Been a long time tin dem days

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I often feel like the times I write the least are probably the times when things are going the best. It's an odd phenomenon, but it seems to have happened both in my journal entries and my blogging. Back in March, I was convinced that I wouldn't last more than another year in London. It was Christmas 2006 at the earliest and April 2007 at the latest. You'll probably notice that my entries since then have been few and far between.

To say the least, things have changed quite a bit. London is a whole new world in the summer. The difference in weather, activity, energy, and people's attitudes is so drastic, that I can't possibly explain it. Trust me when I tell you that it's massive.

Since March, I've continued my travel adventures (Prague, Sweeden, San Francisco, North Carolina and Barcelona), moved into a new flat with a buddy from work (Ryan), made some new friends and gotten closer to old friends. On top of that, almost all of my best friends have come to visit (Stacy and Gian...ahem), two of them are living here temporarily and all of this is making me feel at home here in London. I still miss San Francisco, but I don't feel as desperate for it as I did before. Overall, I feel much better about my decision to move over here in the first place. The pictures linked here are a bit of a compilation of some of the good times I've had since I got back from Miami in March. The one above is of JJ and I making love to the camera.

Returning to my old style, I have to send out a big thank you to my friend Marc who has always been an inspiration to me. I may have mentioned this before, but it was a one drink conversation with Marc at my apartment back in April 2005 when I was on the edge of deciding to leave/stay in San Francisco that helped me lean this way. I went through some hard times to get here, and I do have some regrets. But I prefer to look to what could be, and right now, things are looking great. Thanks a ton, Marc.