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Touching Base

Holy shit! It’s been awhile, huh? Well in a nutshell: My last day at the TV station was June 18th I’m on my last week of severance I am on unemployment I have started my hooping career, with the blessing of the unemployment people I have met a wonderful man and we’re getting married at [...]

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good god, will it ever slow down????

Day 5/60+ hours.  tomorrow is all about the website and getting the hoop cart built. Saturday is house cleaning and meeting my girlfriend (the marketing genius) for marketing and promoting my hoop biz.  *sigh*  I still say I need a clone so I can run around with my friends, have sex with men who will [...]

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(heavy sigh)

The man I think I’m in love with isn’t in the same place and will probably never get there. My playa boyfriend went bazonkers in February when he thought I rejected him. I miss my ex sometimes so much that it is incapacitating. WTF?

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Not Sure What To Think

Let me bring you up to speed…I have a friend who I’ve known since 1986 and is probably one of my best friends.  He and I have a history as lovers, bandmates, PDX alt music scene junkies, compadres, confidants, ingesters of too much liquor, true Oregonians. In recent weeks I’ve come to realize that I [...]

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Dating, Sex and Love

Dating does not mean there is sex in the equation.  I’m dating to meet new people, to open up my world to new experiences, broaden my horizons, keep life interesting–not to acquire a fuck buddy pool. Sex does not equal love.  Sex between two consenting adults can be mind-blowing if there is a connection.  And [...]

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Self-Censorship

I don’t like it, I don’t agree with it.  However, when my words hurt another human being and I know about it, I need to consider a balance.  I took a post down because it hurt someone — I was honest with my opinion and thought process but the post was about me and the [...]

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My Deepest Apologies

To the handsome man with the Vanagon: My post about our date was never meant to hurt you, rather it was meant to help me wrestle with my demons.  As I sat across from someone who laughed openly and wore the evidence of having a good heart on his face, all I could feel was [...]

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Are You Ready For Your Mystery Date?

Not a total mystery actually.  We emailed back and forth for several days then he posted his phone number.  While waiting for a ferry with my VW/Burning Man friends, I dialed it.  He was pleasantly surprised and we started yapping about ourselves, what we were looking for, past relationship stuff — felt like I was [...]

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A Path Less Trodden

Previously posted on Thursday January 28th before technology kicked my ass! *********************** OK, so tonight I start my DanceJam Hoop Class.  Yep, there really is such a thing. Then I have a date with a fella I met on the internets.  And tomorrow I have a hiking date with yet another fella I met on [...]

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