Ì should be sleeping. Yes I should. But I am wide awake for some reason. It is probably because this Slanted House podcast is so good that I can’t get to sleep.

I have a flight in about 8 hours. I will sleep for 5 of those house and then wake up and go to Copenhagen.

And I also now have a terrabyte (1000 GB) of storage and backup space available, but I don’t know how to take advantage of it in the best way. It seems I need a backup strategy. I should consult Steve in these matters…he is smarter than I about these things…and probably most things…

One of the ways I know I can use it is through the fact that I have been digitizing my DVDs…enabling them for the iPod in the process (so I can watch movies while I am traveling). 70 GB of media information thus far. If I work really hard, by the end of August I will have trippled it.

And to end on the random note consistent with this post, I am grinding coffee beans at 01.00 in the morning. Sigh…I’m ‘tarded sometimes…

Jack came up to Stockholm for the weekend (from Saturday to Tuesday).  I didn’t think that he would come (I had encouraged him to come and visit thinking it wouldn’t, but he did which was really cool).

The weekend in itself had several sub-plots and adventures.  First of all, SAS lost Jack’s luggage.  And they didn’t manage to find it and deliver it back until Monday night.  Second, there was a lot of cartoon watching.  He had never seen Drawn Together, so we managed to watch basically both seasons in one day.  Finally, during the days there were walks around town to do the tourist thing, eating a restaurants, and just a lot of relaxing and chilling which was nice.

It was cool to hang out with someone with a different perspective and point of view than my own (he’s Danish, but studies Turkish and practices Islam).  Conversations were as much fun as they were an opportunity for me to think differently.

Overall, it was a great long weekend.  And a nice change from the bar and club scene just to talk and get to learn about someone new.

I will stop beginning my post with it has been a long time since I have updated. I know this already. And so do you, the few committed readers who read my journal 🙂

Suffice it to say that it has been a crazy time since I returned from my holiday in the USA. It was a nice time with family, and a nice time hanging out with Steve.

I arrived on Wednesday in Stockholm, just had enough time to get a shower, and then I had to go to Copenhagen to meet with my manager. Things changed at work in the since that they announced a new organisation, but so far I am not affected. If anything the role I play is strenghtened and that is a good thing. I can now work more directly with the people that I think I can add the most benefit to.

I have been in Copenhagen every week since I got back. I was supposed to travel less in the summer, but fate will have none of that. Last week I was in Copenhagen was nice because I got to meet Joachim before he went traveling to do orchestra concerts, and I got to meet Casper which was nice. And Evelyn made me cookies. Over the weekend I hung out with Sait and Fredrick as Markus was away. And I got to meet up with Nikolaj before we went on his concert in Croatia.

This week in Copenhagen I focused on work, and there was a lot of it. And there is even more work to come. I need a vacation to recover from these 2 crazy weeks since I have been back 🙂

Came back from Copenhagen after a very nice 2 days there. Stayed in last night to relax. WOke up early today and now I am in the mood to dance and party all day! Woo Hoo!

And I love this remix of Check On It I am listening to.

Thanks sjneedham for the awesome CDs

I am delayed in Atlanta today.  After a nice and relaxing weekend without stress, my return trip to Boston is filled with stress.  They cancelled my flight due to weather and then didn’t bother to try and re-book me on any later flight.  If I hadn’t asked about my arrival time I would have never even known.  I am not so concerned about myself getting to Boston as I am about my bags.  If Delta couldn’t be bothered to understand that I was a paying full-fare passenger on their plane, why would they bother to give a shit about my bags?

Today was the pride parade.  I’ve had a few drinks 😉

It was a really good time out and a great experience.  It was nice to share it with Steve and his friends.  Here are some teaser pictures, and of course, the complete listing of pictures can be found on my fotki website dedicated to Atlanta Pride 2006! 🙂

Baton Bob…he’s a local legend

Mike riding Gracie.  Apparently us humans were not hot enough 😉

The other Mike and Patrick.  Mike is in a towel.  Well, it was wet outside 😉

Jim.  Super Cute 😉

Tonight we are going to stop by a friend’s place for pre-party drinks and then go to the Tea Dance.  A good time should be had by all 😉

I promised a more detailed posting on the dogs in the apartment.  There were three dogs in the apartment, but not all are Steve’s because he was dog-sitting for a neighbor who went on holiday.

Steve actually has only one dog, her name is Gracie.  Gracie is a lot of fun and she actually makes me want to have a dog, but only if the dog were as cute and well-behaved as her.

Gracie is very energetic and playful.  She’s a pretty smart dog, but when compared to the other dogs, she ranks right in the middle.  She likes attention a lot.  One of the other dogs likes attention more, so she upstages Gracie at every opportunity.  But I love me some Gracie. 🙂

The next pooch is Ariel.  Ariel is quite simply crazy.  She eats anything on the floor that she things might make it through her digestive track.  Including rocks.  Her and Gracie are friends and rivals at the same time, and they play with each other a lot.

Yes the picture is not that great, but Ariel won’t sit still.  And Ariel likes giving kisses, all over your face. And arms.  And everywhere.  She’s a very affectionate dog.  She also barfs a lot (due to eating things that were not meant to be eaten).  But she is so nice and friendly.

Finally, there is Daphne.  She is way too sophisiticated to play and be bothered with Gracie and Ariel.  And she likes giving kisses as well.  Only her kisses are directed right on the lips.  Daphne has more strength than it looks likes.  She managed to pin my down and give me kisses for 5 minutes.  She coordinated the kissing attack with Ariel, who sat on my legs as I was lying down so that I could not easily move.

She is adorable.  But runs in traffic when approached by humans until she gets to know them.  But she is smart.

Oh well, just wanted to make a quick post.  Steve is bitching we have to get to Pride Park.  Before the world ends 🙂