Catching up with JP II

It's the All Star Break and that means that my job at work should be very easy. My manager asked me to come in a little earlier (still afternoon) to work so I could get out at an hour where bars would still be open and I could meet a friend for a drink or two.

Well, a last minute "crisis" at work and mis-communication left me at work an hour and a half later than I should have been there. It's ok though. The overtime was worth it.

It's been a fun past week. I have been hitting very well in softball and got moved to batting 2nd in our lineup. My bat has been on fire and my fielding has been pretty good too. I am excited for that.

What made my week was this guy Moose texting me. I met him last summer and the night we spent together was pretty awesome. We did not have full on sex but had some fun regardless. Since then we have kept in touch through texting and phone calls.

Well, he text me this past weekend asking me if I was going to be heading to the gay world series this year. I am not. He said, "Well, it would be nice to see you again. You should fly out" The games are in Milwaukee. I'm not gunna fly all the way to Milwaukee for a booty call and to watch softball.

This has led me to a conversation I had with a fellow reader named Jason. Since 2007, I have met some really nice guys. Awesome guys. Running theme has been that I don't live near any of them.

Of the last 5 guys that I met that were decent guys I would have tried to date all of them. All of the guys said they would love to date me; if I lived near them and didn't work nights. Obviously, someone not willing to sacrifice my work schedule to make a relationship work is not worth it.

I know that. It's just frustrating that it's a common theme.

I did, however, meet up with a friend of mine from LA who is back in the NY area. We had a long conversation about life and what I want to do at a diner after getting some drinks on Saturday night. His conclusion is that I should save a bunch of money and move in with him in LA. He has an extra bedroom I could rent out from him and he doesn't mind. We'll see how it goes. The more I think about it the more I need to take a risk.

What's in my future...

I have been debating on writing about this. It happened while I was in Vegas. I had been playing blackjack and was down some money and buzzed off of the Jack Daniels I was drinking. I was walking up to my hotel room when I passed this little alcove.

It was a psychic. I have always wanted to get my fortune read. The only time I have ever done it was on the streets of New York while my then girlfriend was with me. The psychic said she saw me and my girlfriend getting married but I needed to go to her private office to have my energy cleansed from the devil. Needless to say I have not seen one since that time.

I was intrigued. Also tipsey. I decided to go in and say hi.

I paid my fee and off we went.

First she talked about work. She said that I am very focused on work and that she sees me on the phone at work but that I do not work in sales. Correct.

I nodded my head yes. She asked me not to tell her anything about myself except my birthday and to only give her YES or NO questions.

What was interesting is what she said next. She said she sees me signing papers in December and that I will be changing focus in December. I would be staying within the same company but in a different area.

If I were to get this fellowship, where the final interviews are in December, I would be staying with the same Company but living in LA. Interesting. She said that I am a creative guy and that what I am doing right now is not what I want to do. Ok, genaric.

She did say that she see's a life change in December/January which is when I would be moving if I got this fellowship.

She moved on to my love life. She said that I was single and have been for a while. She interrupted the love section and said, "I feel that you hate your midsection and have been doing a lot of running lately. I see you wearing an iPod. It somehow tracks your running." My mouth dropped. She told me to keep the running up and it will help me reach my goal. It's great meditation for me, which she mentioned.

She then talked about my love life. Yes I am single. She started looking strangely at the tarrot cards. She said, "I see you meeting someone with dark hair in August." She paused, then looked at me.

"You're gay. right?"

Now, I don't exactly come off feminine. That she got that right blew me away. She said that because she was picking up a very masculine energy with dark hair.

Apparently I will meet a guy in August, who I do not know right now, who I will date for 2 years. We will break up and I will then date someone I already know who has blondish hair for 10 years.

After this was over I wrote a bunch of it down in my written journal. I had been debating on writing it here but decided that I wanted to just in case any of this comes true. Starting August 1 I want to go see another psychic and see what they have to say.

That dancer from Jimmy Fallon...

Jimmy Fallon was in repeats tonight and I remembered the episode. When I first saw the episode he was trying to get guys to do a dance to a song he created. He asked two members of the audience to come down and try and create a catchy dance to the beat.

The first one was just BAD. The second was awesome. Turns out he was a ringer and professional dancer.

The ringer was really hot. With only a few minutes at work to kill I decided to try and find him using Google. SUCCESS!
He's 22 years old and from Los Angeles. He's also about 5'8". He's fun to look at though.

Application sent...

Over the last year I have been trying to figure out what the hell I really want to do with my life. I have talked about numerous times on here that i want to write for TV.

Well, good news... I sent my Writing Fellowship application out last week.

I had to write an episode of a television show currently in production. I chose How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM). It's one of the funniest shows out there. I wrote about 5 drafts of the script before my friend Lisa took a look at it and gave me some notes and edits to make. I also had to write a biography which was about a paragraph and a Statement of Interest. 

After I finished I had posted on Facebook that I had finished my script. A friend of mine called me and asked what was up with it. We got to talking and it turns out she has a friend that used to work on HIMYM. She put me in touch with him and after chatting with him for a little bit he asked to read my script. I asked him to give me as much feedback as possible. He sent me an e-mail yesterday morning and said this..

"I think you really nailed the tone of the show. Pacing was strong, dialogue was right where it needed to be (Robin and Barney in particular), and the plot -- while wacky -- was perfectly in line with the kind of things that HIMYM have done to great success in the past. Likewise a big fan of some of the gags you worked in. All in all it was a an easy and entertaining read -- it "felt" like a HIMYM.

It was well-researched, funny, and definitely one of the strongest specs I’ve seen from someone not currently drawing a paycheck as a pro."

Not only did that make my day, it has given me a really big confidence boost. Now I have to figure out what the hell I am going to do to make this happen. 

Kings

I had some questions as to why I posted a picture of Sebastian Stan on my "Fin" post.

Well, Kings which is finishing out it's run on NBC is just excellent. It's too bad that no one is watching the show. It's so well written.

The latest episode, deals with a blackout in the city of Gilboa. The princess sneaks off with her latest love, David. Prince Jack, who is in the closet, reaches out to Joseph, his lover.

There is an adorable scene where they hold hands walking down the street.

This show has so much potential. I really wish it would come back for a second season. Too bad we won't have a Jericho like come back.

Laid

I was talking with another former blogger bud today about how his weekend was. He lives out in LA and was talking about his sorta boyfriend and how he hopes to see him later this week and get laid.

I started thinking... I haven't got laid since September. Sigh. It's really not THAT big of a deal. There have been other "activities" I have partaken in but I just have not had full on intercourse.

Some people see oral sex as sex/getting laid/hooking up. Getting laid is full on insertion of your penis into an ass. A blow job is just a blow job.

Plus I should be focused on where my career is going. More on that later.

Fin

I am finished with my script I have been working on since April. I started writing a "spec script" based on the CBS show How I Met Your Mother. I love the show and think it's hilarious.

I have sent my finished copy to a few friends who have English degrees and one who works in TV. They have all loved it. One who is an English professor at a Community College (you gotta start somewhere) told me, "I was not expecting much when you sent it to me. Boy did you prove me wrong. You have talent!"

It feels really good to get feedback from friends. I kept asking them if they were blowing smoke up my ass. They were not. I have to finish up a few random parts of the application but it looks like I will send it out completed on Friday!!!

I now will start work on 30 Rock or something original that I have been plotting in the back of my mind for a while. Stay tuned.

One show that I loved this year was Kings on NBC. I really wish that NBC hadn't fucked it up with a time slot. I was thinking of writing a spec based on the show but since it's a one and done show I don't know how agents would respond with that. Stay tuned.

Viva Las Vegas

I have returned from Sin City. Let me tell you something it was awesome to get away from everything for a few days and just not worry about anything. All I had to worry about was what I was going to do that night and even that was taken care of for me.

I flew to Vegas to see one of my best friends who was working out there at a film festival. What was nice about the trip was that I was able to crash in his room and chill out during the day at the hotel... for free. Well, I bought him dinner one night.

Most of my days were spent by the pool. I would walk to strip after I woke up... then head to the pool for about 5 hours. I laid in the sun, drank in the pool and just watched the eye candy go by. If you ever get a chance to go to Vegas and can stay at the Palms. DO IT.

1. There were so many hot guys just hanging around the pool. Most of them were guidos. I am into that meat head/cocky thing. I don't know why... it might stem back to most of the guys I hung out with played football and were that way.

The casino and resort has just a younger vibe to it. I saw a few adults try and come out and lay by the pool only to leave after a few minutes. There is a DJ out there blasting music. Weekdays it was mostly pop, rock and rap mix. Weekends especially Fridays it felt like a club, but outside and everyone was pretty much naked.

2. Ditch Fridays. This is a promotion that The Palms does. If you stay at the hotel, you get in no questions asked. Otherwise you have to be on a list. This is where you will see some of the hottest bodies in Vegas. Plus the people with not so great bodies watching those with the rockin bodies.



This was not taken by the pool but you get the idea. I pretty much spent my days in the sun watching hot guys walk by. Thank god I had my sunglasses.

Now, Ditch Fridays have become something of a circus. When you come downstairs in the hotel there are bouncers near the entrance. They have a line of people waiting to see if they made the list and another spot for hotel guests to just walk in.

I got into Ditch and it was a fucking circus. The ladies at the pool were pretty much skanky strippers wearing strings. The guys... well I saw some of the hottest guys around the pool. Hot, trim bods. What I don't understand is why all the guys shaved their bodies and then wore a suit too big for them. I mean, I am not complaining but these guys had their swim suits pretty much wide open with the base of their cocks hanging out.

I was with my buddy who had been there for a few days and we started talking with the Miller Lite girls. Ditch gets very crazy on certain Fridays. This was a "tame" Friday. One of the girls had seen full on fucking in the pool and hot tub while everyone just watched. Crazy.

Now, one thing that everyone has asked me (excluding people I work with and my parents) "Did you get laid?" I did not.

I mean... It's kinda sad that I didn't. But I had a good time regardless. I got into some great parties and drank Grey Goose all night for free every night I was there.

I partied at Rain for free and got to hear DJ AM spin for free. He blew my mind away with what he did with his mixes.

I had a good time. I really did. I got to spend time with one of my best friends. Thats what counted for me.

Not the $300 I lost in roulette.

Vegas...

I am in need of a vacation. I don't know if it's a good place to go to relax but I could not turn down a free hotel room in Las Vegas.

A buddy of mine is out there for work and has a free hotel room all to himself. He asked me if I wanted to join him while he was out there and I said yes.

I fly out of JFK on Wednesday and can't wait to get out of the state for a few days and just forget about life and work.

I plan on finishing up my script while I am out there.

Did you just laugh reading that last statement? I did on the inside. My plan is to relax during the day and get some writing done by the pool of the resort I am staying at. The last time I was out there I stayed at The Palms and it was to just party my face off. Which I did.



The guy I am staying with, a fraternity brother of mine, is also a writer and has been helping me with characters in my spec script. All in all my plan is to just relax during the day and party it up at night. Possibly play some blackjack while I am out there. I am terrible at everything else.

All I know is that tomorrow will be one of the longest days of work EVER. It always is right before you go on vacation.

Where Amazing Happens

This is the tag line to the NBA Playoffs right now. My amazing is something different. I really don't give a fuck about guys right now.

I have used this outlet to vent my frustrations about men, dating and everything in between. I have had some interests but that was over a year ago.

Over the last few weeks I have been working on an application to a Fellowship program based out of LA. It's consumed ever inch of my being the last few weeks. I lost myself in the world I created for this one, 22 minute sitcom. After I put everything together I took a look at what I had written. Made changes and sent it to my a friend I know and trust who is a writer.

"JP- I am a huge fan of the show. I laughed my ass off reading this thing"

This was the first response of many.

"wow... really great!!! some of the lines are so spot on that i had to read them a few times and think... did they actually say that on an episode already?! I am very impressed.."

Seeing if they were blowing smoke up my ass I sent it to a friend of mine who I know is just very negative. He even loved it. Well, he started with running commentary on AIM... I told him to finish the whole thing then get back to me. 20 minutes later he said he laughed out loud the entire way though.

Either way, the responses I have been getting from friends who read it love it. I just hope the judges love it as much as my friends who have read it do.

Other than focusing on what I have been writing there isn't much to report to the blog.

Life has been pretty boring.

Good News

Since my "memo" I have some good news from one of my friends. I was his wing man this past weekend. Turns out that the guy he wanted, Jay, had also spotted Anthony from across the room as well.

All I did was say hi and introduce him to my friend and walk away.

Well, I heard last night that they have been talking on the phone almost every day and have a date lined up for tomorrow.

I'm really happy for him! I really hope this works out.

Memo

TO: mylife@jp's-life.com
CC: karma@jp's-life.com
CC: god@thePopeisDope.net
CC: dignity@jp's-life.com
CC: fate@life.earth.com
BCC: Coke.Habit@steve's-life.com
Subject: RE; Saturday Night
Date: Monday June 1, 2009
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Dear Life-

This memo is in regards to the events of Saturday night into Sunday morning. First, let me thank Karma and Life for all of your hard work in securing employment for the next few months. A steady paycheck is needed to stay on our 2009 Goals. However, the events of Saturday need to be touched upon before moving forward.

Saturday started out great. You really didn't let me get too drunk on Friday night and rewarded me with an excellent screening of the movie, "The Room" (please refer to new blog post for more on this.) I had a great time with my two friends I haven't seen in a while and laughed my ass off.

Please remind me to bring business cards with me wherever I go for "professional type" situations. Even if I am wearing a tshirt and having some strong herb passed my way by a cast member of SNL.

Life delivered some beautiful weather on Saturday. This let me unwind on my fraternity brothers roof deck most of the afternoon. Work on my tan and catch up on bullshitting with a great friend. Those are the perfect types of afternoons that should be re-created more often. Sans roof tops and substitute other locations. Physical activity (ie running, swimming, boating etc) will be greatly appreciated.

Karma really paid off with the traffic lights walking from 34th street up Broadway to go to softball happy hour. My teammates were in a great mood, enjoyed themselves and really had a good time. Life and Karma really pitched in together to deliver Steve. A friend of a friend.

He is cute, athletic and has an amazing personality. Kudos to his team for helping him come out a few months ago and deliver him to the Homosexual Division.

However, an Eagles fan from Philly? Really? That does not conform to my usual standards but will be over looked in light of the rest of Saturday night. The constant, "I just want to do some blow and have some guy suck my dick tonight" comments were a little too much.

At this juncture I would like to address what happened at the bar after dinner. I think that my act as a wing man not once but twice really gave me points on Saturday night. I hooked a friend up with a really cute guy because my friend is shy and I would like to see him find a really nice guy, unlike his ex.

I also, despite being attracted to Steve, hooked him up with two different guys.

When this happens, a man should be sent my way. Please communicate this to Fate and Coincidence ASAP. In this current economic climate I can't have Life, Karma, Fate and Coincidence not working together to meet the common goal of getting me laid or finding me a boyfriend.

Monday afternoon we will all be meeting to discuss how to go about having a better weekend in this regard. Otherwise we had a great weekend.

All the best;

JP

PS- Thank you for working with Billy's team on getting him to the bar on Saturday. Even if it was for only a few hours.

Alternate History

I think everyone asks at one point in their lives, "How would my life be different if..."

I asked that question a few months ago when talking with a bunch of friends. How would my life be different if I had moved out to LA to take that studio job? Well, the guy who took it ultimately lost the position due to the writers strike and is currently in Boston trying to find a steady gig.

What if I had made a move on this girl in high school that I was crazy about (she was kinda mannish-soccer playing kinda girl)Would I be married right now and not have this blog? Possibly have a blog about being married and in the closet?

These questions have always intrigued me. Various scientists believe that we are always creating "new timelines" with every choice we make.

I had a dream last night that was just like an alternate reality. I'm sure some of you have had dreams like that. Where everything is familiar and yet different in some ways?

Maybe it's the Land of the Lost trailers I have been seeing? That episode of Sliders I caught late night while trying to fall asleep where the Jets won a Super Bowl over the 49ers.

A few weeks ago I was watching the finale of "Fringe" on FOX. If you ahven't seen the show, I highly recommend watching it. It's a JJ Abrams show that deals with Alternate Realities and "Fringe Science" like teleportation, dark matter and the like. It's almost like the XFiles. Check it out on Hulu.

***SPOILERS***

In the finale of the show, the main character Olivia is trying to get a meeting with the head of Massive Dynamic. A tech company that is behind a lot of research that may give her a lead on a case she is working.

She is told to meet William Bell at this restaurant. He never shows. As she is leaving she gets in the elevator and after a few bright flashes.. well... check it out...



A friend and I were talking about the show and he turned me on to a series of books about the Civil War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline-191

Harry Turtledove does a "What if..." and writes about an alternate America where the North is defeated in the Civil War. There are two Americas. The Union and Confederacy. His series of books goes beyond the Civil War and up through World War 2. I have started reading them and I enjoy it.

A bit of a different type of entry for JP today. I would love to write a what if novel... maybe even a TV Series... seems JJ Abrams is beating me to it though.

Scary Night

I barely talk about work on here anymore. I really need to talk about what happened last night.

A few months ago I was switched back to the night shift because of the loss of someone in my department moving to our LA Facility. No big deal. Instead of 5am-2pm I am working 4pm-1am.

I was asked to come in later last night to help cover the desk because of the way our late shows were arranged. So I did my normal schedule of waking up, going for a run, making food and then took some of the extra time I had to work on a script I have been writing.

I got to my desk a little before 6pm and noticed that my manager and coordinating producer were waiting for me at my desk. I put my bag down and had my CP tell me to follow him into our Senior CPs office.

We walk in, they shut the door.

I am shitting myself at this point. Trying to figure out what is going on. I have a colleague sitting next to me who has this confused look on his face.

My senior producer starts off the meeting with..."The company decided to lay of X amount of people today"

My heart sank.

She went on about how the company studied what was going on and projected through 2010.. yadda yadda yadda... the entire time she left out the fact that my job was safe. When she told me I was overcome with joy but then she mentioned some of the people who were laid off. People I know. Friends of mine.

She then dropped a bomb on us. Up until Monday my immediate area that has about 19 people in it would have lost 7 or so. The argument that I do a highly specialized job that requires a lot of training left them keeping our job safe. Plus, we have saved the company over a million dollars since January.

The meeting ended and I texted my friend who had been let go to see if she was ok. She was. She had cleaned out her apartment and started to drive to another city hoping to find work.

It's a wake up call that no one is safe right now. I'm happy that I have job. I also realize that I should start thinking of a backup plan if I get laid off in the future.

Glee!

I first saw the preview for this show a few months ago and was really excited about it. The show is a little bit of Sister Act 2 and Mighty Ducks rolled into one.

Pictured above is "Finn Hudson" (great porn name by the way) He's the star quarterback of the school and has a secret passion for singing. He joins the Glee Club without his buddies knowing and ends up really enjoying himself and rocking out to an awesome arrangement of "Don't Stop Believing"

I have no shame in saying that I was in choir in high school. I was an All State singer! I really like the elements of show. Underdogs versus the popular kids. Rocking out on stage with other "theater geeks". I highly recommend the show. Plus there are some scenes in the locker room with some shirtless guys.

Boyfriends

Spring has sprung! Summer is almost here and you know that it's here because of one reason. Someone you know just got into a relationship or they are breaking up.

This is just an observation from someone who is pretty bitter and observing.

Case 1: The break up

My fraternity brother Phil has been dating this girl for about 2 years. He is heads over heels in love with her. Most of his friends don't really like her. She is a year younger than him and just graduated from a 5 year program with her masters. She told him that she wanted to take a break.

They still talk and text but she wants the option open for her to go off and hook up with other guys. I told him that it's bullshit that she would do that to you. I gave him advice and then he asked me for the honest truth of what I thought. I think I broke the kids heart.

Most of the time when someone in the relationship says "I want to take a break" more often than not the relationship has only a few weeks left. It's just a way of dragging out the process.

Case 2: Come out, get a bf.

A reader of the blog who I will call "Charlie" contacted me a few months ago. Really awesome guy. Similar situation to me while I was in college. He's gay, sort of in the closet and in a fraternity.

As our conversations went on I could feel what he was going through. I went through it. I hadn't heard from him in a few weeks. Until tonight. He IMed me to tell me that he had awesome news: He came out to his friends and now has a boyfriend.

Why does this happen to pretty much everyone else except me?! Well, Charlie went off to a leadership conference and met this guy. He opened up to him and they had a lot in common and is now seeing him.

I don't know what the deal with all of this is but I want to catch the spring fever. Last spring I caught it and the guy and I ended up not really getting along after a week or two. No big deal. Just wish my time would come.

Great Weekend

I haven't had this busy of a weekend in a while. It all started Friday with heading into NYC with a few buddies from college for a "Guys Night out" A friend of mine has a place on 34th street and we drank on his roof deck. he has some great views of the city there.

After we decided to head to Brother Jimmys to start the night. Well, from there it gets blurry. We were all dancing and shooting the shit and just having a great time. I woke up the next morning with an enormous hangover.

Saturday was a big day for me and my family. My sister got engaged! Her fiance is an awesome guy. I spent most of Saturday with family eating and drinking some more.

It was a fun and crazy weekend. Now it's back to reality and back to running and working out.

I'm on a Boat...

This is one of my favorite songs right now

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Running my ass off...

Just as the title says... I have been running my ass off.

A couple months ago I bought Nike+ and have been running with it. I also did an experiment with P90X. I decided to spend a few more weeks with running and lifting before diving back into p90x.

I want to do a lot of cardio. I want to run a 5k in a few weeks and then hit up a half marathon in October. I talked with my P90 coach and he said to give running a try in the morning and then use my "dinner break" at work to do most of the work out. I would need 90 minutes but only get 60 for my break. I am still trying to work it out.

I have been doing some distance running. My times have improved tremendously.

March 18, 2009
2 miles
32:15 total
16:11 per mile

I was out of shape and just getting back into running. No big deal. I think I did this on a tredmill too. I forget.

March 19, 2009
2.73 miles
30:09 total
11:03 per mile

I am getting better...

March 25, 2009
4.32 miles
41:20 total
9:32 per mile

This blew me away.... My stats just kept getting better and better... here is what I did today... err yesterday... I hate working nights because this is still considered today...

March 12 2009
5 miles
43:23 total
9:13 per mile
841 calories burned

It feels awesome. What makes it even cooler is that training with a goal in mind helps keep you motivated. My motivation is to kick ass in a 5k and impress myself with my half marathon numbers.

Overall... I am on a great pace for summer... get it... pace!?

What an amazing weekend. First and foremost, I saw Star Trek on Friday after having a lovely dinner with my friend Lisa. The movie blew my mind. If you aren’t a fan of the franchise, don’t worry… you will love this movie.

Fridays seem to be my dinner and a movie night with my ladies. Its great though. After the movie was done and stopped in downtown New Haven to see some buddies for beers and ended up staying up until 4am drinking out of a keg and making hamburgers with 3 guys from college.

Saturday was Softball Day. I have been on FIRE as of late. I went 6 for 6 in both games and seem to be hitting the ball very solid.

During our 1^st game, I realized that I had crushes on about 80% of the other team. Majority of the guys are super hot. By crushes I meant that the guys are really good looking.

After we were done with the game I grabbed some dinner with our manager. Over dinner at this BBQ place he talked about whenever we hung out he always had a good time. He also loved that I liked to go up to random guys and say hi to them. He wanted to change that and be able to talk to other people besides the people he would know at bars.

I told him that we were going to meet random guys that night and have some fun talking with them.

We went to GYM first. Hoping to bump into some of the other guys from teams. We did and I saw my favorite bartender. I bought the first round of drinks. When it came for a third I leaned into the bar and ordered. I heard a voice next to me say, "That sounds amazing" to my Jack & Ginger drink.

A slim faced guy stared back at me and smiled. I decided to turn up the charm.What followed was an awesome night of conversation witha 24 year old swimmer who "just moved up to NY" from Florida. He was really tall too. When I started talking to him, he was sitting down. When he stood up I could not believe it.

As the night came to a close, he asked me for my phone number. He told me that he would want to get to know me better if I lived in NY.

He was cute and it was fun talking with him. I knew that it would not go anywhere after that.

Overall it was a fun weekend.