Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Ever feel like life is moving too fast for you to even stop and ponder it? That’s now for me. I’ve been working like a dog recently. Long hours, lots of reports. No rest for the busy. Then Friday night was amazing: the QAC meeting, followed by an amazing performance and a little socializing. Then yesterday, I met Aaron’s son for the first time, and we spent the day at the zoo and teaching the boy’s boy about Memphis barbecue. They ended up spending the night because it all took a long time (plus, Zach was really enjoying the Wallace and Gromit I was sharing with him). They got the bed. I got the couch. Man, my couch is pretty, but it’s just a terrible place to sleep. This morning was the downtown Blue Plate then the Peabody Ducks and a brief tour around downtown Memphis. Millions of pictures were taken. Many thoughts were had. I’m not sure I’ll ever finish writing about it all, and no way I’m leading them to the "Future Posts" graveyard over there on the right. The short version is that I have had a few great and exhausting days. I haven’t been to the grocery store or the gym in a week, and I am more behind on paperwork than any human should be! The take-away points I would have liked you to take away from reading the numerous entries I was planning to write but probably won’t are thus:

• Your good deed for tomorrow is to go to the Queer Action Coalition’s protest at 4:30

What: Queer Action Coalition Rally at Love in Action Head Quarters
When: 4:30-5:30pm Monday June 27th,2005
What you can do: Attend the rally and/or publicize this event to your friends and family and get in touch with your local politician here.

Queer Action Coalition invites all interested members of the public to show their support for the youth going through the Love In Action program Refuge. Refuge is a program that aims to change the sexual orientation of youth and adults through "Bible based reparative therapy". Come and show your support on Monday for open and honest dialog and for all people affected by this issue. This rally will be fun!! We also encourage all those that couldn’t make it to the previous rallies to come to this one. The more people the stronger the message.
4780 Yale Road, Memphis, Tennessee, 1.5 miles north of I-40 on Austin Peay Hwy. Click here for directions.

• Peterson Toscano’s Doin’ Time in the Homonomo Halfway House was amazing. I just went because it was relevant. I didn’t know it would be such a high-quality production. Peterson is a great communicator, a great storyteller, and he seems to have a great understand of the culture from which people come. He sees the intention behind people completely unlike him. He’s struggled, and so he has compassion. It’s a rare thing to see, and I thank him for sharing that with me and the rest of the audience. EJ wrote a proper review. I am hoping I will find some time to do the same later this week.

• The Memphis Zoo is MUCH more excellent than I was expecting (except the aquarium, which is lame). I had no idea there was so much there, and I can’t believe I live so close and hadn’t been.

• Nine year-olds tell a lot of long stories, and I’m not used to listening to them! Aaron’s a great dad.
• There is a limit to the number of times I can watch those ducks do their THANG!