Finding My Soul

I know it has been a while since I've last written in here. My check that I have been waiting for finally arrived and I went on kind of a spending spree. I know, I know. I don't have a job. Why the hell am I spending money? Well, I totally deserve it. I've been waiting for it and I worked really damn hard to get it. This is my way of telling the universe that I deserve everything that I get. I bought me some shoes along with $75 gift card that I received from my God daughter for Christmas. I went to the Skechers store downtown and this really cute guy helped me out. He was totally my type... tall, thin, very nice eyes, great smile, and to top it all of... he is gay. He helped me out a lot. He spent the entire time with me helping me try out all sorts of shoes. I tried out those Shape Ups shoes which were actually pretty cool. I didn't think they felt weird at all. Unfortunately, every shoe that I tried on after that felt different. Poor guy, I must have requested to try on at least a dozen pairs of shoes, he had to go up and down the stairs to get them. I had no idea that he had gone upstairs because he pretty much disappeared like he was the flash or something. Anyway, I ended up leaving there with three shoes, one shape up, one regular nice pair of tennis shoes, and a pair of dress shoes. I hope the Jerome gets a pretty decent commission from me since I took up so much of his time.

I finally went on got my haircut as well. I hate that my hair grows out so fast. It sprouts out like one of those dandelions that you see along the side of the road, but in this case, the hair doesn't fall out. Now that I think about it, that might be a really bad thing for my hair to fall out like that. I had arranged an appointment with him the day prior for 10:30am. Of course, I was totally running late. It was a good thing that he was running late too because I would have felt bad. I finally found a parking spot in the Castro and went up to wait for him. I sat down and started skimming through a magazine with hot men contained within. He said that he was going to be 5 minutes, but I didn't factor in gay time. I ended up waiting 20 minutes which really wasn't much of a big deal since I really didn't have anything pressing to do anyway. Eventually he arrived and I got on the chair waiting further instructions. He asked me how I wanted my hair as he usually does and I told him that I wanted it short on the sides, but that I wanted to be able to have the messy look on top. For the first time he was able to get the idea of what kind of haircut I wanted. We did the usual, talk about my life and get him up to speed. I gave him the latest drama that seemed to evolve around my uninteresting and boring life which he always seemed to show interest in genuinely. He did his usual stuff, listen, then advise me on it. It's like a two for one deal where you get psycho-therapy and a haircut at the same time. I felt like I talked too much, so I asked him how things were going with him.

He moved into the City from the East Bay which explained him being a bit late, but not the issue. He also talked about his boyfriends play that premiered in New York. He said that it was very funny and had the same thoughts that the critics had for the play. I'm totally interested in seeing it as I am very much into the artistry of theater. He washed my hair and cleaned me up a bit before he had finished my hair. He gave me a little bit of advice about the use of product, such as shampooing my hair only once a week to keep it from drying out my scalp. I wish I knew this sooner because it is pretty embarrassing when my scalp is dried out and I have no idea. That and I should be conditioning my hair a lot more than I should. This is good for me because I haven't the slightest idea about that stuff. I know what you're thinking, "Bad. Bad gay man." Eh, I know that I'm not your typical gay man living in San Francisco. I'm pretty much not your typical gay man at all. Okay, there maybe a few quirks in me that suggest otherwise, but I digress. A lot of other minor things have gone on, but that's pretty boring.