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D-Rokapalooza Log 11.28.2006

2006-11-29T04:38:17Z

Lots has transpired over the last couple of days. Ok so I'll start with yesterday. I got home from work and played X-Box for a while. Then I had to run right back for some stupid training meeting for an hour. Then I came back home and updated my Facebook, which has become a favorite past-time. Then I started the cooking and cleaning in preparation for the arrival of Channing. The dress I most recently bought off E-bay arrived in the afternoon. I learned a lesson. This was a simple black dress, it was definitely big enough for me, but at the same time too short for my taste. So I've decided, in the spirit of my outness, no more buying clothes off of E-Bay. From now on, I'm going to do what every other self-respecting transvestite does and actually go try clothes on to make sure they fit before spending money on them. The only reason I ever went with E-Bay was it was very closet-friendly. So I digress. I had a lovely time preparing dinner for Channing and myself. I made garlic bread, chicken alfredo and Channing's favorite cheesecake brownies. Channing earned herself a distinction last night, she is the first and only member of my family to see me in "girl mode." She handled it swimmingly. We had a lovely dinner, then I changed my appearance and headed off to my lodge meeting. I enjoy those so. After that I went back home. Channing was still there hanging out and we talked for a while more. She is going to be my "date" at the lodge Christmas party in two weeks. So then today I go to work. It's a pretty typical day besides they unveil a lot of changes in administration that are going to be taking place, and I don't like it. This only did more to motivate me to move, and I developed a plan today. I can't wait to share that with my querida. So now I'm off to play pool at the lodge with Matt and complain about work. You've been great, enjoy Bob Barker.

D-Rokapalooza 11.25.2006

2006-11-26T04:39:36Z

Today was a great day. I woke up and started my day off with a great devotional time. After that I took a nice hot bubble bath and headed to the facility to meet the Kleparskis for their visit with Tyler. It was good to see them again. Tyler was happy. So then I headed home for a few hours which I occupied by playing NFL Head Coach. At first I didn't think it was great, but after a little bit of playing it, I am hooked. It's great fun to make decisions about players and create a playbook. If the real thing is anything like this game, I would enjoy it thoroughly. Then I went back to the facility to meet the Phan's for their visit with Tuan. Tuan was ecstatic. It is moments like those with Tyler and Tuan today that make my job worth it. I have to work tomorrow. I HATE working Sundays. Oh well, I just have to think of the $144 I'll make by working. That's what it works out to after taxes. At least I won't have to worry about missing a Chiefs game tomorrow since they played on Thanksgiving. I got to see Rick, Aimee, Seth & Isaac tonight. It was great to see them again. Seth and Isaac are semi-talking now and it's great. Aimee looked soooooo cute with her little pregnant belly! When I told Kara that she said she was jealous, and then I thought of the sickness, the pain, the not being able to eat, the not being able to sit down or get up easily, the maternity clothes, and then I considered that of course Kara isn't considering any of those things, she just wants the mommy glow. As far as I'm concerned, I can wait a while. What Kara said doesn't concern me, I know that is something she wants and I share that sentiment. I would much rather have her over-zealous for it than not be interested in it at all. For my part, the process of getting her to that point would be a lot of fun! Anyways, that's about it for today. You've been great, enjoy The Blue Man Group.

D-Rokapalooza 11.21.2006

2006-11-22T04:50:04Z

So my querida said that she needs for me to leave a spare key for my apartment somewhere hidden tomorrow. She also asked me if I could possibly get out of having to stay over tomorrow night at work. She said that it's not a person waiting for me. She said it would still be doable even if I didn't leave a key out but that would make it much harder. It's driving me crazy! I am determined to figure this out! Anyways, today I spent hours making a cherry pie from a new recipe and then I went and left it in the oven too long! I'm still going to take it to my dad's on Thursday, we'll see how much actually gets eaten. That's about it for today. You've been great, enjoy Ren & Stimpy.

D-Rokapalooza Log 11.19.2006

2006-11-20T04:29:01Z

I am strongly endorsing three consecutive days off work. I feel rested and ready to go back tomorrow. A torrent of random thoughts fill my head tonight. I've been a horrible transvestite the last couple of days-I haven't shaved since Friday! The Chiefs beat the hiss Raiders hiss today 17-13. I am excited about that. On a sadder note, my three weak unbeaten streak in fantasy football came to an end today with a loss in my nfl.com league. I did win in my other two leagues. What was uncanny today was the amount of players that my opponents had in common in all three leagues. Willie Parker was on all three of the teams I faced today and he had a big day. There were others, I just can't remember right now. Since the Jets lost today the win keeps the Chiefs in good shape for a wildcard spot as well as alive for the division. If Jacksonville loses tomorrow night that will be great for us. That would be sweet if we win on Thursday night. The Hawkeyes' men's basketball team suffered their first loss today at the hands of #10 Alabama. They play Villanova at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. I think it's going to be a long season. So Channing didn't make it down today, she had to go somewhere with her grandparents. I'm sure I will see her soon. I managed to lock myself out of my car tonight, but that is nothing I can't fix with a wire hanger and a flathead screwdriver. So that's about it today. I'm ready to hit the hay and get some sleep. You've been great, enjoy Rod Stewart.

entry for 11/17/2006

2006-11-18T04:24:06Z

Quite a day. Started out by waking up at work and temporarily forgetting I was at work. That is weird, when you wake up some place else thinking you are at home for some reason. It only lasts a second, but that is an awkward second. I made my way back to my office and realized I had completely forgotten to do an e-mail, thank you Lord for reminding me, or I would have had to deal with unhappy parents and hear it from my boss. After getting off work I came home and played Madden 2006 on my X-Box, and of course, smashed all that stood in my path. During that time I got a call from my friend Neil saying that his wife Jennifer is going into labor! I then took a half hour hot bubble bath, those always relax me so well. After that I called Willow Glenn and left a message for Mr. Theis. Let the errands commence. I went to work and picked up my check. Then I went to the bank. Then I went to Wally World! Yes, I feed the monster. I got groceries for the next two weeks including most of what I need to make dinner for Channing on Sunday night. I so hope she is going to come. She said she will let me know for sure tomorrow. If she doesn't, I can find someone else to make alfredo, garlic bread and cheesecake brownies for I'm sure. She is on her date with Aaron right now, I so pray that she is having a good time and that he is treating my little sister well. If not, I'll have to look him up! Meanwhile, back in Wal-Mart. I also got some razor blades cuz I needed 'em. Two more pillows for my bed so the next time my querida sleeps over we will both have two, and of course pillowcases. I got another throw blanket for my futon, which is pretty much just decorative. What else? I also got some really soft and pretty pajamas, three pairs of panties, foundation and eye makeup. The eye makeup is the Almay stuff that my friend Sandy Jane has been harping on me to get for months now and I finally broke down and spent the money. I pray it will be worth it. After that I went to Game Stop. Kinda a merry Christmas to myself thing, I got a game I've been wanting for months now. NCAA Football 2007 on X-Box. I immediately drove home and put my stuff away and popped it in. It is so off da hizzy! I started a Dynasty and won my first game 139-0. Mind you, that was the first time I'd ever played the game. I am a football genius! Maybe I should look into coaching. That would be sick! Craig from Willow Glenn called me back and we talked for a short period of time, and the conversation was pretty much left with the ball in my court to compose and send him a resume. I want to get it done quickly before the conversation we had today escapes his memory. He seemed like a nice enough guy and interested in interviewing me. I couldn't find the Iowa basketball game on anywhere so I just checked online periodically and they won pretty easy, so they advance to the next round of the tournament against Alabama on Sunday. Then Nick called and wanted to know if I wanted to get pizza and I said of course and it was great, I love Nick. I had pepperoni, mushroom and bacon on thin crust, yummy yum yum. Nick has a girlfriend too now so we are not losers anymore. That brings me up to right now, after I get done writing this I'm going to brush my teeth and get into my new pj's and get in bed and call my beautiful querida. Well that's it. You've been great, enjoy Ben Stein.

entry for 11/14/2006

2006-11-15T04:36:18Z

I am so elated to be off work! Today was the most boring day I've ever spent at work. I literally sat in one place for 11 out of the 14 hours the boys were up and watched them sit in their beds and read books. My greatest effort today was put into staying awake. I basically could have called my 14 year old sister and had her do what I did today. Anyways, my weekend with Kara Nicole was so phenomenal! I had a blast with her all three days and was so impressed with how she got along with my family. My family is very open and welcoming anyways, but she warmed up to them just as much. It was dissapointing that Channing was AWOL this weekend and right now it concerns me. I am going to try to call her tonight, hopefully she will answer! That's about it right now, off to watch He-Man!

entry for 11/10/2006

2006-11-11T05:21:39Z

One of the longest and most boring days I've ever had at work. I was stuck working OSS all day long and the kids were misbehaving just enough to keep me awake, but not enough to really be exciting. Then after that I spent about 45 minutes covering an exit. The only bright spots of my whole day were after work. I stopped for some drive through at Wendy's and got some free nuggets! The other is that I am on the eve of my weekend with Kara. There is so much I want to do with her these next three days, I am having trouble finding the time to fit it all in! In the end, what is important is that we enjoy being with each other and I'm certain that will happen. If the train is on time, I am 19 1/2 hours away from my querida!

entry for 11/09/2006

2006-11-10T01:33:59Z

So today has been filled with a lot of random pockets of slight excitment. I have pondered some things. Do mailcarriers take their own mail home? Why don't they make chocolate Cheerios? I came up with a great idea also. Strapped for holiday cash? I have the perfect solution for you. Stand outside the Salvation Army store with a bell and a bucket. That is the last place they'll expect you to do it. I got my new Netflix DVD today, which is the 1st disc from Season One of He-Man. Watching it, I saw a lot of differences between the first and second seasons. The thing I'm still trying to figure out is where he keeps his sword when he's not He-Man, there's no sling and when they show shots of him from the backside, there is no sword visible. Then I remembered it is a cartoon so the laws of nature do not apply, and that when I was a lil D-Rok I didn't care about that anyways. The cool thing was when he did pull it out and turn into He-Man and bust some punks. So the day after tomorrow Kara will be here, and I get more excited by the hour. 48 hours from now I will be with her. She is getting off work right about now. I will get to fill her in on all the events of my exciting day, which amount to about five. So that is about it, work tomorrow, then a great weekend! I'm Audi 5000

entry for 11/08/2006

2006-11-09T05:03:28Z

A decent day at work today. Although I must admit the majority of the day my mind was elsewhere, a lot of elsewhere's to be exact. The first half of the day I spent mulling over the events of yesterday and their impact on my tomorrows. I am feeling a lot of doubt and dread that I can back up my talk, and I am regretting saying what I said. I am still torn as to what I am going to do. After about half the day, I moved onto better things. I was thinking about this upcoming weekend with my querida. I am looking so forward to showing her my stomping grounds, the places where I grew up, my history. Besides that, I am just looking forward to her. I can't wait to be with her, see her, touch her, listen to her voice, talk to her, hold her, kiss her and experience things with her. I hope she likes my family and I am pretty sure she will. Especially Channing, I think they are going to hit it off so well. So I still don't know what I'm going to do about my crossdressing and my mother, but I know I have to figure it out soon. That is the main issue on my mind right now.

entry for 11/05/2006

2006-11-06T04:49:08Z

Superb day. Got up and went to church, service was as usual. Rushed home to see my Chiefs play at St. Louis today. They dominated and picked up their fifth win 31-14 and took the Governor's Cup back to KC where it belongs. The win keeps the Chiefs a game behind Denver and San Diego for second place in the division and very much in the playoff hunt at midseason. So I'm pretty happy with that. I went across the river and saw my friend Sandy Jane this afternoon. She is a couple months pregnant with their first daughter and in the process of moving. After that I drove up to my dad's house and spent some time there. I got to razz my step-mom a little because she is a Rams fan. I locked my keys in my van while I was up there, but that is nothing I can't fix w/a flathead screwdriver and a wire coat hanger. That made me feel manly, work with tools, unlock door, get keys, kill animal, eat meat raw. Ok so I didn't kill an animal and I rarely eat raw meat. Speaking of my van, I crossed the 180,000 mile mark today on my way home from my dad's. I am getting excited for next weekend with my querida coming here, I want to do so much with her! So Saddam was condemned to hang today. It will be interesting to see what happens over the time span over there until his death. I guess that's about it for the day, hope my querida calls me soon.

entry for 11/04/2006

2006-11-05T04:59:14Z

Fair to partly cloudy day. The big downer was that my Hawkeyes lost to Northwestern. Yeah, that's right, Northwestern. The worst team in the Big 10. Really the worst team. They were ranked dead last in both offense and defense in the conference. They did not have a conference win, until today. To top it off, Iowa lost at home. Within the confines of Kinnick. With thousands of black & gold adorned fans on hand to support. Lost, 7-21. Lost 7-21 at home. Lost 7-21 at home against Northwestern. Lost 7-21 at home against Northwestern the worst team in the Big 10. Lost 7-21 at home against Northwestern the worst team in the Big 10 and arguably the nation. This team is an embarassment to Iowa football, and if they are going to play like that, should not be allowed to take the field in the Hawkeye uniform. If I were on the team or coaching staff, I would publicly apologize to the Hawkeye nation. What a disgrace. Other than that, one of my co-workers who is across the board recognized as clueless called this morning and said that he thought he lost a POCKETKNIFE & HIS CAR DOOR POD at the facility yesterday. So we tore the place apart this morning looking for it. He called back later to say he found both objects in his car. Why would you bring a pocketknife to a place like where we work? If he had lost it, I can tell you exactly where we would have eventually found it, in the back of a staff's neck! This guy should have been gone a long time ago, and I hope now admin will finally do what they should have done a long time ago and can him. Other than those two issues, today was a good day. I had a quality prayer time this morning. The more time I spend with Jesus, the more I become convinced that He really is a quality guy. He is the sole reason I am a Christian, because if it wasn't for Him, I definitely would not be! Didn't really get a chance to talk to my querida today, but that is alright, tried to call her a couple times and left messages, hoping she calls me back soon, did talk to her a few minutes on my way home from work and she sounded down. So here's to hoping the Chiefs play better tomorrow than the Hawkeyes did today.

entry for 11/03/2006

2006-11-04T02:39:50Z

Beautiful day! Started off by waking up at a quarter after 6 @ work, watching the hallways, then taking care of paperwork stuff and clocking out. It is always a good feeling to leave after a call day knowing that I took care of absolutely everything I had to do. So then I headed home, spent some time on the comp, played some X-Box, watched Mike and Mike. Those guys are high-larious. Today they were live from some spa in Texas and Greenburg was challenged to get a pedicure and he refused, saying he wanted to "keep his man card." Ok so that offended me a little, hit on the doing feminine things does not make me any less of a man nerve. Oh well. Then I went to go start the busier part of my day, today was payday! I LOVE paydays. Makes me feel great when all my bills are paid and I have everything I need. I went to the bank, then Wally World for necessities and groceries, ooo at Wally World I saw this really cute sweater but decided against it because I need to save my bones for when my querida comes next weekend, which speaking of my querida, on my way to pick up my check Far Away came on the radio and I called her. I was really overwhelmed by gushy emotions at that time. She apparently was still in bed when I called, I can always tell by the sound of her voice, she sounds SO adorable, it just makes me want to crawl right in with her and wrap my arms around her and give her a kiss and take a nap with her right then and there. So then I went to Hy-Vee to get some steaks for tonight, I got 3 nice NY strips. Then I went and picked up my dry cleaning, which is a service I very much appreciate. I am sure that purchasing an iron & a board and learning how to do it would be more economical, but at this point I would rather give them the money to do it for me. My first Netflix DVD came today, Masters of the Universe, I am so excited to watch it tonight, I have not seen that movie since I was in grade school. I am all about Netflix, I think we are going to have a beautiful relationship. So then I spent the afternoon & early evening preparing dinner for 3 and cleaning my apartment. Having company is a good thing for me, it forces me to clean more than I would without it. I made one hell of a dinner tonight. Deviled eggs, baked potatoes, steak and cheesecake brownies. Everything turned out well. Channing brought over her new guy tonight and he is a quality young man, she has made a great choice. It was so cute, as they were leaving she looked at me and said "so?", wondering about my approval of Travis, and I gave her a thumbs up & then she gave me a kiss on the cheek and went on her giddy way. I love that girl to pieces. I could not ask for a better little sister, and I will do anything for her at anytime. I remember this summer, she came over for an evening right before she left for school, I made her favorite dinner, spaghetti. We ate and then I got her ice cream and then we came back and watched a movie, she fell asleep about halfway through. I watched her sleeping there and pictured the little girl I first met 8 years ago, and was so proud of the young woman she has become. So now I am going to talk to my querida, watch MOTU, and fall asleep, cuz work is looming in the morning. Go Hawkeyes tomorrow!

entry for 11/02/2006

2006-11-04T02:21:55Z

Ok so today was a good day at work. The rep training meeting lasted forever! and I had to pee for like the last 40 minutes of it, everytime there was a lull and I thought we were about to end someone else stuck their hand up or interjected seemingly to perpetuate my agony, but in the end it was alright. I had a really, really, really great time talking to Kara today,OMG it was so much fun being with her on the phone, she makes me laugh & smile so much. I like making her laugh so hard that she weezes, it is hilarious. Tuesday was Donnie's birthday so I bought him lunch today, he invited me to the Cabaret in Fort Madison after work, but I didn't feel like making the drive nor did I have the gas so I didn't go, but planned on buying him lunch today. Rule change-from now on, on my call days, after shutdown at nine the reps on call have to watch exits while the night meeting is going on. I just sat there until a couple of students dropped off a mattress and then sprawled out on that right in front of the door and crashed for the next 45 minutes, then after the meeting got over I went and got my stuff and got changed and then went on a McyD's run, I was craving a double cheese so bad! After I got back I fell asleep watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail. All in all, a wonderful day in MWA.