Physio

When the physiotherapist finally deemed his lunch to be finished, about 10 minutes after my appointment was due, he let me into his room. Yes he was male, and Australian, but no he was not attractive. Oh well!
He asked lots of questions, some of them he asked three times which got a bit annoying. He moved my legs about into various positions and eventually came to the conclusion that i just need to build up some muscle strength in my legs which will help the whatever-it-is in my knee cope and heal better. So, basically he told me to join the gym, as I was intending to do, and see how that goes for at least a month before deciding if I need to see the doctor for further tests.
So, now I have no excuse NOT to go to the gym. I guess I will have to make an appointment for a look-around at one, probably Virgin Active as it looks like it has a lot of variety of equipment. I will, however, need to get some decent training shoes before I start as the only ones I have at the moment are about 7 years old and are threadbare between the soles and uppers!!! A task for tomorrow I think.

Tired Still

I woke this morning at 11:30 and jumped out of bed as I couldn't remember when my physio appointment was today. My appointment card said 14:00 so I jumped back in bed and had another 30 minutes sleep. That's half the day gone! I hate this recovery from night shift mode, it really mucks up my four days off. And I have a splitting headache.
I am guessing that, despite all the porn films that I have watched that hint to the contrary, my physiotherapist is not going to be a stunning Adonis who wants to examine my whole body intimately, so I am not dressing to thrill. I'm just making sure that I have trousers that I can roll up above my knee, which is the area under scrutiny at the moment.

Other than this though, I have nothing planned for my day today or tomorrow day either. Then tomorrow night I am aiming to go to Soho, Comptons in particular as they are having an auction of the Kings Cross Steeler boys. I won't be bidding for one but there may be some flesh on show, who knows?

30th November

LGBT people born today:

1869 – Konstantin Somov – Russian Artist – Died 6^th May 1939

1904 – Robert Odeman – German Pianist / Actor / Composer – Died 14^th January 1985

1914 – Charles Hawtrey – UK Actor – Died 27^th October 1988

1938 – Richard Lipez – US Author

1943 – Jerry Hunt – US Composer – Died 27^th November 1993

1968 – Tommy O’Haver – US Director

1978 – Clay Aiken – US Singer

And those who died:

1900 – Oscar Wilde – Irish Playwright – Born 16^th October 1854

1944 – Eoin O’Duffy – Irish General – Born 20^th October 1892

1977 – Terrence Rattigan – UK Playwright / Screenwriter – Born 10^th June 1911

1979 – Laura Gilpin – US Photographer – Born 22^nd April 1891

1987 – James Baldwin – US Author / Playwright / Poet / Activist – Born 2^nd August 1924

1992 – Jorge Donn – Argentine Ballet – Born 25^th February 1947

1997 – Kathy Acker – US Author / Playwright – Born 18^th April 1947

1998 – Simon Nkoli – South African Activist – 26^th November 1957

4 Deserved Days Off

I truly deserve my four days off this time around. I worked my butt off over the last four night shifts, going through every single key we have for the building to make sure that they all fit and that we know exactly what they are for. I managed, in only about 4 hours per shifts, as that is all my duties allowed, to check out from the ground floor all the way up to and including the seventh. The only areas that I wasn't able to do in the time were the basements and the upper [plant] floors.
I am glad that I had something to do while I was at work, as it made each shift really speed past, but I am also resentful as I feel like I am the only supervisor doing any work. The only one putting myself out, willing to more than the minimum. It is really annoying me as I get paid exactly the same as the others and they do virtually nothing to better our working environment. It's frustrating and very demoralising. Let's hope that one day soon I get something back from this unfulfilling job, it'll be about time!

29th November

LGBT people born today:

1764 – Percy Jocelyn – Irish Bishop – Died 3^rd September 1843

1915 – Billy Strayhorn – US Composer – Died 31^st May 1967

1960 – Philippe Elan – French Singer

1962 – Martha Beck – US Sociologist / Therapist / Author

1965 – Guillaume Dustan – French Author / Journalist – Died 3^rd October 2005

1979 – Simon Amstell – UK Comedian / Presenter

28th November

LGBT people born today:

1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully – French Composer – Died 22^nd March 1687

1887 – Ernst Rohm – German Soldier – Died 2^nd July 1934

1914 – Owen Dodson – US Poet / Author / Playwright – Died 21^st June 1983

1928 – Anthony Edward Dyson – UK Literary Critic / Lecturer / Activist – Died 30^th July 2002

1941 – Joke Swiebel – Dutch Politician

1944 – Rita Mae Brown – US Author / Activist

1947 – Herbert Muschamp – US Architectural Critic – Died 3^rd October 2007

1953 – Gordon Marsden – UK Politician

1960 – John Galliano – UK Fashion Designer

1963 – Thierry Paulin – French Serial Killer – Died 16^th April 1989

1965 – Erwin Mortier – Belgian Author

1969 – Colman Domingo – US Actor

1978 – Siri Hall Arnoy – Norwegian Politician

1979 – Jonny Staub – Canadian Presenter

1982 – Roman Prada – Slovakian Porn

And those who died

1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer – US Serial Killer – Born 21^st May 1960

2003 – Terry Lester – US Actor – Born 13^th April 1950

2004 - Leroy F Aarons – US Journalist / Editor / Author / Playwright / Activist – Born 8^th December 1933

2007 – Tony Holland – US Director / Producer – Born 18^th January 1940

27th November

LGBT people born today:

1877 – Katharine Anthony – US Author – Died 20^th November 1965

1883 – Edmund John – UK Poet – Died 28^th February 1917

1943 – Nicole Brossard – Canadian Poet / Author

1946 – Terry Baum – US Playwright

1963 – John Aravosis – US Author / Activist

1963 – Marc Ramsbottom – UK Politician

1964 – Adam Shankman – US Actor / Director / Choreographer / Director

1972 – Jason Kingsley - South African Porn

1978 – Shy Love – US Porn / Actress

???? – Matt Windsor – UK Porn

And those who died:

1925 – Magnus Enckell – Finnish Painter – Born 9^th November 1870

1978 – Harvey Milk – US Politician – Born 22^nd May 1930

1993 – Jerry Hunt – US Composer – Died 30^th November 1943

1995 – Simon Bailey – UK Priest / Author – Born 16^th June 1955

1997 – Daniel Farson – UK Author / Journalist / Presenter – Born 8^th January 1927

1998 – Douglas LePan – Canadian Diplomat / Poet / Author / Professor – Born 25^th May 1914

2006 – Alan Freeman – Australian / UK Presenter – Born 6^th July 1927

2007 – Jane Rule – Canadian Author – Born 28^th March 1931

First Night Back

I suppose my first night back at work could have been worse. It actually went quite quickly, mainly because I kept myself busy all night. It took me all night to sort out the keys that we have just for ONE floor of the building. The descriptions for the locations they are to be used were woefully inadequate, hence the reason it took me so long. Once I have a legible listing of all the keys for the building I am going to relabel and reorder them. All this because no one else was intelligent enough to do the job (or some were just too damn lazy).
I asked one guy to check the keys for one of our floors about a month ago. I was on days and he was on nights (it's easier to do when the staff aren't there). I came in the next morning and he proudly told me that all the keys worked, but some were labeled wrong. Excellent, I thought and proceeded to ask him where the list of the correct locations was. "Oh, I didn't write that down, you just asked me to check the keys!" This is the kind of idiot that I work with every day!

I was really pissed off this morning as, after getting in from work just after 07:00 and getting to sleep by half past I was woken up at 11:00 by my landlord letting himself into my room to show, what I presume was, a surveyor around (he is handing over the pub to the new landlord this weekend). I was not happy, but too tired to put a sentence together to tell him so. He did apologise by saying, "Well, I did knock first!" This is the kind of idiot I live with!
I couldn't get back to sleep after that, so tonight is going to be a long one I think!
Let's hope that, if the new landlord ever does this he does it with his cock hanging out because he is a very sexy looking guy, and newly single if the rumours are to be believed!

26th January

LGBT people born today

1905 – Emlyn Williams – UK Actor / Playwright – Died 25^th September 1987

1915 – Earl Wild – US Pianist

1924 – Isabel Miller – US Author – Died 4^th October 1996

1924 – Alma Routsong – US Author – Died 4^th October 1996

1926 – Richard Hall – US Author – Died 29^th October 1992

1939 – Wayland Flowers – US Puppeteer – Died 11^th October 1988

1957 – Simon Nkoli – South African Activist – 30^th November 1998

1966 – Sue Wicks – US Basketball

1969/77 – Sean Storm – US Porn / Director

1970 – John Amaechi – UK Basketball

1974 – Tammy Lynn Michaels – US Actress

1976 – Jack Ryan – US Porn

1979 – Jason Sechrest – US Porn / Screenwriter

And those who died:

1943 – Winnaretta Singer – US Heiress – Born 8^th January 1865

1994 – Joey Stefano – US Porn – Born 1^st January 1968

2006 – Mario Cesariny de Vasconcelos – Portuguese Poet – Born 9^th August 1923

Waiting

I hate this. This is one of the reasons that I hate working night shifts. I am sat here in my room with nothing to do. I don't want to go out and get myself all tired from walking around shopping or something, as I have a 12 hour shift starting at 19:00 tonight. I am probably going to go back to bed in a while to try and get some more sleep before I have to endure the boredom of 12 hours of nothing very much with no stimulation and no decent company.
I was slightly hopeful earlier when I received a call from a recruitment agency who had a position they thought might suit me. I prepared myself for a telephone interview only to be told that it was for a security position. NO THANK YOU. I want OUT of this god-awful industry. I want to be treated like a human being for a change, working days only, and not working 12 hours every time. I want to work with people I actually like being in the company of. I want to have something to do all day, I like being busy. Boredom makes my mind shut down. Makes me turn off. I've been turned off for the last 2 years. I need a job that will switch me on again.
Come on, someone, please press my "ON" button!!!!

25th November

LGBT people born today:

1896 – Virgil Thomson – US Composer – Died 30^th September 1989

1913 – Robert Friend – US Poet / Translator – Died 12^th January 1998

1942 – Rosa von Praunheim – Latvian Director / Activist

1948 – Lars Eighner – US Author

1949 – Randy Turner – US Singer – Died 18^th August 2005

1955 – Bruno Toniolli – Italian / UK Dancer / Choreographer / Presenter

1956 – David B Feinberg – US Author / Activist – Died 2^nd November 1994

1960 – Tonie Walsh – Irish Activist / Journalist / Presenter

1962 – Lance – US Porn – Died 26^th May 1991

1968 – Craig Seymour – US Author / Photographer / Professor / Stripper / Journalist

1986 – Jason Rae – US Politician

And those who died:

1970 – Yukio Mishima – Japanese Author – Born 14^th January 1925

1973 – Laurence Harvey – Lithuania / UK / South African Actor – Born 1^st October 1928

1983 – Sir Anton Dolin – UK Ballet – Born 27^th July 1904

2001 – Alan Bray – UK Historian / Activist – Born 13^th October 1948

2005 – Pierre Seel – French Author – Born 16^th August 1923

False Hope

Earlier tonight I was watching my new television (QI on Dave) feeling relieved that the reception had finally settled down and I was at least able to watch a couple of channels. Then, in came my flat mate, who is based in the room next to mine, and - BLAM - there went my reception. My television sounded like Norman Collier's unfunny brother!
As long as he is in his room, which like me he always is when he is at home, then I have terrible reception on my television. Yet another reason to want to move out.

My landlord came and told me that the new landlord should be in within a couple of weeks. Hoorah?!?
And then commented on how the handle on my door was falling off. I had actually mentioned it to him about 2 months ago when it happened, and he repeatedly had told me to look for the screw that had fallen out of it (thus loosening it) and that he would get it fixed if I couldn't. I guess it is the alcohol that had made him forget that he already knew about the door handle!

24th November

LGBT people born today:

1886 – Margaret Caroline Anderson – US Editor – Died 18^th October 1973

1915 – Denise Restout – French Musician / Teacher / Author / Editor – Died 9^th March 2004

1940 – Arthur Tress – US Photographer

1944 – Candy Darling – US Actress – Died 21^st March 1974

And those who died:

1991 – Freddie Mercury – UK Singer – Born 5^th September 1946

2004 – Joseph Hansen – US Author – Born 19^th July 1923

Friends of Friends

I'm thinking of suggesting a new "game" to play on Facebook.
I get very frustrated when I look at the guys who are friends of my Facebook friends and wonder why I have not been introduced to these gorgeous specimens. I believe that it is a person's duty to ensure that their friends are happy. Therefore my suggestion is that you send a message to all of your single friends and ask them if there is a person on your friends list who they may be attracted to. Then, if you know that person to be single, you approach them with the idea of arranging an introduction. It could be the start of a wonderful partnership (or a stalking nightmare if you are just Facebook friends and do not actually know the person).
I have dropped hints with my friends about introducing me to their gorgeous friends before, but I am guessing that either my hints were too subtle, which I doubt, or my friends too dense. The third option, that I am not someone that anyone wants to admit to knowing, is something I am trying not to believe.
I was reminded of this "friends having gorgeous friends" thing the other day when I saw an posting on Facebook announcing that my friend Gareth had become friends with someone. I always check out my gay friends' new friends, just in case, and lo-and-behold, Gareth's new friend was a guy I had been cruising the last time I was out!
Do you think it is a game / practice that will catch on? I doubt it, so I guess I'll just keep my virtual "mouth" shut.

Horny?

I am now at the stage where I am not feeling 100% well, but I AM feeling 100% horny. I'm not looking or feeling well enough to go out looking for a man, but feeling like I really need to feel a man's flesh against mine! And what is more frustrating is, I know I will have to wait at least until my next set of days off because I am back to work on Wednesday night. It would be so nice to have someone here at home just to snuggle up to, especially if they had pecs and/or biceps that could double up as pillows:

Sitting In Comfort (For a Change)

After spending the last 2 days stuck indoors, because of a combination of still feeling ill and the god-awful weather outside, I felt that i had to get out today All I managed though was a trip to Argos & Ryman to get a Christmas present and a new chair for my room. I managed to break my last office chair in my room ages ago and have been sitting on a storage box (with cushions) ever since. I cannot tell you how much better the chair is feeling!
It was a nightmare getting it home though. Although it wasn't particularly heavy, it was just that little bit too big to be held comfortably in my arms. Therefore I kept having to stop every 100 metres or so to readjust the way I was holding it. It didn't help that I also had a carrier bag which was swinging against my legs as I was walking. I was so glad to get home finally and be able to put it together (which was relatively simple, luckily).
I am now sitting in comfort and all I have to worry about now is disposing of the large cardboard box it came in (the recycling people won't take it away being so large, figure that one out), and getting rid of the wooden storage box, which is now falling apart due to my excessive weight bearing down on it for the last year or so! Along with either throwing away, or finding new homes for the junk sat inside it!

23rd November

LGBT people born today:

1939 – bill bissett – Canadian Poet

1948 – Bruce Vilanch – US Scriptwriter / Comedian / Actor

And those who died:

1998 – Gene Moore – US Window Dresser – Born 1910

2002 – Boudewijn Buch – Dutch Author / Presenter – Born 14^th December 1948

Sorry it's a bit sparse today. Anyone know of someone I missed from the list? Please let me know.

22nd November

LGBT people born today:

1869 – Andre Gide – French Author – Died 19^th February 1951

1913 – Benjamin Britten – UK Composer – Died 4^th December 1976

1915 – James Gleeson – Australian Artist / Poet / Author / Critic – Died 20^th October 2008

1941 – Nicholas Dante – US Dancer / Author – Died 21^st May 1991

1943 – Peter Adair – US Director / Artist – Died 27^th June 1996

1943 – Billy Jean King – US Tennis

1950 – Art Sullivan – Belgian Singer

1958 – Horse McDonald – UK Singer / Musician

1960 – Christopher Ciccone – US Artist / Screenwriter / Director

1961 – Stephen Hough – UK / Australian Pianist / Composer / Author

1961 – Pedro Marin – Spanish Singer / Actor / Presenter

1964 – Stephen Geoffreys – US Actor / Porn

1976 – Yves Steinhauer – Canadian / Luxembourg / Dutch Singer

1977 – Lucian Dunareanu – Romanian Activist / Editor

1982 – Alasdair Duncan – Australian Author / Journalist

And those who died:

1902 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp – German Businessman – Born 17^th February 1854

1918 – Rose Cleveland – US First Lady – Born 13^th June 1846

1943 – Lorenz Hart – US Lyricist – Born 2^nd May 1895

Strictly Losing Interest

I watched Strictly Come Dancing earlier and there really was nothing much to report other than:
Jade is out of the competition due to her injury, which is really bad news as there are really only two couples now who are worthy of winning the trophy based upon their dancing abilities, Ricky & Natalie and Ali & Brian.
Ricky & Natalie performed a great American Smooth tonight with an amazingly difficult lift made to look easy by the fabulous Mr Whittle.
Next week could be interesting, as it will be a challenge for both the celebrities and the professionals. The remaining couples will be dancing either a Charleston or a Rock & Roll dance. Should be good.

Tonight's dance off was between Ricky & Erin and Laila & Anton. I was really hoping that Laila would be gone, but tonight she actually did a good job, especially as she apparently only had about 6 hours of training. I just do not like her as she just doesn't seem to care about the competition or try enough, especially when she doesn't like the dance. Unfortunately all the judges seem to love her which is why she has survived the dance off so many times. Get rid!

21st November

LGBT people born today:

1844 – Francis Leon – US Female Impersonator – Died ????

1886 – Harold Nicolson – UK Author / Diplomat / Politician – Died 1^st May 1968

1929 – Laurier LaPierre – Canadian Politician / Presenter / Author / Journalist

1931 – Malcolm Williamson – Australian Composer – Died 2^nd March 2003

1938 – Robert Drivas – US Actor / Director – Died 29^th June 1986

1947 – Nickolas Grace – UK Actor

1952 – Corny Littman – German Football Club President

1956 – Cherry Jones – US Actress

1962 – Christine Vachon – US Producer

1963 – Moises Kaufman – Venezuelan Author / Playwright / Producer

And those who died:

1999 – Quentin Crisp – UK Author / Actor – Born 25^th December 1908

Made It

Well, I managed to survive my four day shifts despite feeling like crap for most of them. I began feeling unwell last Sunday, and then spent almost all of Monday in bed. I was back to work on Tuesday and expected to call in sick, but surprisingly felt fine when I woke up. I gradually deteriorated throughout the day and went to bed not long after returning home that night. I woke up on Wednesday morning at around 04:00 and felt like Hell! I took a while to make my mind up, but decided to call in sick. As I got out of bed to find the head office number I felt better. I went back to bed, thinking I could sleep the rest of it off in 2 hours, but laying down was what was making me feel worse. So, I decided that I had to go to work.
On Thursday morning I was woken by my alarm and made it to work in a daze, feeling dizzy and a bit disorientated. I made it through the day. And today, began the same, though not quite as bad (dizzywise), and I soon forgot about it as I had a fire evacuation practice to take my mind off of things for a couple of hours. It was still a long day (long four days).
Now I am off for 4 days and then unfortunately back to work on nights from Wednesday. I won't be going out this weekend, because I still feel ill, and I can't really go and visit Tim (as I had hoped, and had wanted to do on the Monday just gone too), as I don't want to give him my virus, especially considering that he has an operation coming up in less than a month. I don't want to make him feel worse than he already does, or jeopardise his chances of having this op over and done with as soon as possible.
So, it looks like it will be 4 days all alone. That will make a change! I'm going to bed now.

20th November

LGBT people born today:

1898 – Grace Darmond – Canadian / US Actress – Died 8^th October 1963

1924 – Genevieve Pastre – French Author

1941 – Oliver Sipple – US Soldier – Died 2^nd February 1989

1942 – Meredith Monk – US Composer / Musician / Director / Singer / Choreographer

1956 – Benno Thoma – Dutch Photographer

1979 – William “Willie” Hernandez – US Reality TV [Real World: Philadelphia] / Actor

1981 – Eric de la Cruz – Filipino Actor

???? – Paul Johnson – US Army / Porn

???? – Gage Weston – US Marines / Porn
And those who died:

1965 – Katharine Anthony – US Author – Died 27^th November 1877

1993 – Emile Ardolino – US Director / Producer – Born 9^th May 1943

1995 – Steven Powsner – US Activist – Born ????

1999 – Sadao Hasegawa – Japanese Artist – Born 1945?

2006 – Dirk Dirksen – US Music Promoter – Born 25^th August 1937

19th November

LGBT people born today:

1889 – Clifton Webb – US Actor / Dancer / Singer – Died 13^th October 1966

1896 – Anton Walbrook – Austrian Actor – Died 9^th August 1967

1908/12 – Gisele Freund – French Photographer – Died 31^st March 2000

1919 – Morris Kight – US Activist – Died 19^th January 2003

1953 – Tom Villard – US Actor – Died 14^th November 1994

1959 – Timothy Conigrave – Australian Actor – Died 18^th October 1994

1962 – Jodie Foster – US Actress / Director

1963 – Klaus Bondam – Danish Actor / Politician

And those who died:

1958 – Hans Heinrich von Twardowski – German / US Actor – Born 5^th May 1898

1974 – Louise Fitzhugh – US Author / Illustrator – Born 5^th October 1928

To Be (Sick), Or Not To Be (Sick)?

That was the question that I was faced with this morning when I woke up at just gone 04:00 feeling like death warmed up. I knew that I would have to make up my mind within the hour whether I was going to call in sick to work or not. I don't think I have had a day off sick in nearly 3 years, though I may have conveniently forgotten one or two days! But it is very unusual for me to go sick (mainly because I do not get paid for any sick time).
I eventually decided that I would call in sick and had to get out of bed to get my notebook as I didn't have the head office number I needed stored in my phone. When I stood up, I felt much better and so couldn't justify to myself calling in sick. I went back to bed and instantly felt worse again. The very act of laying down was making me feel worse! That concluded it for me then. There was no point in calling in sick, and losing a day's money, if I wouldn't feel any worse at work than at home.
The only problem was that, by the time I had made my final decision it was far too late to go back to bed (and I would have felt worse anyway). So, I had my shower early (thereby missing the usual morning competition with Visar, my flatmate who has recently decided to get up 10 minutes earlier than he used to just to mess up my routine!). After my shower I got dressed and then had a quick lay down until my alarm went off telling me it was time to leave for work.
It was a very long day and I am now knackered! I think I could well be going to bed by 21:00 tonight, which is never heard of!

18th November

LGBT people born today:

1872 – Sir Edward Marsh – UK Translator – Died 13^th January 1953

1877 – Arthur Cecil Pigou – UK Economist – Died 7^th March 1959

1906 – Klaus Mann – German Author – Died 21^st May 1949

1944 – Jackie Goldberg – US Politician / Teacher

1944 – Wolfgang Joop – German Fashion Designer

1985 – Kemal Shahin – Turkish / UK Reality TV [Big Brother]

1985 – Christian Siriano – US Reality TV [Project: Runway] / Fashion Designer

And those who died:

1909 – Renee Vivien – UK Poet – Born 11^th June 1877

1928 – Mauritz Stiller – Finnish Director / Screenwriter – Born 17^th July 1883

1966 – Mike Connolly – US Reporter / Columnist – Born 1914

1986 – Gia Carangi – US Model – Born 29^th January 1960

1996 – William John Christopher Vassall – UK RAF / Spy – Born 20^th September 1924

1999 – Paul Bowles – US Author / Composer / Translator / Photographer – Born 30^th December 1910

1999 – Horst P Horst – German / US Photographer – Born 14^th August 1906

1999 – Ralph Pomeroy – US Poet – Born 1926

Better

I woke up this morning, about 10 minutes before my alarm was due to go off, and I felt much better than I did yesterday. I felt congested and headachy still, but not so lethargic. I decided that I had to go to work, though I really didn't want to.
When I got to work everything was messy and misplaced, as it always seems to be when I have any amount of time off. My work life would be so much less stressful if the other supervisors weren't there to mess up "my" stuff. Then again that would mean that I would have to be there more, which is not a good thing!
I had almost 2 weeks of emails to read through, to make sure that I didn't miss anything. One of them was a request from the Facilities Manager asking if any of the security staff had done anything worth praising or mentioning to raise our profile. I felt like telling her that I could do with something other than a pat on the head for the 2 weeks of hard work that I put in for less than my usual daily wage! I still can't believe that I got absolutely nothing for doing them such a favour!
I am already counting down the days until my next day off (Saturday). Let's hope that I am feeling 100% by then!

17th November

LGBT people born today:

1851 – Lord Arthur Somerset – UK Aristocrat / Major – Died 26^th May 1926

1925 – Rock Hudson – US Actor – Died 2^nd October 1985

1960 – Daniel O’Donnell – US Politician

1960 – RuPaul – US Drag Queen / Singer / Actor / Model

1961 – Jose Villarrubia – Spanish Comic Book Artist

1969 – Rebecca Walker – US Author

1983 – Brad Star – US Navy / Porn

1985 – Shay Jordan – Filipino / US Porn

And those who died:

1992 – Audre Lorde – US Author / Poet / Activist – Born 18^th February 1934

1996 – Kurt von Ruffin – German Actor / Singer – Born 3^rd September 1901

2001 – Aaron Webster – Canadian Hate Crime Victim – Born ?? June 1959

Typical Man?

I've been at home all day, feeling like crap, and I feel even worse than this morning. My stomach doesn't feel as bloated and I have just managed to have some soup, my first food all day. I still have my headache, and feeling lethargic, but am now also running a temperature. I hope it clears for tomorrow, as, even if I feel like this I will still go into work (I don't do sickies and even if I did I don't get paid for them!). Let's hope that I can sweat it out through the night. I've got a feeling though that tomorrow is going to be a bad, bad, BAD day!

Feeling Off Colour

I woke up this morning at around 10:30 after taking hours to fall asleep last night. I didn't feel very good so I decided to stay in bed and try and get some more sleep. I eventually gave up an hour later and got up and had a shower.
I am feeling really lethargic, my stomach feels bloated, I have a headache and my eyes keep watering. My discomfort is not eased whatever position I adopt, whether if be sitting up, laying on my back, front or side, or walking around.
I think I probably need to throw up, but can never face making myself do it, so shall just have to wait and see what happens.
I really am not sure what is actually wrong with me but I hope it goes soon, as I want to be feeling 100% for tomorrow. Going back to work is bad enough after 12 days off, but I'm not feeling well at the same time then it will be even more of a hell for me.

16th November

LGBT people born today:

1936 – Morton Beiser – Canadian Professor / Psychiatrist

1952 – Glenn Burke – US Baseball – Died 30^th May 1995

1958 – Anne Holt – Norwegian Author / Politician / Lawyer

1964 – Waheed Alli – UK Politician

1966 – Gerard Duphiney – US Reality TV [Amazing Race 3]

1970 – Jamie Babbit – US Director / Producer / Screenwriter

1974 – Zsolt Kopazs – Hungarian Porn

1983 – Gus Carr – US Actor / Dancer / Singer / Songwriter

1983 – Ukea Davis – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 12^th August 2002

And those who died:

2000 – Russ Conway – UK Pianist – Died 2^nd September 1925