Carribean Cruise, Baby

Following are photos from our Carnival trip to San Juan, St. Thomas, and St. Martin. I got me some good photos. Enjoy the Pics.


We were on board when we saw this, and I thought it was a great shot. I call it William's halo.


This was a shot over the sea. That's all.


This was towards the end of our sunset tour on San Juan. It was a beautiful dark sky.


Rooster. Why try to say anything more?


This is the piano player who was on the last cruise we were on. He was cool. His piano playing is great. Singing... is, well. His piano playing is great. We didn't find out he was on board till the last night. On the Holland America Cruise we got to do name that tune in the piano bar three nights. It was cool.


Okay. I have to admit, I had to have a low blood sugar to get him in there, but the wings really were good, and the waitress was superb at getting my orange juice quick. She was great; and yes, she was hot in her shorts. I didn't, however, get a picture of her. Soorrrrryyyy.


Mr Rabbit stayed to make sure our cabin was safe. Good thing he did. We had quite the visitors. Here is one of the 5 different ones we had. Adorable, but they are always the ones you don't want to turn your back on, eh?


This is really silly on my part, but there were some Menenites who were in line behind us to go from the airport to the ship on the shuttle. I wanted to take a picture. They were very simply dressed, and of course I started wondering if they were going to wear swimsuits, blah, blah, blah. Well, finally I was able to document by photo that I saw them and they all seemed to have a conservatively good time. This is nothing bad or put down on them. I was glad to witness it.


We had a wonderful time having dinner conversation with Julie and Elvira. They were good people from Canada. We discussed what we had done during the day, and compared pictures. They were the reason we kept going back to dinner.


This might seem silly to some, but it shows that we were having lunch, and they played "Keep on Moving" by Soul to Soul. And I thought of Melissa a friend from work. So, I took a picture of the speakers.


This, of course, shows that I was also thinking of the parents. Also shows that I was wearing the bracelet Laura gave me for Christmas. From her "New Mens' line."


I wasn't going to put this picture of William with the guide, but then I saw the next one with the women just over his shoulder with the funny teeth and said what the...he was an awesome tour guide wth a great sense of humor. Maybe he had this curse that gives people standing next to him funny faces.




And of course, there are always faces.


I forget who this was, but it looks like he had something to say.


This was just a sweet peaceful moment. Nothing more.


I think it is a good thing that there are those of us who decorate and those of us who don't. I call these two straight boy celebratory design, and gay boy celebratory design. You can guess which is which.

Elizabeth Meserobian = A Lovely Lady

She was born March 26, 1982 and died November 11, 2007. She was finally finding herself in this life, and from help, through her family and friends, was finding joy and peace, as well. I only had the chance to meet her once. At a costume party that she seemed to really enjoy. She was fighting an uphill battle in life going from a man to a woman, but she had hope and help from most of those who surrounded her. She was learning the sweetness in life that can be found even when you struggle to be who you truly believe you should be. It is not that it is only those around you, but yourself that needs to adapt to these changes brought on in life. Her mom was sad to lose her in death, but knew that Elizabeth was happy in the decisions she had made with her mother's help. How could we know that she would die so suddenly? The answer is that we couldn't. But the fact that we try each day to better ourselves as well as those lives that surround us is the reason we keep going. For through Elizabeth's life we are learning that understanding, acceptance, and love are three powerful tools. She helps teach that. Thank you for standing up and being who you are for yourself, and thank you for letting us help you. God Bless you and we all hope to be able to see you soon enough.

Happy and Merry

Here is a photo of Shelley and Zita on Thanksgiving Day. It was a dinner that had food for 13 although there were only 4 of us. I tried down loading a vid of the tree but it did not come out right through the system for some reason, so here is a picture instead. And thisis the Christmas tree that William and I decorated. We are very happy with it. We hope all have a good time. I mean day, I mean year, Ah hell folks, just have a good whatever you can get. And if it is only one day at a time, that is fine by me. I am right there with you. Happy and Merry nights to all and days to follow. Austin. Enjoy the pic and vid.

A very lovely Day

We went to the Hopper exhibit in the East Wing of the Smithsonian Art Museum today and then went to Go Mama Go, and POP stores on 14th St. It is just up from where I take Edvard, so I went to pick him up, and while we were walking home we saw the family waiting for the bus. Lenore snapped this shot of us. And since she wanted the dead bird off the top of my blog, I thought this would be a good one to be the replacement. It was a good day. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas Day. No matter what your belief might be, please know I wish you all a Merry peaceful day. Enjoy the Pics

all things aren't beautiful, but necessary

here is another bird fatality i saw while walking edvard i thought it was gruesome and yet poetically real of how life and death are together i guess life is so and then william and i bought another piece of art for the collection today at eastern market it is a really cool piece that is not done justice at this point by this photo i will try to get a better one later william and i went over to lyla and tracy's for a fab dinner she and william put together enjoy the pics

feet and other scary things.

I wanted to share a couple of things. First, this is the pumpkin we carved the other night. It was fun doing it together. William and I went back and forth with using the knife, and deciding the best way to rotate the pumpkin while cutting. William bought a kit with the papers to tape on, a crayon to mark the dots, a scooper to scrape out the insides, and of course a jagged little knife to follow the cutting marks. We have two more to carve yet. Hopefully tonight. OOOh, uuuh, Oooh.

Now, speaking of cutting... This is Dr. Firestone who has been working on my feet for the last two months, or so. He has been very good at listening and trying to do what is best to fix my damned feet. I happened to catch him on a dressed up day. I don't think he could do all the slicing on feet, as he does, in nice clothes every day. I don't think actually does all that much slicing. He might have inspired Saw IV, but I don't see it. But he is someone I recommend if ever you have pediatal problems. I know that isn't a proper term, but it works for me right now. Anyway, he has been working on my feet so I can wear something like these shoes to the Ms Adams Morgan party we went to. Enjoy the pics.
PS Notice the feet. I thought that was some good shooting on my part.

the cool, the cooler, and the ultimate in coolness

Here are some of the photos from this path two months. I was really happy with the way things turned out for the Ms Adam's Morgan Contest. Please remember the way this works. There are 10 contestants that dress in "Drag Absurd," and there are 2,00 people in the audience coming to see them. And half of us are dressed up, as well. There are a lot of good looking and then the not so good looking. We went for the not so category. The theme this year was "TV Land." So, I found Rudolph the red nose reindeer cotton that William is wearing. "The Pink Panther" that Yvonne is wearing. And I am in some "Thomas the Tank Engine" fabric. Robin did most of the sewing for the robes. Fun pants and Corsets all in Black. Mine was Leather. Ooops. We were well received, but certainly not one of the extremes by far. Below that There are two ladies that were quoting Shakespeare when Edvard and I walked into the pet store called Doggie Style." It wasn't that they were young black ladies as teasingly accused me of, but more so that I was in a pet shop where they were joking with each other what there favorite Shakespeare lines were. They were awesome to listen to in the fact that they were funnin' and brainin' at the same time. Below that Mathew and William came to me when I was in the hospital 3 weeks ago. First William then Mathew. I had a reaction on the way home with the food in my hand that I needed to stop it. Anyway, William called as I was coming around to consciousness as they were rolling me into the hospital. As I pulled it out of my pocket the ambulance guy said, "Yeah, that's been doing that for the whole time." It was William asking where I was. I guess he was missing his dinner food. The thing is I was a half a block for the house when I went down. He came to the hospital relatively quickly, and then Matthew. We ate our dinner which I still had with me, and they made me drink orange juice. They said when I was checking in that my blood sugar was below 20. That is low in Diabetic speak. I replied I was shooting for 8. Then Matthew and William started a friendly which quickly turned into the absurdist conversation debate that Shelley and I love to listen to.

Ah well, we live, and unfortunately the bird in the picture did not. It isn't pretty, but it is death art. The crab meat package saying "Crab Elite," "with real crab added" was just too good to pass up. The doll I saw while walking Edvard. Thought it was cool.

Enjoy the pics.