26.10.05 :: i raise a glass/make a toast/a toast in your honor...

i never did write about the wedding that i attended earlier this month. getting married were myhigh school friend, kristin, and her long-time boyfriend, mark.the event was held in the ass-backward, podunk town of chestertown, maryland.

i first flew to philadelphia (in pennsyltucky) and made a roadtrip down to maryland with jenn, a friend who i've known since kindergarten.

except for my best friend, beck, who now lives in atlanta, jenn is the only other person who i've known for that long (more than 30 years -- yikes!!) and who i still keep tabs on. jenn lives in chicago now.

there really are no words to best describe jenn. she's everything: she's dynamic, sincere, hilarious, and one of the best friends i could ever ask for. we had a such a trip on our little trip.

jenn and i stayed together in a little bed-and-breakfast on the banks of some tributary to the chesapeake bay. we got so lost while driving around chestertown and the surrounding area. we laughed until my face hurt. we talked and talked into the early hours of the morning on more than one night during our stay. we smoked so many cigarettes! we discussed the life events that got us to where we are today: the loves, the losses, the trials, the successes. getting to see and spend time with her was an event in itself.

i also got to hang out with other friends from high school, including diane and becca. diane and i just cracked each other up from across the table. chris s. and chris m. also were there. both have been in recovery at some point in their lives, so it was good to talk to them and share stories.

the wedding itself was beautiful. i have never seen kristin so happy. and other than the rain that fell constantly during the 48 hours i was there, the trip was well worth it. truly a memory-maker.

posted by lonestarsteve on wed 26.10.05 7:32 AM

jesus. halloween magic was such a bust on saturday night. i heard some chatter on show night -- rumor has it that the hm board is now dominated by real "actors" who want to take the annual show in a new direction. i'm sorry, but the show was -- and always will be -- much better suited for dinner theater, not regular theater.

of course, my opinion is biased due to the fact that i miss two of the recurring characters who were notably absent this year: pleasure and venezuela. [brad and gilbert, you were greatly missed. the show will never be the same without you guys.] and even as talented as everyone else was, including scott as wonda june and jimmy (who always gives a stellar, larger-than-life performance) they just couldn't support the show on their own. no one particular person stuck out. no one particular actor was strong enough to hang the production from. and what about the promo shot below? where was joel? randy?

i did enjoy the musical numbers (such as it sucks to be me and gimme some monkey love), but there weren't enough of them. (i just realized that those of you reading this who don't live in houston could give a flying fig about what i'm writing about, so i'll stop. just trust me when i tell you that this is important on some plane of the universe. thanks for bearing with my rant.)

in other news, i've been doing some serious house-cleaning recently -- both literally and figuratively. i've been concentrating my efforts on getting rid of shit that i don't need, including the billion-and-a-half catalogues and magazines that stuff my mailbox every week (she is such the catalogue queen). how do i get on some of these mailing lists anyway?

that's on the homefront, but i've also been taking care of business in my head as of late. lots of "junk" up in there that needs some serious attention. and i'd like to think that i'm much better for it (as are all the people in my life).

fall is upon us. get out there and enjoy the cooler weather. bake something in your oven. carve a pumpkin. call your mother. you get the idea.

posted by lonestarsteve on tue 25.10.05 7:50 AM

haven't blogged in a while. i've missed it. i haven't been overly busy, or fed up with it. i just haven't blogged. period.

this saturday night i will be attending halloween magic. last year they made fun of the bush white house (lss, the best little whitehouse in texas, 24.10.04). this year, the cast will be spoof the popular series desparate housewives. it should be a hoot. the tickets were expensive, but it's only once a year and i really look forward to it. new venue this year as well. it's not going to be dinner theater seating but rather regular theater seating at hobby center downtown. my friend, mark, and i will be sitting center stage in the 7th row. break a leg, ladies!

speaking of men desperately wanting to look like women, this past saturday i attended lambda center's annual drag auction. this year's theme? leather and lace. my sponsor, dani, cohosted the event. money raised bidding on the girls' outfits went toward this year's houston roundup, an annual gay a.a. convention that takes place over thanksgiving weekend. this year's show was a trip and a half. it felt good for a change to be a part of the audiance and not onstage under a pound of makeup standing in 5-inch heels. i laughed my gay ass off, and took lots of photos. most of them came out too dark. but here are the best of them:

posted by lonestarsteve on wed 19.10.05 7:32 AM