Hey all.

First of all... thanks for the emails and phone calls wishing me a Happy Birthday. It was my birthday, and I was happy all day, so your wishes were granted. Yay.

So I went to Austin last night to attend a Webloggers meeting. This is not to be confused with the Online Journalers group I hang with in Austin. This is an entirely different group. I was looking at my busy calendar, and decided I needed yet ANOTHER set of friends.

So last night, I spent my birthday with some of the geekiest guys I've seen this side of computer-science grad school. It was really cool, though, because they were talking about some DEEP technological shit, and I followed the conversation word-for-word, and never ever said to myself, "what the FUCK is he talking about?"

I constantly amaze myself with the depth and breadth of my knowledge. I know that sounds assholian, but yesterday was my birthday, so indulge me a bit.

Seriously. I am able to analyze and solve problems and figure out things that nobody else has been able to figure out. I'm good at troubleshooting, logisitics, and strategic planning.

Am I the smartest person in the world? Hell no. Haven't you seen my spelling?

Wow! Topic? Did I ever really HAVE one in this entry? No? I didn't think so. Um... oh yeah. The gathering of Webloggers.

Um... a couple of them were cute, but I don't who is and who isn't gay. I can't tell from reading their sites. My gaydar fails me in Austin sometimes because everyone is just so totally COOL and the men don't feel like they have to conform to gender roles and stuff like that. Or something.

So life, my friends, is good. I am currently content. Makes for a boring journal entry, but don't despair... something will piss me off soon!

These meetups keep getting better and better. I was glad you could give us some perspective from the journal-writers and for your tips on MT problems...

"who is and who isn't gay"

Tough call. I know that at least a couple of the boys there were married or have been married in the past... but I guess that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Perhaps an afternoon reading entire archives of blog posts might provide more clues? Who has that kind of time?

"men don't feel like they have to conform to gender roles"

I've been feeling awfully self-conscious over my new bag... I was really into shopping for it and even asked myself, "What color will go with most outfits, but isn't so drab?" The way I have to sling it across my chest makes me feel oh-so-femme. So, yes, I'm a man, and, yes,I have a purse... but I'm really liking it!!!

Ha! Well, the oldest phart in the bunch (my own self) is straight, buy my gaydar's outta kilter, too. But we could wear badges next time:

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