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.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Finally Rain
As most people know, we were 148 days without rain here in Phoenix and finally we're getting some rain. It started early this morning and is supposed to rain for the entire weekend. It's actually pretty chilly here for us, but it's a refreshing change from the dry, dusty air we've had for the past few months.
Not too much is going on with us this weekend, just the usual routine, work, gym, cleaning, laundry and more work.
At this point I guess my blog has become probably one of the most boring things on the internet, at least compared to what it used to be. I just don't have the drive to write much right now, and we haven't been going out or doing much so I really haven't taken any photos, which means since I don't really like posting other people's photos and artwork on my blog very often, the posts are pretty lackluster at this point. I'm by no means throwing in the towel for blogging, but I am sort of on a little bit of an off period right now as I continue to get things in order in my life.
Speaking of my life, I know I posed a while back about how unusually happy I was feeling. Well to update that, things haven't changed. I'm amazingly content and extremely happy with EVERYTHING right now. I think I'm finally starting to settle into my life, my relationship and my home without the need or thoughts of what's next or what's better. It's quite a liberating feeling when you clean out the stress in your life and take an introspective look at your life and realize that every decision you've ever made in the past has gotten you to where you are at this moment, and no matter if those decisions were good or bad you cannot go back and change them. I know my life could be different in so many ways right now depending on the choices I've made, but life is a learning experience and for the most part I believe I've made a majority of great choices which have finally led me to a point of happiness that I could have only hopped for in the past.
April has been dubbed the party reunion month. My friends Philip and Bernard, two of my very best San Francisco friends, are coming out to Phoenix in a few weeks for Phoenix Pride, and then we'll all be meeting up again in Palm Springs for the White Party. There are so many stories we all have together and it will be great to have the opportunity to spend time with them again. Bernard is still living in San Francisco and has turned into quite the party animal since Justin and I moved away. Bernard has really lived his life well and has such a unique take on everything that he always manages to ask the questions that really make you think about yourself, your friendship and your life. We've had our many ups and downs together but he's been a great friend and has always helped me to be a better person. Philip moved back to the OC last year from San Francisco. I will never forget the first day that we met Philip and took him out that night in San Francisco. He was so new, so naive to the community, and so innocent. Oh how things have changed over the past 5 years. Justin and I are really glad to finally be able to spend some quality time with both Philip and Bernard together again. We've all only hung out together a few brief times since Justin and I have left San Francisco but this time all of us will be together for several days, so it really will be a San Francisco reunion.
Alright well this turned out to be a much longer post then I anticipated. I'm off for now as I have to dodge the rain and head out to the gym. Cheers!
Rich it's so great to hear you talk about your contentment. I'm sure you've had to go through crap to get there though, life is like that. But the things most worth attaining take the most work to get. I truly hope you always feel this way, with life's ups and downs still thrown in of course.
Wow, that long without rain?? You must have to water your grass every day to keep it so green. Nice digs, by the way! ;-)
So, when are you two moving up here and getting married!!!
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by Jude @ Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:01:00 PM
Isn't it satisfying when things all come together? I just went through something like that recently when I moved into my condo. I am so jealous about the White Party, I've never been to anything like that.
:)
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by The Persian @ Monday, March 13, 2006 8:28:00 AM
Yo Rich....
It's Kev from LA. I'm coming back to Phoenix for Pride as well. Make sure your liver is in tip-top shape!
See you soon! -Kevin
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:19:00 PM
