R.I.P.

Joseph "Mike" Reed
BARDSTOWN REED, JOSEPH "MIKE", 60, died Sunday, February 26, 2006. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral. Visitation: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Wednesday at Barlow Funeral Home.

And Death Enters the Picture...

Just found out tonight...my stepdad of most of my life, has died.
Mike was 60....no idea how he died yet. But what hurts...is I had to call my mom tonight and tell her. All I heard was the phone drop.

Mike and mom got married in 1987. He was a good guy. Nice to mom...nice to me and my brother. By the late 90s tho, him and my mom fought alot. So divorce happened in 2000. I haven't seen him since.

I just am realizing that I am entering the phase of my life night where death is about to really become common around me and my family. I don't handle it well.

I am not sure yet if I am flying to KY yet or not, to my friends there...I will let u know.

Oh boy...

A new pic...finally :) This was taken in my new house.








Well. A year ago I was stressed out ---wondering what I would do next in life.

A year later. I am in the same boat.

Several issues right now I'm dealing with.

First, jobs. My chief is leaving...and my station hasn't even bothered to talk to me about this. Even though I have applied, I am being ignored while other candidates are brought in. Talk about a slap in the face. But its all politics in this biz.

Meanwhile, my former station is trying to get me to come back. They are a smaller market, but WAY more advanced than my current station. Makes sense huH? ha. So I am tempted to do that. This would mean a mass move back to KY, lease issues here, roommate issues here, contract issues here, moving costs issues.

So I have no idea what I will do.

Second...is social life.
I have been on a couple dates, but I am still single. It seems like most that I meet, become good friends. Is that bad? Well no. But why is it that I struggle to see the romance in someone. I fear that I still have a wall around me. This is the longest in my gay life to be honest...that I have been single. Doesn't really bother me...I guess I just am more grownup now about what I want. If you don't meet it...you will not hear me say the 3 magic words.

I do plan to go to KY regardless in April for Thunder over Louisville. My friends are coming with me. We plan to stop in Nashville first and party there.

Then in June a crew of us are heading to FLORIDA!!! To go to gay days :)

I wanted 2006 to be a different year. I wanted it to be full of adventure and life. It has gotten off to a stressful start...but I have faith that as summer approaches. that will all change.

Here are some recent pics of friends :)

First here is Nemo passed out in the floor hugging his toy :)


This is little Chris "Shitite". This is at Poe's. He was shy.


This is Clary. The day we were moving into my new place.


My roomie trying on his helmet for our bikes we are going to get :) Doesn't he look like that.."special" boy?


Or is it "special" girl?