Current location:	Room 429
Current mood:	contemplative
Current music:	Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (BTL)
Entry tags:	comics, dueling analogs, family, food, gay life, thoughts, work

00491: Long Distance
I just got home from a night out with Auntie Emma, Uncle Ding and his niece and nephew. As I sit here at the computer, for the life of me I can't remember their names. Boo me. We all had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen were Auntie Emma insisted they had the best tiramisu she had ever tasted. I had to admit, it was pretty good indeed. After that we walked around the new Americana complex and I snapped a few photos here and there.

Today was pretty good. Still a light day considering there's not so much for me and Cathy to do specifically since the next classes that we'll be handling all start next week. For the most part it gave me time to catch up on email, chat with folks back at our Makati and QC offices and of course exchange messages with Brian |kitchengod| about how things are going and possible plans for when I eventually come up. The third quarter of the year has always been especially meaningful for us since our anniversary is in July, my birthday is in August and his is in September. There's also the day I left home, which is technically in the second quarter since it's in June, but then that's besides the point. What matters is a lot of our major events or dates in terms of our joint lives tend to be within the next few months. That always gives us a lot to talk about.

I've always been skeptical about how long distance relationships are really supposed to work and have had to learn a little about it with this experience. It sucks to be on the other side of the work from where the man you love is and despite the wonders of technology, they can only do so much to keep things going. I'm not saying things aren't going well or anything silly like that - it's just that it's hard to be apart and there's not much that can make it easier. At the same time, you can't help but see all the pretty baubles around, if you get my drift, and thankfully despite every desire to try and touch them, both my common sense and my own introverted nature work together to keep me faithful, for lack of a better term. Ugh, that was a very long sentence, now wasn't it?

In terms of work, I live from week to week or sometimes day to day even. Despite all that, I keep in mind that in the longer term, I'm inevitable coming home. I wonder, at times, how things are going to be like when I get back to Manila. Who knows how much some things might change.

Oh yeah, the tears on Unicron's face really clinch it for me. =P