There's no place like the city just to the south of the place you call home

The restaurant that I used to work for had two locations within 20 minutes of each other. One day I had to go to the other location, in the city, for a delivery or a a pickup or whatever. It was winter, so there was a drastic reduction in the number of parking spots available along the streets. Snow. Lots and lots of snow. So I found a parking spot and used it. I was only going to be in the restaurant for about 10 minutes, so no biggie, I assumed. Boy was I wrong.

Turns out, it was the courthouse's parking lot and I had taken the spot of an employee who was returning from lunch, Uh oh. I get back to my car and it's blocked by the employee's car. Shit. Some old, fat security grump comes out and starts yelling at me about how it's a crime to park there, that I was stupid for not reading the sign (which was very, very old and was difficult to read in the first place) and really doing a bang-up job of representing the government.

He goes back inside to get the guy who had blocked me in. The guy comes out, all smiles, shakes my hand and says "hey, don't worry about it... I left my keys in the ignition so you could move the cars around, but I guess I should have left a note."

And that, that right there, is why I love this state.

Enough about you, let's talk about me.

Alright! THIS is what I'm talking about. People of New Jersey, I now give you license to freak out.

And yet, with me barely able to open my door to get out to my car, my boss is expecting me to be ready to be at the office in 45 minutes. Oye. Organizing is a harsh mistress.

So I don't particularly like writing biographies, so I'll go with bullet forms.

• I am a 24 year old gay man who is out to pretty much everyone
• I have brown hair and blue eyes, and I have consistently had a beard since 2004
• I have a degree in drama from a top-ranked Canadian university
• I am a Leo and proudly identify with many of the accompanying characteristics (as well as the flaws)
• The fact that I have two (two!!) followers already astounds me
• I have two brothers and a sister, all younger
• My favorite movie the The Princess Bride, closely followed by Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• My favorite artist is Andy Warhol, closely followed by daVinci
• My favorite musician is Regina Spektor, closely followed by Lady GaGa and the East Villiage Opera Company
• My favorite book is Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, closely followed by The Logogryph
• My favorite sport to watch is tennis, followed by rugby
• My favorite sport to play is tennis, followed by track and field
• I hate american football with a passion, and basketball players are goddamned divas. Baseball is boring.
• I use twitter, and the people I follow are friends, family, porn stars and the cast of Glee
• I have piercings and tattoos, but not telling you where
• I still watch Saturday morning cartoons
• I don't have a "type" per se, but am generally attracted to older men
• I identify as a "cub", although I have been called an "otter" and a "koala bear". Which confuses me a little.
• Hugh Jackman is the hottest man on earth. This is not something about me, but a concrete fact.
• I refused to wear jeans until I was in university, and for no particular reason.
• I refuse to wear tube socks unless I am wearing boots
• Multi-player online games annoy and intimidate me - gimme Mario for NES and I am a happy boy.
• I hate it when people use the word "boi" and make fun of people who hate the word "moist"
• I have only ever once dressed in drag, and it was as a nun with a penchant for naughty undergarments. On stage, in front of 300 people.
• My name is Evan, I am a mac.

Et voila!

It is snowing in New Jersey, and people are acting like the world is about to end. How can there be so little preparation for snow in this state?

So it looks like my stint in New Jersey is coming to an end. Major budget cuts reduced my salary by 75%, which translates to me heading back to Maine and getting a job working for health care, a debate which I have been sorely absent from. I have no idea what's happening there because I've been living marriage equality all day every day for nigh on ten months now. I'm a little intimidated, to be honest. There's so much work that has gone into creating this goddamned bill that now... well who knows.

I feel really bad about it too. Like I'm deserting the people of New Jersey. Like I'm dropping marriage equality as the most important thing to me right now.

I've been working on an open letter to New Jersey, and will post it soon. Kind of a dry run for future open letters. Not that anyone will read it, but at least it's out there. And maybe a bio. Not that anyone would care all that much.