VirtualExile

I'm getting a much later start than usual.  First, T didn't leave until after 2pm -- second, I took a nap until 4:30pm -- third, I had to cut my hair --

But I'm glad I took a nap and cut my hair, the nap was wonderful :-)  Another example of how my sleep pattern is all over the place now.

So I wasn't settled and ready to warm up my butt until after 6pm.  But it's a Saturday night and I don't have to go anywhere or do anything tomorrow, except perhaps shovel snow in the afternoon.  Perhaps the nap plus some decaf will have me able to stay up past midnight :-)

Strange how I can think that "only" four hours of buttplay time might not be enough, heh.  I will allow myself to purchase one new toy for the house after this play session, if I feel I'm missing any of the toys at the condo.

Oh, I left the frozen keys at the condo!  So I'm locked without access to the keys, unless I drive downtown.  But I'm probably driving downtown again on Monday, for Maids Day.

When I got back to the house, no T and no Dax -- it was very quiet.  They were on a hike.  In the group chat T sounded grumpy at me and/or B, so I started feeling anxious.  But he got over his texting grump by the time he returned, and we had a pleasant lunch together -- I had another vegetarian meal, trying to do more veggie stuff for delivery meals.

House to Self! :-)

Condo!  I love this place!!  I'm so thankful that K allows me to maintain this condo for our continued use!!!  I hope to host K and many other fellas here After the Vaccine!!!!

When I got here I stretched and foam rolled, after easily finding free parking for the weekend -- the best part of COVID-19 is that nobody else is coming downtown for the holidays LOL.  There was that one time that parking was literally impossible on NYE ...  Been warming up my butt and testing some new tech configurations (monitoring the fans on K's laptop, hard wiring some equipment to the new router).

I have a new favorite porn star and I'm watching him in multiple videos on multiple screens (Zak Bishop).  Turns out I've had one of his videos on my hard drive for 4 years but now I'm suddenly really digging on him.  It helps that he's in videos with some of my other favorite stars, wow, wowowowow :o)

Gay Porn is the best part of capitalism, heh.  But I'd give it up for socialism.  What would socialist porn look like?  If PBS did porn ... hopefully they'd put me in charge of it, Minister of Porn.

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What role should porn play in a socialist society?  LOL, I'm not sure I want to write this essay right now.  Maybe tomorrow.  Maybe later after I'm more intoxicated, heh.

If I'd known, I probably wouldn't have revealed the card yet, heh.

OK, another night to self!  This means today is Condo Cleaning Day.  And I'll have to pick something to watch on the TV.

I don't think I've had 72 hours to self since before Quarantine, I don't think so, I've always felt the need to share condo time with K, and to respect T's need for companionship during Quarantine ... and even then ... before Quarantine T hadn't traveled anywhere in a while, and when he did travel I'd have people over to the house every few days ... was it Moogfest 2019?  I think that was a three-night stay for me in Durham.  Yes, my calendar confirms, that was a three-night stay, all by myself!  18 months ago.  I tried to hookup with some local fellas, though, LOL.  And that was during the short period when Sir Brandon was my surprise keyholder, before he realized he was too busy to devote a proper amount of time to the job, so we were in touch.  And I was at a multi-day multi-venue concert event!  I didn't just stay indoors with myself, even if I was there on my own.  I danced with a guy, I remember, just barely touching him ... just barely ... I'm pretty sure he was even more high than I was ;-)

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I talked for years about taking a long weekend by myself to the mountains, and never got around to it.  This is the next best thing, I guess.  A long weekend at the condo during Quarantine.  Sort of like being in the mountains, because no socializing.

I still need to meditate today, I'll do that after posting this entry.

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Today begins the process of Bug trying to make the condo feel like my own place, although without unduly disturbing K's stuff.  He left the place fully furnished and fully functional, as he plans to return from time to time.  We've got Internet, dishes, towels, toiletries, etc.  Some of his excellent & expensive decorations remain, and I won't touch any of those.  He left a bunch of his clothes, so I'll never have to go outside naked or cold LOL, although he's generally a size smaller than I am.  He did swap the bed frame and the dinette table for pieces from his apartment, but that's OK, the replacements still match.  The bed sleeps two, there's a love seat, and two chairs for the dinette table.  I can have a guest over as soon as I feel it is safe to do so.

Oh, and a helluva lot of sex toys, not just butt stuff either :o)

Making the place feel like my own mainly means -- if there's stuff sitting out that I'm not using, I'll put it away, and I'll try to rationalize the electronics a bit.  With the HomePods we're pretty much stuck in the Apple Streaming Universe for Music and TV, but that's OK.  I'm a little irked that I cannot connect directly to the HomePods from my laptops unless I upgrade the Apple TV to 4th generation for $149.  There's no other reason to upgrade that component, and there's no other way to accomplish the goal of simply streaming directly to the HomePods from my laptops unless I route stuff through the Music or TV apps, or my iPhones/iPads.  So, for example, I cannot stream to the HomePods from GarageBand or another DAW on my laptop, or from any browser anywhere.  Unless I upgrade the Apple TV, LOL.

A higher priority is funding my little music creation hobby, for now.  And figuring out how much stuff to duplicate at both condo and house.  Do I want a keyboard in both places?  A high-quality mic at both?

But while I'm here I'm going to see what else is hiding under the electronics cupboard -- there's so many cables, and an old BluRay player, and an ancient XBOX 360 that hasn't even been turned on in years.  Neither of these items can use the HomePods, but they can use the built-in speakers in the two TVs.  Yes, two TVs, one a 65-inch plasma HDTV, another a 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display.  Along the way, are there things plugged in that don't need to be?  And can I install a kill switch to turn everything off when I'm not here?

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The music I'm planning to create is running far ahead inside my head -- I need time to learn how to make it happen on a DAW.  It's like learning a new language.  I can speak music inside my head, but I have to learn a DAW's language to record the music.  This could take a while.  But I've got 72 hours now, and a week later this month, and the rest of Quarantine.