad boy of gymnastics, with five tattoos and a pierced tongue (ouch!); born aug. 3, 1974, in columbus, ohio; favorite color: red; favorite food: pizza; favorite sports other than gymnastics: soccer, golf, and biking, but hates tennis (sorry, dustie); favorite sports teams: dallas cowboys and atlanta braves; favorite music: all kinds, including natalie imbruglia, janet jackson, and hootie, depending on his mood, except for elevator music; drives: silver audi 4.

what can we say. we love him.

posted by lonestarsteve on fri 13.08.04 7:41 AM

corny title, yes. if julie andrews were dead, she would be spinning in her grave about now. but what else would you entitle a post about just that? just what i thought. you'd call it the same damn thing. there's no time for literary creativity in this fast-paced world of ours. creative writing is, after all, just the plagiarization of things already written.

but i digress. what i've been thinking about lately is that when i'm out and about, shopping here and there, for little "things" to place in my tiny, 850 sq ft apartment, i have to remember one thing: i don't have any more room in my tiny, 850 sq ft apartment for any more shit! i'm always telling friends and family, "i don't collect. i acquire." that is to say that i make my purchases based on the assumption that i won't be living in this tiny, 850 sq ft apartment forever. i will someday (hopefully) own a home, or something. and when i do, it won't appear as though i have so much shit, because all the shit will be more spread out. but for now, i have to place things where they look best in this tiny space.

so i guess you could say that i shop with the "big picture" in mind. at least, that's what my therapist says.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 10.08.04 7:26 AM

sad but true, yet another weekend has come and gone. and, just as sadly, not much on my list of "shit to do" got did. pity. but, what can one do about that now? not a damn thing.

i did manage to get some more links saved to my "links" link. still no photos in the gallery, still no "100 things about lonestarsteve" list...these things will come in time, gentle reader. patience. it will be well worth it in the end (he lied).

i did manage to get this poster hung on my bedroom wall. it is a tribute to one of the most gifted musical artists on the entire planet earth. i got to see her last year in concert here in houston (my ticket stub has been encased as part of the collage). i listened to a new cd of hers all weekend long. it came with a dvd as well. a live taping of her performance at one of her "scarlet's walk tour" concerts. such a great thing to have. (i'll burn you a copy, kurt, if you don't have one already).

otherwise, i did some retail therapy and hung out with friends, drank coffee, smoked some cigs, talked with friends on the cell. nothing eventful.

i have a list of half a dozen blog topics that i've been meaning to write about, so i'm hoping to write something every morning this week (he lied). need to keep my readers happy. after all, if i don't, i'd just be writing for myself, now wouldn't i?

so, with that, have a great monday. do like me: just get through it. it will be tuesday soon enough.

posted by lonestarsteve on mon 09.08.04 7:35 AM

i woke up this morning, and my house boy, josé, was late in bringing me my cup of fair-trade coffee. what does one have to do to get a decent cup of fucking fair-trade coffee around here? is it too much to ask?

after he brought my coffee, i sent him out to have my mink winterized, so i felt a bit better. it will after all get cold in houston sometime this year.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 03.08.04 7:31 AM

i would like to begin this new month -- which is bound to be the hottest yet this summer here in houston -- with a new outlook. fresh slate. july was filled with change. (hell, 2004 has been filled with change.) what i would like to do for august is to stop, coast, and think about the things going on in my life.

life can get overwhelming at times, as i'm sure you know. you're walking down a certain path, feeling as though you are making the right decisions, and then -- wham! -- you're struck with a situation or problem that you have to make yet another decision about. will you make the right choice for you? will you become weighed down with too many opinions of what others expect and hope for you? will you give up? give in? compromise?

interesting questions, these. and they are well worth sorting through. so, there's no real wisdom here. just fair warning that i'll be on the lookout for new situations and i will be hyper-aware of their possible outcomes.

so, august, bring it on! lonestarsteve will hopefully make the right decisions. he will forge through this hotter-than-hot month and come out on the other side of september all right. he's got to. otherwise, life's just not worth it. you might as well curl up into a ball and lie in the corner. and that, my friends, would not be living at all.

oh, and one more thing: can i get a boyfriend this month?

posted by lonestarsteve on sun 01.08.04 10:46 AM