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.
Thursday, May 06, 2004
@WORK. So I'm thinking about actually leaving the office here shortly and going home to work for the rest of the day. It's so nice outside today. I think it's about 101 degrees outside but it dosen't feel all that hot. I went to lunch at the Hotel San Carlos in downtown Phoenix with Andrea and Don. Sitting outside really made me want to stay outside for the rest of the day. I really love going downtown and having lunch. It makes me feel like I'm in a real city again. I keep mentioning to Justin that I would like to live downtown again but I don't think he takes me seriously. I think the only way he would want to live in the city again is if we moved back to San Francisco. I don't really care, I just want to feel like a part of a city again, even if it's just Phoenix. I would really consider it if we could find a nice place to buy. There are so many up and coming areas in the downtown that I think it would be pretty cheap to find a property there that we could do something with. Maybe even an old house right in the Rosevelt Historical District. I'm not saying that we have to live in a tiny condo or apartment. I think living downtown would be good for us because we would be closer to the things we like to do and closer to the rest of the more urban community. As Andrea and I were walking downtown today I was thinking about how nice it would be to be able to live in a building there, come downstairs walk outside, cross the street and walk into your office. I think that is my dream to be able to live and work within a few blocks of each other. Don't get me wrong. I do enjoy suburban living at times, but I would much rather have the bulk of my time in a city itself. I think if you get tired of the city, you can always take a trip out to the country and get away from it. In my eyes there is always going to be something so appealing about living in a downtown area.
When I spoke with Philip the other day I was telling him that even thought it has crossed my mind to want to go back to San Francisco I know it wouldn't be the same. I think what I miss most about SF is the good friends and being in the city. I was thinking about how Justin and I used to just take walks around the neighborhood. Looking back I really enjoyed it. The only think I would have changed would have been the weather. Man if only San Francisco could have a warm summer. I swear why'd the queers have to pick such a cold city as the gay mecca. I'll never get it. Anyway I'm really looking forward to going back again this summer to visit.
I've been starting to read my technical texts again. I feel as if sometimes I'm getting a little rusty. It's really hard being in a technical field because there is always so much learning associated with it. I would love to have a career where I could just be successful without all of this constant learning. Alright I better get motivated here to finish up my stuff so that I can go home and relax a little bit. I think I'm going to try the Tai Chi class at the gym tonight. That should be interesting.
