urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews I don't make this stuff up folks... Christopher 2006-05-16T01:16:02Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:32919 2006-05-16T01:16:02Z 2006-05-16T01:16:02Z I AM still alive!<br /><br />I got home last night from traveling. I was in DC and Richmond the last two weeks - had a blast and worked my ass off in both cities.<br /><br />I'm home for a week while I attend Windows 2003 Server - Active Directory Implementation training and then I'm off to Boston till the end of the month.<br /><br />I met some REALLY nice people in DC and got a nice break while in Richmond.<br /><br />I also found that I have some chopper time coming up so I'll be taking vacation July 3-7 to do that FT again. Can't Wait! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:32639 2006-04-23T13:24:55Z 2006-04-23T13:24:55Z Baby, if you ever wondered...<br /><br />Wondered whatever became of me...<br /><br />I'm living on the air in Cincinnati...<br /><br />Cincinnati WKRP.<br /><br />(I am still alive folks... promise) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:32329 2006-04-18T03:11:35Z 2006-04-18T03:11:35Z All,<br /><br />I need some advise and/or suggestions...<br /><br />My lease is up at the end of this month and I have to figure out what I'm going to do.<br /><br />Honestly I'm hardly ever in town enough to necessitate an apartment but it's a necessary evil. If I could put everything in storage and live in a hotel I'd do it but that's outreagously expensive.<br /><br />I either need to find a roommate and move into a two bedroom or find a husband to move in with me so someone's home while I'm gone (don't laugh, I'm serious).<br /><br />Anyone else travel for a living knows what I'm talking about...<br /><br />I'm all ears... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:32075 2006-04-18T03:04:49Z 2006-04-18T03:04:49Z Poster's Edit: OK, I took out all the "pass this on..." crap but I'm on board with the general idea. I don't buy Exxon and/or Mobile anyway - but if you DO then I would suggest you read further...<br /><br />POST:<br /><br />GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work<br /><br />This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola<br />executive It came from one of his engineer buddies<br />who retired from Halliburton. It's worth your<br />consideration.<br /><br />Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to<br />hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might<br />go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We<br />need to take some intelligent, united action.<br /><br />Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This makes<br />MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain<br />day" campaign that was going around last April or May!<br />The oil companies just laughed at that because they<br />knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by<br />refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience<br />to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever<br />thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can<br />really work. Please read on and join with us!<br /><br />By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at<br />about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently<br />$2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the<br />oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us<br />to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at<br />$1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to<br />teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not<br />sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each<br />day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we<br />are going to see the price of gas come down is if we<br />hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their<br />gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.<br /><br />How?<br /><br />Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop<br />buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if<br />we all act together to force a price war.<br /><br />Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T<br />purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies<br />(which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not<br />selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their<br />prices. If they reduce their prices, the other<br />companies will have to follow suit. But to have an<br />impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon<br />and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! <br /><br />Acting together we can make a difference.<br /><br />If this makes sense to you, please pass this message<br />on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL<br />THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP<br />THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.<br /><br /><br />SAY NO TO EXXON/MOBIL urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:31777 2006-04-16T12:50:44Z 2006-04-16T12:50:44Z I don't know why I'm updating this journal - nobody reads it.<br /><br />Happy Whatever. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:31741 2006-04-13T13:34:48Z 2006-04-13T13:34:48Z Harold (Bud Cort) from Harold and Maude is the original emo kid. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:31407 2006-04-13T01:18:10Z 2006-04-13T01:18:10Z Today we covered:<br /><br />1. Car into house on southside:<br /><img src="http://a.abclocal.go.com/images/ktrk/cms_exf_2005/news/ktrk_041206_vaninhouse.jpg"><br />2. Flooding on northwest side (water main break)<br />3. House fire on west side<br />4. End of a chase on the northeast side<br />5. Search continuing on the east side for missing kid<br /><br />The car into the house is the only one that made it onto the website. Pretty slow day - but you KNOW I still had fun! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:30956 2006-04-11T01:11:09Z 2006-04-11T01:11:09Z I just realized something kinda odd...<br /><br />I have 3 phone numbers. One for work, a work cell, and a personal cell. They all have repeating numbers in the last 4 digits...<br /><br />6121<br />7176<br />9091<br /><br />Doesn't that seem a little odd? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:30516 2006-04-10T23:31:33Z 2006-04-10T23:31:33Z I'm officially on vacation!!! (but not really) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:30325 2006-04-10T21:12:18Z 2006-04-10T21:12:18Z Who gives a rats ass about ANYONE/THING from Orange County? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:30042 2006-04-10T12:53:50Z 2006-04-10T12:53:50Z So, it appears that nobody on MySpace actually uses the Journal feature so I'll be sticking with LJ.<br /><br />In case any of you read this and care ;-) here is my weekend recap:<br /><br />Friday night: My friend Matt came over and we drank wine and played Flight Sim till all hours of the night.<br /><br />Saturday: Went tanning - now I'm down to once a week. Went to Targetto and bought a bike helmet. Went bike riding with my boss' wife. It was fun but the bike helmet doesn't fit so it's gotta go back to Target. Then we went to eat at 100% Taquito (yum).<br /><br />Sunday: I NEVER LEFT THE APARTMENT. I love days like that - I did absolulty nothing. I played Flight Sim some and watched tv. It was ghettofabulous.<br /><br />Hope you all had a great weekend!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:29840 2006-04-07T13:21:33Z 2006-04-07T13:21:33Z I've had a rough week this week. Anyone up for camping on the beach this weekend? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:29528 2006-04-05T04:22:35Z 2006-04-05T04:22:35Z I'm looking so good right now that even I would do me!<br /><br />I got the tan going on - the trimmed body hair - the new haircut - I'm on day 7 of my Crest White Strips.<br /><br />Damn. Stylin and Profilyn.<br /><br />Too bad it's going to waste... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:29353 2006-04-04T20:02:12Z 2006-04-04T20:02:12Z How many of you guys are on MySpace? I'm seriously considering making the blog leap over to there... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:29027 2006-04-03T02:46:59Z 2006-04-03T02:46:59Z Laughing my ass off...<br /><br />I found myself watching "So Notorious" (Tori Spelling/VH1)... it'a funny! Who knew!?<br /><br />And there's a gay guy... it's like the new Sex In The City meets Malcom in the Middle. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:28769 2006-04-02T23:02:15Z 2006-04-02T23:02:15Z <div><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=702953">View Poll: Is 27 to old to be single?</a></div><br /><br />OK - LJ Peeps - the question is: Is 27 too old to be (gay and) single?<br /><br />Am I on borrowed time here? Should I stop looking for "Mr Right" and start looking for "Mr. You'll Do"? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:28425 2006-04-02T19:25:00Z 2006-04-02T19:25:00Z Congrats to Jake Shears, Lead Singer for The Scissor Sisters, for making my "hero" page (www.christophermichael.org)! Jake makes the cut because of his tireless efforts to "out" obviously gay celebrities and for being an all-together original person and hottie.<br /><br />Welcome Jake!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.christophermichael.org/images/bp_party20.jpg"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:28161 2006-04-02T15:09:34Z 2006-04-02T15:09:34Z Yeah - yesterday was a wasted of a day. I worked all damn day - we had a server work day. Then by the time I got out it was too late to make plans with anyone so I ended up having dinner with my boss and his wife (it was good though) and then coming home and crashing.<br /><br />I need to make plans for today... ideas anyone? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:28113 2006-04-01T22:32:59Z 2006-04-01T22:33:31Z Dear Web Stalkers,<br /><br />Please be offended when I snap at you one day after being nice to you for 6 months of CONSTANT IMing, emails, and messages. I know I have no life and are online all the time, but that doesn't mean you should try to live through me. One "how are you doing?" IM a day is plenty.<br /><br />Nothing personal.<br /><br />Love ya,<br /><br />CB urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:27697 2006-04-01T19:42:58Z 2006-04-01T19:42:58Z It's another BEAUTIFUL saturday here in Houston and I'm stuck inside at work. We've been doing server updates as a team-effort all day and now we're taking a break for lunch. I wish I was outside somewhere hanging out with people... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:27603 2006-03-31T17:23:07Z 2006-03-31T17:23:07Z Stolen from <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_housespinner' lj:user='housespinner' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://housespinner.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://housespinner.livejournal.com/'><b>housespinner</b></a></span> who stole it from <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_kozmickris' lj:user='kozmickris' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://kozmickris.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://kozmickris.livejournal.com/'><b>kozmickris</b></a></span> who stole it from <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_otownirish' lj:user='otownirish' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://otownirish.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://otownirish.livejournal.com/'><b>otownirish</b></a></span> who got it from <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_knoxphil' lj:user='knoxphil' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=knoxphil'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=knoxphil'><b>knoxphil</b></a></span>: THE GAY SURVEY - VERY INTERESTING QUESTIONS:<br /><br />1. How Old Were You When You Knew You Were Gay? 18<br /><br />2. Have You Ever Had Sex With The Opposite Sex? NO way Jose<br /><br />3. Who Is The First Person You Came Out To? Myself<br /><br />4. Are You Out To Your Parents? yes<br /><br />5. Do You Want Children? only if they can earn an income...<br /><br />6. Do You Have More Gay Friends or Straight Friends: most of my friends are gay <br /><br />7. Were You Out in School? the very last month of High School, yes - it's how i lost my military scholarship<br /><br />8. Is Your Best Friend The Same Sex As You? yes<br /><br />9. If Your Best Friend Is The Same Sex, have you ever had sex with them? NO - he's straight<br /><br />10. Have you ever done crystal meth? no - never did any drugs<br /><br />11. Have You Ever Been In A Sling? not yet<br /><br />12. Have You Ever Done A 3-way? once or thrice<br /><br />13. Have You Ever Dressed In Drag? once - for charity<br /><br />13a. Would you date a Drag queen? everyone's got to have profession - as long as they know when to leave work...<br /><br />14. Are You A Top/Bottom or truly Versatile? 83% top<br /><br />15. Have You Seen An Uncircumsized Penis? yeah - too complicated<br /><br />16. Have You Had Sex With Someone of A Different Race? yes - sometimes it was awesome - sometimes it was aweful<br /><br />17. Have You Ever Barebacked? yes - if I'm in a relationship<br /><br />18. How Many Cher CDs do you own? I have ever CD of hers from the Believe album, all those dance remixes - it was just a VERY good album, and I have a record of hers that I inherited from my aunt. (I think it's "Splash")<br /><br />19. Name Of Your First True Love. Albert - but he wasn't in love with me - go figure<br /><br />20. Do You Still Talk To Them? nope<br /><br />21. Does Size Matter? yes - but I prefer "average" - too small is too much hassle - too big is just too much<br /><br />22. Biggest Turn On? a cute guy that knows he can get anyone he wants but isn't so stuck up he can't hold a door for someone<br /><br />23. Biggest Turn Off? unclean people - it's called "soap" - HELLO<br /><br />24. Ever Been Harrased Because You Are Gay? yes - by my own family without them even knowing they were doing it<br /><br />25. Worst Gay Sterotype That Applies To You? Drama queen - if the shoe fits<br /><br />26. Ever Been To A Pride Rally? YES<br /><br />27. Would You Marry If You Could? if it meant I could get equal rights the sure - I'm tired of paying everyone else's taxes<br /><br />28. Would you rather be rich and smart or young and beautiful? rich and smart can buy young and beautiful - so rich and smart<br /><br />29. Do You Sculpt Your Eyebrows? i "trim" them professionally about once a year - otherwise I have unibrow from hell<br /><br />30. Do You Trim Your Body? but of course<br /><br />31. Ever had sex with more than one person in a day? yes<br /><br />32. Ever been to an orgy? nope<br /><br />33. Have you dated your best friends ex? yes - without him knowing too! eek!<br /><br />34. Would you vote for Hillary Clinton if she ran for president? I'd quit my job to campain with her<br /><br />35. Do you want monogamy in your relationships? YES - no question<br /><br />36. Do you believe in true love? I want to believe in love<br /><br />37. Do you have any tattoos? not yet<br /><br />38. Do you have any piercings? yes - ears<br /><br />39. Would you date a smoker? probably not - but then I've never been in love with a smoker<br /><br />40. Do you get HIV tests every 6 months? yes - on my birthday (march) and just before AIDS Walk Atlanta (October)<br /><br />41. Do you know anyone who has died from H.I.V.? oddly - no<br /><br />42. Do you know what Stonewall was? yes<br /><br />43. Wonder Woman, Xena or The Halliwell Sisters? Oh - Wonder Woman - no question about it<br /><br />44. Strangest place you have had sex: nowhere exciting yet - i haven't found anyone venturous enough yet...<br /><br />45. Strangest place you've woken up: in an airplane<br /><br />46. Are your best years behind or in front of you? i think I'm living them right now<br /><br />47. Favorite porn movie: i don't watch too much porn - not enough to name any titles<br /><br />48. Are you in love now? not yet<br /><br />49. Ever been in love with a straight guy/girl? no<br /><br />50. Did you ever have sex with them? no<br /><br />51. Have you ever been to a nude beach? nope<br /><br />52. Have you ever been to a bath house? yes - i had roommates once that LOVED it - I didn't mind the skinny dipping in the pool either<br /><br />53. Ever had sex in public? nope urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:27150 2006-03-31T02:03:52Z 2006-03-31T02:03:52Z Houston is a beautiful, exciting, fun place full of warm, intelligent, sensible people. I have no idea how the Bush's came from here... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:27061 2006-03-30T10:59:48Z 2006-03-30T10:59:48Z yup... no flying this morning... going back to bed...<br /><br />DAMN YOU FOG!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:26737 2006-03-30T10:42:49Z 2006-03-30T10:42:49Z Two journal posts in a row!? I know... but, in the words of Mr. Eric Cartman: "WHATEVER! I do what I want."...<br /><br />It's foggy AGAIN this morning - guess no flying today.<br /><br />Something else I realized this morning... my apartments are about a mile from a train track and I hear those damn things all night... if I'm hearing tains all the time how do I know when I'm in a tornado?<br /><br />I actually went to Targetto yesterday and got one of those sound machines. It helped me get to sleep last night hearing the fake-rain but it shut off after the 60 minute timer was out and the damn train woke me up again at 1 AM. I'd use ear plugs but I'm affraid I'd miss the alarm clock.<br /><br />Oh, and I heard a term yesterday that is sticking with me... "tanarexic". LOL<br /><br />That reminds me - i need to hit the level 2 beds today... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:andnowthenews:26424 2006-03-30T10:19:08Z 2006-03-30T10:19:08Z Seriously, the weather has to get better soon... it's bringing me down. All I want to do is sleep but I gotta get up and go fly. I guess it could be worse.<br /><br />I took the Jeep back to Circuit City yesterday to bitch about the install and the subwoofer not working... turns out the guy who installed it half-assed the job and his manager (I'm assuming) essentially re-installed the unit and now it works like a charm.<br /><br />I'm going to bring up a sensitive subject in my journal - but what the hell, it's my journal...<br /><br />I think I may be a republican. At least on the issue of boarder control and immigration. But then again even the republican plans don't seem strict enough for my taste. I'm sort of a hippie on everything else - gay marriage, firearms, etc. But, I was watching CNN last night and got some stats on illegal immigrants and it's really kinda pissing me off...<br /><br />Did you know that 1 out of 10 American children in this country right now belong to an illegal mother? The other way of stating that fact is to say Guadalupe is jumping the fence and popping out a kid to stay here quasi-legally... an insurance policy if you will.<br /><br />Did you know that illegal immigrants take over 10 billion dollars in tax resources but only contribute around 7 million dollars to the tax system? Guess who pays for that... me and you.<br /><br />Anywho... it just pisses me off when I have friends that cant get a job - ANY job - because someone has hired illegal immigrants to work for peanuts while they're here illegally draining our system. I also have known people, mostly from England, who have moved here - or TRIED to move here legally - and that system is a BITCH. It's not easy - but they did it. And so do over 1 million new Americans a week from what CNN says. If you do it legally I think we should give you a welcome party... but if you're here illegally I think we should focus our tax dollars on throwing you back over the wall.<br /><br />I guess I'm heartless. But, I work for a living. I pay my taxes - heavily since I'm not making much to begin with - and I'm tired of supporting everyone else's ass.