APPLIED FOR SEVEN JOBS... ONE JOB INTERVIEW

I have applied to like millions jobs this morning and I got a call from CVS Pharmacy, this morning. I am scheduled to go into tomorrow at 930am.  It's the one on Rural and Southern.

Patrick (lgbt@smartbrief.com) thought you might be interested in checking out Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief.

July 12, 2005 A free twice-weekly news summary for the LGBT community

Headlines  Oregon civil unions bill gains support While the vote for a civil unions bill in Oregon's Senate last week is not expected to be matched in the GOP-controlled House, LGBT groups say intensive lobbying could help. A new poll found support for a civil unions bill has risen to 49%; last November, 57% of voters approved the anti-gay Measure 36 that banned marriage for gays and lesbians.   OregonLive.com/Associated Press (7/9)   New strategy for California marriage bill: Proponents of a bill legalizing marriage for gays and lesbians in California are taking a revised version to the state Senate after it failed in the Assembly by just four votes. Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, one of six openly gay members of the Legislature, said there is a "lot of acceptance of the bill in the Senate." If a bill passes there it will return to the Assembly for a final vote.   SF Gate/Associated Press (7/11) Issues & Legislation  First marriage for gays and lesbians in Spain In stark contrast to a Franco regime that banned homosexuality in Catholic Spain just 30 years ago, the country's first same-sex civil ceremony took place Monday near Madrid. Emilio Menendez and Carlos Baturim, partners for 30 years, were finally married.   Reuters (7/11)   Poll finds Spaniards less supportive of adoption: A new poll finds 62% of respondents are in favor of marriage for gays and lesbians, but only 44% favor adoption by them.   The Globe and Mail (Toronto)/AFP (free registration) (7/11) Gay Nigerian sentenced to death by stoning A Nigerian man who admitted to a judge he had engaged in sex with a man has been sentenced to to death under Islamic Sharia law. A United Nations human rights official is working to publicize the man's case.   ABCNEWS/Reuters (7/9) Asian HIV prevention programs ignore gay men Official disregard for gays and lesbians in Asian countries is undermining efforts to curb the spread of HIV, according to reports at the Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. Some surveys indicate as many as 20% of gay and bisexual men in Thailand are infected with HIV, as are 14% in Cambodia and 8% in Vietnam, countries where HIV prevention programs are focused on heterosexuals and female sex workers.   Advocate.com (7/2005) UCC church vandalized after pro-gay vote A United Church of Christ church in Middlebrook, Va., was hit with anti-gay graffiti just days after the denomination voted during its General Synod to support marriage for gays and lesbian. The vandals also tried to burn the church, but the fire did not spread.   The Washington Times/United Press International (7/11) Student groups protest over blood donor rules The U.S. government ban on blood donations by gay men is unfair and discriminatory, according to student groups whose campus activism about the issue is spreading. Organizers say they'll now pressure the American Red Cross to change its position on the rules in the hope that the Food and Drug Administration would be influenced.   Los Angeles Times (free registration) (7/10) "Down low" author speaks up Answering questions from an Indianapolis Star reporter, E. Lynn Harris, author of "Invisible Life," talks about what his book on secretly bisexual black men means to women, his views on gay marriage, his own struggles with depression and his next book on black churches, gays and AIDS.   The Indianapolis Star (7/11) Political Landscape  Fighting for marriage in New Jersey A one-year-old domestic partnership law in New Jersey "doesn't provide half the amount of rights as married couples get," said Su Lael, who along with her partner is suing the state for full marriage rights. Lael and about 400 others gathered at a Town Hall meeting in Maplewood, N.J., to discuss pressing the state to extend full marriage rights to gays and lesbians. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., spoke at the event, saying dire predictions about the consequences of marriage equality in Massachusetts have proven false.   Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)/Associated Press (7/10)   From our Sponsor       Gay America made history on June 30 with the launch of LOGO to 18 million homes -- the first advertising-supported television network where we can see ourselves and be ourselves. With LGBT feature and independent films, original documentaries, newscasts, and quality original shows and specials, it will truthfully reflect our lives. If your community is not yet served by Logo, call and write your cable or satellite provider. For more info go to www.LOGOonline.com today and tell your friends and family.       Business & Enterprise  AFA hits Nike over support for civil unions The American Family Association has urged its members to contact Oregon-based Nike to demand it withdraw its support of a bill that would establish civil unions for gays and lesbians in that state. "Many corporations are already donating large sums to homosexual organizations to support their agenda. Sending a message to Nike will send a message to those corporations poised to support homosexual unions," an AFA alert said.   365Gay.com (7/12) SmartQuote  They always predict chaos, and they're never right." -- Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., speaking about warnings from opponents of legalizing of marriage for gays and lesbians.

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 Are you for real?
(written by: P.A. Jervis, Jr.)

My heart go a bumb-a-bumb every time I see
You decided to spend your time with me
Set my spirit free to conquer my lonely

The chance for me to live a sweet romance
Whoa! You've given me a chance
I take a step back and give you a quick glance

Asking..
Are you for real?

Weak in the knees is what get is when you touch me gently
So soft the touch of your hands and the kisses of the lips
Setting my spirit free to conquer the lonely
No longer the tears of sadness, but tears of joy and happiness flow from me

But I am still asking...
Are you for real?

The chance to feel another care for me like no other has in the pass
Forever I want this to last
This sweet romance that has swept it's way into my life

Again, I ask...
Are you for real?

Hold me close, taking my breathe away
Touch me intimately and take to places that I've never known that I could go
Chasing all the lonely to their hiding places and my happiness to a whole new level

My heart goes bump-a-bump
Because I realize that this indeed is for real.

O THE MIND WANDERS SO FAR FROM THE HEART

+ woke up around 645ish and just felt like getting up
- felt really hungry, but there's only oatmeal left.. definitely need a shopping trip soon
+ got to work on time, 8ish
+ daily minutes with ada and all the manly decision and realizing that it's way too early in the relationship to be over thinking shit
- boo to me for over thinking shit
+ discussions with kyle about stuff that should be added to club.mimi
+ updated club.mimi [ link ]; uploaded the new layout for it as well
+ yeah only two hours at work
+ emailed some people back, sorry it took me so long
+ text messaged matt to have a great day
+ added some more affiliates to club.mimi
- freakin audio player won't work for club.mimi
+ added some more audio and news to club.mimi
+ did someone break their xanga?
- blow up in the wrong person's face (or screen) about feeling like tech support 'can you do this?' 'can you do that?' 'fix it for me!' blah blah blah
+ got a call from david, i told him that i have a boyfriend now
- he decides that he wants to come over.. so i am like ok then..
- david talks about advice on how to get a job, when he just lost his.. let's not forget that he still lives with his parents, is 38 (almost 39..might as well say 40), doesn't know how to cook, has never owned a home.. i can continue but it's so   n o t   worth the time
+ playing music loud and working on updating benji's site
- david comes over while i am trying to fix felipe's xanga..
- looking over shoulder and reading my IM conversations sooooo not cool in these books
- david wants a hug? did i not explain that i have a boyfriend...
- it's hard to fix felipe's xanga because david yapping about how he thought that i wasn't going to be seeing anyone (jealous?) .. uh get a hint david we never had a chance!
- david decides to stay longer and wants to watch troy
- i put in troy and he's talking during the whole movie and is trying to get close to me.. i feel like kicking in the face.. instead i kick him out of my apartment
+ good bye david.. sure call eyah.. okay buh bye..
+ call matt get no answer, leave a message.. taking everyone's advice not to over think any of the relationship since it just started feeling better
+/- matt texts back that he has a meeting and he'll try to call me later
- bored and hungry at home...
+ go get something to eat.. yummy yummy i've got jack in the box in my tummy
- do random things.. clean the apartment again.. bored
+ talk to random people.. watch tv, have watched since like .. well ok not that long ago.
+ talking to felipe and justin.. justin is a little special, i wonder if he makes up some of the people that he talks about 'well now i have about 6 guys that want to be my boyfriend...' hmm?

so overall.. it was a good day. i learned that i need to stop over thinking, even if a previous relationship has left me scared that another person may hurt me again. i also learned that david is a loser... a nosey loser that doesn't see that being almost forty and living with your parents is abnormal. yeah and i think that's about it. i'd like to thank ada and felipe for the help today..

Just A Feelin'
(written by P.A. Jervis, Jr.)

FEATURED CONTENT?

I just found this Xanga right now on the main page under 'Featured Content.' First they are pretending to be Jesus. I don't find that so bad, but they are pretending to be Jesus and putting up all this bad shit. Secondly, he definitely insulted Mariah.[ link ]. Xanga seriously needs to see some of the ish they are putting in their featured content before they put it on their main page.

DOES YOUR LIFE REALLY SUCK THAT MUCH OR ARE YOU MAKING THAT UP?

- wake up enumerating times in the middle of the night
+ wake up to realize there's a man in my bed, hehe
+ it's so romantic how we.. get ready for work?
+ matt drives me to work.. i arrive at 930ish. i've never been to work that early before
+ small chat with ada and a breakfast run before i actually have to work
+ scribble some ramblings on some people's xangas also known as eproping (aka kissing and caressing, pinching and grabbing, etc.)
+ andrew asked where the mouse was.. hehe.
+ i hear 'what happened last night' stories and updates, song that comes to mind >> like a virgin - madonna
- it hits me at 12 that i can't just get up and leave and go get lunch and that i have freakin five more hours at the desk
+ work on some homework and then stop, then go back to doing it because i realize that's the only thing that i really can do that will benefit me right now
- becoming mentally exhausted, drift off into space almost fall asleep at the desk
+ created a new layout for club.mimi, i will put it up at the end of the month but for now you can check out the site [ link ]
- nice layout but i can't figure out how to make this javascript audio player work, it drives me crazy! it's still broken. i am glad that i haven't published the new layout yet
+ see the new commons hall director and the twins around the same time, awwh the handsome men of ohio.
- hall director is straight! and married! god-danggggit what's the world coming to? just kidding! i'm only kidding! really!  
+ call matt to let him know that i am getting off work so we can meet at my place.
- backpack full of books, laptop and it's like hotter than it seriously needs to be and walking home don't help because i haven't eaten since breakfast
+ take a nap and the arrival of the epic rose
+
+ hey jordan... thanks .. gotta go. you better call me foo!
- try to round up some people together, but not really any biters. ('cept for matt.. hehe)
+ ada and jp meet matt
+ matt and i hang out with ada and jp. eating. watching sex and the city and the arrival the man that's not friends with A or B.

overall a goodish day, except for working the desk, i really need to find a job. next week's goal: update resume and send it to everyone and their mom, join the pros at the travellodge so i can pay rent (ewwh so kidding).. but definitely starting to fill out applications like it's homework due on friday night.

ROSES ARE RED. I AM FEELING BLUE, BECAUSE I MISS YOU.

+ wake up around seven and feel like working out
- stopped by all the people that need help.. feel like a technical support
+ finish business and get to go workout
+ run about 30 minutes and work out at the commons gym
+ small talk with ada
+ call from matt .. just to say hi and good morning .. and i miss you
+ finally talk to forrest about the website that he wants... he's a model and wants a site similar to naomi campbell's [ link ]
+ take a shower after conversing with him
- can't find my key for the apartment to lock the front door and was not going to leave it unlocked
- late for work.. can't find the key .. can't find the key
+ found key stuffed in the blanket on the futon, i don't remember putting it there
+ late for work.. sorry ada
+ work on homework at the desk
+ hang with kelly for a little bit, i've never hung out with her at the desk.. i don't know why.
- sean kept walking back and forth bugging me and kelly... i was like ugh stay still.. ugh.
- 'don't touch me..'
+ brief discussion with andrew.. random nothing .. need to download a song.. i can't remember what it's called
- got a 'unpaid rent' notice on my door threatening to terminate our lease
+ wrong apartment written on our money orders... *phew*
+ take a short nap
+ do some homework
- mommy got jury duty.. always sounds depressed but she can't talk about the case.
+ talk to matt off and on.. yeah he's going to be home around this time.. like in 24 hours! be excited with me
+ ricky and i have our little talks .. just tell her ok?  he only talks to me like real conversation really when he needs advice or help with something. that's what it was..ha
+ talk with kirk .. who i have not talked to in a loooong time. he better start talking to more often or he's in trouble! spankings? hehe jk

it was a slow day mostly.. it was relaxing. wondering what to buy matt for when he gets back.. suggestions are nice.

UHM DO YOU CARE IF... ? OR IF I... ? OR DOES IT MATTER IF I.. ?

+ wake up at 850ish am, no calls from mom because she knows that i am working at 4.
+ check enumerating emails that seemed to have grown in the middle of the night.. well after 4 am hehe
+ cleaning the apartment in preparation for a young man to return home, hehe, i am ridiculous
+ reorganized my bookshelf in my closet so they look like they aren't just books thrown up there from when i moved in
- whoa! books, four in fact, hit me in my face and the top of my head. surprisingly i am still alive.  fyi, they were hardbacks
+ slowed down on the text messaging because uh.. i don't have any left. i've never used text messages so fast.
+ saw a cute picture of matt's little brother.. it's so cute. i love picture message, it's best thing ever.--cause i'm retarded and it took me forever how to send on to matt
- my mom (who pays my bill each month...) doesn't have pix messaging enabled so.. i will stick to emailing them back and forth
+ clean some more in my apartment
+ put together this table that chris or kelly -or- chris and kelly got from ikea that's been sitting on the floor weeks.. all we need is a freakin' couch!
+ take a shower and get ready for work, but wait i need a shirt
+ grab a clean workout shirt to wear to work because i still need to do laundry, i am such a loser
+ find a desk calendar, wrapped and unused, in a parking lot.. an asu parking lot, losers!
- late for work because i can not find a shirt to wear.. or that i want to wear!
+ small talk with the baker and andrew
+ sent more request for people to be benji's fan/friends on myspace
+ 'YOU'RE FLY IS OPEN!'
+ ada's daily minutes and the ordering of pizza
+ eat some pizza and some chicken stomach is happy
+ texting starts up again.. hehe
- stomach starts to rumble and shake.. and the rest doesn't need to be explained.
+ apparently i 'distrubed a resident' and money was taken from a 'straved kid'
+ 'i see pokadots..(is that how you spell it?)' 
- stomach is very unhappy.
+ 'don't quit... JuSt transfer!'
+ >drop the phone< 'the commonsssss on.. uhm... *giggle* the commmmonsss.. (shud up) the commons at asu, this is patrick.'
+ love. hate. and insults. brought to you by the pipper and michael
+ speaker phone session .. 'you're W e i R d!' LOL ... 'doesn't sound like a black guy...' and other marvelous things were discussed, just having a hard time remembering and i didn't even drink.. that much
+ talked to carlos, who was supposed to be helping me get a job if he got the job he applied for... i am guessing that didn't work out because he didn't answer that question
+ printed my course syllabus for FAS 498 and THE 100, going to start doing some hardcore homework because 'you can't be a programmer...'
+ go home and get ready for the party while playing missy elliott, vnv nation and rob zombie.. weird combo?
+ got picked up and headed to the party.. BUT WAIT.. 'we should've invited kamil?'
- OH SHIT...
+ call kamil, pick up kamil and head to the party
+ ewwh beer, where is the hard liquor, damnit.. just go for the beer.
+ see ma, bittina & jarred, of course brian... and some other peeps
+ check out ariana's room.. totally awesometonic for reallies
+ drink some beer, play jenga with the one that says stuff like 'kiss the person to your left..'
+ call from matt (the epic rose, remember!?), talks to jp
+ awwh how cute everyone wants to meet matt
+ we talk in a bed room because it's too noise outside, as well as in, about plans for him coming home from vegas
+ bedroom gets loud so i walk up and down the street, sometime to another street and feel like i got lost a little bit.. then just walk up and down that street (where the party was) then finally sat down, talking about random stuff
+ ..beep.. ..beep.. ..beep.. //first incoming call waiting call since i've goten the phone, it's new to me...// 'we are getting ready to leave
+ buh byes to brian
+ back to the apartment and a rush to find the keys cause i gots to go peeeeeeeee reallly bad
- seems like i am peeing for-ever-ever-ever-eva-eva and i swear i don't think i drank that much
+ text message matt and he calls to tell me good night but decides to stay up.. we talk for a little while more
+ talk about this hotel called wynn.. it's a hotel and casino, well duh in vegas.. haha. [ link ]
+ ' good night angelic character that has found a place in my heart'

today was overall a (+) day... let's hope they keep rolling like this one more day until matt comes home. uhm yeah..

oh yeah someone said that i should tell y'all about the new look of my xanga.. but i don't know what i am supposed to tell. so if she would be so kind to comment and tell me then i can be sure to uh .. yeah post what it is that they need to know. got me? yay! no calls from the telefuckers!