Travel: I smell a roadtrip

I smell a road trip coming soon. Why do people insist on moving during the hottest days of the year? I'll post on where I end up if I do get out of town.

Tuesday Beat: Marco Hernandez - The Way I Do

Trying to spread some good love karma...

Your kiss, your smile, your mind
You're sunlight in my eyes
I miss your breath on my neck
When we whisper in the night

Didn't wanna want you
Didn't wanna need you so bad
Didn't wanna wake up
And find that I was falling so fast
Didn't wanna need you
Didn't wanna need anyone
Now look what you've done

Now I can't go on without you
I'm naked, I cant fake it.
I'm not that strong without you
Never thought I could love you the way I do.

Half Penny Post: Chicago Pride

It's Pride yet again this year. Twas indeed a fine day for it. Lots of people turned out, came out and hung out of their clothes. Twas a fine day indeed to be gay! I had originally planned to walk in the parade as an offer had been extended. The conversation with my mama last night threw me off and I decided not to walk. I did show up to meet and greet and have an all around good time. I met a friend while I was watching and it was nice to see a familiar face.

I am another 3 shades darker because I forgot to put on some sunscreen. Anyway below are a few shots from the parade. Can't say how many naked asses I saw courtesy of assless chaps.

Half Penny Post: Weekly Rundown

The week endeth thus. Hella hot! Summer is here no question about it.

• Chi pride is this weekend. I'll post somn on Sunday evening after the parade. With luck I'll get to do one thing that I've been seriously considering doing. I'll post whether or not I succeed.
• Did I mention that it is hot! I'm practically 3 shades darker now.
• All in all a good week. I spent a good deal of my time researching Emergency Management certification. To get into my chosen field of Continuity Planning I'll need some sort of certification in EM and CP. I have the second half of the summer free so I'll be going through the FEMA online classes.
• Tis been a sad week as Michael Jackson has passed on. Farrah Fawcett also passed on yesterday so t'was a two 'fer in a very sad way. An era has thus ended. O and Ed McMahon passed on as well. Now it bears mentioning that I met him in 2005 during graduation as he was he the speaker. And I do mean met as in I shook his hand and said hello.
• At times I'm certain of where I'm going at times I'm not. At times I just am, neither moving nor standing still. This is one of those times.
• In additional entertainment news, don't forget to watch the Lovers and Friends Show, part II has been posted.
• Please vote for Dee Rees' Pariah on NetFlicks. Alix has a post on it along with some clips from the movie. Please please please VOTE for it!

“Pariah” seeks to personalize the struggles of gay/lesbian youth of color in such a way that evokes empathy, opens doors to communication, and promotes dialogue within families. The mission is to help gay and lesbian youth to understand that it’s okay to be themselves. The film also seeks to convince parents who are not accepting of their children’s sexual orientation that pressuring their child into a particular mode of behavior is unhealthy and is damaging to both the child’s psyche and to the parent/child relationship.

• Anyway I'm randy as hell and we are talking jump into a cold lake randy... one of the side effects of summer.

Enjoy the weekend!

Tuesday Beat: Rihanna - Te Amo

My jam for this week is Te Amo. I've been swaying to it since I got it last week. I heard a version of the song that was done by James Fauntleroy who I love but Riri killed her version of it. It has a level of grit that Fauntleroy can't quite pull off. And yes the song does go "Te amo, te amo, shes scared to breathe I hold her hand, i got no choice uhh". If the vid doesn't work just YouTube it. I've had to replace it a couple o times already.

Te amo, te amo
She says to me, I hear the pain in her voice
Then we danced underneath the candelabra she takes the lead
Thats when i saw it in her eyes its over

Then she says te amo then she put her hand around me waist
I told her no,
She cries Te amo i told her im not gonna run away but let me go
My soul hears her cry , without asking why
I said te amo, wish somebody tell me what she said
Dont it mean I love you
Think it means I love you
Dont it mean I love you