26.04.05 :: grand storytelling

we bought tickets last night for thursday's opening night performance of verdi's falstaff. i cannot wait. i've only ever seen three operas before here in houston: les contes d'hoffman, la traviata, and le nozze di figaro.

after writing a series of tragic operas, verdi rounded off his operatic career with falstaff, a comedy. the story is an adaptation of shakespeare's the merry wives of windsor and henry iv. i'll let you know how the performance was.

speaking of storytelling, the other night i was asked by my friend, scott, to tell my story at the center next saturday night, may 7. i was apprehensive at first, but in the 2-plus years i've been sober, i've never told my story in front of an audience, so i guess it's about time. i know that if i stand in front of everyone and tell the truth, that everything will be alright. i probably won't get really nervous about it until later next week when i'm faced with having to come up with something to talk about for 50 minutes. wish me luck.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 26.04.05 7:20 AM

beautiful weather today (this weekend) in houston. out enjoying it as much as possible. it has been an incredible week (month) for me. not much time to sit and ponder this blog, only to experience life, each moment, peaceful and at ease.

my finding such a rara avis -- you'd have to go far and wide to find someone like this, especially in these times -- has brought new perspective to living and being. it has put me in such fine fettle. i wish it on everyone.

with that, i'm listening to opera, i'm sharing my happiness with all those i come in contact with. i'm reborn (again) and simply floating.

try to get that from a pill.

posted by lonestarsteve on sun 24.04.05 1:37 PM

tori in dallas was amazing, but my girl is feeling a bit melancholy lately. she was alone on stage with four pianos. no backup band or singers. her long, red hair in light curls. her dress flowing white and transparent through the amazing stage lighting. her voice like an angel's. thanks for sharing, miss amos. you made my year.

elsewhere, could life actually be stranger than fiction? could someone, newly transplanted in houston, actually respond to this blog and capture my interest? could we go out to dinner to get to know one another better? could we be attracted from "hello?" could we want to spend three days in only each other's company? could this be more than a fluke? could we have actually dated the same guy once-upon-a-time and sit to compare war stories?

pinch me, i've got to be dreaming...

posted by lonestarsteve on wed 20.04.05 7:38 AM

here's me and my homegirl, dani. she's the one looking all cute and fresh and natural; i'm doing my best to invoke the spirit of kate moss (keep tryin' 'cause it's never gonna happen).

dani and i paired up to help organize a car wash on saturday morning to benefit the center. then, that night, we attended a 40th birthday party for a mutual friend, but not after a well-deserved and much-needed power nap (me, not her; she's like that damned energizer bunny -- just goin' goin' goin'...).

before this picture was taken, we turned to each other and said, almost in unison, "we're both such hotties. why are we still single?" well, we just are, blanche, we are single. and lovin' every minute of it, right honey? (it's ok, you can lie and say that you are fine with it).

so, if you happen upon this page, and you wish to date either dani or myself, just drop us a line. we're still holdin' out for that perfect someone, although our lists of relationship "must-haves" grows more compromised by the day.

love you, dani. thanks for a great weekend. -- sweetie pea

posted by lonestarsteve on mon 11.04.05 6:56 AM

new month, new outlook.

far be it for me to bitch about stuff, but i'm going through some dating woes at the moment with a gay internet dating web site (that shall remain nameless). what i'm discovering is that many gay men don't have the first clue about what it means to date someone. guys i've been interacting with fall under two diametrically opposed categoried: those who want a quick lay in person and those who want a quick lay virtually. there appears to be no gray area in between these two types of guys.

what gives? doesn't anyone get to know anyone anymore before swapping fluids? are we all so afraid of going beyond the physical? a friend informed me that some guys on such sites could be scared of several things, which would expain their hesitations and hang-ups. he said that some guys might be hiding the fact that they are already dating someone or that they are married and just want to come "out for the night." or, better still, that any similarities between the photos of themselves that they display in their profiles and what they really look like are purely coincidental. isn't that just priceless?

all these hinderances aside, it sure would be novel to have an actual, old-fashioned dinner date with some intelligent, good-looking guy who has it all together. or maybe just coffee. hell, i'd settle for a drive-by at this point. where are you, guys? why is it so hard to find you?

until then, i'm going to continue my search. wish me luck.

posted by lonestarsteve on thu 07.04.05 6:53 AM