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Rich Brown - Living My Life Out Loud!
Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Tuesday, October 02, 2001
@ Work
First about me
It always seems like I get the urge to write in my Journal right around 3 or 4. I guess because it's getting close to the end of the work day and I need to take a break from my daily grind.
I'm actually feeling really great today. I'm going to head over to the gym again tonight when I get home from work. I'm really starting to enjoy going to the gym because I can feel the results. I vowed this weekend that I was also going to start eating healthier and being more active. No more chocolate from the break room, no more high fat meals. Since my birthday is coming up I've really made a promise to myself that by this time next year I want to be in the best shape ever. I know what I want and I know what it takes, now I just have to make sure to keep myself motivated enough to obtain it.
Talk with Mom
I had a long talk with my Mom last night on the phone while I was driving home from work. It's been a while since we actually talked that long. I sometimes wish that I was closer to home and could spend more time with her, but I know that she understands why I'm here and why I like it so much. She has been asking me what I wanted for my birthday and XMas and I told her nothing in particular, maybe just money and that way I could use it to get a new computer. She asked me yesterday how much I needed for a new computer, but after giving it some thought I realized that I didn't really want to spend the money on a new computer right now. The system I want is close to $3000 and that isn't really necessary for me to spend that much at this point. I told her to not worry about it, that I didn't want anything, I just needed some new clothes instead. She said she would just give me money anyway and I could use it for whatever I needed. My Mom is so sweet, she always takes care of me when I need it.
Good news
I guess I should be really happy right now. We just received some great news at our company meeting this afternoon. It looks like we are going to exceed our revenue predictions for this past quarter and that October is going to be our strongest month ever. So in light of everything else that's going in the economy I guess I have reason to be happy. I was afraid that our revenue would be down for the quarter and we would be thrown off track for profitability. Hopefully we are still on track for profitability early next year sometime because I definitely do not want to have the company run out of money and then be looking for a new job. I'm not going to worry about it right now though, I'm just going to enjoy having a good month.
The Music
So I received a new CD in the mail today from Masterbeat. It's the official CD for the Montreal Black and Blue 2001 Festival. I'm really glad that I signed up for the Masterbeat mailing list and get the CD's in the mail automatically when they are released. It saves me from having to go and search for new music. I like the Masterbeat CD series because they release them frequently enough to have the same same songs they are playing in the clubs. Most of the other CD's that come out have songs that are over a year old and not really played that much in the mainstream clubs.
I don't know what it is, but I've noticed a drastic change in my music interest as of late. For some reason I just really love listening to hard-core techno / dance / electronica. I'm not quite sure why or where this came from. I've always liked dance music, but the type that I'm listening to now is much different then what I listened to when I was living in Phoenix. Ever since my introduction to San Francisco, Metropolis, the Circuit Party scene, and little pink pill, I've gained this new found interest in the Circuit Party / rave style music. I find the sound of it to be so incredible for me. It's very pleasing to listen too and I just cannot seem to get enough of the music. It seems that in itself the music is almost like a drug. When I'm alone I love to just sit back, close my eyes and move with the beat of the music. It's quite an extraordinary feeling that I would not have been able to explain just 1 short year ago.
Now judging by the overwhelming attendance at the rave-style dance clubs there are many others that feel the same as I do about the music. Or then again, maybe I'm just weird.
Living in San Francisco
I'm finally feeling settled and very happy about my decision to move to San Francisco. I can't believe that it took me almost a year to get settled. I will have been here exactly one year on October 13th. I really don't know if I would be able to live anywhere else now that I'm getting so accustomed to the lifestyle here. I love the way that San Francisco is laid out in so many different small neighborhoods. It's nice to have such a variety and selection of small shop's and restaurants. I love the neighborhood feeling so much better then that of the strip mall, suburbia feeling. I'm really glad that I decided to move to the city.
Ok -- well it's now 5:05 and I've been back and forth with this today, so I'm going to take a break and finish up some work before I head home and then to the gym.
