Cloudy Friday

So I drove home in the rain this morning. There is something about the rain that I adore. I am not quite sure what it is. I know some people cannot stand it when it is not sunny, but for me I feel like it brings some balance to the bright sun which my ancestors apparently never saw. My skin is pretty fucking white, pardon my French.

So I had lunch with my cousin on Sunday in Honolulu, then rented a car and explored the island a bit. I headed over the North Shore and explored Kailua and Kaneohe. In a few years, I will likely try to get some property on Oahu and I would like to start getting some ideas.

On Monday, I drove to the airport and headed for the terminal. Unbeknown to me, the Atlantis Gay Cruise passengers had disembarked in Honolulu that day and were all flying home. The airport was filled with tanned homosexuals carrying pineapples and leis home to the mainland. Pretty funny coincidence. I flew home on ATA and was pleasantly surprised. The aircraft (a 737 NG) and the seats were very comfortable. There was no service to speak of, but they showed Casino Royale which was surprisingly good and flying into Oakland versus San Francisco is always a nice option as I live about ten minutes from the airport. The other issue was the traffic tie ups due to the collapsed section of the Bay Bridge in Emeryville. Flying into Oakland helped me to avoid that mess entirely.

I returned to work on Tuesday and have settled back into the routine nicely. This week has passed quickly and tonight is my last night on for a few days.

I have been wearing my Invisalign braces for about a month now. I must say, they are proving to be quite remarkable. Your dentist cements small brackets to your teeth and then the plastic trays snap in against your teeth. The first couple of days, you definitely feel like there is a large foreign object in your mouth. As you get used to them though, you almost forget they are there. You put in a new set of trays every two weeks. As the two week period reaches its end, your retainers pop in and out quite easily because your teeth have shifted into alignment with the retainer. When you place the next set in, the retainers are very tight and you start the process over again. Within a couple of days, the retainers start to fit easier and you go back to forgetting they are in your mouth. The good thing about the retainers is that you cannot eat or drink anything besides water with them in. So they force you to eliminate a lot of the random snacking that one might do throughout the day or evening.

I made it onto The Fernando and Greg Show Wednesday morning on 92.7 with my stellar knowledge of Steel Magnolias. (I was never a huge fan of the film, but living in Memphis for two years certainly gave me an education. Gays on the Coasts watch Madonna Truth or Dare. Gays in the south watch Steel Magnolias.) I correctly identified Darryl Hannah's character as Anelle and shared some favorite phrases from the film. It was fun.

My parents are coming to visit in a couple of weeks on their way to visit my brother in Japan. It will be fun to have them here in the Bay Area and they always seem to have a good time here.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Cuidate.