2005 – Page 51 – commonplacebook.com

I really want to be proud of where I live

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 9, 2005
Post category:GLBT Issues Indiana

But it’s really hard to do when my elected officials embarrass the crap out of me every time I turn around. Turns out the Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar are both at the top of the list of politicians who take sleazy free vacations from lobbyists. Way to represent, guys.
And because I was in the hospital when it went down, I haven’t had a chance to blog about my very own city-county council representative, Patrice Abdullah. He’s a democrat. I voted for him. I actually took off work early one day, back when he was running for office, to go to our neighborhood meeting to talk to him and ask him where he stood on gay rights issues. He assured me that he didn’t believe in discrimination. But he recently voted against a change in Indianapolis’ Human Rights Ordinance that would protect gay people from being discriminated against, claiming his Muslim beliefs meant that he was expected to discriminate against gay people.
Guess what Patrice? You’re not going to be on the city-county council in the next election. I may not be able to do anything about the retard in the Oval Office, but I can single-handedly get your ass kicked to the curb, and I will be doing exactly that.

Horse Head Pillow

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 9, 2005
Post category:Movies

For your favorite Godfather movie fan, a horse head Pillow. I’m just surprised that it hasn’t been done before, really,

World Jump Day – July 20, 2006

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 9, 2005
Post category:Odd Holidays

The idea is that if millions of people jump at the exact same time on the same day, the earth will change it’s orbit and cure global warming. uh huh. Sure it will. But you know I’m totally going to do it anyway, just because it’s so stupid.

The House Next Door

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 9, 2005
Post category:Indianapolis

The owner of the house next door is getting tons of stuff done on it. It’s moving along at a really great pace and should look amazing when it’s done. They’ve finished replacing all the windows and on Friday they started on a new roof. And inside, they’re done with the major mechanicals and are putting up drywall. Stephanie and I got a tour from the owner, Dr. Jafari last week. The interior is going to be really cool. I’m looking forward to them working on the wood siding and painting. Every step they work on increases my property value. 🙂

I haven’t blogged in over a week

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 9, 2005
Post category:Health

That’s pretty unusual. I’m feeling a lot better; typing doesn’t feel like it’s pulling on my incision like it did before, so I’m not as uncomfortable. Stephanie went back to work today, so me and Spike are hanging out at home together, staying out of trouble. I already went for my morning walk, all by myself!! And I showered and got dressed and tied my own shoes. Woo hoo! I should be ready for kindergarten soon.
I don’t see the doctor until May 31st, so after that I should know when I can get back to work. For the time being, I’m catching up on my reading and TV viewing.
Lots of people have sent me flowers and presents and have come over and done really helpful things; I’m so grateful!! I am lucky to have such great friends and family.

Wow, I had open-heart surgery!

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 1, 2005
Post category:Health

I can’t believe it. I keep walking around the house thinking “wow, I had open-heart surgery. I can’t believe it!” Then I move wrong and I believe it, alright. It’s funny, the doctors and nurses keep saying “You’re not allowed to drive for four weeks! Don’t even think about it!” And I’m thinking I’d rather DIE than drive right now, so I can’t imagine what idiots decide to get behind the wheel like this, but there must be some or they wouldn’t give that warning.

For our Anniversary, David and Garrett made us Chicken Florentine with angel hair pasta in a clam sauce, and an excellent salad. Garrett came over and served dinner for us. It was sweet and amazing and I have to say it’s too bad that they don’t have their own restaurant, because I’d totally go there all the time.

They switched my drugs from vicodin to darvocet, and the freaky nightmares went away. I’m still getting used to sleeping on my back, though, which is not what I’m used to, so I’m having trouble sleeping. It’s getting better. It’s a long story about why, but Kathy helped switch my mattresses around and she built me a platform to help me get into bed. It’s so much more comfortable.

I’ve been watching the first (only) season of the TV show Wonderfalls. I bought it a couple of months ago and saved it for this occasion. I also watched part of the Incredibles, but I did that in the middle of the night when I didn’t want to go back to sleep because of the nightmares, so I need to re-watch it because I’m sure my ideas about it are skewed. But the premise of that film is really interesting. I’m not sure I agree with all of their message. I kind of want to talk to Andy about it sometime, because he loved it so much and identified with the movie so he saw it twice.

I haven’t played Xbox because it’s a bit too much moving yet. This is the most typing I’ve done in a while, because that’s not fun, either.

Happy Anniversary!

Post author:HFM
Post published:April 29, 2005
Post category:Journal

It’s Stephanie’s and my first anniversary together. A year ago we went to Iaria’s Restaurant on our second date and stood on my patio and kissed at the end of the night. I love her so much and just wanted to say again how amazing she is. She has been so wonderful and supportive through the heart surgery and you should see how phenomenal she has been keeping everything together here and doing so much I can’t do. She not only helps me shower and get dressed, she makes all the meals cleans around the house and keeps track of everything, all while working on her own stuff for her job. And on top of that I know she’s not getting enough sleep because she’s up helping me when I can’t sleep. She’s done so much; without her I would be lost, and I don’t know that I would have gotten through this. She’s amazing.

Feeling slightly better

Post author:HFM
Post published:April 28, 2005
Post category:Health

I didn’t sleep much last night either (dreams, and just inability to sleep) but I’m feeling alright today. Typing is not easy to do, however, so not much blogging. Mainly I’ve been watching TV/DVDs and reading magazines.

worst nightmares I’ve ever had

Post author:HFM
Post published:April 27, 2005
Post category:Health

I’m not sure whether it’s the heart surgery or the Vicodin I’m on, or some terrible combination of both, but I just had two of the most horrible nightmares I’ve ever had. Something is seriously wrong. There is no way I’m going to sleep again tonight.

yep, I’m home

Post author:HFM
Post published:April 26, 2005
Post category:Health

I’ve been home since this afternoon trying to take it easy. Just for the record, typing with a large chest incision is NOT FUN and I won’t be doing a whole lot of it for a while. Owwww! When Stephanie said earlier that my incision looks really good, she of course meant that in the relative sense. Because it’s really not pretty or anything. You wouldn’t want to put ribbons in its hair and go out for a Sunday drive with it. And lets not talk about the coughing fits at all.