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Just Howie

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

As I grow older, I learn that there aren't many people in life that you can truly depend upon, and we should treat those we do have as if they were gold.Want to know me? I value honesty (even if you think it isn't what I want to hear; especially if you think it is what I NEED to hear), responsibility (make a committment, keep a committment), true friendship (it isn't always convenient, but it IS amazing to find), and security (not the transient kind that comes from money and things, but the enduring type that can only be found in people and ourselves).I like the beach when it is overcast, summer when the rain is pouring down and it is warm enough to just be in it, theatre when it is visionary, wandering NYC aimlessely and being surprised at the new things I find in old places, bad karaoke sung by funny people, reading books - good, bad or ugly, cooking and making something fabulous out of whatever happens to be in the kitchen, writing essays and plays that only I will read, LOGO because sometimes I feel like I actually exist, LIT's when they re made with not a lot of sour mix, and going to Marie's Crisis perching on a stool and singing along with the crowd instead of being a soloist.AIM me at AllTooTruth anytime and we'll chat.Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

CHANNING TATUM!!!! He's gorgeous.Otherwise, I think I may have found the people I need in my life right now. The ones who create that safe space where, even when things aren't going so smoothly, you know they will again soon.I am an ever-changing being like the ocean (it's a metaphysical Piscean thing), so you have to be interested in figuring me out. Hold my attention with wit and humor, and you have my heart. Listen as much as you talk. Cry as much as you scream. Give what you take. Need and be needed. Care.

Music:

Wide range from Bizet's Carmen through Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway. If it is quality, I will hear it. I like it when my friends introduce me to something or someone new. Always classic is my friend Michelle Citrin. Find out for yourself at http://michellecitrin.com/Spinning now: Everything on my MP3 Player especially "Anytime" from Elegies... and "I Am Changing" from Dreamgirls.

Movies:

I enjoy random movies from cheesy teen fare to foreign indie films. Again, the wonderful people at Netflix.com have given me more to watch...and no this isn't an advertisement. I most recently saw Shortbus. After all the hype about how pornographic it was (an yes there are a lot of scenes of actual sex being had not fake movie sex), I was hoping the content of the story would pull me in more than it did to validate the sex. Eh.

Television:

I am now obssessed with two shows this season.... Jericho on CBS and Heroes on NBC. If you have yet to do so, check them both out. I think you can still see the complete first season of both on their respective websites.

You Are Most Like Carrie!

You're quirky, flirty, and every guy's perfect first date.
But can the guy in question live up to your romantic ideal?
It's tough for you to find the right match - you're more than a little picky.
Never fear... You've got a great group of friends and a great closet of clothes, no matter what!

Romantic prediction: You'll fall for someone this year...
Totally different from any guy you've dated.

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Books:

Currently reading nothing.... I went through all the books I had. Just finsihed reading Christopher Moore's A Dirty Job. Loved it and now I need tp pick up some more of his stuff. It is amazing. The Color Purple is my all-time, I-can-read-it-a-hundred-times favorite. Give me something new to read!

Heroes:

Grace Bumbry, Todd Duncan, William Warfield & Leontyne Price (successful black opera singers in a traditionally exclusive field), Cleve Jones (founder of The NAMES Project), Howard Francis Whitmore (my father), Mary Ellen Whitmore (my mother... for all her faults and foibles and our conflicts, she made me become who I am)

My Blog

I Quit

There was a time when I would go walking backwards'Round the world if you said you're mineAnd I'd run blindfold down theKings Road Monday morningIf you'd just for once arrive on timeBut you turned int...
Posted by Just Howie on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:39:00 PST

Now you know...

If you ever wonder what you're worth to people, don't answer your phone for a few days (or be unable to do so), and see what they think about you. That's all.
Posted by Just Howie on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:16:00 PST

Friendship

Hey everyone who reads these things.  I just wanted to let you know that, in no small part due to all of you, I am happy again. I was going through a very rough patch of self-doubt and even doubt...
Posted by Just Howie on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:04:00 PST

I am tired of "friends"

ditch       (dich)  Pronunciation Key  ditched, ditch·ing, ditch·es Slang 1.To get rid of; discard 2. To get away from (a person, especially a companion). Look...
Posted by Just Howie on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:25:00 PST

I'm interesting?

I've been tagged....So now I have to list 8 weird or random things about me, then tag 8 other people by writing "You've been tagged" on their comment page.  Then they have to do the same.  ...
Posted by Just Howie on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:34:00 PST

Morning after

First off, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! Now that's out of the way, I just want to say that I have some amazing (and determined) friends in my life who made last night's snow-out birthday amazing fun. ...
Posted by Just Howie on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:00:00 PST

Follow up to my CHOICE issue

If the American Psychological Association says it isn't so, then I think I can deal with the mindless idiocy of people who work at a bar. http://www.apa.org/topics/orientation.html#choice Is Sexual Or...
Posted by Just Howie on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:19:00 PST

Why Would I Choose This?

Yesterday at work, I had to deal with a most idiotic conversation about how being gay is a choice you make it isn't how you're born.  Now, as the only homosexual there and fully aware of it being...
Posted by Just Howie on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:38:00 PST

Ooohh, that was a bad audition.

So, as some of you know, I auditioned for The Color Purple on Tuesday morning.  It was for future Broadway replacements and national tours.  After my audition, I can confidently say there's ...
Posted by Just Howie on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:00:00 PST

I hate being sick

I have had this damn cold for like 3 days now and I am tired of blowing my nose, coughing, not sleeping, but always being tired.  I am the worst sick person EVER!!!  I just want to be well a...
Posted by Just Howie on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:32:00 PST