Tropical Storm Hanna and the Weather Channel can suck it

I know....the title is a little abrasive, but hear (well read...but that just sounds dumb) me out first.  

At my core I am a homebody through and through.  I love being home, watching movies, making dinner, and lounging around.  However that being said, I don't like not having other options.  Last week/weekend I was home sick with Bronchitis and unable to do anything but lay on the couch and feel like someone had kicked me in the kidneys while pouring broken glass down my throat every time I coughed.  Seriously, the first weekend after school starting up and I slept through it, how much does that suck?  My weekend was a total bust and I felt cheated.  Cheated I tell you, cheated!  Now Tropical Storm Hanna is trying to ruin this weekend, but I refuse to let that happen.

Which leads me to my second issue... The Weather Channel.  I've just decided that they need to have a special "Weekend Edition" on Friday and Saturday nights.  The forecast on the TV: "Tonight-rain with slight NNE winds. Saturday-rain and windy conditions."  That is SOOOOO not helpful.  Who cares what this evening and tomorrow during the day will be like?  Here's what I need the Weather Channel to tell me with their Local on the 8s: What will it be like at 2:30-3am when I'm driving home?  Because honestly, that's what the people care about (my people, I don't know about your people).  This version of Local on the 8s is only necessary on the weekend, because at 2:30-3am on the weekdays you should be sleeping...I'm not judging, I'm just saying.  This is the kind of TV forecast would actually be helpful and not make you feel like you just wasted 4 1/2 minutes of your life waiting for the Local on the 8s to come back, afraid to change the channel because you don't want to miss the first half of it.  Side note-when did the Weather Channel go from being a channel that told you the weather to a full on TV channel with shows about extreme weather and amazing weather stories with forecasts thrown in at inconvenient intervals?  Not a fan people, Not A Fan.  Anyway, back on track.  For me the question I ask myself is not, "Is the weather going to be bad when I'm going out?" but rather, "Will I be screwed when I'm trying to get home?"  That being said, YAY for their website weather.com where they graciously do an hour-by-hour breakdown which let me know that I can go out tonight because the rain won't be coming to my area until around 3am.

I may have been cheated last weekend, but I shall not be cheated tonight!

My Gay Posse

Don't get my wrong, I love my straight friends.  They have been with me for a long time and through the good, the bad, the ugly, and the things I wish they would let me forget but never will.  However, that being said, I love my gay posse.  

#1-Types--We all have different types of women we are attracted to which eliminates that weird/awkward moment of "I saw them first, let's turn this into a competition" thing.

#2-Ages--We have about a 20 year age span from the youngest to the oldest in my posse.  How awesome is that!!!  Seriously...I love my peer group but DAMN we can create some D.R.A.M.A.  It is AWESOME to have such a variety of ages/life stages because there is just not the drama that you get with 8-10 people in their mid-twenties.

#3-Open--These are some of the most open, welcoming people I have ever met.  If someone is new to the area, just out, etc. they make you feel welcomed and as if you have been a part of the group all along, given that you have a sense of humor, are sarcastic, and are being yourselves.

#4-Fun--While we have our serious sides, I can always count on having a good time when I am out with them.  We don't stir up the drama at the bars/clubs, but you can be absolutely certain that we will sit in the parking lot, drink Tequila and watch you make an ass of yourself while you are fighting with your girlfriend at 3am.

#5-Caring--I've been sick with Bronchitis for about a week, another girl has a virus, one has a cold, another has some breathing problems, yet people call each other to find out how everyone is feeling.  That just gives me the warm fuzzies inside--not only do we have a good time out at the bars/clubs but we genuinely care about one another.

Don't you just love them too now that you read this?

Barreling out of the closet

I was talking with one of my close friends a couple of weeks ago and I've realized that when I came out to everyone that mattered I didn't just come out of the closet-I came barreling out.  I started going to gay bars, found a "gay posse"  to join, began dressing a little differently (what feels right to me and not like I'm playing dress-up everyday), and while my life is very much the same as it was before I was out, it's very different too.  I didn't mean to change my life, make new friends, alter my dress, etc. but it all seems natural...and I'm a lot happier. I was so tired of lying and pretending and ignoring, that when I stopped I completely stopped and began living my life authentically and for me.  I missed that whole "finding myself" time in college and now that I'm in my mid-twenties I finally know who I am and what I want.  Don't get me wrong, it's created a lot of great changes in my life, but there is a part of my that wants to step back because it is a lot of change I was just curious if anyone else found that this happened to them as well.  Let me know if you've gone through this in your own life, felt backlash from friends who don't care that you're gay but are afraid of loosing you, etc.