today our hero has
"that little talk"
with the new boy at work...
7:03 p.m.
DTM: How was work?
mkaro1: haha, fuckin' great!
DTM: did you tell him?
mkaro1: yes, it was cool, and funny!
DTM: How'd I guess?
DTM: lol
mkaro1: yeah
DTM: okay, details...
mkaro1: i have to think about it...i was talking fast, getting ready to leave, it was in between customers
mkaro1: i said "this is gonna sound totally random, but i remember you from when you were in high school..."
mkaro1: i should have said "from a few years ago."
mkaro1: told him i saw him in the paper a few times - he was an honor student...and that i had a video of him at gay pride in the anti-homophobia skit he was in
mkaro1: told him i was gay, but that it's not a big deal
at work, some people know, some don't
mkaro1: he said he kind of had a feeling!
mkaro1: big butch me?
DTM: lol
DTM: gaydar
mkaro1: right...
mkaro1: and i told him when i used to see him in the old store i always wanted to tell him i thought it was so cool that he started the gay-straight alliance at eureka high
mkaro1: but then he disappeared...to berkeley!
mkaro1: and that when he dropped his application off, i told the boss i knew he was a good kid
DTM: ya
mkaro1: and i said i didn't want to say something to him right away when he started working...ya know...
like "hi, brother!", haha!
mkaro1: he said he was thinking of asking me...
mkaro1: must have been that picture of me and my two hot boys he saw!
DTM: lol
mkaro1: so, anyway, that's out of the way, it was cool, and i feel real good.
mkaro1: the end!
DTM: lol
mkaro1: well, i think i just wrote tonight's entry here...
mkaro1: have to tidy up the spelling a bit!
DTM: haha
mkaro1: so next week will be fun to work together...
mkaro1: and now i don't have to feel like the token
homo anymore
DTM: heh
mkaro1: oooh, i feel good! coming out to someone is always...i dunno, it kind of relaxes me or something.
mkaro1: THAT sounds odd
DTM: lol
mkaro1: and NOW i can go "oooh, check THAT out!"
DTM: lol
DTM: When I walk by, right?
mkaro1: goes without saying....with my new glasses or not!
DTM: haha
mkaro1: well, i WANTED him to develop those pictures, ya know, i thought THAT was a subtle little clue...
mkaro1: i'm TOTALLY wired on coffee right now...