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2001-08-22 - 11:50 a.m. Well, genius that I am, I neglected to read the news bits as I typed in my extremely long entry last night, and after seeing that the most important parts of the members' section were down, I gave up and went to bed. So to summarize what Diaryland ate, I had a very busy day yesterday. I left the apartment in the morning and did not come back till late in the evening. Things I did: 1. Applied for two jobs. 2. Talked things over with Sharon. 3. On the advice of New Friend Patti and Inarticulate (two amazing women I totally admire), I went down to the Boys and Girls Club to see about volunteering. I was given a number to call, and will call it...er, eventually. Little kids intimidate the hell out of me, but I know the personal satisfaction I'd get from helping them would probably be greater than if I returned to the Humane Society. 4. Helped a deaf person order at the coffeeshop. This was extremely cool. I was talking to the manager, after filling out an application, and right next to me, a Worker Girl was frowning at a young man, who was making the sign for paper and holding a pen in his hand. The manager looked up at him, not understanding. I waved my hand to get his attention, and made the signs to say, "Are you deaf?" He looked shocked and signed, "Yes, do you know sign language?" I made the sign for "yes," which is extremely simple-basically, you take your fist and you make it nod. (I'd love to know how many people try that after reading it.) He signed that he wanted to order #13 and I told the Worker Girl, then translated to him his total. The guy was really pleased and thanked me and then went to join his friends. I done good. :) 5. Talked to Bryan for a bit. He has decided it is time to move out. I asked if it had anything to do with his parents, he said partially, but that it had been building up for a long time, and their reaction to his coming out was merely the final straw. He said he didn't want to live with Justin just yet, because he doesn't want to threaten their relationship by moving too fast, and asked if he could stay with me a while. I said he was welcome to, as long as it was okay with Rob. He said he wouldn't be able to help with the rent, and I said that was okay, too. So now I have two hot 'n' sexy male roommates, because Rob really likes Bryan and was happy to have him here, just as long, he said, as there was to be "no nookie between Bryan and Justin." I told Bryan to leave his family on good terms and really think about what he was doing before he moved in. So we'll see. That was it. A pretty busy day, when compared to my recent ones. I slept very well last night, for a change. And today has been fairly uneventful. So far.
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