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So these random questions i want to ask John. To get to know him better. So let the questions begin!

1. What is your favorite time of day.

Afternoon like three o'clock

2. Favorite Food.

Anything Mexican (Like Derek) wink wink

3. If you could have any super powers what would it be?

The power to Fly and Big Muscles.. And a big....well I will not say that one.

4. Favorite artist?

Barbra Streisand

5. Favorite placed traveled?

London, England

6. Favorite placed lived.

Seattle

7. Who would win in a Battle. Unicorn or Narwhal?

With who...With me or each other?.. Okay, Narwhal.. They are just cooler. Unicorns are for Pussies!

*Schnauzer Potty break

8. If you could come back as an Animal, what kind and why?

A Mini Schnauzer in a Gay household cause Gay daddies are the best daddies...you know like Schnauzer daddies

9. Favorite Activity?

Other than staying home, I like going out to eat, museums, scuba driving, spending time with Derek, riding my bike.

10. Favorite Movie?

Contact, Broken Heart's Club, Out of Africa.

11. Most cherished childhood memory?

Swimming in our pool during the summers in San Diego.

12. If you could travel anywhere right now, where would you go?

Palau for scuba driving

13. If you could live the life of somebody else, Who and why?

I can't answer that, I don't want to live anyone elses life.

14. What size shoes do you wear?

10.5

15. Do you repeat?

What is repeat... and I can see that you do, so the answer is no!

16. Can you throw down a beat for me?

"I'm white... I don't have a beat."

17. Do you own anything with a leopard print?

No, I'm not a 50 yrs old Jewish woman from New York or New Jersey.

18. What do you like better- Thunderstorms or Rainbows?

Thunderstorms, Rainbows are for Unicorns!

19. Finish this...."This old man..."

...has a 23 yr. old boyfriend.

20. What is your favorite memory of all time?

When I graduated with my masters degree, and the first time I ever went scuba driving

21. Can you spell ok?

okay

22. Are you lefty or Righty?

Righty, I'm not a spawn of the devil

23. Favorite Quote?

"It matter not how strait the gate, how charged with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."

Sweet dreams

Heaven

"Is just a Schnauzer way..."

Part of my "hood"

As Garbanzo once did about the neighborhood that he lives in, I am doing one on mine.

Just up the road on n 83rd and about 3 blocks away from my house is the Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism. Sakya Monastery provides access to the Buddha’s teachings and guidance in a community of practitioners. Sakya Monastery is a place to learn from highly qualified and spiritual Tibetan Lamas in a beautiful traditional setting.

Sakya Monastery offers a variety of activities for its members and friends. Foremost are the public meditations: Chenrezi meditations for developing loving-kindness and compassion are held on Sunday morning at 10:00 am and Thursday evenings at 8:00 pm during daylight savings time (spring/summer) and 7:30 pm during standard time (fall/winter). This is the main communal practice of Sakya Monastery. Calm Abiding meditations, which are useful for the development of concentration and mental stability, are held on Friday nights at 7:00 pm. Numerous other ceremonies and meditations are held at the Monastery:

• Buddhist holy days – such as the birth of the Buddha and memorials to special lamas.

• Refuge ceremonies are regularly scheduled for people who wish to formally join the

community of Buddhist practitioners and become a Buddhist.

• Initiation ceremonies are bestowed by Dagchen Rinpoche and other lamas upon request.

These initiations are required as a basis for special meditation practices involving meditational deities such as Chenrezi (the embodiment of compassion) or Green Tara (the grantor of protection).

• Monthly meditations are also held that have specific requirements for attending, such as being a Buddhist, or having received a specific empowerment or level of empowerment.

Additionally, the Monastery offers a variety of other programs and resources:

• The Children’s Dharma School for children ages 5 and up is available on Sundays during

Chenrezi practice.

• The Sakya Monastery library, available to members and visiting scholars, houses 2,500 books

on Buddhism, Tibet, and comparative religion, as well as audiotapes of teachings in Tibetan by noted lamas. The library has a connection with the Tibetan Works & Archives in Dharamsala, India (home of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile).

• The Virupa Educational Institute administers and organizes numerous classes, talks, book groups, discussions, and video showings held at the Monastery. These programs are open to the public and are widely attended.

His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya was born in 1929 in Sakya, Tibet. He was educated to be the head of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the successor to the throne of Sakya, the third most important political position in Tibet in earlier times. The Communist Chinese occupation of Tibet, and the peril that ensued, precipitated his departure from the world his family had known for generations, and led him to a new role as a leader in the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.

If you would like you know more informations about this buddhism temple click here to the website.

I find this to be awesome. I love the building itself. In a beautiful Cannery yellow, prayer wheels out front, the Tibetan Flag out front. Now i have not set foot inside, but have need pictures on the website. I feel that one must experience first hand base. I am not much for religion's and such. But i am really open to going to one of the sessions they have there or even just for mediation to see how i feel. One way or another i feelt it would be enlightening!

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World Aids Day.

AIDS have been something in the past years a big part of my life. I have never knew anyone with AID/HIV. In the town that i lived in I bet there was someone there that but it was never "stressed" enough to me. Until i moved to Portland. I met so many men that have contacted AIDS from someone they slept with and did not use protection. As such a young age too. Some rugby team mates had it and I stood by them in their time of need. We walked together in the AIDS walk, went to support groups, hung out together, drank, and grew together. Today is a day where we remember those with AIDS. Ones that have passed and one that are with us. I remember Chris Baker, He was my mentor growing up. He lived in San Francisco and grew up in North Bend. He and I would spend the weekends together after he went to Eugene for his medications. He was the first guy i knew with and when i heard about him passing, it has sadden me and i miss him. I miss the life lessons he gave me and all the wisdom he has passed on to me. I wear Red today in honor of Chris. You are missed!