Thank you to everyone who sponsored me!  $2,500 not too shabby!

June 18, 2002

Just got home from work... I am leaving for Elena's parents house in CT. in like an hour and a half.  AH!  I cannot believe its here.   There is a little bit of nerves and a lot of excitement.  If my father was me and he was doing this, he would exclaim the following:  "I HAVE A WOODY!"  (and you wonder where I get it from) 

Wish me luck, no death, no cult joining and no chaffed ass.

June 16, 2002

Be on the lookout for something called BUTT BALM.  Apparently its the new XBOX because not one fucking store in the city has this product?  What, are the CULT members eating it?  Odd.   Apparently this wonder product stops chaffing on your ass or something.  Hi, if my ass becomes raw on this ride... 

I will so lie, cheat, steal, rape, kill, and/or mame to get this stuff.  

PS - I leave in 2 days.  OH MY GOD!

June 13, 2002

It's official, I am tenting with my friend Elena.  Bob, my original rider/buddy/tentmate has bowed out.  Thank god I know another person, or could I mention that I would be tenting with a CULT member? 

June 12, 2002

Okay, can I just mention that Jon and I went to the "Kick Off Party" for the ride... Um, who and what are these people.  First off all, not one person besides the whore peddling booze talked to us.  Second, can we all say CULT?  These "riders" are psycho.  There were people there wearing those tight shirts.  What is that all about?  You are at a party, granted in Club Cafe (its not the Ritz honey), but come on... CULT.  I will be riding in one week with a CULT.  

June 1, 2002

It's the friggin' month of this ride.  I am so not ready.  I am almost positive that my bike will break much like when I was a kid and my dad welded the frame of my bike and I went over a bump and OOOPS, MY FRAME SPLITS IN THIRDS.

May 18, 2002

Well, I am about $45 from my GOAL of $2,500.  The ride is 5 weeks away and I havent been training in about 3 weeks.  Moving was a chore and took up lots of time and energy.  I will get back on the horse this weekend!

So get this.  Apparently on the the first day of an AIDS Ride from San Francisco to LA on Monday, a 57 year old man DIED.  Hello, DIED!  Is that an omen or what for my ride.  Good Lordy McLords thats so not what I need in my life right now.  I am assuming I will be in better shape than this now DEAD 57 year old man, but that throws a lil bit o' scare into ya.  

In more Trading Spaces news, the TV Guide website has one of those fotoflip puzzles for the show.  It is currently the puzzle that shows up when you click the following link: http://www.tvguide.com/games/fotoslip/  If its not the right puzzle, just choose Trading Spaces from the drop down menu to the top right of the current puzzle.  Its a pain in my ass too, I cannot get that thing solved.  I am sure that they now give 1st graders these type of puzzles to solve but my 28 year old might possibly die on the AIDSRide ass cant figure it out...  Its worse than GENE SPLICING, it has to be! 

May 6, 2002

Oh my goodness, its been a while.  Moving and no internet connection hampered my updating of this site!  So, I am all moved and almost at my goal for the AIDSRide!  As of today I am at $1,974.  Dont ask how I come to that number... Its semi-retarded, but I am almost there so WHO GIVES A FLYING F*#@

April 16, 2002

Alrighty, so here is the scoop.  Its getting hot as hell here in Boston and for anyone who cares, I so did not run the marathon yesterday!  I would still be there on mile 3, or in the morgue.  If i was to be buried, which I dont ever want to be...(ie. cremate me please) I would like to be in a cemetery where they have art installations every once and a while (much like Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston).  Here is my living will and testament in case during the AIDS Ride I happen to succumb to scurvy.  Burn me and spread me to the wind.  Preferably in the middle of a crowded sidewalk in the Financial District of Boston so that I become one with millions.  

In other news, check out this link because its darn brilliant:  here's johnny!  So far I have been the character from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (no not the drag queen you ass).  Why oh Why cant I be Lloyd Dobler?

April 12, 2002

Half Way there!  As of today, $1,010.

April 10, 2002

Today I took the Trading Spaces "Which Castmember Are You" quiz... Here is what we discovered.  To take the quiz yourself, click on the following link:  http://members.aol.com/chuckchickadee/test.html

April 9, 2002

Alrighty, nothing really to report except that Fundraising is coming along nicely.  I am hoping that it will begin to pick up soon.  So far there are some promises from people who have yet to deliver, but I know they will... RIGHT?  And again, I haven't asked everyone yet, so stay tuned.  

In other news, my friend Jenn wants to be a carpenter.  I keep telling her that it's because Jesus was a carpenter and she replies with some not-so-appropriate-things.  What is it with the lesbians and hard woods?  Doesn't that seem like an oxy-moron?  

April 2, 2002

I have added  my fundraising totals to the top of this page.  Please check back for updates.  And if you are wondering why its still so low... ITS PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE YET TO SPONSOR ME... SO GET TO IT!  Click here to do so...

In a totally unrelated incident... Today I did an interview about Trading Spaces, the best show on TV.  I am pretty sure that the expose on the show will run in next Thursday's edition of The Boston Globe.  I will keep you posted.  Please check out Trading Spaces if you've yet to see it!

March 18, 2002

Took my first "spinning" class.  Okay, so it sounds so gay, but what are you going to do?  I am trying to train for this damn ride and the weather outdoors is not always the most cooperative.  So, basically its boot camp for bikers.  The woman might as well be a nazi as she yells and forces you to move up and down, peddle this fast, this hard...NO HARDER DAMN YOU!  Its craziness.  But, the thing will help get my ass in gear!  Remember the scene in Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion?  To quote Michelle, "This woman is sick".  

March 16, 2002

Today I finally got my fat ass to a gym.  The Boston Sports Club located in Fenway.  The place rocks!  All of the cardio equipment (treadmills, bikes, steppers, elliptical machines) have their own TV's on them.  Its so cool.  Each one gets a bunch of channels along with the popular Boston radio stations.  There is a place for your own tapes and cd's too.  It basically makes cardio simple as hell.  NICE!  Stern all morning.