Just a friendly hello to a Viggo fan.

[Chris DiCicco]

  When I went to New York I was so clingy toward my friend but he said " well I gotta go to work have fun on the subway" And OH BOY did I have fun I got so lost trying to get to the lower eastside I was walking for hours and Hours, I ended up some where just oppasite near the gay part of NY near my name sake And around Christopher Park I found a wonderful Guitar Shop, now mind this was in March late march 2003 so I was toatly changed...

Chris

[gkg]

"the gay part of NY" - i\'m dyin\' here!!  yes, christopher street is known as the gay part - so is the village to some - but honey, the city is covered with people of all stripes.  we lived in chelsea.  we lived in the upper west side.  friends of ours lived in spanish harlem.  friends lived in tribeca.  no matter where we were - there were gays, blacks, hispanics, yuppies, republicans, democrats, muslims, anarchists, jews... that\'s what i loved about it - everyone was mixed together in manhattan.  there are predominant strains of one thing or another in each neighborhood, sure, but i have a hard time saying one part is more gay than another...  that\'s such a hard thing to be sure of.  

when most people look at me (unless i am with max) they usually don\'t think lesbian.  with max, well, we\'ve been lovers for nearly 30 years now, and partners for over 20... we fit like old married people do, you know?

[Chris DiCicco]

  :-/ :(OPPs! hit Nerve with my Country write I come from a place were there are little er Not many of the mixed population in and around here but I do know some who seem nice, but even that I have to now watch what I say! THE PLACE I live at is very put off by that life style but I don\'t beleive it sometimes but DAVIS has a gay day in june but other then that its pretty hush hush so sorry GKG for hitting that Nerve I was all for it, what with a well traveled Country Boy like me in a BIG city like NY SO SO SO Sorry! if I offend anyone agien I will understand if Travis Blocks me from this website, I will now hold my tongue for awhile Good Day!

[gkg]

oh chris chris chris - i know all about davis and believe me i am doing nothing but laughing right now!!!

you didn\'t hit a nerve the way you think - what i\'m trying to tell you is that the rest of the world isn\'t all davis, nor is it all ny blendy like.  it\'s more like ny than davis though darlin\'.

i\'m not offended - actually it was funny you said what you just did because when we left ny we moved to texas and we over heard one neighbor say to another "well, yes, they are, but they\'re VERY nice."  

i don\'t take offense for sh\'t like that - trust me.  life\'s too short - art and music too wonderful - to let crap like that get under my skin.  there is a vast difference between you and an ignoramous.

[Chris DiCicco]

  compareing me to an ignoramous BERRRR!! getting chilly here.
HEY! I ain\'t  got this wrong I was just stated were I DIDN"T want to go and Davis is trapped in some bubble of all together weirdness.
I really really liked NY becuse of that freedom... Childhood stigma and what swrils around inside a very jostled glass of brandy... AIN"T got nothing on me I maybe dence but calling some wacko on the Internet a Ignoramous Berrrr! cloudes form and I don\'t think thats dandruff falling..
but Maybe yeah I should laugh at it, being brainwashed into thinking something like that is dangerous is utter poppycock so It looks like I will turn on my self and LOL it might just be Dandruff... So inward goes the fight but all seriosness out the window I have had great many people trie to shock me saying well geuss what!? and agien I lived in DAVIS all of my life so Blah Blah Blah and so forth Sosutch.

Chris I think?!

[gkg]

gentle, gentle internet pal - you came out way ahead in that comparison, silly thing - you are NOT an ignoramous.  light a fire, sip that brandy and gentle on down.

as for the dandruff, that sounds like a personal thing - don\'t let your demons crowd your shoulders.

 

[tvega12004]

I personally don\'t have a problem with people being gay.  As a matter of fact, I was engaged to marry a guy who was in denial about being gay.  But then reality set in and a long story to boot, he then decided to be up front with me about his preference.  And I was as loving and understanding as I could possibly be, I just otld him that it wasn\'t a problem and that I would be alright if he left.  All I have to say is that people are people no matter what their sexual preference is or the color of their skin or even their religious background.  I don\'t judge people that way, I judge by the human being that they are.  If people act like sh*ts, then I treat then like sh*ts.

[BellaLuna]

[[glb]I judge by the human being that they are.  If people act like sh*ts, then I treat then like sh*ts. [/quote][/glb]

ROTFLMAO! I totally agree w/you, tvega!

Peace  
Bella )O(

[gkg]

yessindeedy - the modern vernacular for "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

[angela]

The best part of NYC is that something is always going on somewhere. You can spend the day just looking at people and smelling the air. Each neighborhood has its own aura. 5th Ave around the Plaza is upscale (if you like Gucci, Ferragamo glam and Bloomies) Tea cost you a few !00. But then you go to chinatown by Canal and you\'re buying from tiny shops and smelling the fish in the trash. 6 sesame rolls are 2.50 and they\'re great. You can spend hours walking along the East River (bring you to tears if you\'re with my husband and he won\'t stop--never heard the word taxi) and sometimes, sometimes you get to see someone you think you know darting in and out of the people on the sidewalk who are walking too slowly for him...and you go whoa was that? but you know, the Cat\'s gone before you can speak...

[Beatnik]

Former NYer here, lived in the city for 6 years. Too many great things to list about it, as well as too many not so great things. Used to go to a place in the West Village, above Alphabet Ciyt, called the Cellar- great open mic nights for poets or musicians, or just to find some intelligent people to debate the philosphy of life, amung other amusing things.  

Now I live in Phoenix, been here for 8 years now. Can\'t find any place with that kind of culture here. :\'(

Mostly local music, not that that is bad, but more of a coffee house culture here. What I would give to get a night of poetry reading here.

Quality of life is better here than NYC, but there are many things I miss. You can take the girl out of the city, but never the city out of the girl.

Beatnik

[gkg]

what\'s quality of life if not personal enrichment and culture?   :\'(

if they don\'t have it, maybe you can find some like minded folk and start something?

[Beatnik]

I have found a few, actually through a Reniassance Recreation group - SCA. Ever heard of them? Great camp outs.   Poets are "bards" etc.

Been talking with a girlfriend of mine in southern CA about going to Burning Man, but my husband is resistent to the totally OPEN atmsphere.   But I am working on him!  

By quality of life I am referring more to, is the cost of living and the housing standard. $$ go a long way in AZ.

Beatnik

[gkg]

Burning Man is great i\'m told.  work gets in my way.

in the SF area money doesn\'t make it to the end of the block, let alone "a long way."  then again, money has never had anything to do with my quality of life, just with the quality of abode etc.  the less money i can live on, the less i need the corporate job - as soon as we have all the bills from the past 4 years paid off, and they nearly are, i\'m gonna try to move out of the corporate world all together.  our kids are adults now, time for us to have our 2nd youth.

[Beatnik]

Actully we are OINK\'s - One Income No Kids. (as opposed to DINK\'s - double income no kids) My husband is currently in VT, finihing his Bachelore - at 35 no less! Had his midlife crisis early and has finally decided what he wants to do when he grows up...  

So I suddly have all this time to myself with which to pursue and enjoy a whole host of things I would otherwise not have time for!

Working on my own personal renaissance.......

Beatnik