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About Me

Being frequently afflicted by what can only be described as "wanderlust", I have found myself traveling to a number of different places and being driven by a number of ecclectic (conflicting?) passions. Here's an at-a-glance Derek travelography: I was born in Eau Claire, WI. Grew up in Chaska, MN. Graduated from high school in Elbow Lake, MN. I spent my college years at Luther College in Decorah, IA and the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland, spending summers in west central Minnesota or Minneapolis, whoring myself out as a director or musical director for community theatres. I graduated from Luther in 2004 with a B.A. in Psychology and Musical Theatre. I was intending on moving back to Scotland after graduation, but was offered a full-time job as an HIV Community Educator and HIV Testing Counselor at the Minnesota AIDS Project in Minneapolis... hard to pass that up, eh? And after nearly two years at MAP, I got an offer to do more comprehensive sexual health work with the HIM Program of the Red Door Clinic, and life is much more fast-paced and very good. Let's see, what else would be good to know? I do dudes. That's probably good to know. I sing in the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, the small group OutLoud!, play softball with the Biohazards and Blizzard teams in the TCGSL, and am a freelance photographer. I have a (some say unhealthy) deep-rooted love for lesbians (I'm fairly certain I was a 1950's lipstick lesbian last time round...). I think it might be linked to my strange attraction to jeeps. I've recently moved to Seattle, WA to attend medical school at the University of Washington!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I think this section is best illustrated through the delightful words of my dearest Anne Tainor...

"she threw herself eagerly into the paths of unsuitable men..."

Bring it on.

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My Blog

potential energy

"I love you." it's always strange, preparing to be direct with someone about a particular thought, an idea, a chance. there is a power inherent in words, in proding that elephant everyone seems to ign...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:27:00 GMT

moments in the woods

moments of undeniable ennui.this constant play between polar experiences seems to be the breathing, pulsing, gyrating, scintillating, driving force behind the motion of my life and the lives of everyo...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:24:00 GMT

...like pissing in a urinal

yep, amidst a plethora of colorful yet insightful metaphors my friend used today at the gym (partially inspired by one hell of a bad day working with, dare I say it, kids), this one really caught my e...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:05:00 GMT

this guy must be pretty amazing

an unsent letter from last night. I tried. I tried talking to you over coffee tonight without thinking about how your eyes painted my vision in blue; wide, sweeping strokes of deep, vivid color. ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:58:00 GMT

dare dream

well, that was fast. events come crashing in with the fury of storms, the hammer-blows of giants, the pealing of thunder. and unlike any lightning I have ever seen, his smile pierced the night like st...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:43:00 GMT

last night

last night I was hoping last night I was fine last night I was weightless last night I was mine last night I was fearless last night I was due last night I was dancing last night I was dancing with yo...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:33:00 GMT

a place to pray

I forgot how much I loved sitting in a coffee shop and listening to a dude with his heart on his guitar strings, strumming away. it seems like I've taken a week or so off from writing... it always fel...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:18:00 GMT

none

I found out last night that my frieng Gregg killed himself. there was no warning, no reason. I don't know how to process this. there are no words.
Posted by on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:04:00 GMT

an open letter

to all you fabulous kiddos who make each day working in HIV prevention and services truly a unique experience: you can't get AIDS from... rug burns. taking a bath with a used condom. being born t...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:57:00 GMT

aidsline quotes o' the day

every so often it occurs to me to thank the cosmos for somehow managing to maneuver me into one of the strangest and most entertaining work environments I've ever had. or may ever have. a place where ...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:59:00 GMT