Sep 21, 2008Posted in by Ken
There are many things that I'm beginning to love about Boston, the most being that I can go downtown and end up at a free Alanis Morissette concert. I actually knew about the concert before going downtown, but I'm amazed at how many free things that you can do in this city. In Salt Lake City it seemed that if something were free, it involved tye dye clothing or a car salesman. I was hesitant to go to this concert and even after we were inside I kept looking around to make sure we didn't have sign up for a Capital One credit card.
Afterwards we went to a housewarming party for one of SML's schoolmates and everyone kept asking how "we were liking school." These kinds of situations are extremely uncomfortable for me and I'm not even sure I can explain why. I feel very domesticated saying that I stay at home with Kitty Kitty Bang Bang, telecommuting to Salt Lake City, and baking chicken in my spare time. It feels very unwelcome to say something like that and so I say nothing at all, pretending to be very interested in the ceiling.
This is all very random, but tonight I had a jello shot out of an orange peel. That seems very important for some reason.
Sep 20, 2008Posted in by Ken
SML and I went to Six Flags New England last weekend because riding on a roller coaster was all I could think about after Mub told me she was going to the Warner Brother's Park in Germany. This was my first time visiting a Six Flags and I was unprepared for the amount of upside-down loops and corkscrews on their roller coasters. SML was also unprepared because after the fourth roller coaster SML was unable to walk and we had to go home, something about wanting to keep Six Flags on the list of places he hasn't thrown up at.
Sep 03, 2008Posted in Boston by Ken
This picture of the Boston Skyline was taken just as we were leaving for Provincetown on Sunday afternoon. I was looking forward to being able to take a picture of the skyline , but I'm still not clear where to go to get the best shot. There are so many faces to this city that you cannot pick one view and not feel like you're leaving something out.
Unless you live in Allston, it's just best not to take photos at all. The other day I walked by an abandoned mattress on the sidewalk that said, "DO NOT REMOVE: BEDBUGS" Well, maybe I should have taken a picture of that.
Why did I just think of that game 'Cooties'?
You may have noticed that these new pictures I'm posting are clickable. They'll take you to my Flickr account I set up since I've become afraid of being robbed on a daily basis. I lost many photos when my iMac didn't make it across the country and since I cannot bear losing anymore, online storage seems the best way to go. So if you're a Flickr user, let's be friends!
Sep 02, 2008Posted in by Ken
SML and I decided on Sunday to take a ferry to Provincetown, an area of Massachusetts that the gays have been raving to us about. SML and I were indecisive this weekend, asking questions with questions like, "I don't know, what do YOU want to do." By the time we decided on Provincetown the next ferry wasn't until 2:00 p.m.
I took the above picture as soon as got off the boardwalk. I really cannot describe how lovely I thought the whole place was, or how beautiful the ocean is on this part of the Cape. SML kept gushing how much he loved the fresh salt air while I was just excited to not be near one of the thousand or so moving trucks that have migrated to Allston with the new school year.
As we were walking into town I kept telling SML how I didn't understand why all the gays are in love with Provincetown. When did it become popular to hang around small towns, no matter how beautiful and scenic, when Boston is only a ninety minute ferry ride? A friend of SML's called Provincetwon the "Gay Mecca" and although we did see a pirate ship of sorts with a pride flag, I just wasn't ready to get on my knees and face the east.
But then we walked into town. And all of that changed.
Now. I don't know if they have those flags flying all year long, or if they just strung them up to greet SML and I, but holy cow. The entire city was like a pride festival, except without a parade. Unless you count that man dressed up as Dorothy riding a bicycle and telling everyone to come to the Crown.
Aug 22, 2008Posted in by Ken
I took this picture of the Charles River a couple of weeks ago when SML and I decided we could walk home from Cambridge. Before I came here everyone would say things like, "Everything is so close!" and "Just take the subway!" Turns out taking the subway isn't nearly as convenient as it sounds.
It also might be dangerous taking the subway because there are some people I can't stop staring at, like Asian Person No. 1 who had at least four or five, FIVE INCH hairs sticking out of a mole on his cheek. I leaned toward SML when I saw this and asked him to take a picture because there is no way anyone was going to believe this. SML refused, but if he had I would be on the phone with the Guinness Book of World Records.
Mar 10, 2008Posted in by Ken
Hi. I’m Ken. This is my website.
I'm the goofy-looking one on the left. I live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. You can find me walking behind the elderly with walkers because I find it suits my pace.
I enjoy doing a lot of different things that include playing tennis, swimming, taking photographs and sipping coffee. I live with my boyfriend SML. We spend a lot of time together doing weird things and then wondering if other couples do similar weird things. I think they do, so I've started keeping lists of other people's strange behavior and then rank them by their weirdness.
This website really doesn't serve a purpose other than as a space I can occasionally post pictures and talk about some of the things that are going on in my life. It's not a journal, or a place to vent or take out my frustrations on the innocent people of the Internet. I don't know why I need a domain name to do this, I just do.
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