World's Worst Employee Gets Raise, Promotion

I freely admit I'm a crappy employee. I don't work 8 hours a day. Hell, I rarely work 6. But I am extremely efficient and creative which makes me valuable.

This last year was a bit rough at work. I was alone in my department doing the workload of three people. I try not to complain or make excuses. Instead I just ignore the work I find boring. Even with everything going on, I was able to do some really neat stuff that made our clients extremely happy.

My annual review was Friday. I almost cried. My boss was very appreciative of my work and how I handled the challenges of last year. The end result was a nice raise and a title promotion.

Luis

Luis is a personal trainer originally from Venezuela. He is, sufficed to say, smoking hot. We went to Brenda's for lunch and a movie afterward.

We had a nice time. However, I don't think it is a good match. He is annoyed with the smoking thing (which I certainly can't blame him for, I find it annoying too). He has two kids, which would be a problem as I'm not a fan of munchkins. The only thing we really have in common is a love of math and the desire to see each other naked.

BUSTED! Sorta

Big Rob finally bought himself a gay bar in the Castro. He and his business partners have been looking for one for years. They have been close several times, but the deals never went through. Last night was their grand reopening after a cosmetic remodel. To celebrate, they hosted an open bar evening. I got hammered and may have ended up making out with a guy I just met.

The guy I was supposed to go on a date with this weekend was looking at pictures of the event and noticed me in the background of one of them. CLASSY. At least I don't have to make dinner!

Yet Another Night of Drunken Madness

I certainly love my friends, alcohol and boys. However, it all may be getting out of hand. The signs have been getting louder and louder. It's high time I listened to them.

It's not like I'm spending my life addicted to smack, homeless on the streets or giving hand jobs for crack. I just feel like I'm spending too much time carousing and not enough time investing in making myself a better person.

WINDERS

My macbook's bluetooth module died. It has been intermittently losing connection to the mouse and keyboard for a while now. Finally today, it gave up for several hours. So right now I'm reduced to using my work Dell laptop for 5-7 days while I wait for Apple to repair it.

How I ever lived before switching I'll never know.

Supreme Court March

Tonight the gay band marched from the Castro to Civic Center to support the hearing to overturn Proposition 8 tomorrow. Making a lot of noise is a good way to draw attention to a protest. I feel like a more effective part of the message we are trying to send when I play with the band.

That and I'm sure someone thinks band geeks are hot.

Woodlawn Cemetary

This morning I trekked out to Woodlawn Cemetery in Colma to play at the Emperor Norton Ceremony. The ceremony remembers a classically loony San Francisco character who declared himself the Emperor of these United States. The Imperial Court system is inspired by him.

It's a relatively minor ceremony that brings a standing room crowd to the chapel and grave site each year. The attendance, considering the event is held on a Sunday morning at 9am, is impressive. One of the reasons this event stays on the band's event calendar is that the Imperial Court was instrumental in early band funding (in the 70s). I'm proud to be a part of an organization that remembers kindness done to them before I was born.