Baby I can't sleep Your phone is silenced so I'm writing here instead of texting If I were home I would get up and do something I am not home I am on a hotel adventure over which I have very little control. Last night I slept in a very comfortable bed. Tonight I have been moved to an uncomfortable arrangement.
I worked on the New Yorker crossword, very nearly done now.
I check on my friends who share location with me. One safely nestled in bed, that's you babe. Two together in Accord, New York. One last seen in the Orlando airport. One may even be out partying at close to 4 am, their time. — Wait that's my time! At 5am are they partying or starting an early day? Regardless they aren't at home.
Back to the crossword.
Finished. A young person looked over my shoulder hours ago when I first picked up the puzzle, was engaged, suggested a few correct answers, asked, “We have to wait until the next issue to get the answers?” Yeah but this is a random acquired issue from over a month ago.
When you finish you know. The answers fit.
Tomorrow I will attend a wedding of a boy I've known since he was four. I would not say that I've had much influence on him nor that we are close. I learned that he recently told his sister she'll go to hell if she's gay. At his college in the deep south he got into hard core Christianity, so hard that he's rushing into marriage so that he & his fiancée can bone with the lord's blessing. All his family says that's the reason. And yet they encouraged him in his ministry, that's his chosen career. His parents seem to approve of the minister who has guided the young man's development. Such is the bias towards Christianity, their groomers are greeted with presumptive approval. What am I doing here? The mother likes me. I'm sort of part of the family. The kid has known me nearly his whole remembered life. But evidently this man < half my age feels entirely comfortable judging me.
I will be wearing my progress pride pin to the wedding & reception. Wish me luck!
By Rob Middleton who can be reached @[email protected] on Mastodon